Privacy Policy

What does Great Northern Equipment Distributing, Inc. do with my personal information?

We take your privacy seriously, and we want you to know how we collect, use, share, and protect your information. This policy describes the privacy practices of Great Northern Equipment Distributing, Inc. and any of our subsidiaries or Affiliates (“GNE,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). We do not market or sell to European companies or citizens through any of our websites. Find more information about Great Northern Equipment.

It’s important that you read the whole policy. This overview section provides a summary of GNE’s privacy practices and is not the whole policy. The highlights and full privacy policy apply to GNE physical locations and our websites where we may collect your personal information.

GNE Privacy Policy?

Your use of any of our sites is subject to the Terms + Conditions for that site.

This policy applies to:

The websites owned or operated by GNE and any of our subsidiaries or related companies, unless that site has its own privacy policy;
The GNE mobile site;
Information we collect in GNE facilities and at other locations and events under the GNE name.

What We Collect:

Information you give us about yourself. We collect and store the information you provide through our digital sites and in our stores. The information we collect from you includes things like:

Name
Mailing address
Email address
Phone number
Credit card number and other payment information

In certain situations, we may also collect things like:

Driver's license number (for example, if you return a product or apply for credit)
Part of your Social Security Number (if you use our renewal notifications services)
Your whole Social Security Number (if you apply for credit)
Location information (such as when you ask us to tell you about nearby dealers)
IMEI/UDID (a numeric identifier for your mobile device)
MAC address (another kind of numeric identifier for your mobile device)
IDFA (Apple's ID for Advertising, a randomly generated number, which can be cleared like cookies)
Your responses to surveys

Information you give us about others. You may give us information about other people, such as the name and address of a gift recipient, or the name and contact information of someone who will pick up items for you at a store. We will only use this information for the specific reason you provide it.
Information from other sources. We may receive information about you from other sources, including third parties that help us update, expand, and analyze our records and identify new customers, and provide products and services that may be of interest to you.
Information is collected automatically online. We collect information about your interactions with us, including the type of device or browser you're using, your IP address, your browsing behavior while on our website, and the URLs of the websites you were at before you visited our site (these are called "referring URLs").
GNE and our partners use technologies such as cookies or similar technologies to analyze trends, administer the website, track users' movements around the website, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level.
We may permit third-party service providers to collect and process some information from our digital properties. We may share personal information with those providers and may have similar arrangements with interest-based advertisers. We provide more information about interest-based ads below. Our digital properties are not designed to respond to "do not track" requests from browsers.
Location information. Some of our digital properties may collect your location to help you search for one of our dealers. We also may use this information to determine whether to provide you with content, information, and notices that may be required by law based on your location.
For any mobile application to identify your location, you must enable location services through your mobile device's settings. If you do not want GNE to collect this information or to enable these features, you can turn off location services on your mobile device. GNE has no control over your device's settings.
On site cameras. Our locations may use cameras for asset protection and other operational purposes, such as measuring traffic patterns and protecting and improving our business.
Reviews and other content you provide. Our websites and social media pages offer publicly accessible blogs or community forums. Be aware that anyone who accesses these areas may read, collect, and use the information you provide.
Information from our affiliates. We may get information about you from a company controlled by, or under common control with GNE (our "Affiliates").

How We Use the Information We Collect:

Identifying you on our websites and our mobile sites in order to customize your experience (for example, based on your purchase history or your location)
Fulfilling orders and requests for products, services, or information
Processing refunds, returns, and exchanges
Tracking and confirming online orders
Delivering products to you or others
Marketing and advertising products and services
Conducting research and analysis
Processing GNE credit card applications
Responding to your questions and requests
Improving our products and services
Analyzing website and device application trends and customers interests
Preventing losses and ensuring security

Information Retention:

We may retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

How We Share Your Information:

We may share your information for our business purposes and as legally required or permitted, including:

With third parties who perform services on our behalf.
To offer financial products.
To provide extended warranty services.
Data sharing or catalog mailings.
With any successor to all or part of our business.
With our business partners.
To protect us.
At your direction.

How We Protect Your Information:

We use a variety of information-security measures to protect your online transactions with us.
We use reasonable security measures to protect the confidentiality of personal information under our control and appropriately limit access to it.
Our digital properties use encryption technology to protect your personal information.
We are committed to protecting your information, but you can do your part. You should create a strong password and protect against unauthorized access to your password and your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer and do not share your password with anyone. We cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and by using our digital properties you acknowledge that you do so at your own risk.

Your Choices:

At any time, you may:

Stop receiving marketing or promotional emails, direct mail, phone, and mobile marketing communications
Update and correct your personal information
Deactivate your account
Request removal of information you post on our digital properties; in some cases, we may not be able to remove your content or personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why
To do any of these, let us know by one of these methods

Follow the directions in a marketing email, direct mail, or mobile communication that you receive from us
Provide your request and current contact information through one of the contact methods listed under "Contact Us" below

Please note: Even if we are able to anonymize or make your content or information no longer visible, this does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of your content or personal information from the internet.

Opting Out of Third-party Services:

If you purchase with Great Northern Equipment, we may share your information with third party companies. Your name, address and details about products you have purchased from us could be shared so that you can receive offers for other products that may interest you. If you would not like us to share your information for this intent, please email us or call 1-855-388-9848.

You can also write us at:

Great Northern Equipment
Customer Care
20195 South Diamond Lake Road
Suite 100
Rogers, MN 55374

Internet Based Advertising:

You can opt-out of interest-based advertising from third-party providers who follow the Digital Advertising Alliance's Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices .

To learn more about Google, their privacy policies, or how to opt out of their services, please go to: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.

Protecting Children's Privacy:

We are committed to protecting children's privacy on the internet and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

Links to Other Websites.

Our websites may link to other websites, many of which have their own privacy policies. Be sure to review the privacy policy on the website you're visiting.

Social Media Features:

Our website includes ways to interact and share using social media, through features such as the Facebook "Like" button, the "Share This" button, or interactive mini-programs that run on our website ("widgets"). These features may collect information such as your IP address or the page you are visiting on our website and may set cookies to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features can be hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our website. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the social media company providing the feature.

Privacy Policy Updates:

We may need to update our Privacy Policy as we and our customers grow and evolve. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email (sent to the email address specified in your account) or by means of posting a notice on this website prior to the change becoming effective, as well as inform you of any choices you may have with respect to these changes.

Contact Us:

If you have additional questions, you can call us at 1-855-388-9848 or reach us by email at info@gnedi.com.