How much information must you share?
The amount of information we collect depends on you. We collect information needed for secure ordering and customizing your experience. In the case of our online employment application, we gather more detailed personal information. See below to find out what information is required for what task.

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• IP address - We use IP addresses to measure our site traffic and to help provide a relevant shopping experience. Your IP address is not linked to your customer information.
• Referral site - If you come to our site via a link, the location of the referral is captured. This is used to help us know where our users come from.
• Browser type - This information is captured to help us optimize our site to match the latest technology used by our customers.
• Movements through our site - We keep track of pages you visit to help us provide a more personalized and relevant shopping experience.

Account Creation
User name, password, e-mail address, secret question and answer to a secret question.

Purchase product online from AstroSheetMetal.com
Name, address and payment information, although credit card and PO numbers may be phoned in as an alternative.

Subscribe to e-mail newsletter
You must create an E-Account in order to subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, Astro Sheet Metal Buyers' Edge.

Application for employment
First name, last name, address, home phone, city, state, country, zip, social security number, whether or not you have the legal right to work in the U.S., any criminal convictions, date available to start, current employment status, whether or not you have any computer skills/training as well as your certification that the information contained in the application is true and correct and that you have authorized the affidavit contained in the application.

Contest entries, surveys and other registrations
Name, e-mail and phone number, but varies by promotion or purpose. See special note on contests below.

Is your information used for any other purpose?
We require only the personal information that is needed for safely processing your online order and for contacting you about your transactions. It is used exclusively for that purpose. If you become a Astro Sheet Metal customer, you may receive mailings from your account information and your account information may be analyzed as part of our standard business practices. If you would prefer not to receive catalogs, please click here.

Also, as a Astro Sheet Metal customer, you may choose to take advantage our extranet program. Any information provided to us through your extranet may be analyzed and acted upon as part of our standard business practices.

Will your information be given to any other party?
Your personal information is not shared with any other party.

Do you purchase information about your customers from other companies?
Yes, we occasionally purchase third party information about companies that are our customers. We do not purchase any personal customer information. The company information we purchase includes size of company, number of employees and annual sales. This is used for customizing the user experience online and for supplementing our internal sales information.

What about e-mail?
When you purchase online from Astro Sheet Metal, we will contact you by e-mail to confirm your order and to update you on the status of your order. If you entered a contest at AstroSheetMetal.com, you may receive a follow-up e-mail. This is the only e-mail you will receive from such entries. We do not share this information with any third party companies.

Customer satisfaction :
Astro Sheet Metal is committed to providing all customers with a world-class experience. In order to measure how well we are doing and to better understand how we can continually improve our product offerings and our ability to meet your unique requirements, from time-to-time we may contact you by phone or e-mail and solicit your participation in research. Your participation is voluntary and you may request to remove yourself from future efforts of this kind.

NOTE :
Your account manager may occasionally send you promotional or product information. In addition, Astro Sheet Metal may, on occasion, send you updates on important information about our company and services. If you do not wish to receive such e-mails, simply let your account manager know.

How do we protect your information?
We employ powerful 128-bit encryption technology and Secure Socket Layers (SSL) in all areas where your personal identity is required. For your protection, Astro Sheet Metal is certified secure. This is your assurance that our site is authentic and that we're employing SSL security. You can check this security protection setting within your browser. To view our secure certificate, click on the image of the closed lock or the solid key at the bottom of your browser. Our site security information will appear. For more information, contact your browser's publisher. Your account information and order history are kept behind our firewall on separate servers. All transaction information is processed under encrypted channels, although you always have the option to choose unencrypted processing. To be sure you have the most protection available, be sure to download the latest version of today's most popular browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator. In addition, access to your personal information is restricted within our company to provide maximum security.

Who can see your account information?
Only authorized programming personnel at Astro Sheet Metal are permitted to see your password. Your account manager is not permitted to see your password. Nor are any other personnel. If you forget your password, you can receive a reminder via e-mail or you can create a new one. Only authorized sales, customer service and accounting personnel are permitted access to your account information. Employees who violate our privacy pledge will be subject to our normal disciplinary process. Whenever we hire other organizations to provide support services, we will require them to conform to our privacy pledge and to allow us to audit them for compliance.

What if you change how you use my information?
If we change how we use your personal information, we will notify you by prominently posting notice of the change to this site.

How do you create a user profile?
If you've already conducted business with Astro Sheet Metal in the past and would like to begin purchasing online, you'll need to create an E-Account. Creating an E-Account requires you to designate a user name and password. User names and passwords must consist of at least one non-white-space character and be at least four characters in length. Single spaces are allowed in passwords. Leading and trailing spaces, and adjacent spaces, are not allowed. After your E-Account is created, please contact your account manager to link your E-Account to your customer account.

What about cookies?
We use cookies as a way to give you better service. They personalize your shopping experience and they help identify you. You will need to set your browser to accept cookies if you wish to add items to a shopping cart. Information collected or stored via cookies includes purchases; log in data, and pricing level. This information is kept in a secured area within Astro Sheet Metal.

How do you give us feedback?
Simply click here to send us feedback via e-mail. Please note that feedback given in this manner becomes property of Astro Sheet Metal and may be used for promotional purposes. If you prefer not to have your comments used in this manner, simply use your own e-mail to send a message to admin@AstroSheetMetal.com Or you can indicate your preference at the top of your message.

How do you correct inaccurate information?
You can update your basic account information at any time. To correct any other account information, please contact your account manager. We will attempt to keep customer information complete, up to date, and accurate. We will tell our customers how and where to conveniently access their account information (except when we are prohibited to do so by law) and how to notify us about errors which we will promptly correct.

A special note about promotions:
If you elect to enter any contests or other promotions related to AstroSheetMetal.com please note that, by entering, you are giving your permission to use your information for promotional purposes.

How do I contact Astro Sheet Metal?
Click here to contact us.