Privacy Statement

Protecting your privacy is important to Harrison Specialty Company. We strive to keep your personal information confidential. By ensuring that you are aware of and understand the Harrison Specialty Company Customer Privacy Policy, we can provide you with better service. Please take a moment to read the following policy to learn how we handle your personal information.

Why we collect personal information

Harrison Specialty Company collects and uses your personal information to give you superior customer service, and to provide you with convenient access to our services. In addition, we use your personal information to keep you up to date on the latest company announcements and other information we think you'd like to hear about. From time to time, we may also use your personal information to contact you to participate in a market research survey, so that we can gauge customer satisfaction and enhance our services.

How we collect personal information

We collect information about you in several ways. For example, we might ask for your contact information when you correspond with us, respond to an advertisement or mailing, contact us to request information, or become a client.

When we disclose personal information

It is the policy of Harrison Specialty Company not to voluntarily disclose your personal information to any third-party. However, at times we may be required by law or legal process to disclose your personal information. We may also disclose information about you if we believe that disclosure is necessary for the public interest.

How we protect your personal information

Harrison Specialty Company safeguards the security of the data you send us with physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. We urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet. Change your passwords often, use a combination of letters and numbers, and make sure you use a secure browser.

Harrison Specialty Company uses industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption on all Web pages where personal information is required. (forward-looking statement)

When you link to other sites from our site

Harrison Specialty Company's Web site may contain links to other sites. Harrison Specialty Company does not share your personal information with those Web sites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of those companies.

Access to your personal information

You always have access to the information we have about you. To review and update your personal contact information, you may write to us at P.O. Box 190, 15 University Road, Canton, MA 02021-0190, attn: Webmaster, or call us at (781) 828-9180.

Collecting other personal information

Like many Web sites, the Harrison Specialty Company Web site uses "cookie" technology. When you first connect to our site, the cookie identifies your browser with a unique, random number. The cookies we use do not reveal any personal information about you. Cookies help us understand which parts of our Web site are the most popular, where our visitors are going, and how long they spend there. We use cookies to study traffic patterns on our site so we can make the site even better.

In cases where we might correspond with you via e-mail, we may use a "click-through URL." When you click one of these URLs, you pass through our Web server before arriving at the section of our Web site that is your destination. We track click-throughs to help us determine your interest in particular topics and measure the effectiveness of our customer communications.

Our company-wide commitment to privacy

To make sure your personal information remains confidential, we communicate these privacy guidelines to every Harrison Specialty Company employee.

Harrison Specialty Company does not knowingly solicit personal information from children or send them requests for personal information.

If we are going to use your personal information differently from the use stated at the time of collection, we will try to contact you via e-mail using the most recent information we have. If you have not given us permission to communicate with you, you will not be contacted, nor will we use your personal information in a new manner.

The Harrison Specialty Company Customer Privacy Policy is subject to change at any time. We encourage you to review the privacy policy regularly for any changes.

Last updated February 20, 2003

If you have questions or concerns about Harrison Specialty Company's collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information, please email us at privacy@harrisonspecialty.com.