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Elster
Electricity accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of the
information on this website. The content and structure of this
website are subject to copyright law and other legislation governing
the protection of intellectual property. The dissemination or change
of the content of these pages is not permitted. Furthermore, the
content may not be copied for commercial purposes or made accessible
to third parties. The pictures which have been made available to
Elster Electricity by third parties are also subject to copyright
law.
Exclusion Clause
Elster Electricity, LLC continually checks and updates the information on its website. However, despite the utmost care and diligence, information and technical data may change without notice. For this reason, Elster Electricity accepts no liability nor gives any guarantee with regard to the subject matter, accuracy, and completeness of the information given on these pages. This also applies to hyperlinks on the site which take you to other websites. Elster Electricity accepts no responsibility or liability for material contained on such other websites.
Furthermore, Elster Electricity reserves the right to make changes or amendments to the information and data provided at any time without prior notice. Pages which contain statements which may refer to the future of the electric utilities industry, electricity metering business, and technology are based on the vision and opinion of Elster Electricity management.
Privacy Protection
Elster Electricity’s Commitment to Data Privacy
Protection
Protecting the security and privacy of your
personal data is important to Elster Electricity; therefore, we
conduct our business in compliance with applicable laws on data
privacy protection and data security. We hope the policy outlined
below will help you understand what data Elster Electricity may
collect, how Elster Electricity uses and safeguards that data and
with whom we may share it.
Personal data
Through our Web sites, Elster Electricity will not collect any personal data
about you (e.g. your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address), unless
you voluntarily choose to provide us with it (e.g. by registration, survey),
provide your consent, or unless otherwise permitted by applicable laws and
regulations for the protection of your personal data.
Purpose of Use
When you do provide us with personal data, we usually use it to respond to your
inquiry, process your order or provide you access to specific information or
offers. Also, to support our customer relationship with you:
we may store and process personal data and share it with our worldwide affiliates to better understand your business needs and how we can improve our products and services; or
we (or a third party on our behalf) may use personal data to contact you about a Elster Electricity offer in support of your business needs or to conduct online surveys to understand better our customers' needs.
If you choose not to have your personal data used to support our customer relationship (especially direct marketing or market research), we will respect your choice. We do not sell or otherwise market your personal data to third parties, except to Elster Electricity affiliates.
Purpose Limitation
Elster Electricity will collect, use or disclose personal data supplied by you
online only for the purposes disclosed to you, unless the disclosure:
- is a use of the personal data for any additional purpose that is directly related to the original purpose for which the personal data was collected,
- is necessary to prepare, negotiate and perform a contract with you,
- is required by law or the competent governmental or judicial authorities,
- is necessary to establish or preserve a legal claim or defense,
- is necessary to prevent fraud or other illegal activities, such as willful attacks on Elster Electricity information technology systems.
Communications or Utilization Data
Through your use of telecommunications services to access our Web site, your
communications data (e.g. Internet protocol address) or utilization
data (e.g. information on the beginning, end and extent of each
access, and information on the telecommunications services you
accessed) are technically generated and could conceivably relate to
personal data. To the extent that there is a compelling necessity,
the collection, processing and use of your communications or
utilization data will occur and will be performed in accordance with
the applicable data privacy protection legal framework.
Non-Personal Data Collected Automatically
When you access our Web sites, we may automatically (i.e., not by
registration) collect non-personal data (e.g. type of Internet
browser and operating system used, domain name of the Web site from
which you came, number of visits, average time spent on the site,
pages viewed). We may use this data and share it with our worldwide
affiliates to monitor the attractiveness of our Web sites and improve
their performance or content.
"Cookies" - Information Stored Automatically on
Your Computer
When you view one of our Web sites, we may store some data on your computer in
the form of a "cookie" to automatically recognize your PC next time
you visit. Cookies can help us in many ways, for example, by allowing us to
tailor a Web site to better match your interests or to store your password
to save you having to re-enter it each time. If you do not wish to receive
cookies, please configure your Internet browser to erase all cookies
from your computer's hard drive, block all cookies or to receive a
warning before a cookie is stored.
Security
To protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss
or alteration and against unauthorized disclosure or access, Elster Electricity
uses technical and organizational security measures.
Links to Other Web Sites
Elster Electricity Web sites contain links to other Web sites.
Elster Electricity is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content
of other Web sites.
Questions and Comments
Elster Electricity will respond to reasonable requests to review your personal data and to correct, amend or delete any inaccuracies. If you have any questions or comments about the Elster Electricity Data Privacy Protection Policy (e.g. to review and update your personal data), please send an email to: info@us.elster.com.
As the Internet matures, so will our Data Privacy Protection Policy. We will post changes to our Data Privacy Protection Policy on this page. Please check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.