Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy of Wegmann Companies, LLC (“Wegmann”) applies to the United States of America.

This Privacy Policy and the following Terms and Conditions, also apply to those entities in California (“California Privacy Rights’). If you live or work in the State of California, and you question your personal rights under California law concerning the use of this web site, then it is strongly recommended that you do not use this website.

Our Privacy Policy describes the ways Wegmann collects, stores, uses and protects customer information. You may have accepted this policy when you or a representative of your company signed up for our products, services, or web access. We may amend this policy at any time by posting a revised version on our website. The revised version will be effective at the time we post it. In addition, if the revised version includes a substantial change, we will provide you with 30 days’ prior notice by posting notice of the change on the “Policy Updates” page of our website.

 

How we collect information

When you visit the Wegmann website, we collect your IP address and standard web log information, such as your browser type and the pages you accessed on our website.

If you open an account, we collect the following types of information from you:

  • Contact information – your name, address, phone, email, and other similar information.

  • Financial information – we do not collect any financial information on line, we collect corporate banking information provided in writing by you for your company, organization or agencies.

Before permitting you or your company to use our products and services, we may require you to provide additional information we can use to verify your identity or address or manage risk, such as a tax id number or other information. We may also obtain information about you from third parties such as credit bureaus and identity verification services.

When you are using our products and services, we collect information about your account transactions and we may collect information about your computer or other access device for fraud prevention purposes.

We may collect additional information from or about you in other ways not specifically described here. For example, we may collect information related to your contact with our customer support team.

 

How we use cookies

When you access our website, Wegmann Companies LLC, Wegmannlabels.com, or any of the Wegmann Companies LLC websites, or the companies we hire to track how our website is used, may place small data files called “cookies” on your computer.

We send a “session cookie” to your computer when you log in to our site. This type of cookie helps us to recognize you if you visit multiple pages on our site during the same session. Once you log out or close your browser, this cookie expires and no longer has any effect.

We also use longer-lasting cookies for other purposes such as to display your e-mail address on our sign-in form.

We encode our cookies so that only we can interpret the information stored in them. You may be free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but doing so may interfere with your use of our website.

 

How we protect and store personal information

Throughout this policy, we use the term “personal information” to describe information that can be associated with a specific person or company and can be used to identify that person or company. We do not consider personal information to include information that has been depersonalized so that it does not identify a specific user.

We store and process your personal information on our computers in the US, and we protect it by maintaining physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in compliance with applicable US federal and state regulations. We use computer safeguards such as firewalls and data encryption, we enforce physical access controls to our buildings and files, and we authorize access to personal information only for those employees who require it to fulfill their job responsibilities.

 

How we use the personal information we collect

Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a safe experience. We may use your personal information to:

  • provide the services and customer support you request;
  • process transactions and send notices about your transactions;
  • resolve disputes, collect fees, and troubleshoot problems;
  • prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities, and enforce our Agreements;
  • customize, measure, and improve our services and the content and layout of our website and forms;
  • send you targeted marketing, service update notices based on your communication preferences;
  • analyze information for accuracy and verify it with third parties.

 

How we share personal information with other Wegmann users

To process your orders and payments, we need to share some of your corporate information with the person or company that you are paying or is paying you. Your contact information, date of sign-up, the number of payments, and whether you have verified control of a bank account.

If you are buying goods or services and pay through Wegmann Companies LLC, we may also provide the seller with your billing information to help complete your transaction with the seller. The seller is not allowed to use this information to market their services to you unless you have agreed.

We will not disclose your banking and billing information to anyone you have paid or who has paid you through Wegmann Companies LLC, except with your express permission or if we are required to do so to comply with a subpoena or other legal process.

 

How we share personal information with other parties

We may share your personal information with:

  • Members of the Wegmann corporate family to provide joint content, and services (like registration, transactions and customer support), to help detect and prevent potentially illegal acts and violations of our policies, and to guide decisions about their products, services and communications. Members of our corporate family will use this information to send you marketing communications only if you have requested their services.
  • Service providers under contract who help with parts of our business operations; (fraud prevention, bill collection, marketing, technology services). Our contracts dictate that these service providers only use your information in connection with the services they perform for us and not for their own benefit.
  • Credit bureaus to report outstanding negative balance accounts, as allowed by law.
  • Companies that we plan to merge with or be acquired by. (Should such a combination occur, we will require that the new combined entity follow this privacy policy with respect to your personal information. If your personal information could be used contrary to this policy, you will receive prior notice.)
  • Law enforcement, government officials, or other third parties when:
  • we are compelled to do so by a subpoena, court order or similar legal procedure;
  • we need to do so to comply with law;
  • we believe in good faith that the disclosure of personal information is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss, to report suspected illegal activity, or to investigate violations of our Agreements.
  • Other third parties with your consent or direction to do so.

 

Wegmann will not sell, lease, loan or provide any of your personal information to third parties in the normal course of doing business and only shares your personal information with third parties as described in this policy.

 

How you may restrict Wegmann from sharing your personal information

Federal and state laws allow you to restrict the sharing of your personal information in certain instances. However, these laws also state that you cannot restrict other types of sharing. Because we have chosen to refrain from certain types of data sharing, the only type of sharing of your personal information that you may restrict is as follows:

If you do not want Wegmann to share your personal information with other institutions for marketing our jointly offered products to you, please log onto our website and using our contact page send us an email describing in detail the information you wish withheld.

 

How you can change your personal / corporate information, and how you can contact us about privacy questions

If you would like to update or change your account information or have questions or concerns regarding this policy, you should contact us in writing to:
Wegmann Companies LLC
Attn: Privacy Department,
111 TRW Industrial Ct., High Ridge, MO 63049-2637

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This Website is owned and controlled by Wegmann Companies LLC, (“Wegmann”), and  unless otherwise disclosed, or agreed to in writing, all content, and material on this Website, including text, images, illustrations, designs, graphics, artwork, computer code, information or other materials, and the intellectual property rights, copyrights or trademarks in the content of the Website (the “Content”), is controlled, and or owned by Wegmann Companies LLC. This is the only authentic Website for Wegmann Companies LLC. Any other website found at a URL other than wegmanncompanies.com, or wegmannlabel.com, displaying information or content pertaining to Wegmann Companies, LLC is a fake, and any information on counterfeit websites should not be trusted.

The Content of this Website is intended for personal education. At your own risk, you may download or copy the Content and other downloadable areas displayed on the Website for your personal use only. If you download, transfer or copy to you any Content from this Website, there is absolutely no right, title or interest transferred to you. You may not under any circumstances reproduce, distribute, publish, display, transmit, change, alter or modify, create imitative works from, exploit or sell, any Content from this Website for any private, commercial or public purpose.

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The Blog entries may express content or opinion not associated with Wegmann Companies, LLC. The information content within the Blogs, may not be completely verified, and one should make diligent efforts to check facts prior to making personal assumptions or use thereof. Blog entries should be viewed as informational entertainment.

Wegmann Companies, LLC is a closely held private company. The company as not ever issued any stock, securities, debt instruments, right or warrants of any kind either privately or publicly to any person or entities. There are currently no future plans to do so and if so there will be a disclosure posted on this Website.

If someone has solicited you to purchase an interest in Wegmann Companies, LLC  be warned, that this is not a genuine offe, and you should notify your local securities regulatory authority. There is a growing threat to internet security by criminal organizations that pirate corporate websites and market phony securities. These pirated websites will often appear under nonpublic URL’s and bear a close resemblance to an official company site. If you utilize the World Wide Web, you should make every effort to verify the source and authenticity of any recommendation and website association.

Copyright
The entire content included in this site, including but not limited to text, graphics or code, is copyrighted, as a collective work under the United States and other copyright laws, and is the property of Wegmann Companies, LLC. The collective work includes works that are licensed to Wegmann Companies,  LLC. Copyright 2021, Wegmann Companies,  LLC  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Permission is granted to electronically copy and print hard copy portions of this site for the sole purpose of placing an order with Wegmann Companies,  LLC or purchasing Wegmann Companies, LLC products. You may display, and subject to any expressly stated restrictions, or limitations, relating to specific material, download or print portions of the material from the different areas of the site, solely for your own non-commercial use, or to place an order with Wegmann Companies, LLC or to purchase Wegmann Companies, LLC products. Any other use, including but not limited to the reproduction, distribution, display or transmission of the content of this site is strictly prohibited, unless authorized by Wegmann Companies, LLC. You further agree not to change or delete any proprietary notices from materials downloaded from the site.

Trademarks
All trademarks, service marks, and trade names of Wegmann Companies, LLC used in the site are trademarks or registered trademarks of Wegmann Companies, LLC.

Warranty Disclaimer
This site and the materials and products on this site are provided “as is”, and without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, Wegmann Companies, LLC disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Wegmann Companies, LLC does not represent or warrant that the functions contained in the site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that the defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes the site available are free of viruses or other harmful components. Wegmann Companies, LLC does not make any warrantees or representations regarding the use of the materials in this site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, adequacy, usefulness, timeliness, reliability or otherwise. Some states do not permit limitations or exclusions on warranties, so the above limitations may not apply to you.

Limitation of Liability
Wegmann Companies,  LLC shall not be liable for any special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials on this site, or the performance of the products, even if Wegmann Companies, LLC has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation of exclusion of liability, incidental, or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you and therefore you should not use this website.

Typographical Errors
In the event that a Wegmann Companies, LLC product is mistakenly listed at an incorrect price, Wegmann Companies, LLC reserves the right to refuse or cancel any orders placed for product listed at the incorrect price. Wegmann Companies,  LLC reserves the right to refuse or cancel any such orders whether or not the order has been confirmed and your credit card charged. If your credit card has already been charged for the purchase and your order is cancelled, Wegmann Companies, LLC  shall issue a credit to your credit card account in the amount of the incorrect price.

Term and Termination
These terms and conditions are applicable to you upon your accessing the site and/or completing the registration or shopping process. These terms and conditions, or any part of them, may be terminated by Wegmann Companies, LLC without notice at any time, for any reason. The provisions relating to Copyrights, Trademark, Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification and Miscellaneous, shall survive any termination.

Notice
Wegmann Companies, LLC may deliver notice to you by means of e-mail, a general notice on the site, or by other reliable method to the address you have provided to Wegmann Companies, LLC.

Miscellaneous
Your use of this site shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the state of Missouri, U.S.A., without regard to choice of law provisions, and not by the 1980 U.N. Convention on contracts for the international sale of goods. You agree that jurisdiction over and venue in any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this site (including but not limited to the purchase of Wegmann Copanies, LLC products) shall be in the state or federal courts located in St. Louis County, Missouri. Any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to the site (including but not limited to the purchase of Wegmann Companies, LLC products) must be commenced within one (1) month after the claim or cause of action arises. Wegmann Companies, LLC  failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these terms and conditions shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any of these terms and conditions. Wegmann Companies, LLC  may assign its rights and duties under this Agreement to any party at any time without notice to you.

Use of Site
Harassment in any manner or form on the site, including via e-mail, chat, or by use of obscene or abusive language, is strictly forbidden. Impersonation of others, including a Wegmann Companies, LLC or other licensed employee, host, or representative, as well as other members or visitors on the site is prohibited. You may not upload to, distribute, or otherwise publish through the site any content which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable which may constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or which may otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law. You may not upload commercial content on the site or use the site to solicit others to join or become members of any other commercial online service or other organization.

Participation Disclaimer
Wegmann Companies, LLC  does not and cannot review all communications and materials posted to or created by users accessing the site, and is not in any manner responsible for the content of these communications and materials. You acknowledge that by providing you with the ability to view and distribute user-generated content on the site, Wegmann Companies, LLC is merely acting as a passive conduit for such distribution and is not undertaking any obligation or liability relating to any contents or activities on the site. However, Wegmann Companies, LLC reserves the right to block or remove communications or materials that it determines to be (a) abusive, defamatory, or obscene, (b) fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading, (c) in violation of a copyright, trademark or; other intellectual property right of another or (d) offensive or otherwise unacceptable to Wegmann Companies, LLC in its sole discretion.

Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless, Wegmann Companies, LLC, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers (collectively the “Service Providers”) from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation of these terms and conditions or any activity related to your account (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing the site using your Internet account.

Third-Party Links
In an attempt to provide increased value to our visitors, Wegmann Companies, LLC may link to sites operated by third parties. However, even if the third party is affiliated with Wegmann Companies, LLC, Wegmann Companies, LLC has no control over these linked sites, all of which have separate privacy and data collection practices, independent of Wegmann Companies, LLC. These linked sites are only for your convenience and therefore you access them at your own risk. Nonetheless, Wegmann Companies, LLC seeks to protect the integrity of its web site and the links placed upon it and therefore requests any feedback on not only its own site, but for sites it links to as well (including if a specific link does not work).

Business Continuity Planning Statement

Wegmann Companies, LLC maintains important disaster recovery and business continuity plans that may be activated in the event of a significant business disruption. The firm realizes the critical nature of being able to continue material operations if an incident occurs that could affect mission-critical business units and systems. These plans are key components in maintaining emergency procedures.

In planning for potential significant business disruptions, Wegmann Companies, LLC  has studied a number of outcomes from varying scenarios, including, as examples only, a disruption to a single building, a city-wide business disruption, and a regional disruption. The firm’s plans are intended to permit the continuation of key business operations during most types of disruptions by resuming mission-critical operations, usually within the same business day as the disruption. To assist this business continuity the firm maintains back up capabilities in alternative locations. In cases of an extreme disruption, where the continuation of business may not be practical or in the best interest of the firm or its clients. Wegmann Companies, LLC  has implemented steps necessary to allow clients prompt access to any entitled re-funds.

However, clients should be aware that because the firm’s plans contain details of a confidential and proprietary nature, they cannot be distributed to the public. Clients should also note that Wegmann Companies, LLC,  business continuity plan is subject to modification as permitted by applicable law.

Copyright Policy

Wegmann Companies, LLC respects the Intellectual Property Content (“IPC”) of everyone, and we assume our customers will show similar respect.

Any IPC submissions either electronic or hard copy sent to Wegmann Companies, LLC, are accepted under the given provision that the submitter has full rights to use the IPC, art designs, and images without infringing the IPC rights of any third parties. IPC subject matter does not have to bear a copyright notice in order to be protected by copyright law, so absence of such notice does not necessarily assure a right to reproduce. Anyone submitting IPC warrants that no copyright notice has been removed from any material used in preparing the IPC for reproduction.

All customer’s  agree to indemnify and hold Wegmann Companies, LLC  and our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, business partners or employees harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of IPC submitted, or transmitted to Wegmann Companies, LLC.

Information from Minors

We do not knowingly solicit or collect information from anyone under the age of 18.

 

How you can change your personal / corporate information, and how you can contact us about questions concerning Terms and Conditions

If you would like to update or change your account information or have questions or concerns regarding these Terms and Conditions, you should contact us in writing to:
Wegmann Companies, LLC
Attn: Privacy Department,
111 TRW Industrial Ct., High Ridge, MO 63049-2637

California Privacy Notice

This California Privacy Notice (“Notice”) is for California residents and is supplemental to our Privacy Policy. This Notice is used to explain how we collect, use, and share Personal Information, as well as how user’s may exercise  rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).

“Personal Information”, as used in this Notice, means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with the web site user. Personal Information does not include information that is aggregated or information that cannot be reasonably linked to the web site user.

How we collect, use, and share Personal Information.

To provide the Products, as defined in the Privacy Policy incorporated by reference herein, we must process certain information about the web site user. This includes, but is not necessarily limited to, Personal Information, whether or not the user is registered and/or logged in to the Products. Subject to any limitations set forth in our Privacy Policy, we reserve the right to share Personal Information for our business purposes with restrictions on how our partners can use and disclose the data that we collect and provide, at a user’s direction, or in ways otherwise allowed by the CCPA.

To understand the type of information that we collect, and how we use such information, all users should review our Privacy Policy in detail. Below is a summary of the CCPA-related categories of Personal Information that we reserve the right to collect about activity over the past 12 months. This can depend on how user’s view and use the web site / Products, as well as how we use the Personal Information and with whom we share it.

Categories of Personal Information that we reserve the right to collect may include: (I) Identifiers; (II) Data with special protections, if user’s have decided to provide it to us; (III) Commercial information, if user’s have decided to provide it to us; (IV) Audiovisual, photographic and other imaging materials, if user’s or others decide to provide it to us; (V) Information related to Internet and electronic network activity, if user’s have decided to provide it to us; (VI) Professional or employment information, if user’s have decided to provide it to us; (VII) Educational information, if user’s have decided to provide it to us; (VIII) Financial information, if user’s have decided to provide it to us; and, (IX) Information that we derive from other Personal Information about user’s, including but not limited to user preferences, interests, and other information used to personalize the Products’ experiences.

Examples of how Personal Information is used includes, but is not limited to, the following: (I) Providing, improving, and personalizing the Products; (II) Facilitating financial transactions, providing measurements, and providing authentication of goods; (III) analytics, advertising, and other business services; (IV) Promoting the safety, security, and reputational and operational integrity of the Products; (V) Communicating with user’s; and, (VI) Researching and innovating.

Parties with whom we may share each category of Personal Information with include, but are not limited to, the following: (I) Individuals, entities, and accounts that user’s have decided to share and/or communicate with; (II) Individuals, entities, and accounts that third parties may share or re-share information about users with; (III) Third party software, websites, and other integrations that integrate with and/or use the Products; (IV) New ownership, in the event of an ownership or control change relating to one or more of the Products and/or their assets; (V) Third party partners, including partners who use our analytic services, advertisers, measurement partners, partners offering goods and/or services via the Products, vendors and service providers, and/or researchers and academics; (VI) Law enforcement or other third party entities in connection with certain legal requests; and, (VIII) other companies subsidiary to or related to Authentic Brand.

To learn more about how we process the information that we collect, including other types of Personal Information that we may collect, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

Sources of Personal Information:

We may receive Personal Information from the information that user’s or third parties provide to use, from user’s device(s), and from other third parties. The categories of sources from which we may collect or receive Personal Information include:

We may collect content, communications, and other information that user’s decide to provide to us when they use the Products. This may include when user’s sign up for an account, create or share content via the Products, and message or otherwise communicate with third parties. We may collect information about the individuals, entities, accounts, hash tags, and groups that users may be connected to, as well as how user’s interact with each of the same across the Products. We may also collect information related to user’s  use of the Products, including advertisements that we serve to user’s on and off of the Products, the types of content user’s view or engage with, the features user’s use, user actions, the individuals, entities, and/or accounts that user’s interact with, as well as the time, frequency, and length of such activities.

Third Parties: We may also receive and analyze information, communications, and/or other content about user’s that third parties provide to use when they use the Products.

User device(s): We may collect information from and about the computers, phones, tablets, wearable computers, connected televisions, routers, and other web-connected devices that user’s decide to use to access or integrate with our Products. We may also combine this information across different devices that user’s may use.

Related companies: We may receive information from other Wegmann Branded Companies to help us provide users with a relevant, consistent, quality, and safe experiences across the Products. We may also process information about users across the Wegmann Branded Companies for related purposes, as allowed by applicable law and according to the relevant terms and policies.

Third party partners: Advertisers, software developments, publishers, and other types of partners may decide to send certain information to us for purposes relating to business, including social plug-ins, logins, APIs and SDKs. Such partners may provide information about user activities outside of the Products, including information about user’s device(s), websites that user’s visit, things user’s do on third party services, and purchases that user’s made. We may also receive information about user online and offline activities, purchases from third parties who have the rights to provide us such information. Partners may receive user data when user’s visit or use their services, or via third parties that such partners may decide to work with. We require each such partner to have the right to collect, share, and use user data or information before they provide any such data or information to us.

Exercising User rights under the CCPA.

Users may have the following rights under the CCPA:

The right to know: User’s have the right to request that we disclose to user’s the Personal Information that we have collected, used, or disclosed. User is similarly may have the right to request information about our data practices.

The right to request deletion of information: We have the right to request that we delete the Personal Information that we may have collected from users.

The right to non-discrimination: We cannot and will not discriminate against users if user’s exercise any of these rights.

To exercise user “right to know” and/or user “right to request deletion”, please send a written request to:

Wegmann Companies

Attention: CCPA

111 TRW Industrial Ct.

High Ridge, MO 63049-2523

Please understand that, in an effort to protect user information as well as our Products’ integrity, we may request to verify user’s identity before we can process any such request(s). In certain situations, we may need to collect additional information from user’s in order to verify user’s identity, such as user’s government-issued ID.

Under the CCPA, users may decide to exercise these rights. Users may also designate an authorized agent to make these requests on user’s behalf. Generally, we will facilitate user requests through automated tools, which may be available via a Wegmann Companies account.

If users have additional questions about this Notice, or about how user’s may exercise rights under the CCPA, please send a written request to:

Wegmann Companies

Attention: CCPA

111 TRW Industrial Ct.

High Ridge, MO 63049-2523