Privacy Policy

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Last Updated: 21/02/2022

Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited thanks you for accessing https://bmst.bridgestone/ (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy applies to the Site and forms part of the Terms and Conditions of Use that govern your use of the Site.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the Site. By using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and agree to be bound by it. If you do not agree to any of the terms contained in the Privacy Policy, your remedy is to not use the Site. This Privacy Policy tells you about Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited information gathering, use, and disclosure practices and applies to information gathered through your use of this Site and your electronic communications through this Site.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by third parties, including via websites, applications, or other content that may be accessible from or linked to this Site.

1. Information Collection.

Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited may collect information from you at several different points and in different ways on this Site. You can browse the Site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself other than the information that you automatically provide us (discussed below).

2. Types of information.

2.1          Non personal information

Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited collects Non-personal Information through the Site. “Non-personal Information” is information that does not identify you individually (such as group demographics) or does not permit a direct association with an individual. It may include information derived from Personal Information (defined below) that has been removed from unique identifiers or is otherwise depersonalized or combined with information about other users to form aggregated data. Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited also collects contact information from you through the Site. This may include Personal Information, though Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited requests your work-related contact information . “Personal Information” includes your personally identifiable information including first and last name together with email address, mailing address, telephone number or additional contact information. To the extent Non-personal Information is associated with Personal Information, the combination is treated as Personal Information.

2.3          Information Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited automatically collects from you.

In addition to information that you provide to Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited, Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited may automatically track certain information based upon your behavior on the Site.

Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited may use data collection devices, such as “cookies” and “web beacons” on certain pages of the Site to help analyze our website flow and website performance. Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual’s computer for record-keeping purposes. These cookies will be placed as a text file in the browser of your computer. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, but then you may not be able to access or use portions of the Site. Web beacons are small bits of code embedded in web pages or emails that assist in delivering cookies. They help Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited determine whether a webpage has been viewed and, if so, how many times. Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited may also use web beacons in email messages to determine what the recipient has done with the message. Although you cannot decline to receive web beacons when visiting a web page, you can choose not to receive them by email if you disable the HTML images or refuse HTML email messages. Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited may automatically collect other information, including computer type, browser-type and plug-ins, language, internet service provider (ISP), operating system, java script enables, referring and exit pages, date/time stamp, clickstream data, and city and country. Additionally, Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited may automatically collect and log your Internet Protocol address (“IP address”). Your IP address is a unique numerical address consisting of four numbers separated by periods which provides the location to an individual computer on the Internet. IP addresses are used to designate the computer from which you are accessing the website.

3. Information Use and Disclosure.

Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited uses and shares the information you provide us and the information we automatically collect from you in accordance with this Section. Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited does not place any restrictions on the use or disclosure of Non-personal Information.

3.1. General Purpose.

Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited primary goal for the Site is to provide information about our business, our brand and our commitments to its visitors.

4.            Data Security.

4.1. Safeguards.

This Site incorporates various physical, electronic, and administrative procedures to safeguard the confidentiality of your Personal Information. Access to your Personal Information is restricted. Only IT managers of Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited and its affiliates and their service providers who need access to your Personal Information to perform a specific job are granted access to your Personal Information. The servers where Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited stores your personal information are located in the EU and kept in a secure environment protected by a firewall.

4.2. Caution.

While Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited has taken precautions to safeguard your Personal Information, Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited cannot guarantee complete security because complete security does not presently exist on the Internet. You acknowledge and agree that Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited shall not be liable for any security breach that results from causes or events that are beyond Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited control (such as hacking, terrorism, power outages, defects in third party security products and services, your own acts and omissions, and other similar events beyond Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited control).

4.3. Managing Your Personal Information.

Upon your request, Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited will (a) remove your Personal Information from Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited database (which might delete your submission through the Site or prevent Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited from communicating with you about it); or (b) correct or update your Personal Information; provided, however, that Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited may decline requests that are unreasonably repetitive, require disproportionate technical effort or would be extremely impractical, or otherwise to the extent allowed by applicable law. You can submit a request that Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited remove, correct or update your personal information by contacting Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited via the information posted on the “Contact Us” section of this Site.

5. Updates to this Privacy Policy.

Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time in its sole discretion. If Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited makes a material change to the Privacy Policy, Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited will post such changes and updates on the Site. By continuing to use the Site after such notice, you are bound by the Privacy Policy as modified. Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited encourages you to review this Privacy Policy from time to time so you will know if the Privacy Policy has been changed or updated.

6. Contacting Bridgestone Mining Solutions Technology Limited.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us via  [email protected]  We will use reasonable efforts to respond promptly to reasonable requests you may have regarding our use of your Personal Information.