This is a privacy policy for Hinkle Manufacturing. Our homepage on the Web is located at http://www.hinklemfg.com. The full text of our privacy policy is available on the Web at http://www.hinklemfg.com/live/privacy.asp Users may email us at   http://www.hinklemfg.com/live/privacy.asp for information on how to opt-in or opt-out of use of their information.

We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy. You may contact us by mail at the following address:

Hinkle Manufacturing
5th and D Streets 
Ampoint Industrial Park

Perrysburg, OH 43551 
USA

You may contact us by e-mail at Info@Hinklemfg.com. You may call us at 419-666-5550.

 If you think we have not followed our privacy policy in some way, Hinkle Manufacturing will endeavor to resolve any disputes relating to this web site in a fair and reasonable manner. Please email us with your enquiry at Info@Hinklemfg.com.

This privacy policy contains three data groups. The data practices of each group will be explained separately.

We collect the following information:

• Click-stream data
• HTTP protocol elements
• Search terms

This data will be used for the following purposes:

• Completion and support of the current activity.
• Web site and system administration.
• Research and development.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

Data collected from all Web users: access logs, and search strings (if entered).

At the user's option, we will collect the following data:

• HTTP cookies

This data will be used for the following purposes:

• Completion and support of the current activity.
• Web site and system administration.
• Research and development.
• One-time tailoring.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

Cookies are used to track visitors to our site, so we can better understand what portions of our site best serve you.

At the user's option, we will collect the following data:

• Physical contact information
• Online contact information

This data will be used for the following purposes:

• Completion and support of the current activity.
• Contacting visitors for marketing of services or products. The user must opt-in to this usage.
• Telemarketing. The user must opt-in to this usage.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents. This information is collected so that we can send you valuable and useful information which is relevant to your needs and interests.

Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.

Our site makes use of cookies. Cookies are used for the following purposes:

• Site administration
• Completing the user's current activity
• User targeting
• Research and development

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 will evaluate this policy's compact policy whenever it is used with a cookie. The actions IE will take depend on what privacy level the user has selected in their browser (Low, Medium, Medium High, or High; the default is Medium. In addition, IE will examine whether the cookie's policy is considered satisfactory or unsatisfactory, whether the cookie is a session cookie or a persistent cookie, and whether the cookie is used in a first-party or third-party context. This section will attempt to evaluate this policy's compact policy against Microsoft's stated behavior for IE6.

Note: this evaluation is currently experimental and should not be considered a substitute for testing with a real Web browser.

Satisfactory policy: this compact policy is considered satisfactory according to the rules defined by Internet Explorer 6. IE6 will accept cookies accompanied by this policy under the High, Medium High, Medium, Low, and Accept All Cookies settings.