FITT USA, Inc. Privacy Statement
Last modified: 27 May 2024
This policy describes the types of information FITT USA, Inc. (“Company” or “FITT”) may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website: https://usa.fitt.com/en (our “Website”) or interact with our services or products, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This policy applies to information we collect:
It does not apply to information collected by:
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website, products, or services. By accessing or using this Website, our products, or services, you agree to this privacy statement. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Statement). Your continued use of this Website, our products, or services after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any information to the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this Website or to us directly. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at privacy@fitt.com.
We may collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer (“personal information”). In particular, FITT has collected certain categories of personal information from its website visitors, customers, and business contacts within the last twelve (12) months. For purposes of illustration, the chart below provides examples of the personal information that may have been collected by FITT:
| Category | Examples of Personal Information | Purpose | Third Party Disclosures | Retention Period |
| Identifiers. | A real name, business contact details, including company, postal address, email address, telephone number, online identifier, Internet Protocol address or other similar identifiers. | (a) Performance of a contract; (b) Necessary for our legitimate interests; (c) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation | (a) Financial institutions for payment processing; (b) Fulfillment center vendors (e.g., delivery and shipping providers); (c) Advertising and marketing service providers; (d) Professional service advisors; (e) Fitt’s subsidiaries and affiliates | Records are retained for 5 years after termination of the business relationship |
| Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)). | A name, signature, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories. | (a) Performance of a contract; (b) Necessary for our legitimate interests; (c) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation | (a) Financial institutions for payment processing; (b) Fulfillment center vendors (e.g., delivery and shipping providers); (c) Advertising and marketing service providers; (d) Professional service advisors; (e) Fitt’s subsidiaries and affiliates | Records are retained for 5 years after termination of the business relationship |
| Internet or other similar network activity. | Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement. | (a) Necessary for our legitimate interests; (b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation | (a) Analytics and business intelligence vendors; (b) Information technology service providers; (c) Fitt’s subsidiaries and affiliates; (d) Advertising and marketing partners | Records are retained for 5 years after termination of the business relationship |
| Geolocation data. | Proximity of physical location based on IP address or movements. | (a) Necessary for our legitimate interests; (b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation | (a) Analytics and business intelligence vendors; (b) Fitt’s subsidiaries and affiliates; (c) Advertising and marketing service providers | Records are retained for 5 years after termination of the business relationship |
| Professional or employment- related information. | Current or past job history or performance evaluations for job applicants. | (a) Necessary for our legitimate interests; (b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation | (a) Human resource support services; (b) Fitt’s subsidiaries and affiliates | Records are retained for 5 years after termination of the employment relationship |
We collect this information:
As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
The information we collect automatically is statistical data and does not include personal information, but we or our advertising partners may maintain it or associate it with personal information collected by other means or received from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
This information may be tied to your personal information collected from other sources or that you provide to us.
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies that enable certain advertising networks, social media companies, analytics services, and other third-party businesses to collect and disclose your personal information directly from your browser or device when you visit or interact with our Website or otherwise engage with us online. In some cases, we may upload personal information to certain of these partners for advertising or analytics purposes. Under certain U.S. privacy laws, this disclosure of information collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies on our Website to third party advertising and marketing partners may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavior advertising.
To opt out of these “sales” or “sharing” of personal information, you may:
To learn more about GPC, please visit http://globalprivacycontrol.org.
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to directly communicate with you about products, services, special offers, promotions, or events that may be of interest to you. If you do not wish to receive these communications, please let us know by utilizing the opt-out/unsubscribe options in our communications or by contacting us directly using the contact information below.
Fitt may disclose your personal information to a third party for a business purpose, as noted in the chart above. When we disclose personal information for a business purpose, we enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.
We may also disclose your personal information:
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
You may have specific rights regarding your personal information, including under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) or other data protection and privacy laws. This section describes the rights you may have and explains how to exercise those rights. It also provides you with information about your right to appeal if we deny your request.
Access to Specific Information and Data Portability Rights
You may have the right to request that Fitt disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see Exercising Rights), we will disclose to you:
Deletion Request Rights
You may have the right to request that Fitt delete your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see Exercising Rights), we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. If an exception applies, we will advise you of the applicable exception and the reason for denying your request.
Correction Request Rights
You may have the right to request that Fitt correct any inaccurate personal information we may hold about you. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see Exercising Rights), we will use commercially reasonable efforts to correct inaccurate personal information, taking into the account the nature of the personal information and the purpose for our processing.
Opt Out Requests
You may have the right to opt out the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes (targeted advertising).
We do not sell or share (for purposes of targeted behavioral advertising) the personal information of consumers we know to be less than 16 years of age. Please contact us at privacy@fitt.com to inform us if you, or your minor child, are under the age of 16.
To exercise your rights as described above or to designate an authorized agent to exercise rights on your behalf, please contact at one of the following options:
Only you or an authorized agent may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information. To designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, please provide us with a power of attorney or other legally binding written document signed by you and identifying your agent. We may also verify the identity of your designated agent. The request may be provided to us via email at privacy@fitt.com or via mail at the address listed above.
The verifiable consumer request must:
We will use the information you provide to verify your request against the records we maintain. We will not use the information you provide to verify your request for any other purpose. We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you.
You may appeal a denial of your request by emailing us at privacy@fitt.com.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights.
If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information.
Sensitive Personal Information
We do not collect sensitive personal information as that term is defined under California law.
Shine the Light Law
California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not share your personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. If you would like more information in this regard, please send an email to privacy@fitt.com.
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website or services, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy statement on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the Website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.
To ask questions or comment about this privacy statement or our privacy practices, contact us at:
FITT USA INC., 444 North Michigan Ave, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60611