Privacy Policy

Consumer Website Privacy Policy

At Ransomes we care about your personal privacy. Because we care, we have adopted the practices described in this Privacy Policy. You should not access the Ransomes website (the “Site”) or use our services until you have carefully read this Privacy Policy and agree to the terms and conditions described in it.

OUR COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We collect and use information about you which will help us administer our business or provide products, services or other opportunities to you. Among other things, we use the information we learn about you to help us personalize and improve the experience you have on our website, to respond to your requests and to communicate with you.

Personal Data We Collect:

The types of information we collect, retain and use include the following:

Site Use Information: In general, you can visit the Site without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. Our web servers collect the domain names, not the email addresses, of visitors.

Registration Information You Provide To Us: When you register on our site to receive news from Ransomes, we collect profile information from you ("Personally Identifiable Information"). We require that you provide the following Personally Identifiable Information:

Your first and last name;

Email address; and

Other information as requested in the applicable registration pages.

At your option you may voluntarily provide additional information, including address, phone/fax, and, in the case of seeking employment at Textron, your employment history. Although you may choose not to provide the optional information to us, it may result in some features not being available to you.

How Long We Keep Your Information: Personal data collected will only be retained as long as necessary for business continuity or valid legal purposes.

GA4 GOOGLE SIGNALS

When you choose to activate Google signals, Google Analytics will associate the visitation information it collects from your site and/or apps with Google information from accounts of signed-in users who have consented to this association for the purpose of ads personalization. This Google information may include end user location, search history, YouTube history, and data from sites that partner with Google—and is used to provide aggregated and anonymized insights into your users' cross device behaviors. By enabling these features, you acknowledge you adhere to the Google Advertising Features Policy, including rules around sensitive categories, have the necessary privacy disclosures and rights from your end users for such association, and that such data may be accessed and/or deleted by end users via My Activity.

How We Use the Information We Collect:

Site Use Information: This information is aggregated to measure the number of visits, average time spent on the Site, pages viewed, etc. Textron utilizes this information ("behavior profiles") to measure the use of our Site and to improve the content we offer.

Personally Identifiable Information: By providing this Personally Identifiable Information to us, you explicitly agree to our collection and usage of such information as described in this Privacy Policy. We use your Personally Identifiable Information in the following ways:

To respond to your inquiries;

To process an order;

To contact you regarding account status or customer service;

To ask you for feedback on our service;

To let you know about products or services which may be of interest to you; or

To allow you to access specific account information, or in the case of seeking employment at Textron, match you with appropriate job opportunities.

When you register, you consent to allow us to contact you for those purposes.

Email Communications: We use your email address to contact you to respond to your inquiries or to provide information on products or services to you. To help us determine whether you have received an email from us, and to help us make emails more useful and interesting, we may receive a confirmation that you have opened an email from us.

Cookies

Like many websites we use "cookies" to enable us to remember your password, to help us identify the portions of our Site that may be the most relevant for your needs, and to help us identify other products or services that may be of interest to you or others. A cookie is a small piece of information that a web site can store on your web browser and then retrieve at a later time. We use cookies to track the portions of our Site you visit. However, we do NOT use cookies to examine your surfing behavior before or after you leave our Site. There are products commercially available that are designed to help you disable cookies. Although we want you to be aware that such products exist, please note that if you choose to use them we will not be able to provide you with a personalized service, and it may result in certain features and services not being available to you.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer's hard drive or mobile device. These files are created by a website's server which is a computer that provides the website you are viewing. Only the website that creates a cookie will be able to retrieve and read the contents of its cookies.

What do cookies do?

Cookies are used for many different jobs such as remembering options and preferences you have chosen, or if you are shopping online, remembering items you have saved to your shopping basket. Some cookies remember choices you have made for the duration of your visit, these are known as ‘session cookies’, while ‘persistent cookies’ remember settings made from previous visits.

Cookies set by the website you are visiting are also known as 'first party cookies'. 'Third party cookies' are set by other websites that may have content embedded into the site you visited. Examples include YouTube and Twitter.

The cookies we create do not store any personal or confidential information about you.

Can I disable cookies?

Yes, most web browsers will have an option that allows you to block cookies from all websites or add exceptions so you can accept cookies from specific websites. Some browsers also allow you to view the contents of cookies so you can see what information they contain.

We recommend that you keep cookies enabled as our website may not function correctly without them.

For more information and further reading on cookies, visit:

· Wikipedia

· Aboutcookies.org

Child Privacy

Because of the nature of our business, our products and services are not designed to appeal to minors, and therefore we do not knowingly attempt to solicit or receive any information from children. Our terms and conditions of use require that any registration may only be made by those age 18 or older and that any product or service purchases may only be made by those age 18 or older. If we have reason to believe that information is being provided by a child under the age of 18, Ransomes will not collect the information without parental consent or parent notification, which will include the opportunity for the parent to prevent the use of the information or to prevent the child's participation in the activity. Without parental consent, online information will only be used to respond to an unsolicited request and for no other purposes. We recognize that protecting children's identities and privacy online is important and that the responsibility to do so rests with both the online industry and with parents.

RESTRICTIONS ON DISCLOSING INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES

We are not in the business of selling your Personally Identifiable Information to others.

Site Use Information: We may share with third parties experiential information or other data which does not personally identify users of our site. For example, this might include product or service preferences of all visitors to our site, for example.

Personally Identifiable Information: We do not reveal Personally Identifiable Information about you to unaffiliated third parties, unless:

(1) you request or authorize it;

(2) the information is provided to help complete a transaction for you;

(3) the information is provided to comply with the law, applicable regulations, court orders or subpoenas, to enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements, or to protect our rights, property or safety or the rights, property or safety of our users or others (e.g., to a consumer reporting agency for fraud protection etc.);

(4) the disclosure is done as part of a purchase, transfer or sale of services or assets (e.g., in the event that substantially all of our assets are acquired by another party, customer information may be one of the transferred assets); or

(5) the information is provided to our agents, outside vendors or service providers to perform functions on our behalf (e.g., analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing customer service, etc.).

We may also gather aggregated data about you and disclose such aggregated (but not personally identifiable) information to third parties for promotional or other purposes.

SECURITY PROCEDURES TO PROTECT INFORMATION

We maintain numerous security standards and procedures to help prevent unauthorized access to confidential information about you. Our site uses a combination of encryption technology and authentication to protect your Personally Identifiable Information. As long as the web browser you are using supports Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), your information will be submitted to us with a high level of security. We update and test our security technology on an ongoing basis. We have procedures limiting employee access to Personally Identifiable Information to those employees who have a business reason to know such information about you.

It is also important for you to help protect against unauthorized access by signing off of our Site each time you finish using the Site.

INAPPLICABILITY OF PRIVACY POLICIES OF ANY LINKED SITES OR OTHER PARTIES

Ransomes‘s Site may contain links to other sites such as affiliates, subsidiaries or other third party distributors and sales representatives. This Privacy Policy only addresses Ransomes’s use and disclosure of your Personally Identifiable Information collected on this site. While we try to link only to sites that share our standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third parties or the content of linked sites, and we encourage you to read the applicable privacy policies and terms and conditions of such parties or web sites.

YOUR RIGHTS TO THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

This Privacy Notice is intended to provide you with information about what personal data Ransomes collects about you and how it is used. If you have any questions, please contact us at rjsales@textron.com.

If you wish to confirm that Ransomes is processing your personal data, or to have access to the personal data that Ransomes may have about you, please contact us at rjsales@textron.com.

You may also request information about: the purpose of the processing; the categories of personal data concerned; what the source of the information was (if you didn’t provide it directly to Ransomes); and how long it will be stored. You have a right to correct (rectify) the record of your personal data maintained by Ransomes if it is inaccurate. You may request that Ransomes erase that data or cease processing it, subject to certain exceptions. You may also request that Ransomes cease using your data for direct marketing purposes. When technically feasible, Ransomes will—at your request—provide your personal data to you or transmit it directly to another controller.

Reasonable access to your personal data will be provided at no cost upon request made to Ransomes at rjsales@textron.com. If access cannot be provided within a reasonable time frame, Ransomes will provide you with a date when the information will be provided. If for some reason access is denied, Ransomes will provide an explanation as to why access has been denied.

TERMS OF USE, NOTICES AND CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use, then the Terms of Use shall control.

As our business changes, this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use are expected to change from time to time, and we reserve the right to change the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use at any time. The use of your information is subject to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use in effect at the time of use. The provisions contained herein supersede all previous notices or statements regarding our privacy practices with respect to this Site. We may email periodic reminders of our notices and terms and conditions and post any changes to the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use on our Site. We encourage you to check our Site frequently to see the current Privacy Policy and Terms of Use in effect and any changes that may have been made to them.

HOW TO CONTACT US WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS POLICY

To contact us regarding any questions about this Policy or to register a complaint with Ransomes or a data protection authority, please contact the Ransomes Privacy Lead at: rjsales@textron.com.

Supplier Privacy Policy

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING PROTECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE READ AND AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY BEFORE ENTERING ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION OR CREATING A PROFILE.

At Ransomes, we care about the protection of your personal data. Because we care, we have adopted the practices described in this Privacy Policy for Suppliers and Potential Suppliers. You should not access Ransomes’s supplier registration portal (this “Site”) until you have carefully read this Privacy Policy for Suppliers and Potential Suppliers and agree to the terms and conditions described in it.

Ransomes and its subsidiaries and business units.

Ransomes respect the privacy of our business partners and are committed to complying with applicable privacy laws in every country in which we operate. This Privacy Policy for Suppliers and Potential Suppliers is intended to inform you about how personally identifiable information you submit within your company profile (“Personally Identifiable Information”) through this Site and throughout the Ransomes supplier registration process will be handled and protected by Ransomes. This policy supplements the general Privacy Policy posted on www.textron.com

OUR COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

Disclosures of Your Personally Identifiable Information

We are not in the business of selling your Personally Identifiable Information to others.

Access to your Personally Identifiable Information will be restricted to Ransomes’s staff and designated third party agents who have a need to know the specific information in question in order to carry out their responsibilities with regard to Ransomes’s procurement process. Your information may also be disclosed to governmental entities pursuant to and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, or a subpoena or court order.

We do not reveal Personally Identifiable Information about you to unaffiliated third parties, unless:

(1) you request or authorize it;

(2) the information is provided to help complete a transaction for you;

(4) the disclosure is done as part of a purchase, transfer or sale of services or assets (e.g., in the event that substantially all of the assets of an applicable Ransomes business are acquired by another party).

We may also gather aggregated data about you and disclose such aggregated (but not personally identifiable) information to third parties for analysis or other purposes.

Your Rights to the Information We Collect

If you wish to confirm that Ransomes is processing your personal data, or to have access to the personal data that Ransomes may have about you, please contact us at rjsales@textron.com.

Access to Your Personally Identifiable Information: Once you have established a Profile through this website, you will have online access to correct or update the information it contains, at any time.

Safeguards

Ransomes uses reasonable administrative, technical, personnel, and physical measures to safeguard your Personally Identifiable Information against loss, theft, and unauthorized use or modification. This includes any credit card information that you may provide in order to pay the registration fee. Our site uses a combination of encryption technology and authentication to protect your Personally Identifiable Information. As long as the web browser you are using supports Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), your information will be submitted to us with a high level of security. We update and test our security technology on an ongoing basis. It is also important for you to help protect against unauthorized access by signing off of our Site each time you finish using the Site.

Ransomes has obtained assurances from its third-party agents that they have similar practices in place.

No Contract

This Privacy Statement does not constitute a contract between Ransomes and any supplier or potential supplier.

Changes to This Policy

As our business changes, this Privacy Policy for Suppliers and Potential Suppliers is expected to change from time to time, and we reserve the right to change it at any time. The use of your information is subject to the Privacy Policy for Suppliers and Potential Suppliers in effect at the time of use. The provisions contained herein supersede all previous notices or statements regarding our privacy practices with respect to this Site. We may email periodic reminders of our notices and terms and conditions and post any changes to the Privacy Policy for Suppliers and Potential Suppliers to our Site. We encourage you to check our Site frequently to see the current Privacy Policy and Terms of Use in effect and any changes that may have been made to them.

Website Terms of Use

In addition to the Privacy Policy above, your use of this site is also governed by the Textron Inc. website Terms of Use which are provided here for your review. By using this site and submitting any information to it, you agree to abide by these Terms of Use as published.

HOW TO CONTACT US WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS POLICY

To contact us regarding any questions about this Policy or to register a complaint with Ransomes or a data protection authority, please contact the Ransomes Privacy Lead at: rjsales@textron.com.

Customer, Dealer, Distributor Privacy Policy

At Ransomes, we care about the protection of your personal data. Because we care, we have adopted the practices described in this Privacy Policy for Customers and Potential Customers. You should carefully read this Privacy Policy for Customers and Potential Customers and agree to the terms and conditions described in it.

Privacy Policy for Customers and Potential Customers

Ransomes and its subsidiaries and affiliated businesses respect the privacy of our customers and are committed to complying with applicable privacy laws in every country in which we operate. This Privacy Policy for Customers and Potential Customers is intended to inform you about how personally identifiable information you submit within your company profile (“Personally Identifiable Information”) through this Site will be handled and protected by the Company. This policy supplements the general Privacy Policy posted on www.textron.com.

OUR COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

Personal Data We Collect

Ransomes’s supplier registration process is designed to collect information about your company’s qualifications as a potential Ransomes’s supplier. When you choose to participate in the Ransomes’s supplier registration process you will be asked to provide Ransomes with information about your company and its capabilities together with certain Personally Identifiable Information.

Retention and Deletion of Your Personally Identifiable Information: Ransomes retains your Personally Identifiable Information only as long as is necessary for supplier evaluation purposes.

For Potential Suppliers Located Within the United States: In the event that a business relationship with Ransomes is not established, we will retain your Personally Identifiable Information for a period of up to 12 months if not otherwise notified by you.

For Potential Suppliers Located Outside the United States: Your company profile, including Personally Identifiable Information, will be retained only as long as necessary to complete the supplier evaluation process (generally 6 months).

Personally Identifiable Information includes, but is not limited to the following:

First and Last Name Contact

Email address or telephone number

Purchase records or trade show attendance

Training programs

Service Schedules and other information as requested to facilitate or complete delivery or to make available and provide the ongoing support, maintenance, repair, training or other services related to the equipment or services being purchased

Ransomes may collect and store the Personally Identifiable Information that you provide to us. The third-party servers are located in the United States.

Retention and Deletion of Your Personally Identifiable Information: Personal data collected will only be retained as long as necessary for business continuity or valid legal purposes.

How We Use The Personal Data We Collect

The Personally Identifiable Information that you provide will be used only as necessary to enable the continuous improvement, marketing and support of Seller's products and services.

The Personally Identifiable Information that you provide will be used to assist us in matching your company’s capabilities to Ransomes supplier requirements. This Personally Identifiable Information will also be used to contact and identify you throughout the supplier evaluation process. For example, Ransomes may contact your company, using the contact information you have provided, for purposes of responding to your Profile. In addition, you may be contacted about other procurement-related issues.

Ransomes may collect information about your company’s qualifications as Ransomes Customer or Potential Customer. You may be asked to provide Ransomes with information about your company and its capabilities together with certain Personally Identifiable Information.

Disclosures of Your Personally Identifiable Information

We are not in the business of selling your Personally Identifiable Information to others.

Access to your Personally Identifiable Information will be restricted to Ransomes staff and designated third party agents who have a need to know the specific information in question in order to carry out their responsibilities with regard to Ransomes procurement process. Your information may also be disclosed to governmental entities pursuant to and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, or a subpoena or court order.

We do not reveal Personally Identifiable Information about you to unaffiliated third parties, unless:

(1) you request or authorize it;

(2) the information is provided to help complete a transaction for you;

We may also gather aggregated data about you and disclose such aggregated (but not personally identifiable) information to third parties for analysis or other purposes.

Your Rights to the Information We Collect

If you wish to confirm that Ransomes is processing your personal data, or to have access to the personal data that Ransomes may have about you, please contact us at rjsales@textron.com.

Safeguards

Ransomes uses reasonable administrative, technical, personnel, and physical measures to safeguard your Personally Identifiable Information against loss, theft, and unauthorized use or modification. Our site uses a combination of encryption technology and authentication to protect your Personally Identifiable Information. As long as the web browser you are using supports Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), your information will be submitted to us with a high level of security. We update and test our security technology on an ongoing basis. It is also important for you to help protect against unauthorized access by signing off of our Site each time you finish using the Site.

Textron has obtained assurances from its third-party agents that they have similar practices in place.

Child Privacy

No Contract

This Privacy Statement does not constitute a contract between Ransomes and any customer or potential customer

Changes to This Policy

As our business changes, this Privacy Policy for Customers or Potential Customers is expected to change from time to time, and we reserve the right to change it at any time. The use of your information is subject to the Privacy Policy for Customers or Potential Customers in effect at the time of use. The provisions contained herein supersede all previous notices or statements regarding our privacy practices with respect to this Site. We may email periodic reminders of our notices and terms and conditions and post any changes to the Privacy Policy for Customers or Potential Customers We encourage you to check our Site frequently to see the current Privacy Policy and Terms of Use in effect and any changes that may have been made to them.

Website Terms of Use

In addition to the Privacy Policy above, your use of this site is also governed by the Ransomes website Terms of Use which are provided here for your review. By using this site and submitting any information to it, you agree to abide by these Terms of Use as published.

HOW TO CONTACT US WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS POLICY

To contact us regarding any questions about this Policy or to register a complaint with Ransomes or a data protection authority, please contact the Ransomes Privacy Lead at: rjsales@textron.com.

Business Partner Privacy Policy

At Textron Inc. (“Textron”) we care about privacy. Because we care, we have adopted the practices described in this Privacy Notice. Textron includes Textron Inc. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, divisions, segments, and business units.

Our Collection and Use of Personally Identifiable Information

Personal Data We Collect

As part of our Covered Business Partner questionnaires, we collect the following Personally Identifiable Information:

First and Last Name;

Contact Information, such as phone number or mailing address;

Email addresses;

Financial information; and

Other personal information disclosed on the questionnaire as required.

By providing this Personally Identifiable Information to us and by seeking a Covered Business Partner relationship with Textron and its businesses, you explicitly agree to our collection and usage of such information as described in this Privacy Notice. You also agree to provide a copy of this Privacy Notice to each employee or associate of yours who may be within the scope of Textron’s Covered Business Partner application

We may also gather publicly available information, and internally developed aggregated data about you and disclose such aggregated (but not personally identifiable) information to third parties for anonymized reporting or other purposes.

Retention of Your Personally Identifiable Information

Personal Data will only be kept as long as necessary for business continuity or valid legal purposes.

How We Use Your Personally Identifiable Information

We use your Personally Identifiable Information to help us administer our business or provide products, services or other opportunities to you. Among other things, we use the information we learn from you to help us improve the following:

Our business development practices;

To respond to your requests;

To communicate with you; and

To offer you new business opportunities.

We also use the Personally Identifiable Information you provide to

conduct standard pre-engagement due diligence,

respond to your inquiries,

establish and renew contractual relationships with you,

provide training to you,

introduce you to related Textron businesses,

provide you with information about Textron businesses, and

let you know about Textron products or services which may be of interest to you.

Consent for Intercompany Promotion

As a Textron Covered Business Partner, you explicitly consent and authorize Textron to process any Personally Identifiable Information you have provided to Textron Inc. or any other member of the Textron family for the purposes of promoting your services to other members of the Textron family (that is, Textron Inc. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, divisions, segments, and business units).

RESTRICTIONS ON DISCLOSING INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES

We are not in the business of selling Personally Identifiable Information to others.

We do not reveal Personally Identifiable Information you have provided to unaffiliated third parties, unless:

(1) you request or authorize it;

(2) the information is provided to help complete a transaction for you;

(3) the information is provided to comply with the law, applicable regulations, court orders or subpoenas, to enforce or protect our rights, property or safety, or the rights, property or safety of our customers or others;

(5) the information is provided to our agents, outside vendors or service providers to perform functions on our behalf (e.g., analyzing data, providing customer service, reviewing and preparing due diligence documentation in accordance with Textron’s Global Anti-Corruption Compliance policy, etc.).

YOUR RIGHTS TO THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

This Privacy Notice is intended to provide you with information about what personal data Textron collects about you and how it is used.

You have a right to correct (rectify) the record of your personal data maintained by Textron if it is inaccurate. You may request that Textron erase that data or cease processing it, subject to certain exceptions.

Reasonable access to your personal data will be provided at no cost. If access cannot be provided within a reasonable time frame, Textron will provide you with a date when the information will be provided. If for some reason access is denied, Textron will provide an explanation as to why access has been denied.

If you have any questions, please contact rjsales@textron.com.

SECURITY PROCEDURES TO PROTECT INFORMATION

We maintain numerous security standards and procedures to help prevent unauthorized access to confidential information. Our businesses use a combination of encryption technology and authentication to protect Personally Identifiable Information you provide to us. We have procedures limiting employee access to Personally Identifiable Information to those employees who have a business reason to know such information.