Privacy Policy

The Lee Company (“we”) and its affiliates are committed to protecting and preserving your privacy.  This policy, together with our Terms of Use and Conditions, and any other underlying agreements or terms, sets out the basis on which any data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.  By using our website www.theleeco.com (“Site”), you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy also describes the manner in which we process, use and disclose information that you provide to us when you use our Site.

By using this Site, you consent to the use of the information that you provide to us in accordance with this Privacy Policy.  We do update this Privacy Policy from time to time so please review this Privacy Policy regularly. If we materially alter our Privacy Policy, we will notify you of such changes by posting a notice on our Site. Your continued use of the Site will be deemed your agreement that your information may be used in accordance with the new policy.  If you do not agree with the changes, then you should stop using the Site, and you should notify us that you do not want your information used in accordance with the changes.

Please read this Policy carefully to fully understand how we collect, share and protect information about you.  This Policy is incorporated into and is a part of the Terms of Use and Conditions for this Site.  To access the Terms of Use and Conditions click here.

By accessing and using the Site, you agree that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy and that you accept and consent to the privacy practices and uses and disclosures of your information as described herein.

Information We Collect

In operating our Site, we may collect and process the following data about you:

• Details of your visits to our Site and the resources that you access, including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, including your IP address, the date and time you accessed or left the Site and which pages you viewed. Some parts of our Site use cookies and other technologies to collect this information about your general internet usage.  See section below ‘How We Use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies” to learn more.
• Information that you provide directly to us by filling in forms on our Site, such as your name, email address, company name, title/position, telephone number, fax number, mailing address and the reason for your inquiry.
• Information provided to us when you communicate with us for any reason.

By submitting a telephone number to The Lee Company, you agree that a representative of The Lee Company can contact you at the number you provide, potentially using automated technology (including texts/SMS messaging) or a pre-recorded message.  Your consent is not an obligation to receive any of our products and/or services.

How We Use Cookies and other tracking technologies

A “cookie” is a piece of text which asks permission to be placed on your device’s hard drive. Once you agree, this cookie file is stored on the hard drive of your device.  They help us and our affiliates to improve our Site.  They present the content from our Site in the most effective manner for you and your device.

We use the following cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are needed for the operation of our Site.

Analytical/performance cookies. These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors to our Site and to see how visitors move around our Site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works.

Functionality cookies. These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our Site.

Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our Site, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

Some content on the Site is served by third parties. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Site.  The information they collect may be associated with your personal information and/or other information about your online activities over time and across different websites. They may use this information to provide you with behavioral advertising or other targeted content.  We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about any targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

Our Site works with these third-party products or services (“Service Providers”) to offer and present our Site to you. These Service Providers may include Google, LinkedIn and other Service Providers who help us track and analyze our Site user activity, measure the effectiveness of our advertising efforts, and support the optimization of our digital campaigns.

Our Service Providers may get more information about your activity on our Site, including pages you visit, access times, visit duration, how you arrived at our Site and your IP address. An IP address is a number that identifies a device connected to the internet. For most devices, the IP address changes on at least a weekly basis. Our Service Providers may also get device identifiers and specific information about the browser you use. In some cases, this information may be unique to you.

We do not use flash cookies on our Site.

How do I change my cookie settings?

Most internet browsers accept cookies by default, but you can change your browser preferences to block or restrict cookies if you do not want your web browsing activity tracked. Please note that some cookies are necessary for our Site to run and, as such, cannot be declined.

If you choose, you may use the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) WebChoices Tool to globally opt out of third-party tracking via website cookies. There are also a variety of other tools publicly available to manage cookies and similar technologies that collect information related to your use of our Site. To learn more about cookies and modifying your browser settings related to these cookies you can review guidance from the Federal Trade Commission.

We are not responsible for the effectiveness or compliance of third-party opt-out mechanisms or programs. Please note that if you remove your cookies or upgrade your browser after having opted out, you will need to opt out again. Your opt out is specific to the browser you are using and the device you use to access the Site. Therefore, if you use multiple browsers or devices you will need to opt out on each browser or device. You can access the information on our Site without enabling cookies in your browser, but disabling cookies may result in a diminished ability to take advantage of the services and related informational content on our Site.

Use of Your Information

The information that we collect and store relating to you is primarily used to enable us to provide our products and/or services to you in the best possible manner.  In addition, we may use the information for the following purposes:

• To provide you with information relating to our services and/or products;
• To fulfil or meet the reason you provided the information;
• To provide third parties with statistical information about the users of our Site;
• To monitor and conduct an analysis of our Site traffic and usage patterns;
• To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order or governmental regulations;
• To analyze trends;
• To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us about our Site users is among the assets transferred.

We will not use personal information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you with notice and/or updating this Privacy Policy.

Security

To secure your information, we have put in place commercially suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect on our Site.

Nonetheless, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and therefore we cannot guarantee the security of data sent to us electronically on our Site, and transmission of such data is therefore entirely at your own risk.

Disclosing Your Information

Where applicable, we may disclose your personal information to any affiliated business entities or third parties necessary to provide products and/or services to you.  This includes, where applicable, our subsidiaries, our holding company and its other subsidiaries (if any), as well as third parties involved in the administration and operation of our products and/or services. We may also disclose your personal information to other third parties, such as:

• Where we sell any or all of our business and/or our assets to a third party, whether through bankruptcy proceedings or other sale or merger.
• Where we are legally required to disclose your information, including, but not limited to, pursuant to a valid subpoena, order, search warrant or other law enforcement request.
• When we are contractually obligated to disclose it.

Where we disclose personal information for a purpose set forth herein, we enter a contract with the third party that describes the purpose and requires the third-party recipient to protect and secure your personal information in accordance with applicable law(s).

Third Party Websites

By accessing third party websites through our Site, you are consenting to the terms and privacy policies of those websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever as we have no control over them.

Users Only of Legal Age of Majority

Our Site is designed and intended for those who have reached the age of majority (18 years of age). By using our Site, you affirm that you are at least 18 years of age or older.  We are not liable for any damages that may result from a user’s misrepresentation of age.

No one under age 13 is authorized to submit or post any information, including personally identifying information, on our Site. Under no circumstances may anyone under age 13 use our Site.  Parents or legal guardians of children under 13 cannot agree to these terms on their behalf.

U.S. State-specific consumer privacy rights

If you are a resident of certain states,  you may have the following rights under applicable consumer privacy rights laws, including, but not limited to, the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively the “CCPA”) and other similar state laws currently in effect or as promulgated in the future. Such rights may include the right:

• to know what categories of personal information about you we have collected and used, including how the personal information was collected;
• to know what categories of personal information is being sold or disclosed and if it is being sold or disclosed to third parties and a list of categories of information that are sold;
• to opt out of the sale and/or sharing of your personal information for purposes of targeted advertising;
• to access your personal information, including the right to download or transfer personal information in an electronic and portable format;
• to request that your personal information be deleted;

• to the extent we collect any such information, to ask that we limit our use of your sensitive personal information;
• to appeal any decision regarding your privacy requests; and,

• to equal service and equal price for goods or services even if you exercise your rights under applicable law(s).

If you want to exercise any of the rights set forth above, please contact us at privacy@theleeco.com or 860-399-6281. For all requests, it is helpful to put the statement “Consumer Privacy Rights” in the body of your request, describe the nature of your request, and provide your name, street address, city, state, and zip code. In your request, you need to attest to your state of residency and provide a current address for our response. For more information on your privacy rights click here.

We will not discriminate or retaliate against you for exercising any of these rights. Unless permitted by the applicable law(s), we will not:

• Deny you goods or services.
• Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
• Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services.
• Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

California’s Shine the Light Law

If you reside in California and have provided personally identifiable information to us, you may request information about our disclosure of certain categories of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes under California’s Shine the Light law.  Such requests must be submitted to us at one of the following addresses: The Lee Company, 2 Pettipaug Road, Westbrook, CT 06498 or call 860-399-6281.

FOR EU RESIDENTS:

If you are located in the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from United States law, please note that we may transfer information, including personal information, to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction. When we transfer personal information to third party controllers, we will protect your information as described in this Privacy Policy or as disclosed to you at the time of data collection and in accordance with applicable law.

When we process your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy, we will only do so where we have lawful bases for the specific purpose or activity involved, which may include the following:

• We may use your personal information, including your contact information, in order to perform our responsibilities under our contract with you, including to process and fulfill your order and to send you emails to confirm your order status and shipment.
• We may use your personal information where we have a legitimate interest in doing so, including to communicate with you and to send you information by email, postal mail, telephone, or other means about our products and services and to improve and secure those products and services.
• We may process your personal information where we determine it is necessary to comply with our legal obligations.
• We may process your personal information where we receive your consent to do so. Where we rely on your consent for processing your personal information, you may withdraw that consent at any time.

If you are located in the European Union, subject to applicable exemptions and limitations, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that such personal information be erased, corrected or transferred. You may also have the right to object to our processing or your personal information or to request that we restrict certain processing.

If you are located in the European Union and you want to exercise any of your rights as set forth above, please contact us at privacy@theleeco.com or 860-399-6281.

Accessibility Statement

We are committed to making sure that our Site is accessible to everyone. To access this Privacy Policy in an alternative form, please call 860-399-6281. To view our Accessibility Statement, click here.

Contacting Us

We welcome any queries, comments, complaints or requests you may have regarding this Privacy Policy.  Please do not hesitate to contact us at:

The Lee Company
2 Pettipaug Road
Westbrook, CT 06498
860-399-6281
privacy@theleeco.com

Effective Date: December 26, 2024