Privacy policy
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV “HCME” are committed to safeguarding your privacy. When you visit the Site, we may ask you for certain information such as contact information, telephone numbers, your email address, your location and the name of your organization. This information is stored on our customer database. The database enables HCME to provide you with any information you request from us or consent to receive. We may also use your personal information to track activity on the Site. We do this in order to serve you better as we understand how you and other visitors use the Site.
We will only use your information for the purposes set out below if you have indicated that you wish us to use your information in this way when submitting the information. Additionally, if at any time you wish us to stop using your information for any or all of the below purposes, please let us know. We will stop the use of your information for such purposes as soon as it is reasonably possible to do so. From time to time we would like to use the information you supply to us for the reasons below:
- market research;
- responding to feedback;
- informing you about our services;
- giving your information to affiliate companies to enable them to send you information which may be of interest to you (where you request such information) or to contact you regarding your query.
We do not otherwise disclose information about your individual visits to the Site or information which identifies you to any third parties unless we have your prior consent or unless required by law, local regulators and law enforcement officers. If HCME merges with, acquires or is sold to another firm or goes into bankruptcy, we may share files and email records with our business and merger partners.
“Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard-drive. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser to prevent that. We only use cookies to keep track of the pages you visit on the Site and to tell us whether you have visited the Site previously so that, in order to serve you better, we understand how you and other visitors use the Site. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. We have sought to set up our Site so as to notify you before a cookie is used. However, if you choose to reject all cookies, you may be unable to use parts of the Site.
Please note that Information delivered to the Sites (via posting, electronic mail or otherwise) will not be considered confidential. HCME shall not be responsible to keep such information confidential nor shall HCME be liable for any use or disclosure thereof. If you wish to provide information on a confidential basis you should not provide such information via the Site. HCME welcome your comments on the Site or on our products.
You may not send unsolicited commercial email to the email addresses provided on the Site. The posting of email addresses is not to be construed as, and does not constitute consent to use of them by any seller of services, any compiler of mailing lists, or any other non-authorized use without prior permission from HCME. In addition, spam, chain emails, advertising solicitations and similar email solicitations are expressly prohibited.
You may not transmit to or from this Site any unlawful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, inflammatory or pornographic material or other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under the law neither should you attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of our Site, system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization.
You agree to indemnify us against all claims, demands, actions, expenses, losses, damages and costs (including but not limited to reasonable legal costs and disbursements) arising from or incurred as a result of breach of these prohibited uses and for breach of our copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property rights.
Any claim relating to, and the use of, this Site and the materials contained herein is governed by law of The Netherlands.