Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.westerngage.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

When visitors submit a contact form we retain that information for 6 months. It only used for our respond to visitor requests and is not shared with any outside companies.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

No other cookies are used or have any identifying information.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We only collect bulk data for our internal use. All tracking analytics are anonymized so that no specific user can be tracked.

Whom we share your data with

We do not share your data with any third-parties or outside companies.

How long we retain your data

Emails sent to our company may be retained indefinitely. Any other data stored in the cloud or on our website will only be retained for 6 months.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Go to our Privacy Tools page to request an export or deletion of your data.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Our contact information

Western Gage Corporation
3316-A Maya Linda
Camarillo, CA 93012-8059
Toll Free: (800) 423-5062

How we protect your data

We use threat detection software to prevent unauthorized access. We do not allow any outside company or persons access to our cloud infrastructure. Lastly and most importantly we do not keep any important billing, financial or sales data on our website.

What data breach procedures we have in place

In the event of a data breach we will act quickly to identify what data has been compromised and notify anyone affected as soon as possible. This includes assessing how the data could be used against the victims. We do not keep any sensitive billing, financial or sales data on our website so any impact would be minimal.

What third parties we receive data from

We do not receive data from any outside vendor or companies.