Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 07-25-25

At Bedford Industries Inc. (“Bedford”) (“Bedford,” “we,” and “our”), we are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our customers (“Customers,” “you,” and “your”) and users of our Bedford brand website (the “Site”) and Bedford products. This Privacy Policy sets out how we collect and use information from and about you when you visit the Site, including your personal information. By accessing and using the Site, you consent to this Privacy Policy.


1. COLLECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION

When you visit the Site, we collect certain information from and about you, including the electronic device you are using, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your purchases. We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any information that can uniquely identify or reasonably identify an individual as “Personal Information.” See the list below for more information about what Personal Information we collect and why.


(a) Device Information

Examples of device information we collect includes: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what pages or products you view, search terms applied, and how you interact with the Site. We collect this information so we can load the Site accurately for you, capture analytics on your usage of the Site, and optimize your ability to use the Site.

Additionally, We (or service providers on our behalf) may then send communications and marketing to these email addresses. You may opt out of receiving this advertising by visiting https://app.retention.com/optout.

(b) Contact Us Form Information

When you visit the Site, you have the option of completing the online form requesting that Bedford contact you. We retain the information provided in the completed form to enable us to contact you, answer your questions, or fulfill your request.

(c) Order Information

When you place an order for Bedford products we retain your personal information required for the processing of your order including your Personal Information. Examples include: your name, email address, phone number, billing address, and shipping address.

We collect and use the order information to provide you with the products you purchase from us, process your payment, arrange for shipping, and provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, screen our orders for potential risk or fraud, and when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

(d) Customer Support Information

When you request support from us in using the Site or making a purchase, we may collect your email address, phone number, and other contact information directly from you. We use this information to provide you the support you need.

2. MINORS

The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not intentionally collect Personal Information from children. If you are the parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us at the address below to request deletion.


3. SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information with our third-party service providers to help us provide our services and fulfill our contracts with you, as described above. Other than our service providers who need your Personal Information to help us provide our services and fulfill our contracts with you, we will only provide your Personal Information to third parties without your authorization under the following circumstances: (a) to enforce our privacy policy, (b) to comply with law, regulation, or other legal processes, (c) to protect the rights, property or safety of Bedford or others, (d) if required to do so upon the request of a government regulator, law enforcement agency, or other public authorities, including to meet national security standards, (e) in emergency situations, (f) to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the Site, (g) to detect or prevent criminal activity or fraud, or (f) in the event that Bedford or substantially all of its assets are acquired by one or more third parties as a result of an acquisition, merger, sale, reorganization, consolidation or liquidation, in which case Personal Information may be one of the transferred assets.


4. BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING

We may use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For example, we use Google Analytics and HubSpot to help us understand how our Customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work. Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.

We will never sell your personal information. 


5. USING PERSONAL INFORMATION

We use your personal Information to provide our services to you including: offering products for sale, marketing and advertising, processing payments, shipping, and fulfillment of your order, and keeping you up to date on new products, services, and offers.

6. STATE PRIVACY LAWS

U.S. state consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our collection and use of their Personal Information. 

(a) California. If you are a California resident, California law requires that businesses: upon request, (i) disclose what personal information they have about you and what they do with that information; (ii) delete your personal information; (iii) direct businesses not to sell or share your personal information; (iv) correct inaccurate information that they have about you; (v) limit businesses’ use and disclosure of your sensitive personal information; and (vi) to request certain information regarding any disclosures of Personal Information we make to third parties for direct marketing purposes. 

(b) Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah each currently, or will, provide their residents with rights to: (i) confirm whether we process their Personal Information; (ii) access and delete certain Personal Information; (iii) data portability; and (iv) opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.

(c) Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia currently, or will, provide their state residents with rights to: (i) correct inaccuracies in their Personal Information, taking into account the information's nature processing purpose; and (ii) opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

(d) Nevada currently or will provide its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain Personal Information sales.

Not all of the foregoing state rights apply to our collection and processing of your Personal Information. Other state laws not described above may give you privacy rights and remedies. If you believe any state rights do apply to us and you wish to exercise such rights, please contact us using the information at the end of this Privacy Policy.


7. INTERNATIONAL PRIVACY LAWS

International data protection laws may give Customers certain rights regarding their Personal Information. 

(a) European Economic Area. Pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), if you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we process your Personal Information under the following lawful bases:

  1. Your consent;
  2. The performance of your contract to purchase goods and services from us;
  3. Compliance with our other legal obligations;
  4. To protect your vital interests;
  5. To perform a task carried out in the public interest; or
  6. For our legitimate interests, which do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.

(b) Automatic Decision Making. If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to object to processing based solely on automated decision-making (which includes profiling), when that decision-making has a legal effect on you or otherwise significantly affects you. We do not engage in fully automated decision-making that has a legal or otherwise significant effect using Customer data.

(c) EEA or Canada. If you are located within the EEA or Canada, you may ask us to take the following actions related to your Personal Information:

  1. Opt-out. Stop sending you direct marketing communications. You may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails. 
  2. Access. Provide you with information about our processing of your Personal Information and give you access to your Personal Information.
  3. Correct. Update or correct inaccuracies in your Personal Information.
  4. Delete. Delete your Personal Information.
  5. Transfer. Transfer a machine-readable copy of your Personal Information to you or a third party of your choice.
  6. Restrict. Restrict the processing of your Personal Information.
  7. Object.  Object to our reliance on our legitimate interests as the basis of our processing of your Personal Information.  

You can submit these requests using the contact information at the end of this Privacy Policy. We may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and process your request. 

Applicable law may require or permit us to decline your request. If we decline your request, we will tell you why, subject to legal restrictions. If you would like to submit a complaint about our use of your Personal Information or our response to your requests regarding your Personal Information, you may contact us or submit a complaint to the data protection regulator in your jurisdiction.

8. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF INFORMATION

(a) Customers located outside of the United States, including all Customers located in the EEA and Canada (“International Users”), are hereby notified that their Personal Information may be collected, used, disclosed, transferred, and stored in the United States. By accepting this Privacy Policy, International Users consent to the collection, use, disclosure, transfer, and storage of their Personal Information in the United States for the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy. Personal information of International Users will be subject to lawful access requests from U.S. governmental agencies for as long as it is stored in the United States.

(b) For Customers residing in the EEA, whenever we transfer your Personal Information to the United States, or other countries not deemed by the European Commission to provide an adequate level of personal data protection, the transfer will be made:

  1. Pursuant to the recipient’s compliance with current Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the European Commission or Binding Corporate Rules; 
  2. Pursuant to the consent of the individual to whom the Personal Information pertains; or
  3. As otherwise permitted by EEA law.

9. CORRECTING YOUR INFORMATION

Contact Bedford using the information at the end of this Privacy Policy if you want to access, review, correct or delete the Personal Information collected from you by Bedford. To protect your privacy and security, Bedford requires a Customer to verify your identity before granting you the right to access, review, or make corrections to your Personal Information. Please be advised that certain Personal Information may not be corrected or deleted if we must by law retain such information as submitted.


10. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

We reserve the right to disclose your Personal Information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order or legal process. 

It is also possible that Bedford could at some time sell its business (by merger, acquisition or otherwise) or sell all or substantially all of its assets. In any transaction of this kind, Customer information, including your Personal Information, may be among the assets that are transferred. If we decide to transfer your Personal Information, you will be notified by an email sent to the last known email address in our files or by notice posted on the Site.


11. RETENTION OF INFORMATION

We will only retain your Personal Information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for Personal Information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the Personal Information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your Personal Information, the purposes for which we process your Personal Information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

When we no longer require Personal Information we have otherwise collected about you, such as when the retention limit for such information has been reached, we will remove all identifying information to the extent possible while retaining such information only so long as needed to comply with business, legal or regulatory obligations and requirements. In some circumstances we may anonymize your Personal Information (so that it can no longer be associated with you), in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.


12. COOKIES AND DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS

A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. For more information regarding our use of cookies, refer to the Bedford Cookie Policy.

Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.


13. CUSTOMER CONSENT, CHANGES

By using the Site, you acknowledge that you have reviewed this Privacy Policy and accept its terms as stated in this Privacy Policy. You may withdraw your consent to the use of your Personal Information unless you are doing so to avoid a legal obligation to Bedford. Bedford’s continued use of your Personal Information, after you withdraw your consent to its use, may be required for Bedford to comply with federal and state laws and regulations.

We will change this Privacy Policy periodically as needed. The last updated date at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when the most recent changes to this Privacy Policy were posted. By using this Site after any changes to the Privacy Policy become effective, you are expressly consenting to the use of your Personal Information as stated in this Privacy Policy. We recommend you check this Privacy Policy periodically for changes.


10. CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any other questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy, or the privacy of your personal information, please contact us via U.S. Mail or email directed to:

Privacy Officer
Bedford Industries Inc.
1659 Rowe Ave.,
Worthington, MN 56187-0039

Email:  privacy@bedford.com

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