Privacy Policy
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As of 15 May 2024, this document outlines the Privacy Policy of HuffandPuff Logistics.
This policy provides thorough details on how we handle the Personal Information of individuals interacting with our website, huffandpufflogistics.com (hereinafter referred to as “website”). This explanation will cover several crucial aspects, including the collection, use, sharing, and protection of your Personal Information.
The policy outlined here applies solely to the information collected through the website and aims to protect user privacy and ensure secure online interactions.
We encourage all users to read this document thoroughly, along with our Terms of Service, which are available on our website. If you disagree with any clause described in this policy, please refrain from using the website. Your continued use of the website signifies your agreement to this Privacy Policy.
1.Personal Information
1.1. We may request a few personal details from a user when you use our service so that we can get in touch with or recognize you. These personal details might be like:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Phone number
- Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
- Usage Data
2.Geographic Considerations
2.1. This website primarily serves users from the United States and Canada. However, the terms of data handling for users outside these regions are also clarified in this policy.
2.2. United States: Users consent to the processing of their Personal Information according to the practices described herein.
2.3. Canada and other regions: Users consent to the transfer and storage of their information in the U.S. or other operational locations of HuffandPuff Logistics, subject to the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy.
3.Scope of This Privacy Policy
3.1. Except as stated elsewhere on those websites, this privacy policy only applies to the Site. It does not apply to any other websites, including those run by the service provider, its affiliates, or suppliers, or websites that might be run by third parties. Each of those sites is run and managed by a different business, with its own terms and conditions and privacy policies.
3.2. Please check for relevant privacy policies before visiting any other website, including ones that you found through any of the Site’s links, to make sure you agree with their terms.
4.Information We Collect
4.1. Directly Provided Information: We collect business-related information such as Active MC authority, Certificate of Insurance (COI), filled and signed W-9 form, notice of assignment, and voided check. We gather this information to facilitate our logistics and dispatch services, ensuring an effective partnership with you as a carrier.
4.2. Automatically Collected Information: As you navigate through the website, certain information may be automatically recorded. This includes usage details, I.P. addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
5.Use of Your Information
5.1. We use the information collected for several purposes:
- To manage and operate the website efficiently.
- To provide information, products, or services you request from us.
- We are here to provide you with notices about your interaction with us, including the dispatch service you are using.
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
- I would like to notify you about changes to our website or any products or services we offer or provide through it.
- To improve our website and present its contents to you.
- This is for customer support, including responding to your queries.
- This is for research and analytics purposes to improve our offerings.
6.Sharing of Your Information
6.1. We utilize your personal information for contracts, client and user communications, and handling of contracts. We transfer your data for a variety of reasons.:
6.2. With Your Consent: With your clear confirmation, we transfer your personal data.
6.3. Required For Obedience to The Law: We will share your personal information to third parties to whatever degree to:
- comply with a government request, court order, or applicable rules and regulations
- prevent unlawful use of our site
- defend against third-party claims; or
- assist in preventing or looking into fraud.
6.4. Provided to Third Parties: Due to the company’s technological security measures to secure your personal information, we send your personal information to third parties based on a public offer for processing on our behalf.
6.5. We could give your information to businesses, consultants and independent contractors—such as dispatchers—that we use to carry out certain tasks on our behalf. We implement suitable security measures, such as restricted access and NDAs, during the transfer process.
7.Tracking Technologies and Cookies
7.1. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and store certain information.
7.2. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our dispatching services.
7.3. Cookies or browser cookies: A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our service.
7.4. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our service may use cookies.
7.5. Flash cookies: Certain features of our service may use local stored objects (or flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences or your activity on our service. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for browser cookies.
7.6. Web beacons: Certain sections of our service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
7.7. Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser. We use both session and persistent cookies.
7.8. Necessary / Essential Cookies: These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.
7.9. Without these cookies, the services that you have asked for cannot be provided, and we only use these cookies to provide you with those services.
7.10. Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies: These cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the website.
7.11. Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the website, such as remembering your login details or language preference.
7.12. The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the website.
8.Data Security
8.1. We have set up security measures that aim to stop unwanted disclosure, loss, modifications or theft of the information you give us. The way these systems are set up prohibits and bans hackers and other unauthorized users from obtaining this data.
8.2. There is currently no completely safe way to dispatch data over the Internet or store electronic files because of the nature of Internet connections and rapidly advancing technology.
8.3. We cannot ensure the security of the information you exchange over the Site, even though we try our best to secure it.
8.4. We make no promises as to the complete security of the data you give us, and we clearly decline any such guarantees.
9.Children’s Privacy
9.1. Our website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 18.
9.2. If we learn we have collected or received Personal Information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.
10.Data Retention and Deletion
10.1. We retain Personal Information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
10.2. To determine the appropriate retention period for Personal Information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the Personal Information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your Personal Information, the purposes for which we process your Personal Information, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
11.Links to Other Websites
11.1. Our Site contains links to other websites not owned or controlled by HuffandPuff Logistics. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other websites.
11.2. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by our Site.
12.Changes to Our Privacy Policy
12.1. We may update this policy from time to time. All changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.
12.2. We encourage users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are protecting the personal information we collect.
13.Contact Information
13.1. Questions, comments, or any concerns related to your use of the our website regarding this Privacy Policy and the Provider’s information handling policies and procedures should be submitted to us at:
Email: info@huffandpufflogistics.com
Postal Address: PO BOX 3323 Dublin, OH 43016. The U.S.
You can also Call Us at: (614) 808-3311