Koch Business Solutions, LP.
Privacy Policy
Koch Business Solutions, LP,
(“KBS”), an affiliate of Koch Industries, Inc. respects individuals’ concerns
about the privacy of their information.
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information KBS collects both
online and offline. The Policy describes
the types of personal information we collect, how we may use that personal
information and with whom we may share it, as well as the measures we take to
protect the security of the personal information. We also tell you how you can contact us to
update or remove your personal information or receive answers to questions you
may have about our privacy practices.
This Policy applies to the
personal information practices of KBS and its subsidiaries (specifically XRS
Mobility LLC). Other KBS affiliates may
have implemented their own privacy policy. In such case, the affiliate's
specific privacy policy will govern. Accordingly, we encourage you to
review the privacy policies of Koch Industries affiliates before submitting
personal information to them. Typically, the privacy policies of KBS
affiliates can be accessed from a link at the bottom of their website's home
page.
Click on one of the links below
to advance to the listed section:
Ø Information We
Collect and How We Use It
·
Personal Information We Collect About You
§ Incidents and Investigations
§ Careers
§ Feedback
·
Information We Collect by Automated Means
§ Cookies
Ø How We Protect Personal
Information
Ø Updates
to Our Privacy Policy
Information
We Collect and How We Use It
Personal
Information We Collect About You
We may collect personal information (such as name, email and postal
address, telephone
number and financial information) from consumers,
customers, job applicants, employees, contractors, vendors and other
individuals through our websites or by
other means (such as email, fax, postal mail or telephone). The principal ways you may provide the information and the types of
information you may submit, as well as the ways we may use the
information are listed below.
When you submit an incident report or provide
information in connection with an investigation, we may collect details such as
your name, identification number, email address and postal address. Depending on the nature of the incident or
investigation, we may collect additional information as well. We use these
details to follow up on the report or investigation and comply with internal
and legal requirements.
You
may be able to submit your resume and other information online to apply for a job with KBS. The information you provide in connection
with your job search is maintained in
a database. We use the information you submit to evaluate your
qualifications for employment and to contact you regarding possible
employment opportunities with KBS.
You may also choose to provide information such as
your gender or ethnic background.
Providing this data is optional and is not required to apply for a job
with KBS. This information will not be
considered in evaluating candidates’ qualifications for employment with KBS.
You may be able to submit feedback on our
websites. If you choose to give us your feedback, we may ask you for
information such as your name, email address, postal address, occupation and the name of your
organization. We also ask you about your
experience using our websites. We may
use the information you provide to
enhance our websites.
You may contact us
with questions, requests or comments through the “Contact Us”
link on our websites or by other means (such as email, fax, postal mail or
telephone). When you do so, we may ask
you for information such as your name, email address and telephone number. We use the information to respond to your
questions and comments. We also may use
the information you provide to evaluate the quality of our products and to
communicate with you about products and services.
If you are a vendor or a contractor for KBS or one of its
subsidiaries or affiliates, we may ask you to provide information such as your contact information, tax identification
number, date of birth, driver’s license or other identification number, or
financial information to establish and administer your account or process
payments, and for compliance with internal and legal requirements.
We may use the personal
information you provide to us for the internal purposes of KBS and its subsidiaries and
affiliates. These purposes include administration of our websites, data analytics and
compliance with our legal obligations, policies
and procedures.
Information
We Collect by Automated Means
We collect certain information by
automated means when you visit our websites, such as how many users visited our sites and the
pages accessed. By collecting this information, we learn how to best
tailor our websites to our visitors. We
collect this information
through various means such as “cookies,” “web beacons” and IP addresses as explained below.
Like many companies, we use
"cookies" on our websites.
Cookies are bits of text that are placed on your computer's hard drive
when you visit certain websites. We use cookies to tell
us, for example, whether you have visited us before or if you are a new visitor and to help us
identify site features in which you may have the greatest interest. Cookies may enhance your online experience by saving your preferences while you are
visiting a particular site.
Most browsers will
tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new
cookie, and how to disable existing cookies.
Please note,
however, that without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of all our website features.
Certain pages on our websites
contain "web beacons" (also know as Internet tags, pixel tags and clear
GIFs). These web beacons allow us to obtain information such as the IP
address of the computer that downloaded the page on which the beacon appears, the URL of the page
on which the beacon
appears, the time the page containing the beacon was viewed, the type of browser used to view the
page, and the information in cookies set by the
third party.
An IP address is a
unique identifier that certain electronic devices use to identify and
communicate with each other on the Internet.
When you visit our websites, we may view and/or store the IP address of
the device you use to connect to the Internet.
We use this information to determine the general physical location of
the device and understand from what regions of the world our website visitors
come. We also may use this information
to enhance our websites.
We do not sell or otherwise disclose personal
information except as described here. We
may share the information you provide with our subsidiaries and affiliates. We also may share the information with
service providers we have retained to perform services on our behalf. These service providers are not authorized by
us to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services
on our behalf or comply with legal requirements. In addition, we may disclose information
about you (i) if we are required to do so by law or legal process; (ii) to law
enforcement authorities or other government officials; or (iii) when we believe
disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial
loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal
activity.
We reserve the right to transfer any information we have about you in
the event we sell or
transfer all or a portion of our business or assets. Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will
use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use information you have provided
through our websites in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Our websites and communications may provide links
to other websites for your convenience and information. These websites may operate independently from
KBS and its subsidiaries and affiliates.
Linked sites may have their own privacy
notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review if you visit any linked websites. To the extent any linked websites you visit
are not part of KBS and its
subsidiaries and affiliates, we are not responsible for their content, any use
of the sites, or the privacy practices of the sites.
How We Protect Personal Information
We maintain administrative,
technical and/or physical safeguards to protect against loss, misuse or unauthorized
access, disclosure, alteration or destruction of the information you provide.
KBS will provide you with reasonable access to personal information you provide to us and
the ability to review and correct it, as required by law. To help
protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity, such as requiring a password
and user ID for websites or asking you to confirm your provided information,
before granting you access to your information.
Laws related to
personal information vary by country.
For example, personal information collected in the European Economic
Area is subject to laws based on the European Union Data Protection Directive. KBS complies with the same requirements as
those outlined in the Safe Harbor privacy framework that is set forth by the
U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, storage, transfer, use
and other processing of personal data transferred to the United States from the
European Economic Area and Switzerland (collectively, “EEA”) and relating to
consumers, customers, employees (including job applicants and current or former
employees), contractors, vendors and other relevant individuals
If you are
located in the EEA, you may direct us not to share your personal information
with third parties, except as specified below.
We do not use personal information for purposes that are incompatible
with the purposes for which the information was originally collected without
notifying the relevant individuals of such uses and offering an opportunity to
opt out.
We may disclose
personal information without offering individuals an opportunity to opt out (i)
to service providers we have retained to perform services on our behalf; (ii) in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets; (iii)
if disclosure is required by law or legal process; (iv) to law enforcement
authorities or other government officials; or (v) when we believe disclosure is
necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss, or in
connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity.
To update your preferences or information
we have about you, or to ask us to remove your information from our mailing
lists, please contact us as indicated below.
This Privacy Policy
may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our information practices. We will post a prominent notice on
this site to notify you of any significant changes to our Privacy Policy and
indicate at the top of the policy when it was most recently updated.
How to
Contact Us
If you have any
questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or if you would like us to
update information we have about you or your preferences, or have your information removed from our
mailing lists, please email
us or write to:
Koch Business Solutions, LP.
Compliance & Ethics
Department