Updated August 1, 2017, Reviewed June 26, 2024

This privacy policy (“Policy”) describes how BuildSite LLC and its related companies (“Company”) collect, use and share personal information of the individuals who use this website or whose personal information is provided to us by Customers or prospective Customers of this website (the “Site”). This Policy also applies to any of our other websites that post this Policy. This Policy does not apply to websites that post different statements.

What We Collect

We get information about you in a range of ways.

• Information You Give Us. We collect your‎ name, company name, company type, postal address, email address, phone number, username, password, demographic information (such as your occupation) as well as other information you directly give us on our Site.
• Information We Get From Others. We may get information about you from other sources. We may add this to information we get from this Site.
• Information Automatically Collected. We automatically log information about you and your computer. For example, when visiting our Site, we log your computer operating system type, browser type, browser language, the website you visited before browsing to our Site, pages you viewed, how long you spent on a page, access times and information about your use of and actions on our Site.
• Cookies. We may log information using "cookies." Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive by a website. We may use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on our Site. This type of information is collected to make the Site more useful to you and to tailor the experience with us to meet your special interests and needs.

Use Of Personal Information

We use your personal information as follows:

• We use your personal information to operate, maintain, and improve our sites, products, and services.
• We use your personal information to respond to comments and questions and provide customer service.
• We use your personal information to send information including confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages.
• We use your personal information to communicate about promotions, upcoming events, and other news about products and services offered by us and our selected partners, including manufacturers and distributors.
• We use your personal information to link or combine user information with other personal information.
• We use your personal information to protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity.
• We use your personal information to provide and deliver products and services customers request.

Sharing Of Personal Information

We may share personal information as follows:

• We may share personal information with your consent. For example, you may let us share personal information with others for their own marketing uses. Those uses will be subject to their privacy policies.
• We may share personal information when we do a business deal, or negotiate a business deal, involving the sale or transfer of all or a part of our business or assets. These deals can include any merger, financing, acquisition, or bankruptcy transaction or proceeding.
• We may share personal information for legal, protection, and safety purposes.
  • We may share information to comply with laws.
  • We may share information to respond to lawful requests and legal processes.
  • We may share information to protect the rights and property of BuildSite LLC, our agents, customers, and others. This includes enforcing our agreements, policies, and terms of use.
  • We may share information in an emergency. This includes protecting the safety of our employees and agents, our customers, or any person.
• We may share information with those who need it to do work for us.

We may also share aggregated and/or anonymized data with others for their own uses.

We do disclose Project Manual and product usage-related information to manufacturers and other third parties for a number of business purposes, including marketing and market research. For example, we may report to a manufacturer that certain products have been specified on a particular project, or that a customer has added certain products to a project submittal. In these cases, we report your company name and location, but not your name or email. This condition does not apply if you do not provide us with a company name.

Links

We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any other Web sites to which the Site links or to that link to the Site. In the course of using the Services as a paying or prospective Customer, you may provide other information, such as messages, contacts, uploaded documents, and submittals, to us ("Customer Data"). Through the use of our Services, you (or BuildSite, at your direction) may deliver Customer Data to one or more third parties, and we are not responsible for the use or disclosure of any such information by any third party. To the extent we use third parties to facilitate our Services or disclose information to third parties, such third parties adhere to their own privacy customs and policies, and BuildSite does not have any responsibility for their practices.

Information Choices and Changes

Our marketing emails tell you how to “opt-out.” If you opt out, we may still send you non-marketing emails. Non-marketing emails include emails about your accounts and our business dealings with you.
You may send requests about personal information to our Contact Information below. You can request to change contact choices, opt-out of our sharing with others, and update your personal information.
You can typically remove and reject cookies from our Site with your browser settings. Many browsers are set to accept cookies until you change your settings. If you remove or reject our cookies, it could affect how our Site works for you.

Contact Information

We welcome your comments or questions about this Privacy Policy. You may contact us as follows:

BuildSite LLC
1221 Preservation Park Way, Suite 200
Oakland, California 94612
Telephone: 510 208 4425
Email: support (at) buildsite.com

Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may change this privacy policy. If we make any changes, we will change the Last Updated date shown above.