Privacy Policy
At FreightIndex, we are committed to protecting your privacy and to developing technology that gives you the most powerful and secure online experience. You can travel through most of our site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this privacy policy explains data collection and use in those situations. Please read this document for more information about our storage and use of the details we collect.
Collecting your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you.
Personal information collected by FreightIndex often is limited to e-mail address, language, country or location, but may include other information when needed to provide a service you requested.
Use of your Personal Information
We use your personal information for five primary purposes:
- To make the site easier for you to use by not making you enter your personal information more than once.
- To help you quickly find services or information on FreightIndex.
- To assist in the assignment of a personal representative to aid you in your dealings with FreightIndex.
- To help us create and deliver content most relevant to you.
- To alert you to special offers, updated information and other new services from FreightIndex.
FreightIndex will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
Conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on FreightIndex or the site. Protect and defend the rights or property of FreightIndex and its family of Web sites, and, act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of FreightIndex, its Web sites, or the public.
Control of your Personal Information
When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, FreightIndex will not share that information with third parties outside of the FreightIndex Group without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above. FreightIndex may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service issues related to a product or service you requested. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service you have chosen.
Access to your Personal Information
You may contact FreightIndex at any time to request modification or deletion of your personal data, in accordance with established EU guidelines.
Security of Your Personal Information
FreightIndex strictly protects the security of your personal information and honours your choices for its intended use. We carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
Your personal information is never shared outside the company without your permission, except under conditions explained above. Inside the company, data is stored in password-controlled servers with limited access. Your information may be stored and processed in Spain or any other country where FreightIndex, its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents are located.
Protection of Children's Personal Information
The FreightIndex site does not publish content that is targeted to children.
Use of Cookies
To ensure we are publishing content customers need and want, FreightIndex collects aggregated site-visitation statistics using cookies. We do not track individuals' use of the site. When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on the customer’s machine (if the customer accepts cookies) or is read if the customer has visited the site previously.
Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology, or action tags, assist in delivering the cookie. This technology tells us how many visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on the FreightIndex website. We do not use this technology to access your personally identifiable information on FreightIndex; it is a tool we use to compile aggregated statistics about FreightIndex website usage. We do not share tracking information outside of the FreightIndex Group. FreightIndex also uses cookies in connection with the use of certain member only sections on the FreightIndex website as explained above.
If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the FreightIndex website, you will be able to view the text on the screens, however you will not experience a personalized visit nor will you be able to subscribe to the service offerings on the site.
