Privacy Policy

1. Your Privacy

This “Privacy Policy” describes the privacy practices of Machinery Partner, Inc. and our subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “Machinery Partner”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) in connection with the https://www.machinerypartner.com/ or any other website or mobile application that we own or control and which posts or links to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Service”), and our direct marketing communications.

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Our websites, apps, products, and services are designed for businesses and their representatives. We do not target consumers – individuals who seek to use our products and services for their personal or household purposes. Accordingly, we treat all personal data we collect as pertaining to individuals in their business capacity and not their individual capacity.

2. Personal Information We Collect

Information you provide to us. Personal information you provide to us through the Service or otherwise may include:

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• Business and personal contact information, such as your first and last name, email and mailing addresses, phone number, professional title and company name.
• Content you choose to upload to the Service, such as text, images, audio, and video, along with the metadata associated with the files you upload.
• Registration information, such as information that may be related to a service or a webinar or other training opportunity for which you register.
• Application for Financing Services, such as social security number, date of birth, employment information, salary information, tax ID, and financial statements.
• Feedback or correspondence, such as information you provide when you contact us with questions, feedback, or otherwise correspond with us.
• Demographic information, such as your city, state, country of residence, and postal code.
• Usage information, such as information about how you use the Service and interact with us, including information associated with any content you upload to the websites or otherwise submit to us, and information you provide when you use any interactive features of the Service.
• Transaction data, such as information about payments to and from you and other details of products or services you have purchased from us.
• Marketing information, such as information including your preferences for receiving communications about our activities, events, and publications, and details about how you engage with our communications.
• Other information that we may collect that is not specifically listed here but which we will use in accordance with this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.

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Information we obtain from social media platforms. We may maintain pages for Machinery Partner on social media platforms, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and other third party platforms. When you visit or interact with our pages on those platforms, the platform provider’s privacy policy will apply to your interactions and their collection, use and processing of your personal information. You or the platforms may provide us with information through the platforms, and we will treat such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

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Information we obtain from other third parties.We may receive personal information about you from third-party sources, such as business partners, consumer reporting agencies, marketing partners, publicly available sources, and data providers. As part of our financing services, we receive and transmit data to consumer reporting agencies and third-party lenders.

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Cookies and Other Information Collected by Automated Means. We, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically log information about you, your computer or mobile device, and activity occurring on or through the Service. The information that may be collected automatically includes your computer or mobile device operating system type and version number, manufacturer and model, device identifier, browser type, screen resolution, IP address, the website you visited before browsing to our websites, general location information such as city, state or geographic area, and information about your use of and actions on the Service, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, and length of access. Our service providers and business partners may collect this type of information over time and across third-party websites and mobile applications. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your computer or mobile device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

On our webpages, this information is collected using cookies, browser web storage (also known as locally stored objects, or “LSOs”), and similar technologies. We may also use web beacons (which are also known as pixel tags and clear GIFs) on our Service and in our HTML formatted emails to track the actions of users on our websites and interactions with our emails. Unlike cookies, which are stored on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device by a website, pixel tags are embedded invisibly on webpages or within HTML formatted emails. Pixel tags are used to demonstrate that a webpage was accessed or that certain content was viewed, typically to measure the success of our marketing campaigns or engagement with our emails and to compile statistics about usage of our Service, so that we can manage our content more effectively

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See below for information about your choices with respect to cookies and other technologies.

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3. How We Use Your Personal Information

To operate the Service. We use your personal information to:

• provide, operate and improve the Service, including sharing your information with third parties to secure your financing;
• provide information about our products and services;
• communicate with you about the Service, including by sending you announcements, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
• communicate with you about webinars and other training opportunities;
• understand your needs and interests, and personalize your experience with the Service and our communications;
• provide support and maintenance for the Service; or
• respond to your requests, questions, and feedback.

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For research and development.We analyze use of the Service to improve the Service and to develop new products and services, including by studying user demographics and use of the Service.

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To send you marketing and promotional communications.‍We may send you marketing communications as permitted by law. You will have the ability to opt-out of our marketing and promotional communications as described in the Your Choices section below.

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To comply with law. We use your personal information — as we believe necessary or appropriate — to comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities.

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For compliance, fraud prevention, and safety.As we believe necessary or appropriate, we may use your personal information and disclose it to law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties to: (a) protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety or property (including by making and defending legal claims); (b) enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Service; and (c) protect, investigate and deter against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity.

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With your consent.In some cases we may specifically ask for your consent to collect, use or share your personal information, such as when required by law.

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To create anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data.We may create anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data from your personal information and other individuals whose personal information we collect. We make personal information into anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data by removing or not utilizing information that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We may use this anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze and improve the Service and to promote our business.

4. Your Choices

In this section, we describe the rights and choices available to all users.

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Access or update your information. You may request to review and update certain personal information by contacting us at privacy@machinerypartner.com

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Consent to receive communications. By providing your mobile number and email address, you consent to receive text messages from Machinery Partner at the mobile number provided, as well as email communications at the email address you have given. These communications may include promotions, updates, and other marketing information related to Machinery Partner's products and services.

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Opt out of Machinery Partner marketing communications. You may opt out of marketing-related emails by following the opt-out or unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of the email, or by contacting us at privacy@machinerypartner.com.You may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails.

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Cookies and other technologies.Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings.Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings.Please note that if you set your browser to disable cookies, the Service may not work properly.

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Users may opt out of receiving targeted advertising on websites through members of the Network Advertising Initiative by clicking here or the Digital Advertising Alliance by clicking here. Please note that we also may work with companies that offer their own opt-out mechanisms and may not participate in the opt-out mechanisms that we linked above. If you choose to opt-out of targeted advertisements, you will still see advertisements online, but they may not be relevant to you. Even if you do choose to opt out, not all companies that serve online behavioral advertising are included in this list, and so you may still receive some cookies and tailored advertisements from companies that are not listed.

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Do not track. Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” or similar signals.To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

5. Other Sites, Mobile Applications and Services

The Service may contain links to other websites, mobile applications, and other online services operated by third parties. These links are not an endorsement of, or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. In addition, our content may be included on web pages, in mobile applications or on online services that are not associated with us. We do not control third party websites, mobile applications, or online services, and we are not responsible for their actions. Other websites, mobile applications and services follow different rules regarding the collection, use and sharing of your personal information. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites, mobile applications and online services that you use.

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Security Practices

The security of your personal information is important to us.We employ a number of organizational, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.

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International Data Transfers

Our headquarters is in the United States and we have service providers in other countries.Your personal information may be transferred to the United States or other locations outside of your state, province, or country where privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your state, province, or country.

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6. Children

The Service is not directed to, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from, anyone under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us. We will delete such information from our files as soon as reasonably practicable.We encourage parents with concerns to contact us.

7. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this Privacy Policy and posting it on the Service. We may (and if required by law will) also provide notification of changes in another way that we believe is reasonably likely to reach you, such as via e-mail (if we have your contact information) or another manner through the Service.

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Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our posting the new terms and/or upon implementation of the new changes on the Service (or as otherwise indicated at the time of posting). In all cases, your continued use of the Service after the posting of any modified Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of the modified Privacy Policy.

8. How to Contact Us

Please direct any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or privacy practices to privacy@machinerypartner.com. You may also write to us via postal mail at:

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Machinery Partner, Inc.
131 Dartmouth St, 3rd Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02116