The Sheffield Group Privacy Policy

Our Commitment To Privacy

This privacy policy was last updated on March 5, 2025. Please read carefully.

Thank you for visiting http://www.sheffieldnet.com (the “Site”). Your privacy is very important to us at The Sheffield Group, and we are committed to protecting and safeguarding your privacy. It is our policy to keep your personal information confidential. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested. Please take a moment to read the following Policy to learn how we handle your personal information.

This Privacy Statement is to inform you about the types of information we might collect about you when you visit our Site, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct, that information. The Sheffield Group does not collect Personal Information about individuals who visit our site except when the information is specifically provided on a voluntary basis.

The Sheffield Group does not collect Personal Information about individuals who visit our site except when the information is specifically provided on a voluntary basis.

Information We Collect

The information we receive depends on what you do when you visit our site. The Sheffield Group will not collect or retain any information about you personally (that is, your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address) unless you choose to provide it to us. If you visit our site to read or download information, we collect and store only the following information: the name of the domain from which you access the Internet, your computer’s source IP address, the date and time you access our site and the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site. We use this information to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our site and to help us make our site more useful to visitors.

We may collect Personal Information (including name, address, telephone number, email address and, when necessary, credit card information) when you:

• Inquire about our products and services
• Communicate with customer service

We may also collect non-personally identifiable information from you when you visit the Site (e.g., your IP address, browser type, domain name, etc.). This information is collected and analyzed in the aggregate in order to improve the function and content of the Site.

Collection of Personal Information From or Through Social Media Sites.

When you interact with any The Sheffield Group website, page or account on a social media platform, such as Facebook, we may collect the personal information that you make available to us on that page or account including your account ID or “handle.” However, we will comply with the privacy policies of the corresponding social media platform and we will only collect and store such personal information that we are permitted to collect by these social media platforms. With your consent, we also may share information about your activities, including what you view on the Sites, with that social network’s users.

Google Analytics.

We also use Google services, including Google Analytics and Google AdWords which uses cookies and other, similar technologies to collect information about Site use anonymously and reports website trends, without identifying individual visitors. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, and opt out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Use of Information

Personal Information will not be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties without the approval of the website user at the time of collection. The user will have the opportunity to indicate whether he or she would like to “opt out” of receiving promotional and/or marketing information about other products, services and offerings from The Sheffield Group and/or any third parties. Further, notwithstanding any “opt out” of promotional information by the user, The Sheffield Group reserves the right to contact a customer regarding account status and other matters relevant to the underlying service and/or the information collected.

We use the information that is collected about you for a variety of purposes, providing services to you, referrals to service partners or adding you to our e-mail subscription list. We also use the information in analyzing trends and statistics, enhancing the operation of the website.

From time to time you may voluntarily provide Personal Information to complete questionnaires or to participate in surveys, polls or personalized assessments. We use this information to improve our products and services.

We may also use your Personal Information to provide you newsletters and other marketing information we think would be of particular interest to you concerning things such as new products, services or website features. But you always have the opportunity to let us know if you do not wish to receive unsolicited promotional materials from us, and we will make every reasonable effort to honor such requests.

We work with affiliated businesses we do not control, such as product and service sellers on our website. We share customer information related to any transactions between you and that third party conducted through our website.

We may share Personal Information you provide online with other The Sheffield Group-affiliated entities and/or trusted business partners with whom we collaborate. We may employ third party vendors to perform functions on our behalf. Examples may include delivering packages, fulfilling orders, e-mail administrative functions, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. These vendors will be bound by contract to use confidential data only for those purposes for which they are hired. This includes third party responders in alarm or other security events requiring response.

The Sheffield Group may disclose Personal Information to a third party in the event that The Sheffield Group sells all or part of its assets to such third party or merges with or is acquired by the third party.

Except as stated above or when necessary to share your information with The Sheffield Group agents or business partners for the purposes of performing services for The Sheffield Group, your personal information (name, address, telephone number, e-mail address or other information) will not be provided to any third party without your prior consent. We have restricted our agents and business partners from using your personal information in any way other than to provide the services contracted for by The Sheffield Group.

We may disclose the information that we collect about you when we have reason to believe that it is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against persons or entities that may be causing injury to you, to us or to others. At times, we may be required by law or legal process to disclose your personal information, and we may also disclose information when we believe the law requires it. We may also disclose information about you if we believe that disclosure is necessary for the public interest.

Users may always “opt out” of further promotional contacts at any time. Also, upon request, The Sheffield Group will take reasonable efforts to delete a user’s personal information from its database. It may be impossible to delete a user’s entry without some residual information because of backups and records of deletions.

If you are visiting the Website from outside the United States and provide The Sheffield Group with personal information, please note that your personal information will be transferred, stored and processed within the United States. The data protection laws in the United States may not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By doing business or interacting with The Sheffield Group, you are consenting to the transfer of your personal information to facilities located in the United States and other facility locations selected by The Sheffield Group and to the application of United States law regarding the collection, transfer and maintenance of your personal information.

Cookies

Like many websites, The Sheffield Group website uses “cookie” technology. A “cookie” is a small data file transferred to your computer’s hard drive that allows a website to respond to you as an individual, gathering and remembering information about your preferences. 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, except perhaps your first name so we can welcome you on your next visit. Cookies help us understand which parts of our websites 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.

Data Security

It is our intent to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee or warrant complete security. We use a variety of current technologies and processes for protection of data. We limit the information we provide to outside companies with whom we contract to only what they need to carry out their responsibilities.

If a user has an account on the Website, the user is responsible for (i) keeping his or her account password confidential and secured, (ii) avoiding unauthorized access to his or her computer; and (iii) keeping the e-mail address associated with that account current (you acknowledge that it is important to keep the e-mail address associated with that account current because although you may be able to log into your The Sheffield Group account using an old e-mail address, you will not receive messages from The Sheffield Group about your services and inquiries or other matters).

You shall be responsible for protecting the confidentiality of your password(s). You acknowledge that, although the Internet is often a secure environment, sometimes there are interruptions in service or events that are beyond our control, and The Sheffield Group shall not be responsible for any data lost while transmitting or receiving information on the Internet.

Third Party Websites

The Site may provide hyperlinks, which are highlighted words or pictures within a hypertext document that, when clicked, take you to another place within the document, to another document altogether, or to other web sites not controlled by The Sheffield Group. These hyperlinked web sites may contain privacy provisions that are different from those provided herein. The Sheffield Group is not responsible for the collection, use, or disclosure of information collected through these web sites or links, and we expressly disclaim any and all liability related to such collection, use, or disclosure.

Protection of Children’s Privacy

The Site is a general audience web site that is not specifically designed or targeted at children. If you are under 18, you may use the Site only with involvement of a parent or guardian. We abide by the requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and other relevant laws. We do not knowingly collect, use or disseminate any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If, however, we become aware that personally identifiable information regarding a child under the age of 13 has been collected at the Site, we will delete such information from our records.

Special note for residents of California

Your California Privacy Rights

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