Bobcat.com Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated on January 10th 2019 and is effective as of that date.

Welcome to the Privacy Policy for Bobcat Company (“we” or “us” or “Bobcat”) web site located at www.bobcat.com/in (this “Web Site”). We appreciate your interest in this Web Site and other linked Bobcat sites. This Privacy Policy applies and is limited to treatment of information that is collected via this Web Site.

If you are looking for the Bobcat Telematics Privacy Policy Statement, click here.

General and Policy Updates

Bobcat takes the privacy of your personal information very seriously and will use your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Please review this Privacy Policy carefully. We may revise this Privacy Policy over time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by posting a revised Privacy Policy on our Web Site. Please check this Web Site from time to time for the most current version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this Web Site after we have provided notice of such changes as described above constitutes your acceptance of such changes.

Information We Collect

You may be asked to provide personal information such as your first and last name, company name, email address, phone number, fax number and address. You may also be asked to establish a login name and password in order to access certain areas of this Web Site. If you forget your password, you may request to reset your password.

Bobcat's web servers automatically collect Web Site usage information from you when you visit this Web Site. Web Site usage information informs us about how our visitors use and navigate this Web Site, including the number and frequency of visitors on each Web Page, their Internet Protocol addresses, the length of their stays and the actions they take. Certain pages of this Web Site may use cookies and clear graphics interchange format images (GIFs) to track and store your information for the purposes described in this policy and to allow us to recognize you as a registered user if you return to this Web Site using the same computer and browser. A cookie is a tiny element of data that a Web Site can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive so that the Bobcat server can recognize when you return. You can erase or block this information from your computer if you want to.

Bobcat may elect to use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", to help us analyze how you use the Web site. The information generated by the cookie about use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers owned by Google. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to Web site activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. The collected data is not tied to any single individual, no individual profiles are created, and Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on their browser; however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this Web Site.

Children

This Web Site is directed towards adults. Bobcat does not (a) knowingly collect, use, or disclose information from children under the age of 13, (b) have actual knowledge that it is collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children under 13, and (c) have actual knowledge that it is collecting personal information directly from users of another website or online service directed to children under the age of 13.

How We Use the Information Collected

We may combine the personal information you provide Bobcat with other information about you that is available to us, including information from other sources (e.g. offline data or data obtained from third parties). The ways that Bobcat may use your information include (a) to respond to your specific inquiries; (b) to troubleshoot any issues with respect to your use of this Web Site; (c) to provide you with information on Bobcat products and services, either on a personalized or aggregate basis; (d) to give Web Site editors anonymous, aggregate information that is useful for developing new features and products for our visitors and to improve the content and navigation on this Web Site; and (e) if you apply for a dealership.

We may share your personal information with trusted third parties such as dealers, our third party website developer, and internal marketing administrators for the purposes described above.

We may also disclose information to respond to legal requirements or requests, enforce our policies, and protect the rights, property and safety of Bobcat. Such information will be disclosed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations of India.

We disclose information to law enforcement, governmental agencies, or third-parties authorized by law, in response to a verified request relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity or any other activity that may expose us, you, or any other Web Site user to legal liability. In such events, we will disclose information that we believe to be relevant and necessary to the investigation or inquiry.

We may disclose your personal information, any communications sent or received by you, and any other information that we may have about you to prevent, investigate, identify persons or organizations potentially involved in activity that appears to us to be illegal, or we believe may expose us to legal liability. Additionally, we may disclose personal information in situations that we believe to be emergencies involving potential threats to the physical safety or any person or property if we believe that the information in any way relates to that threat.

In the event we are engaged in or contemplating a merger or other corporate acquisition with another business entity, personal information may be disclosed to and would likely be acquired by the other business entity.

How we do International Data Transfers

Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this policy. The date so transferred will also allow access including but not limited to/from other countries in which Bobcat or its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries and joint ventures entities have business operations.

Personal information that you publish on our website or submit for publication on our website may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others, in such scenario you expressly agree to the transfers of personal information described in this Section.

Security

Bobcat utilizes reasonable security measures designed to secure your information. Servers where personal information is stored are password and firewall-protected, and access is limited to those employees and independent contractors with a need to know and only for the purposes identified above. We maintain safeguards intended to protect the security, integrity, and privacy of these servers and of your personal information. While we have implemented reasonable security measures to safeguard personal information, You acknowledge that the transmission of such personal information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

You are responsible for keeping your login name and password confidential and are responsible for all actions taken with your login name and password. If your password has been compromised for any reason, you should immediately change your password.

Third party links

There may be third party web sites that you may link to from this Web Site. For example, we allow you to link to Facebook, Twitter and various other social media sites from this Web Site. However, Bobcat has no control over these linked web sites and they each have separate privacy and data collection practices, independent of Bobcat. These social media web sites may track your browsing activity across this Web Site as well as across other sites you visit. Bobcat has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies or actions and is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites. These linked web sites are only for your convenience and you agree that you access them at your own risk.

By using our online pages, and/ or by providing your information, you consent to the collection and use of the information you disclose on the our website online Pages in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including but not limited to Your consent for sharing your information as per this Privacy Policy.

Bobcat may change, amend or/ and update this Privacy Policy from time to time, and Bobcat reserves its right that it would do so without prior notice to you. The revised Privacy Policy is effective immediately when posted on the Website. Hence it is the responsibility of you, each User, customer, visitor to review the Website and the Privacy Policy periodically.

Contact Information

Bobcat has procedures to help you make sure that your information is accurate, current and complete. If you desire to correct any such information or if you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us.