Data Privacy Policy and Agreement

Pantropic Power Inc. (“Pantropic Power”) is committed to providing its customers and suppliers with the best of value in its products and services in the field and online.  We also recognize and respect your online privacy and are committed to providing adequate data protection and compliance with applicable data privacy laws.  As such, Pantropic Power has herein set forth its data privacy policy and by registering with and/or using Pantropic Power’s website, you agree to the terms of this data privacy statement and understand that any information or comments you provide may be shared between Pantropic Power, its affiliated companies and dealers and Caterpillar Inc., and may be used without restriction to process customer orders and improve and market products and services.

Please be aware of and read any other privacy statements that may be on Pantropic Power’s website as they may pertain to affiliated sites not hosted by Pantropic Power or apply to other modes of operation.

In some situations we will ask for your personal information.  We want you to know how it will be used and, importantly, to notify you that by registering with or using Pantropic Power’s website, you agree to this data privacy policy and understand that any information or comments you provide may be shared between Pantropic Power, its affiliated companies and dealers and Caterpillar Inc., and may be used without restriction to process customer orders and improve and market products and services.

Collection of Personal Information

Some information is automatically received and sometimes collected from you when you visit this site.  For example, we may receive and collect the name of the domain from which you access the Internet, the Internet protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using, the browser software you use and your operating system, the date and time you access our site, the geographic location from which you access our site, and the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site.  We may use this information to monitor the usage of our site.  All of the information we automatically capture provides us with the ability to enhance our customers’ search and shopping experiences and to determine aggregate information about our user base and usage patterns.

Individual pages and forms may include their own data privacy statements that apply in addition to, or in lieu of, this privacy statement.  When you click on links and banners on our site that take you to third-party web sites (including, for example, Caterpillar Inc. websites that are not controlled by Pantropic Power), you will be subject to the third parties’ privacy policies.  While we support the protection of privacy on the Internet, Pantropic Power cannot be responsible for the policies or actions of any third-party web sites.  We encourage you to read the posted privacy statement of any and every site you visit, whether you are linking from our site or browsing on your own.

Use of Electronic Mechanisms – “Cookies”

We use data collection devices such as “cookies” to deliver customized visitor experiences and to analyze website user metrics.  “Cookies” are small files placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing our services.  While you may configure your browser to reject cookies, due to the technology we use, cookies may be required to fully use the features of this website.  You may encounter cookies or other data collection devices that are placed by third parties.  We do not control the use of cookies by third parties.

Collection of Personal/Corporate Information

In general, you can browse our site without revealing any personal or corporate information. However, once you register or otherwise provide information, you are no longer anonymous to us.  During registration, order entry or other interactive use of this website, you may give us general identity information about yourself or your company (e.g., your name, company name, business address, business telephone number, business email address) and more detailed information for specific purposes (e.g., special interests in products or industries, your job responsibilities, shipping and payment preferences for online purchases). Additionally, as you browse the site we may collect certain information about how you use the site, regardless of any registration.

Use of Personal/Corporate Information

We may use this information to process orders and improve and market our products and services.  We also may use this information to do internal research on our users’ demographics, interests and behaviors to better understand and serve our customers.

About Children

Although we will not intentionally place any sensitive information on our web site and Pantropic Power is fully committed to protecting the privacy needs of children (persons under the age of 18) our company encourages parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities and interests.  Children are not eligible to use this website unsupervised and we ask that children do not submit any personal information to us.  If you are under the age of 18, you may only use this website in conjunction with, and under the supervision of, your parents or guardians.

SafeguardingPersonal/Corporate Information

We will strive to ensure that your personal and corporate information is adequately protected wherever it may be processed.  To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, to maintain data accuracy and to ensure the appropriate use of the information, we may use encryption when collecting or transferring sensitive data such as financial information.  We will exercise reasonable efforts to keep such information secure.  However, we cannot fully eliminate the risk of loss, misuse or alteration of your personal or corporate information, and Pantropic Power is not responsible for unauthorized access to any of your information by hackers or others who have obtained such access through unauthorized or illegal means.  This is an important part of the understanding between Pantropic Power and you – we cannot guarantee that information provided to us will not be illegally hacked or otherwise illegally disseminated even though we will take all reasonable precautions to protect against such.  Pantropic Power cannot eliminate the risk of loss, misuse or alteration of your information, and Pantropic Power is not responsible for unauthorized access to such.

Disclosure of Personal Information Collected

Pantropic Power, its affiliated organizations, persons, companies and entities are currently utilizing the personal and corporate information you provide us so we can better handle our company’s business interests, including delivering products and services to the market.  Pantropic Power intends on using and sharing the information we receive to process customer orders and to improve or market share, our products, and our services.  The personal or corporate information may be transferred to and processed in various countries, including countries like the U.S., which have chosen not to adopt comprehensive federal codes for handling personal data.  However, we will not sell or rent your information to any third party.  The data collected on this site is for the explicit use of Pantropic Power, its affiliated organizations, persons, companies and entities.  We will disclose personal information where such disclosure is necessary to comply with the law, to protect the safety of our users or others or for other purposes relevant to our company policies.

Your Consent

By registering with or using Pantropic Power’s website in any way, you consent to the use of personal information and to the understandings as set forth in this data privacy statement.

Changes to Our Privacy Statement

We reserve the right to amend this data privacy statement.  If Pantropic Power updates or changes this privacy statement, the changes will be made on our web page.  Your continued use of this website following the posting of any changes to our data privacy statement means that you accept those changes and terms of the changed privacy statement.

Data Breaches and Legal Actions

Although Pantropic Power will use reasonable means to protect your privacy data, should there be any breach of such information and you choose to file any kind of legal proceeding, lawsuit or claim against Pantropic Power you agree that by accessing Pantropic Power’s web site you have agreed that any such legal proceeding, lawsuit or claim filed in any way related to the data breaches, privacy violations or breach of other information shall be filed in Florida with venue exclusively in the applicable state court for Miami-Dade County, Florida, with Florida law being the exclusive, final and the only law applicable to any and all actions related to this agreement.  By accessing Pantropic Power’s web site you and your company agree that jurisdiction and venue for any actions related in any way to data breaches, privacy violations or breaches of any other information will exclusively be in Miami-Dade County, Florida.