Last Updated: November 1, 2024
Introduction
This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) explains what personal information (defined below) that Waste Dynamics, LLC, dba Dumpsters.com, and its brands (“we”, “us”, “our”) may collect, use and disclose, how we protect it and your choices with respect to it. This Policy is part of our Terms of Use. This Policy applies to personal information we collect or otherwise access, including through our websites and applications (the “Sites”), by email, phone, text messages and other electronic messaging and through in-person visits, events and other any other information collection point. Additional policies disclosed at the time of access or collection may apply, as then disclosed. Please review our U.S. State Law Privacy Disclosure, as you may have privacy rights under applicable state law.
If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy, do not use our Sites or otherwise provide us with personal information. Where you use our Site or have any other interaction with us, you consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this or other disclosed privacy policy, as applicable.
Types of Personal Information We Collect
Personal information is any information related to you through which you may be directly or indirectly identifiable. We may collect various types of personal information, as appropriate and depending on our relationship with you, including:
- Identifiers (e.g., name, postal address, e-mail address, phone number, government or other unique ID number)
- Professional Information (e.g., organization name, occupation, job title, affiliations)
- Applicant Information (e.g., employment history, education, skills, certifications, licenses, citizenship, visa status)
- Financial Information (e.g., taxpayer ID, W-9, bank account and credit card information; credit-related information)
- Network, device and usage information (e.g., browser or device information, actions you take while visiting our Sites)
- Voluntarily Disclosed Information (information you provide to us that is voluntarily disclosed)
Sources of Personal Information
You can contact us at any time to take the following actions:
- Directly from you or your device (through information you provide to us or which is automatically collected)
- Your transactions with us
- Current customers and vendors
- Prospects
- Business contacts
- Industry associations
- Our affiliates
- Your employer, where applicable
- Service providers, contractors and vendors who provide services on our behalf
- Data brokers
- Social networks
- Government entities
- Other individuals (e.g., in connection with referrals, feedback).
Use of Personal Information
We may use personal information to:
- Provide products and services you purchase and request
- Process customer service requests and otherwise to communicate with you
- To operate and improve online services
- To personalize online content and experiences
- To market and advertise
- To set up and manage customer accounts and to onboard prospective service providers, contractors and vendors
- To run and improve our operations
- For invoicing and billing, and to receive and to make payments
- To process employment applications
- To determine eligibility to work
- To detect or prevent theft or fraud.
We also use personal information where we have your consent.
Additionally, we may use personal information as we believe to be necessary or allowed: (i) under applicable law; (ii) to comply with legal obligations; (iii) to respond to requests or requirements from government authorities and private parties; (iv) to enforce our Terms of Use and other policies and procedures; (v) to protect our rights, safety or property, and that of others; (vi) to allow us to bring, defend and settle claims; (vii) to prevent or stop activity we believe to potentially be illegal, unethical or legally actionable and (viii) for investigations and dispute management.
We may also use what we know about you to highlight products, services and/or work that may interest you, or we may combine your personal information and other information about you with information collected from other sources or with information we already have.
Sharing Personal Information
We do not allow any third parties to have access to your personal information, except as required or permitted by applicable law and in accordance with this Policy or other applicable privacy policy, including with your specific consent where legally required. For example, we may disclose personal information to:
- Our affiliates
- Our service providers, contractors and vendors
- Third-party advertisers
- Customers and corporate partners (e.g., information on individual haulers)
- Other third parties, at your request
- As otherwise permitted or required by applicable law.
We may also share personal information with: (a) government entities, for tax and other filings, to cooperate with investigations and to respond to requests; (b) other third parties, when legally required (e.g., to respond to subpoenas); (c) professional advisors to receive their advice; (d) prospective investors in connection with or in the performance a merger, divestiture, reorganization or other transfer of our assets or any due diligence relating to such activity.
While the use and disclosure of your personal information is governed by our Policy or policies, the treatment of your personal information by our service providers, customers and any other third party will be in accordance with their respective privacy and data protection practices.
Non-Identifiable Or Aggregate Information With Third Parties
We may share non-personally identifiable or aggregate information with third parties for lawful purposes.
Protecting Personal Information
We store and process personal information using reasonable physical, technical and administrative safeguards to secure it against foreseeable risk, such as unauthorized use, access, disclosure, destruction and modification. Although we make good faith efforts to store and otherwise process personal information securely, we cannot guarantee complete protection. No data transmission is entirely secure, including through our Sites.
Children and Teens
None of our Sites are directed at children and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under age 13. If you are under age 18, you may only use our services with the involvement of a parent or guardian.
Cookies and Other Technologies
We may use cookies and other technologies, such as tags and pixels, to understand and to enhance your experience on our Site. A cookie is a small data file that may be stored on your device when you visit a website. Cookies may transmit information from our Site to you and from you directly to our Site, to a third party on our behalf, or to another third party in accordance with its privacy policy. You can choose to have your device warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. If you turn cookies off, some of our services will not function properly.
We use several categories of cookies, and each performs different functions. You can learn more about cookies and their functions generally by visiting an information website like allaboutcookies.org.
Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential to enable you to navigate our Site and to use certain features. Without these strictly necessary cookies, the services you may wish to request, like adding items to your cart or paying online for services, cannot be provided to you.
Performance Cookies
We (or our service providers) may place performance cookies on your device. The information collected using such performance cookies is used by us or for our benefit, to improve our Site or for other statistical purposes.
Like other websites, performance cookies on our Site generate aggregated, anonymous information about how you and other users use the Site. For example, performance cookies may collect information about which pages users visit most often, if users open or read the communications we send, which advertisements our users view or interact with on this Site or on other websites on which our advertisements may appear, and if you receive any error messages. The information collected may be used to improve users’ online experience generally, to collate statistics, or customize using experience by showing a group of users the content we think these users will like, including you. These performance cookies do not collect information that identifies you personally; however, if you have an account with us on a particular site, the information collected may be associated with your account.
We also may allow third-party advertisers to place their performance cookies on your device through their advertisements on our Site. The information these third-party performance cookies collect is used to determine which third-party advertisements to display on this Site, how often, and in which parts of the Sites. These third-party performance cookies do not collect information that identifies you personally.
You can delete or manage performance cookies as provided in the last part of this Cookies and other Technologies section.
Functional Cookies
We (or service providers operating on our behalf) may place our functional cookies on your device. We do not share information collected using our functional cookies with advertisers.
Our functional cookies are used to remember choices you make (such as your general location or other online settings) and provide the personalized or enhanced features that you select. Our functional cookies can be used to provide online services to you, or to prevent online services from being offered to you if you previously indicated you did not want to receive such services. Our functional cookies collect anonymous information; however, if you have an account on a Site that offers an account, the information collected through functional cookies may be associated with your account.
In some cases, we may allow an advertiser or other third party to provide you with content and other online experiences on this website or online service. In these cases, the third-party may place their functional cookies on your device and use their functional cookies similarly.
You can delete or manage performance cookies as provided in the last part of this Cookies and other Technologies section. But if you delete functional cookies, any preferences or settings you selected will not be retained for later visits to our Site.
Targeting or Advertising Cookies
You may exercise control through your browser settings. Note that these browser settings are not controlled by us. More information about targeting or advertising cookies and how to control them may be found at www.youradchoices.com.
Our Targeted Advertising
We (or our service providers) may place targeted advertising cookies on your device.
We may use these cookies on our Sites and in connection with our content and advertisements that appear on third-party websites to recognize that you’ve viewed or interacted with our content or advertisements and so we can show you advertisements for products that we believe may be of interest to you. Our targeted advertising cookies collect anonymous information; however, if you have an account on one of our Sites, the information collected through these cookies may be associated with your account.
Third-Party Targeted Advertising
Third-party targeted advertising cookies may be placed on your device by third-party advertisers, ad networks, marketing analytics and other service providers.
Third-party targeted advertising cookies collect information about your browsing activity across multiple websites to provide you with relevant advertisements on our Sites and on third party websites of third parties. Ad networks may share this information with the advertisers using their network. These cookies may also be used to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, for example by collecting data on how many users click on a particular advertisement. The information collected using these third-party advertising cookies should not identify you personally.
Disabling Cookies Through Your Browser
There are several ways you can manage cookies and other tracking technologies. Through your browser settings, on each of your devices, you may accept or decline cookies or set your browser to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. You may not be able to use all our services if you set your browser to disable cookies entirely.
You may delete any cookies that have been installed in the cookie folder of your browser. The various browsers provide different procedures to manage your settings. These browsers are not controlled by us.
Your Choices
In addition to disabling cookies through your browser, you have choices with respect to how we communicate with you. At any time, you may unsubscribe from receiving our newsletters or other publications by using the unsubscribe links in our messages. You may also choose not to provide us with personal information, but we may be unable to provide you with the information, services or e type of relationship you seek. You may also have other choices available to you based on where you reside, discussed in the next section.
Rights Under State Law
You may have specific rights under U.S. state law, depending on your place of residence. Please review our U.S. State Law Privacy Disclosure.
Social Media
Our Sites may include plugins from social networks or other third parties. An example of a plugin is the link to our Facebook page. These plugins may communicate with and send information to the third party that provides the plugin, even if you do not click on the plugin. This information may include your IP address, information about your browser and device, and the address of the web page you are visiting on our Site. Loading, using or clicking on the plugins may also place, read and transmit cookies. These cookies may contain a unique identifier the social network or other third party assigns to you for use in associating information collected about your browser, so they can deliver interest-based advertising to you on their websites and applications. The loading, functionality and your use of the plugins are governed by the privacy policy and terms of these third parties.
Third-Party Websites
Our Sites may contain links to third-party websites which we do not control. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security or the content of those third-party websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each third-party website that collects personally identifiable information.
Updates
We may update this Policy from time to time with changes and revise the date of the Policy. We encourage you to check back periodically and to review the current version. To the extent permitted by applicable law, your use of the Site following updates to this Policy means that you have accepted the updated Policy.
Questions
Should you have any questions regarding this Notice, please contact us at privacy@wastedynamics.com.