Cott Systems Privacy Policy & Terms of Use
Last Modified: March 25, 2020
This Privacy Policy applies to the information and data collected by Cott Systems, Inc., including the information collected on our website (www.cottsystems.com) or through other channels. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, receive, use, store, share, transfer, and process your personal information. It also describes your choices regarding use, as well as your rights of access and correction of your personal information. If you do not agree with the data practices described in this Privacy Policy, you should not use the website.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our treatment of the information you provide us, please contact us:
Cott Systems, Inc.
2800 Corporate Exchange Dr., Ste. 300
Columbus, OH 43231
information@cottsystems.com
Policy Changes
Cott may amend this policy at any time. If a substantial change is made in the way we use your personal identifiable information, we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on our website.
Information Collected
Personal information refers to any information that you voluntarily submit to us and that identifies you, such as name, email address, company name, address, phone number, and other information about yourself or your business. Personal information can also include information about you that is available on the internet, including information from Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google, or information that we acquire from service providers.
Navigational information refers to information about your computer and your visits to the website such as IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit, and pages viewed. You may disable the collection and use of your location data through browser-, operating system- or device-level settings. Consent concerning location data may be withdrawn at any time by emailing information@cottsystems.com.
Sensitive information refers to credit or debit card numbers, personal financial account information, social security numbers, passport numbers, driver's license numbers or similar personal identifiers, racial or ethnic origin, physical or mental health condition or information, or other employment, financial, or health information.
Website
You are free to explore our public website without providing any personal information. However, we collect navigational information. When you fill out a form or register for something, we request that you provide personal information.
Social Media Features
Our websites may include social media features that collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our sites, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third-party or hosted directly on our websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these features. Your interactions with these features are governed by the policies of the companies providing them.
Cookies
We may use cookies or similar technologies (such as web beacons and JavaScript) to analyze trends, administer the websites, track users’ movements around the websites, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
Log Files
When you view content provided by us, we automatically collect information about your computer hardware and software. This information can include IP address, browser type, domain names, internet service provider (ISP), the files viewed on our site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system, clickstream data, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used by Cott Systems, Inc. to provide general statistics. For these purposes, we do link this automatically-collected data to other personal information such as name, email address, address, and phone number.
Information About Children
The website is not intended for or targeted at children under 18, and we do not knowingly or intentionally collect personal information about children under 18. If you believe that we have collected personal information about a child under 18, please contact us at information@cottsystems.com, so that we may delete the information.
Customer Testimonials and Comments
We post customer testimonials and comments on our websites and use them in marketing materials, which may contain personal information. We obtain each customer's consent prior to using the customer's name and testimonial.
Third-Party Websites
Our websites may provide links to other third-party websites for your convenience. We do not control and are not responsible for the content of these other websites. Providing such links does not constitute our endorsement of these other websites, their content, their owners, or their practices. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these other websites, which are subject to any privacy and other policies they may have.
Security of your Personal Information
We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We secure the personal information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. All personal information is protected using appropriate physical, technical, and organizational measures.
Retention of Personal Information
How long we keep information we collect about you depends on the type of information, as described in further detail below. We retain personal information that you provide to us where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so (for example, as needed to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements).
After such time, we will either delete or anonymize your information or, if this is not possible, then we will securely store your information and isolate it from any further use until deletion is possible. We will delete this information at an earlier date if you so request, as described in the "How to Access & Control Your Personal Data" below.
If you have elected to receive marketing communications from us, we retain information about your marketing preferences for a reasonable period of time from the date you last expressed interest in our content, products, or services, such as when you last opened an email from us or ceased using your account. We retain information derived from cookies and other tracking technologies for a reasonable period of time from the date such information was created.
Use of Personal Information
We use the information we collect only in compliance with this Privacy Policy. We will never sell your personal information to any third party.
In addition to the uses identified elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, we may use your personal information to improve your browsing experience; send information or content to you which we think may be of interest to you by post, email, or other means and send you marketing communications relating to our business; promote use of our services to you and share promotional and information content with you in accordance with your communication preferences; Send information to you regarding changes to our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, or other legal agreements; investigate and help prevent security issues and abuse or to meet legal requirements.
Information Disclosed & Compelling Disclosure
Cott only sends personal identifiable information to others in an industry-standard SSL encryption manner to protect data transmission, when we need to share your information as it directly pertains to delivering the requested product or service or in response to the law (i.e., response to a subpoena, court order, legal process or pursuant to a statute requiring disclosure such as the Freedom of Information Act). We reserve the right to use or disclose your personal information if required by law or if we reasonably believe that use or disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or comply with a law, court order, or legal process.
Reviewing, Correcting and Removing Your Personal Information
You have the following data protection rights:
- You can request access, correction, updates, or deletion of your personal information.
- You can object to the processing of your personal information or ask us to restrict processing of your personal information.
- If we have collected and process your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
- You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at information@cottsystems.com or by mail: Cott Systems, Inc., 2800 Corporate Exchange Drive, Suite 300, Columbus, Ohio, 43231. We will respond to your request to change, correct, or delete your information within a reasonable timeframe and notify you of the action we have taken.
TERMS OF USE
Last Modified: March 23, 2020
Cott Systems, Inc. operates the website linked to these Terms of Use to provide online access to information about Cott Systems, Inc. and the products, services, and opportunities we provide. By accessing and using the websites, you agree to these Terms of Use.
Cott Systems, Inc. reserves the right to modify these Terms of Use at any time without giving you prior notice. Your use of the sites following any such modification constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by these Terms of Use as modified. The last date these Terms of Use were revised is set forth above.
Permitted Use of the Website
You may use the websites, and the information, writings, images and/or other works that you see, hear, or otherwise experience on the sites solely in compliance with these Terms of Use.
Prohibited Use of the Website
By accessing the websites, you agree that you will not use the websites in violation of these Terms of Use. You also agree you will not:
Copy, modify, create a derivative work from, reverse engineer, or reverse assemble the websites, or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, or allow any third party to do so;
Use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, "robots," "spiders," or "offline readers," that accesses the websites in a manner that sends more request messages to the Cott Systems, Inc. servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional web browser;
Use the website in any manner that damages, disables, overburdens, or impairs any Cott Systems, Inc. website or interferes with any other party's use and enjoyment of the website;
Use the website for any purpose or in any manner that is unlawful or prohibited by this agreement.
Any unauthorized use of any content or Cott Systems, Inc. website may violate patent, copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws or regulations. You agree that you will not knowingly and with intent to defraud provide material and misleading information. You represent and warrant that the materials you supply do not violate these Terms of Use.
Downloading Files
Cott Systems, Inc. does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading through the website will be free of infection by software viruses or other harmful computer code, files or programs.
Disclaimers; Limitations of Liability
COTT SYSTEMS, INC. MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, SECURITY, OR ACCURACY OF THE SITE OR THE CONTENT FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICE, AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. COTT SYSTEMS, INC. HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THE WEBSITES AND THE CONTENT, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. NO STATEMENT OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED FROM COTT SYSTEMS, INC. IN ANY MEANS OR FASHION SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY AND EXPLICITLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT. THE CONTENT MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL COTT SYSTEMS, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR OTHER TYPE OF DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR COVER OR LOSS OF USE, DATA, REVENUE OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, OR FOR ANY CONTENT, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE WEBSITES, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, THE FAILURE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY TO ACHIEVE ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF COTT SYSTEMS, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
IF, NOTWITHSTANDING THE OTHER TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, COTT SYSTEMS, INC. IS DETERMINED TO HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOSS, HARM OR DAMAGE, YOU AGREE THAT THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF COTT SYSTEMS, INC. AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, LICENSORS, OR SUPPLIERS SHALL IN ALL CASES BE LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Indemnification
You understand and agree that you are personally responsible for your behavior on the website. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Cott Systems, Inc. and our employees against all claims, losses, expenses, damages, and costs (including, but not limited to, direct, incidental, consequential, exemplary, and indirect damages), and reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from or arising out of your use, misuse, or inability to use the website or the content, or any violation by you of these Terms of Use.
Privacy
Your use of the websites is subject to Cott Systems’ Privacy Policy.
Entire Agreement/No Waiver
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. No waiver by Cott Systems, Inc. of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default.
Correction of Errors and Inaccuracies
Content on the website may contain typographical errors or other errors or inaccuracies and may not be complete or current. Cott Systems, Inc. reserves the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the content at any time without prior notice. Cott Systems, Inc. does not guarantee that any errors, inaccuracies or omissions will be corrected.