We Value Your Privacy
In our own words
If you care to read the legal jargon below, you'll find out exactly how we're following the letter of the law when it comes to your private information. If you don't want to read the legalese, here's the basic rundown.
- We don't rent or sell your personal information to anybody. That's not the business we're in.
- We only share your personal information between our companies (Lesman and the Kele companies), and only when and where it serves you for us to do so.
- If you tell us to stop mailing, faxing, or e-mailing you, we follow your instructions immediately.
You can specify any mix you want (Mail=Yes, Marketing Email=No, Shipping Confirmations by Email=Yes) - If you change your mind, we update our records to allow the contact you want.
- When we send you an e-mail, you'll know it came from us, and have an easy way to let us know if you don't want us to e-mail you anymore.
- When you opt out — tell us you don't want messages from us anymore— we won't ask why. We'll just update our records right away to honor your request.
And now in legal-speak
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Lesman Instrument Company and its affiliates (collectively, Lesman, “us”, “we”, “our”) collect, use, and disclose information from or about you when you use our websites and applications at www.lesman.com (the “Website”). We offer a variety of products and services (collectively, the “Services”).
Your access to and use of the Website is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with this Privacy Policy. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part of the Privacy Policy, then you do not have our permission to access or use the Website.
For the purposes of this Policy, Lesman is a controller (i.e., responsible party) of your personal information when we administer the Services directly on our own behalf.
This Privacy Policy also tells you about your rights and choices with respect to your personal information, and how you can reach us to get answers to your questions. You can jump to particular topics by going to the headings below:
- Categories of Information We Collect
- Sources of Personal Information
- Use And Processing of Information
- Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
- Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies
- Your Choices and Rights
- How We Protect Your Personal Information
- How Long We Retain Your Information
- Children’s Privacy
- Third Parties And Links To Other Websites And Services
- Commercially Recognized Opt out Signal
- Changes To This Privacy Policy
- Contact Information
Categories Of Information We Collect
The following provides examples of the type of information that we collect from you and how we use that information.
| Context | Type of Data | Primary Purpose for Collection and Use of Data |
|---|---|---|
| Account Registration | We collect your name and contact information when you create an account. We also collect information relating to the actions that you perform while logged into your account. | We have a legitimate interest in providing account related functionalities to our users. Accounts can be used for easy checkout and to save your preferences and transaction history. |
| Client Information | We collect the name, and contact information, of our clients and their employees with whom we may interact. | We have a legitimate interest in contacting our clients and communicating with them concerning normal business administration such as projects, services, and billing. |
| Cookies | We use cookies and clear GIFs. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that a website sends to a computer’s hard drive while a website is viewed. See Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies for more information. | We have a legitimate interest in making our Website operate efficiently. |
| Email Interconnectivity | If you receive an email from us, we use certain tools to capture data related to when you open our message, click on any links or banners it contains and make purchases. | We have a legitimate interest in understanding how you interact with our communications to you. |
| Feedback/ Support |
If you provide us feedback or contact us for support we will collect your name and email address, as well as any other content that you send to us, in order to reply. | We have a legitimate interest in receiving, and acting upon, your feedback or issues. |
| Mailing List | When you sign up for one of our mailing lists we collect your email address. | We disclose information about our products and services with individuals that consent to receive such information. We also have a legitimate interest in sharing information about our products or services. |
| Order Placement | We may collect your name, billing address, shipping address, e-mail address and phone number when you place an order. | We use your information to perform our contract to provide you with products or Services. |
| Surveys | When you participate in a survey we collect information that you provide through the survey. If the survey is provided by a third party service provider, the third party’s privacy policy applies to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information. | We have a legitimate interest in understanding your opinions, and collecting information relevant to our organization. Website interactions. |
| Website Interactions | We use technology to monitor how you interact with our Website. This may include which links you click on, or information that you type into our online forms. This may also include information about your device or browser. | We have a legitimate interest in understanding how you interact with our Website to better improve it, and to understand your preferences and interests in order to select offerings that you might find most useful. We also have a legitimate interest in detecting and preventing fraud. |
| Weblogs | We collect information, including your browser type, operating system, Internet Protocol (IP) address (a number that is automatically assigned to a computer when the Internet is used), domain name, click-activity, referring website, and/or a date/time stamp for visitors. | We have a legitimate interest in monitoring our networks and the visitors to our Websites. Among other things, it helps us understand which of our services is the most popular. |
Sources of Personal Information
We collect your personal information in the following ways, pursuant to applicable law:
Directly From You, when you use our Services, register for an account, contact us, respond to a survey, sign up to receive emails, text messages, and/or postal mailings.
Through Our Use of Cookies and Other Automatic Data Collection Technologies, when you visit our websites, use our mobile applications, open or click on emails we send you, or interact with our advertisements. We or third parties we work with automatically collect certain information using technologies such as cookies, web beacons, clear GIF, pixels, internet tags, web server logs, and other data collection tools. For more information, please see the “Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies” section below.
From Our ThirdParty Partners, including from third parties that we have partnered with to provide you the Services that you have requested from us.
Use and Processing of Information
We use your personal information for the following business purposes (“Processing Purposes”) associated with our general business operations. We may collect your personal information:
- To identify you when you visit our Websites.
- To provide products and Services or to process returns.
- To improve our Services and product offerings.
- To streamline the checkout process.
- To conduct analytics.
- To respond to inquiries related to support or other requests.
- To send marketing and promotional materials including information relating to our products, services, sales, or promotions, or those of our business partners.
- For internal administrative purposes, as well as to manage our relationships.
- To comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, to establish or exercise our rights, and to defend against a legal claim.
- To detect, investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, including fraudulent transactions, attempts to manipulate or violate our policies, procedures, and terms and conditions, security incidents, and harm to the rights, property, or safety of Lesman and our users, customers, employees, or others.
Although the sections above describe our primary purpose in collecting your information, in many situations we have more than one purpose. For example, if you complete an online purchase we may collect your information to perform our contract with you, but we also collect your information because we have a legitimate interest in maintaining your information after your transaction is complete to efficiently respond to any questions about your order. As a result, our collection and processing of your information is based in different contexts upon your consent, our need to perform a contract, our obligations under applicable laws, and/or our legitimate interest in conducting our business.
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
In addition to the specific situations discussed elsewhere in this policy, we disclose information in the following situations:
- Affiliates and Acquisitions. We may disclose information to our corporate affiliates (e.g., parent company, sister companies, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control). If another company acquires, or plans to acquire, our company, business, or our assets, we will also disclose information to that company, including at the negotiation stage.
- Other Disclosures With Your Consent. We may ask if you would like us to disclose your information to other unaffiliated third parties who are not described elsewhere in this policy. You understand that any content that you post on our public forums on our Websites may be shared with third parties.
- Other Disclosures Without Your Consent. We may disclose information in response to subpoenas, warrants, or court orders, or in connection with any legal process, or to comply with relevant laws. We may also disclose your information in order to establish or exercise our rights, to defend against a legal claim, to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible illegal activities, suspected fraud, safety of person or property, or a violation of our policies, or to comply with your request for the shipment of products to or the provision of services by a third party intermediary.
- Service Providers. We may disclose your information to service providers. Among other things service providers may help us to administer our Website, conduct surveys, provide technical support, process payments, and assist in the fulfillment of orders.
- Social Media Platforms and Networks. Some of our websites have features such as, plugins, widgets, or and other tools made available by third parties that may result in information being collected or shared between us and the third party. The third party’s use of your information is not governed by this Policy. You may have the right to opt out of our use of these technologies, as further described in this Policy.
- Business Transaction. We may disclose personal information to a potential or actual buyer in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets, or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings), including any due diligence related to such a transaction.
Cookies and Similar Tracking Technology
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies, including pixel tags or web beacons (collectively “cookies”), to collect certain information on our websites, through our Services. We also permit certain third parties to use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your use of our websites or Services. The information collected by these tracking technologies may include (a) your internet protocol (IP) address, unique device identifiers, location, browser type, and Internet service provider information (“Technical Data”); (b) information about when and how you access and use our websites or Services, such as the domains you visit, what features you used and for how long, the website that referred you to us, and date/time stamps associated with your usage (“Usage Data”); (c) information about the device you use to access the websites or Services, such as device type, device ID, and device/browser settings (“Device Information”); and (d) location of the device used to access the websites or Services derived from GPS or Wi-Fi use (“Location Information”).
We differentiate between cookies that are essential for the technical features of the Services and optional analytics and advertising cookies.
| Cookie Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Essential Cookies | These are cookies that the Services need in order to function, and that enable you to move around and use the Services and features. Without these essential cookies, the Services will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like them to and we may not be able to provide the Services or certain services or features you request. Examples of where these cookies are used include to determine when you are signed in, to determine when your account has been inactive, and for other troubleshooting and security purposes. |
| Analytics Cookies | Analytics cookies allow us to understand more about how many visitors we have to our Services, how many times they visit us, and how many times a user viewed specific pages within our Services. Although analytics cookies allow us to gather specific information about the pages that you visit and whether you have visited our Services multiple times, we cannot use them to find out details such as your name or address. We use Google Analytics. For more information about Google Analytics, please refer to “How Google Uses Information From Sites or Apps that Use Our Services,” which can be found at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, or any other URL Google may provide from time to time. |
| Advertising Cookies | Depending on your location and in certain circumstances, Lesman may work with third party online or mobile network advertisers that use cookies to help us manage advertising and measure its effectiveness. These cookies enable third-party ad networks to recognize a unique cookie on your computer or mobile device and may be placed by us or our network advertising firm that works with our third-party network advertiser. The information that is collected and shared by cookies may be linked to the device identifier of the device you are using to allow us to keep track of all the sites and mobile applications you have visited that are associated with the ad network. This information may be used for the purpose of targeting advertisements on the Lesman Services and third party sites or mobile applications based on those interests. |
Your Choices and Rights
You may be able to make the following choices regarding your personal information:
Promotional Emails. You may choose to provide us with your email address for the purpose of allowing us to send free newsletters, surveys, offers, and other promotional materials to you, as well as targeted offers from third parties. You can stop receiving promotional emails by following the unsubscribe instructions in emails that you receive.If you decide not to receive promotional emails, we may still send you service-related communications.
Promotional Mailings. If at any time you do not want to receive offers and/or circulars from us, you can remove yourself from our mailing lists by emailing us (our contact information is below) with “NO POSTAL MAIL” in the subject line, along with your name, address and zip code. Please note that our mailings are prepared in advance of their being sent. Although we will remove your name from our mailing list after receiving your request, you may still receive mailings from us that had been initiated prior to your name being removed.
Data Subject Rights
You may have certain rights regarding your personal information. The rights available to you depend on our reason for processing your personal information and the requirements under applicable law (i.e., your rights will vary depending on whether you are located in, for example, California). Specifically, you may have the following rights:
- Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you, along with other information such as the purposes of the processing, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal information has been or will be disclosed, the sources of the personal information, retention, and transfers of personal information.
- Correction: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information we have about you. Depending on the purposes of the processing, you may have the right to have incomplete personal information completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement. You may also be able to correct your information in your account or profile.
- Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information.
- Data Portability: Under certain circumstances, you have the right to receive the personal information about you that you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
- Opt Out of the “Sale” or “Sharing” of Personal Information: Our use of cookies or other tracking technologies is deemed a “sale” or “sharing” under California law (in this context “sharing” means cross contextual behavioral advertising) of personal information. As such, you can opt out of our use of tracking technologies and cookies by clicking the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” button at the bottom of the website.
The following categories of personal information disclosed are considered “sale”/ “sharing” under California law: information collected by cookies, demographic information, and distance information.
The following categories of third parties to whom personal information was disclosed are considered “sale”/ “sharing” under California law: social media platforms and networks. - Right of Non-Discrimination/Retaliation: We do not discriminate against individuals who exercise any of their rights described in this Privacy Policy, nor do we retaliate against individuals who exercise these rights.
- Right to Opt Out of our Use of your Sensitive Personal Information (in certain instances and if permissible under applicable law). You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your sensitive personal information. At the current time, however, we do not collect or disclose sensitive personal information.
Please note that many of the above rights are subject to exceptions and limitations. Your rights and our responses will vary based on the circumstances of the request. If you choose to assert any of these rights under applicable law, we will respond within the time period prescribed by such law. In some cases, we may limit or deny your requests to access or delete your information. This may occur because the law permits or requires us to do so, or if we are unable to adequately verify your identity.
Please address written requests and questions about your rights to dataprivacy@kele.com or RE: Data Privacy, Kele, Inc., 3300 Brother Blvd., Memphis, TN 38133, or call us at 1-833-455-9103 . You may request a copy of the personal information that we hold about you, and exercise other rights as described above.
Note that, as required by law, we will require you to prove your identity. We may verify your identity by email or phone. Depending on your request, we will ask for information such as your name, the last item you purchased from us, the date of your last purchase from us, your account number, or your email address. Following a request and as required by applicable law, we will use reasonable efforts to supply, correct or delete personal information about you in our files.
In some circumstances, you may designate an authorized agent to submit requests to exercise certain privacy rights on your behalf. We will require verification that you provided the authorized agent permission to make a request on your behalf. You must provide us with a copy of the signed permission you have given to the authorized agent to submit the request on your behalf and verify your own identity directly with us. If you are an authorized agent submitting a request on behalf of an individual you must attach a copy of the following information to the request:
- A completed Authorized Agent Designation Form indicating that you have authorization to act on the consumer’s behalf.
- If you are a business, proof that you are registered with the Secretary of State to conduct business in California.
If we do not receive both pieces of information, the request will be denied.
How We Protect Your Personal Information
No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is fully secure. While we use reasonable efforts to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information. In the event that we are required by law to inform you of a breach to your personal information we may notify you electronically, in writing, or by telephone, if permitted to do so by law.
Some of our Websites permit you to create an account, such as the Project Portal. When you do you will be prompted to create a password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, and you are responsible for any access to or use of your account by someone else that has obtained your password, whether or not such access or use has been authorized by you. You should notify us of any unauthorized use of your password or account.
How Long We Retain Your Personal Information
We retain information about you and your use of our Services for as long as is needed to fulfill our legitimate business purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. The specific periods for which we keep information about you vary depending on the nature of the information, why we need it, and whether the personal information is de-identified. We also consider the minimum necessary retention period prescribed by applicable laws, recommended by industry standards, and stated in contracts and other legal obligations.
Children's Privacy
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.
Third Parties and Links to Other Websites and Services
Our websites and services may contain links to websites, content, or services owned or operated by third parties. Please note, we have no control over the privacy practices of websites or services that we do not own. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party website or application for details about what information is collected and how it is used and/or disclosed.
Commercially Recognized Opt-Out Signal
Lesman generally recognizes commercially recognized opt-out preference signals (e.g., Global Privacy Controls). Recognition of this signal applies only to the specific device and/or browser that communicates the signal and does not cross over to all devices/browsers you use to access the Services.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may change our Privacy Policy and practices over time. To the extent that our policy changes in a material way, the policy that was in place at the time that you submitted personal information to us will generally govern that information unless we receive your consent to the new Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy includes an “effective” and “last updated” date. The effective date refers to the date that the current version took effect. The last updated date refers to the date that the current version was last substantively modified.
Contact Information
If you have any questions, comments, or complaints concerning our privacy practices please contact us at the appropriate address below. We will attempt to respond to your requests and to provide you with additional privacy-related information.
RE: Data Privacy, Lesman Instrument Company, 135 Bernice Dr, Bensenville, IL 60106
dataprivacy@kele.com
1-833-455-9103
Effective July 1, 2023