OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR WEBSITE VISITORS

KnightsGear USA (“KGUSA”) is committed to protecting the privacy of members and visitors to our websites.  We maintain a high level of confidentiality through staff training and strict policies, and we will not sell, trade or otherwise share your name or personal information with any other company.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

When you interact with us for business (the “Services,”) we collect information from or about you that alone or in combination may be used to identify you (“Personal Data”), as described below:

Personal Data That You Provide: In order to provide the Services to you, KGUSA may collect personal data from you such as your full name, address, telephone number, email address, council and council number.  

WHAT OTHER INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Automatically Collected Data: When you interact with us, we receive and store certain data automatically.  We may store such data or it may be included in databases owned and maintained by our service providers.  We may use automatically collected data and pool it with other information to track, for example, the total number of visitors to our Services, the number of visitors to each page of our website, and the domain names of our visitors’ Internet Service Providers.

In operating the Services, we and third parties that help operate our services may use a technology called "cookies.”  A cookie is a piece of information that the computer that hosts our Services gives to your browser when you access the Site.  Our cookies help operate the Services and analyze Site usage more accurately.  For additional information on our Cookie Policy, please click here.  On most web browsers, you will find a “help” section on the toolbar. 

Please refer to this section for information on how to receive a notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off.  We recommend that you leave cookies turned on because they allow you to take advantage of some of our Services’ features.

Our third party vendors may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on this Site and other sites in order to provide you advertising regarding our Services based upon your browsing activities and interests.  The only way to completely “opt out” of the collection of any information through cookies or other tracking technology is to actively manage the settings on your browser or mobile device.

Please refer to your browser’s or mobile device’s technical information for instructions on how to delete and disable cookies, and other tracking/recording tools (to learn more about cookies, clear gifs/web beacons, and related technologies).  You may not be able to control tracking technologies through if you access our Sites or Services on your mobile device.  You may wish to visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org and/or the Network Advertising Initiative’s online resources, at http://www.networkadvertising.org.  You will continue to receive generic ads.  The Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, third-party ad servers and ad networks.

Please contact or consult the respective privacy policies of such ad servers or ad networks for more information.

 

Aggregated Personal Data: We may aggregate data, including Personal Data, and use such aggregated data to provide our Services

HOW DO WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT?

We use your information to provide the Services; send you emails or newsletters that you signed-up for; promote our products and services; improve our Services; analyze website usage.

 

KGUSA may use your personal or other information to contact you in the future to promote our products and services and the products and services we believe will be of interest to you.  If we do so, each promotional communication we send you will contain instructions permitting you to "opt-out" of receiving future promotional information.  In addition, if at any time, you wish not to receive any future communications or you wish to have your name deleted from our mailing lists, please contact us at Privacy@knightsgear.com.  Please note that we will continue to contact you via email to respond to requests and provide our Services.

WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION?

KGUSA may share some or all of your Personal Data with certain third parties, as set forth below:   Business Transfers: Should we ever be involved in a merger, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, sale of company assets, or transition of service to another provider, your information may be transferred to a successor or affiliate alone or as part of that transaction along with other assets.   Vendors and Service Providers: We engage third-party vendors and service providers to perform certain functions on our behalf, e.g., in connection with sending marketing emails and/or newsletters to you, among other functions.   Legal Requirements: We may disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of KGUSA, (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Services or the public, or (iv) protect against legal liability.

 

WHERE ARE OUR SERVICES LOCATED?

The Services are operated in the United States of America (U.S.).  If you are located in another jurisdiction, please be aware that any Personal Data (defined below) you choose to provide may be transferred from your current location to the U.S. and will be subject to U.S. privacy laws.  U.S. privacy laws may differ from the privacy laws in your jurisdiction.  By using our Services or by voluntarily providing us with your Personal Data, you acknowledge and consent to your Personal Data being transferred to the U.S.

 

HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION?

We take reasonable steps to protect the Personal Data provided via the Services from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.  However, the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be fully secure and we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide to us.  We do not accept liability for unintentional disclosure.

 

WHAT DOES THIS PRIVACY POLICY APPLY TO?

This Privacy Policy applies to the Services and your usage of our websites as well as connections made to the primary KofC.org website.

This Privacy Policy applies only to the KGUSA Services.  The Services may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by us (the “Third Party Sites”).  The policies and procedures we describe here do not apply to the Third Party Sites.  The links from our Services do not imply that we endorse or have reviewed the Third Party Sites.  We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy policies.

Through our Services, you can choose to access certain social media websites and services that are owned and/or controlled by third parties (including, without limitation, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube — such websites and services, collectively, the “Social Media Services”).  When you elect to access and use the Social Media Services, you will be sharing your information (which will include Personal Data if you elect to share such information) with those Social Media Services.  When you interact with our pages on those Social Media Services, you will also be sharing your information with KGUSA.  The information that you share with the Social Media Services and with us through those Services will be governed by the privacy policies and terms of service of the providers of each such Social Media Services and not by the KGUSA Privacy Policy and procedures we describe here.

 

WHAT ARE YOUR CHOICES AND HOW CAN YOU OPT OUT?

If, at any time, you prefer not to receive further email communications from KGUSA (except in connection with information, products or services that you specifically request), you may unsubscribe from such communications via a link provided in every promotional email that KGUSA or K of C sends to you.  If, at any time, you prefer not to receive any other form of communication from KGUSA, you may unsubscribe from such communications by contacting us at privacy@knightsgearusa.com.

 

HOW OFTEN DO WE UPDATE OUR PRIVACY POLICY?

We may change this Privacy Policy at any time.  We will post all changes to this Privacy Policy on this page.  Your continued use of the Services constitutes your agreement to the Privacy Policy as changed.

 

ARE THERE ANY STATE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

Applicable California privacy legislation permits visitors who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.  To make such a request to access such information, please email privacy@knightsgearusa.com.  Within thirty (30) days of receiving such a request, we will provide a list of the categories of personal information disclosed to third parties for third-party direct marketing purposes during the immediately preceding calendar year, along with the names and addresses of these third parties.  This request may be made no more than once per calendar year. 

We reserve our right not to respond to requests submitted other than to the address specified in this paragraph.

 

WHOM SHOULD YOU CONTACT WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRIVACY POLICY?

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or the information practices of this Site, you may contact the Privacy Team at: privacy@knightsgearusa.com or KnightsGear USA, 466 Bridgeport Ave, Shelton, CT. 06484.

Updated November 5, 2020

 

 

COOKIE POLICY

This website uses cookies and similar technologies to make it easier for you to use the website during future visits, monitor traffic on our website, personalize the content of the website for you and provide you with interest-based advertising. For more information about our privacy practices, please visit our privacy policy.

 

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

A “cookie” is a piece of information sent to your browser by a website you visit. Upon your first connection to our website, you will be asked to confirm whether you agree to our use of cookies in accordance with this cookie policy, and if you accept we will store cookies on your computer.

Some cookies expire at the end of your visit to our website (session cookies), others remain on your computer or terminal device for a longer period (persistent cookies).

 

Types of Cookies: Our website uses the following cookies for the following purposes:

 

COOKIE	PURPOSE
Session ID cookie	This is a temporary cookie file which is erased when you close your web browser. When you restart your browser and revisit the website, the website will not recognize you.
Persistent cookie	This is a cookie stored on your computer for a set period of time and is used to identify your choice of language for the use of our websites. When you return to the website, this cookie is queried and the proper language site is delivered to your browser. If you select a different language site via the language selector in the lower right-hand corner of the website, this cookie is reset to reflect your latest choice of language.
Google Analytics	The website use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information collected by Google Analytics, including your internet protocol (IP) address, will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing further services to us relating to website. You can prevent your data from being collected by Google Analytics on our website by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your current web browser at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en To learn more about Google Analytics’ privacy practices, please visit https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en&ref_topic=2919631
Behavioral Targeting / Re-Targeting	Google AdWords Remarketing cookie. Our website uses a remarketing advertising service (Google AdWords Remarketing) provided by Google, which uses cookies to help us deliver targeted online adverts based on past visits to our website. Google uses this information to display our adverts on various third party websites across the internet. Google AdWords Remarketing allows us to tailor our marketing to better suit your needs and only display ads that are relevant to you. To learn more about Google Analytics’ privacy practices, please visit https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/. You may opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. Facebook Pixel. Facebook Pixel is an analytics tool that allows us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising by understanding the actions you take on our website. In this way, we can tailor our marketing to better suit your needs and only display ads that are relevant to you. When you visit our website and take an action (for example, completing a purchase or clicking on an image), the Facebook Pixel is triggered and reports this action. To learn more about Facebook’s privacy practices, please visit https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. You can opt out of the use of Facebook Pixel by visiting the adverts tab in your Facebook profile settings.

 

 

How to Disable Cookies?

On most web browsers, you will find a “help” section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive a notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off. 

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.