Privacy Policy

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Information About Us
www.hartz.com is a site operated by The Hartz Mountain Corporation (“Hartz,” “we,” “us,” “our”). We are a company incorporated in New Jersey and our registration number is 4436982500.

Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) governs how we may process data that is reasonably capable of being linked to an individual (“you”), such as name, address, telephone number, email address, as well as certain data associated with your browser or device (“personal data”) collected through the Hartz Website and other applications owned and operated by us (collectively our “Website”). This includes personal data or “personal information” as defined by applicable state law. Please read this Policy carefully as it describes the purposes for which we may process your personal data. Depending on where you live and how you use our Website, additional state specific information is included below that may apply to you.

Notice at Collection of Personal Information

Categories of Personal Data Collected:
We collect the categories of personal data identified below. We generally disclose these categories to our service providers for business purposes, such as providing and running the Website. As indicated in the chart, some of these categories we “sell” or “share” (as such terms are defined in applicable U.S. law) for marketing and advertising purposes to business partners and third parties, such as data analytics providers, advertising technology vendors, third-party advertising networks, and social media platforms.

Category Collected:	Sold or Shared?
Identifiers/biographical information, including name, postal and email address, phone number, online identifiers, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, and other similar identifiers.	Yes.
Commercial information, including items purchased, obtained, or considered and other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.	Yes.
Internet or other electronic network activity information	Yes.
Geolocation data (non-precise)	Yes.
Inferences, meaning inferences drawn from the above-listed categories of personal data to create a consumer profile reflecting consumer preferences or characteristics.	Yes.

We do not knowingly sell or share personal data about persons under the age of 18. Please click
here to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal data, including targeted advertising. You may also choose to enable online, where available, a universal tool that automatically communicates your opt-out preferences, such as the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”). We will process the GPC signal as a request to opt out.

The Business and Commercial Purposes for Which We Collect and Use Your Personal Data:
We may use your personal data in order to:

maintain your account and provide you services;
complete your transaction(s) with us;
process and collect your payments;
send you promotional marketing material about us and our services;
to communicate with you, including through AI-powered chatbots;
engage in targeted advertising;
customize, analyze, adjust and improve the site;
provide you with important administrative information regarding the site, such as changes to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use and other policies;
prevent fraud and other prohibited or illegal activities;
comply with requests from law enforcement or relevant data protection agencies;
provide technical and customer support;
seek your opinion or feedback on our services or industry questions;
enforce our legal rights or comply with legal requirements;
provide improved website and product experience and communications;
comply with a legal or regulatory obligation; or
for any other purpose for which you provide consent or as explained to you at the point of collection.

Retention:
Consistent with our recordkeeping policies and practices, we may retain your personal data so long as it is necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. Once we no longer have a legitimate business reason to retain your personal data, it is either destroyed, aggregated or deidentified, however we may retain inactive archival copies consistent with applicable law.

How We Collect Personal Data

There are several ways we may obtain personal data about you, including through (A) information you provide to us; (B) information we automatically collect; (C) information we receive from third parties; and (D) combining information from different sources. This includes data that identifies you personally whether directly or indirectly.

Information You Provide:
We obtain personal data when you provide this to us via: (1) subscription registration, (2) a contest or sweepstakes registration, or (3) electronic or written responses to surveys or mailings. In addition, we may collect personal data from you when you provide this through certain content submissions, community postings (i.e., chats or bulletin boards), comments, reviews, and suggestions, or voting.

Information We Automatically Collect:
When you visit our Website, we and our third-party partners may automatically collect certain personal data from you through online tracking technologies and tools such as pixels, web beacons and cookies. We may also collect technical information relating to your use of our website, including your browser type or the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet.

When you interact with our Website, certain information may be collected by us or our third party vendors, including your IP address, information about your browser type, the date and time of your visit, the pages you view immediately before and after you access our Website, the areas or pages of our Website that you visit, the amount of time you spend viewing or using our Website, keystrokes, mouse movements, form field entries, recordings of chat sessions or your use of and inputs to other AI-supported tools, and other use and overall engagement with our Website.

More information on the technology we use to collect your personal data in this way can be found below:

Cookies are pieces of information that a web site transfers to an individual’s hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make web-surfing easier for you by saving your subscription information and personal preferences while you are at our digital properties. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and you will find cookies at most major web sites. Cookies also help Hartz to see which areas are popular and which are not popular and allow Hartz to make improvements and updates to the Website based on such data as total number of visitors and pages viewed. This information is most easily tracked with cookies.
Log Files – Hartz may use log files to track how our sites are being accesses and used. Log files track anonymous user information such as IP addresses, browser types, Internet service providers, referring and exit pages, platform type, date and time stamps, and number of clicks to, from, and within our sites.
Information from Banner Ads – If you arrive at the Website through a banner ad or other affiliate referral device, Hartz may track from where you arrived as well as clicks that might have impacted our servers.
Hartz may use clear GIF Tracking Pixels to track user movement through our Website for aggregated site traffic measuring. In addition, some affiliates may set such tracking pixels on our web site pages to track completed forms and requests referred by their web sites.
Hartz, either directly or via its agents, may employ persistent cookie, web beacon or other technology (collectively “Analytics Technology”) that tracks unique users on the Website. The data collected by the Analytics Technology includes, but is not limited to, User ID, IP Address, User Agent, Date/Timestamp, Referral URL, Request URL, Review Submission ID, Client Name or ID, Product Category ID, Product ID, Website Category, Session ID, Click Events, Conversions, Site Visits, Average Time on Website, and other data passively generated by a user’s interaction with the Website.

Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can change your browser settings to refuse cookies. However, in so doing, you may not be able to fully utilize the Hartz Website or may experience difficulties accessing parts of it.

Our use of Meta technologies: In some instances, we use third party tools provided by Meta Platforms, Inc., to collect personal data, serve advertising to you across the internet, and measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. This involves sharing certain personal data, including email address, device identifiers, or other information about your browsing history to serve you advertising on their websites. To opt out of the use of your personal data for these purposes, please click the “Your Privacy Choices” link in the footer of our Website.

Our use of Google Analytics and Advertising technologies. Our Website uses technology provided by Google to facilitate advertising and reporting. We implement Google Analytics cookies to collect personal data about you when you visit our website for purposes of remarketing, impression reporting, and demographic and interest reporting. This information includes online identifiers, your IP address, and website usage data and can be combined with other data related to you collected through Google’s advertising cookie or other third-party technology. You can opt-out of the use of this technology HERE.

Information From Other Sources:

We may collect personal data about you from our business partners and other third parties including data aggregators, or public sources.

Additionally, we may combine personal data that we receive from various sources. For example, we may combine automatically collected information with personal data. If we do, we will treat the combined information as personal data as long as it is combined. Similarly, we may combine personal data that we receive from third parties with personal data we already have about you. We use, disclose, and protect combined personal data as described in this Policy.

How We Use Information

As noted above, we will use your personal data to provide you with services, products or information you have requested, to provide you with information about products we think may be of interest to you, and to notify you about changes to our services; as part of our efforts to keep our Website safe and secure; and to ensure that content from our Website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer, in addition to other uses that we will inform you of.

We disclose personal data to the following categories of recipients:

Our Business Partners and Affiliates. We may share personal data about you with our corporate affiliates for specific business purposes.
Our Service Providers. We disclose your personal data to our service providers that provide business, professional, or technical support services to us, help us operate our business, or administer activities on our behalf, including AI chat-bot providers. We require our service providers to only use your personal data in connection with providing us services.
Our Research Partners. We disclose your personal data to our research partners, including those that administer surveys or conduct research projects in partnership with us or on our behalf.

In certain circumstances, we may disclose each category of your personal data to:

Competent Governmental, Regulatory, and Public Authorities. We may disclose your personal data to government and law enforcement authorities, in each case to comply with legal or regulatory obligations or requests.
Our Marketing, Advertising and Analytics Partners. Including online advertising networks and analytics providers that assist us in engaging in targeted advertising.
Relevant Third Parties as Part of a Corporate Transaction. In the event of a 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 a bankruptcy or similar proceeding), we may disclose or transfer your personal data to certain third parties, such as the acquiring entity and its advisers.
Other Third Parties. We will disclose your personal data to other third parties, including for advertising purposes. Additionally, we will disclose your personal data as we believe necessary or appropriate to: (a) comply with applicable law; (b) enforce our terms and conditions; (c) protect our operations; (d) protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or those of you or others; and (e) allow us to pursue available remedies or limit damages that we may sustain.

We may disclose your personal data for other reasons that we will describe at the time of information collection or prior to disclosing your information.

Please note that we may de-identify or aggregate personal data so that it will no longer be considered personal data and disclose such information to other parties for purposes consistent with those described in this Privacy Policy. When we de-identify personal data, we will never attempt to “re-identify” it, or re-link it to an identifiable individual.

Privacy Choices and Rights

U.S. State Privacy Rights

Residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, or any other state with an applicable privacy law have certain rights relating to the collection, use, disclosure, and other processing of their personal data. The exact scope of these rights may vary by state.

Right to Know. You may have the right to know what personal data we have collected about you, including the categories of sources from which the personal data is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal data, the categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal data, the categories of personal data disclosed to third parties, and the specific pieces of personal data we have collected about you. Please note that we may not be required to respond to your requests “to know” or access specific pieces of personal data more than twice in any 12-month period. You may also have the right to access your personal data in a portable format.
Right to Request Specific List of Third Parties. You may have the right to request a list of the specific third parties to whom we have disclosed your personal data. For Rhode Island Residents - We have sold or may "sell" (as defined by applicable law) personal information to the following entities: Meta, Tik Tok, and Google.
Right to Request List of Categories of Third Parties. You may have the right to request a list of the categories of third parties to which we have disclosed your personal data.
Right to Delete. You may have the right to request that we delete personal data that we have collected from or about you, subject to certain exceptions.
Right to Correct. You may have the right to correct inaccurate personal data that we may maintain about you, subject to appropriate verification.
Right to Opt Out of Certain Types of Personal Data Uses and Disclosures. We use and disclose to third parties personal data for analytics and advertising purposes. Accordingly, you may have the right to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal data, or the use and disclosure of your personal data for “targeted advertising” (as these terms are defined in applicable law).

To exercise your right to opt-out, please click here or the Your Privacy Choices link in the footer of the Website.

If you are interested in exercising one or more of the other rights outlined above, please contact us at legal@hartz.com. Please put the statement “Your Privacy Rights” in the subject field of your email. Except for your opt-out right, we may take steps to verify your identity before responding to your request by asking you a series of questions about your previous interactions with us.

Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may submit a request related to your personal data. Depending on your U.S. state of residence, you may authorize someone to make a privacy rights request on your behalf (an “authorized agent”) using the mechanisms described in this section. Authorized agents will need to demonstrate that you’ve authorized them to act on your behalf. We retain the right to request confirmation directly from you confirming that the agent is authorized to make such a request, or to request additional information to confirm the agent’s identity. If an agent would like to make a request on your behalf as permitted under applicable law, the agent may use the submission methods noted in this section.

Please note that, where permitted under applicable law, we may decline a request (other than for opt outs) if we are unable to verify your identity (or an agent’s authority to make the request) and confirm the personal data we maintain relates to you.

Depending on your U.S. state of residence, you may have the right to appeal a decision we have made in connection with your privacy rights request. You may file an appeal by contacting us as described in this Policy.

Submitting a privacy request does not require you to create an account with us.

We will not discriminate against you if you decide to exercise your privacy rights.

Financial Incentive Programs

Occasionally, we may offer sweepstakes, surveys, discount mailing lists, or contests that require you provide us with your personal data. Our collection of your personal data (including name and email address, as described above) allows us to operate these programs and provide benefits.

Because these promotions involve the collection of personal data, they may be interpreted as “financial incentive” programs under California law or “bona fide loyalty programs” under Colorado law.” We use this information for the purposes described above under the section titled “Notice at Collection of Personal Information,” including for targeted advertising, and may share your personal data with third parties as described in this Policy. Participation in any financial incentive is optional. Program benefits will be described along with other material terms and conditions when announced. If you ask us to delete your personal data, we will not be able to provide you with access to these programs.

We are unable to estimate the value of your personal data to us, as we do not “sell” or “share” such information other than in connection with targeted advertising. The value of benefits to you may vary depending on the contest or survey.

To sign up for our incentive programs, please click here. You may cancel your participation at any time by clicking HERE.

Interest Based Advertising

You may be able to opt out of receiving interest-based advertising using the browser opt-out tools and consumer choice mechanisms provided by interest-based advertising self-regulatory groups by following the links below. Please note that if you have already exercised your opt out rights pursuant to applicable state privacy laws, you do not need to do so here.

Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA): http://www.aboutads.info/choices
Please note that you will need to opt out separately on all of your browsers and devices, as each opt-out will apply only to the specific browser or device from which you opt out. If you delete or reset your cookies, change browsers, or use a different device, any opt-out cookie may no longer work and you will have to opt out again.
Some of our advertising partners may provide you with additional choices with respect to interest-based advertising. For example, certain social media platforms may allow you to control your advertising preferences directly through their services. Please review the privacy policies of the third-party services you use for more information.

Unsubscribing from Promotional Communications

From time to time, we may send you marketing and promotional communications, including special offers from us or our partners. If you no longer wish to receive promotional and marketing emails from us, you may opt out of such communications at any time by following the opt-out instructions included in any promotional or marketing email you receive from us.

International Transfers (EU based users)

If you are based in the EU, we will need to transfer your personal data to the USA for the purposes listed in this policy. Rest assured that we will always ensure any transfer is subject to appropriate security measures to safeguard your personal data.

Security
Our Website has industry-standard security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Although there is no “perfect security” on the Internet, Hartz will take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of your personal data.

Severability
If any provision of this Policy is found to be illegal, void, or unenforceable, that provision will be deemed severed from the balance of the agreement and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions, which will continue in full force and effect.

Acknowledgement
By completing forms provided by Hartz and providing personal data through the Website, through any means, and by using the Website and services contained therein, you hereby represent and warrant that:

You have read, understand and agree to Hartz’s Privacy Policy;
You are an actual person of at least 18 years of age, you have the right to provide the information that you submit to Hartz, and the information you submit is accurate, complete and truthful; and
If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, then do not provide your information to Hartz through any means. In such case, Hartz is relieved of any of its obligations to you as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

Revisions
Hartz may, at its sole discretion, revise this Privacy Policy at any time in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations. When we revise this Policy, including changes to Hartz’s use of your personal data, we will incorporate the revisions into this Policy and will revise the effective date at the top of this web page. We will also provide you appropriate notice when we make material changes to this Policy. Such notice may be provided via a temporary banner on our Website, an email sent to users for whom we have an email address, or by temporarily noting “UPDATED” next to the Privacy Policy link on the footer of our Website. We recommend that you review those changes in order to remain informed about how Hartz uses your personal data. Where required by applicable law, we will obtain your opt-in consent if we use personal data that we previously collected about you for a purpose that is materially different from the purposes we described in the version of our Privacy Policy applicable to you at the time we collected that personal data.

If you have any comments, questions or requests, please email us at legal@hartz.com.