H-CPC is an
interactive website that provides information and offers for
Caterpillar, Inc products and services. We collect information about
your computer, your use of our H-CPC, and may collect or receive user
provided personal information as you interact with us in order to
optimize your user experience or address your request. Examples of
how your information may be used (but not limited to) include the
delivery of marketing communications or promotional materials,
improvements to the website, products, and services we provide, and
detecting, preventing, and responding to misuse of the website (ie.
fraud, violation of law, etc.).
Personal
information is any information about a specific individual or that
identifies or may identify a specific individual. Some additional
information we may collect includes contact and relationship or
role.
- Contact information
allows us to interact and communicate with you.
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Relationship or role information helps us
understand who you are and what you are seeking to properly fulfill
your request.
We may share personal information with our
affiliated companies, suppliers, dealers, and business partners which
may use it for the purposes listed above.
Users
are advised that information provided may be cross referenced with
other information you have provided to us. For example, if you
provide your contact information, we may be able to provide
additional information on products you own and services you
use.
H-CPC may directly authenticate or connect a
user to an authenticated (or logged in) experience based on the
user’s digital activity or data inputted by the user. An
authenticated experience occurs when a set of log-in credentials are
obtained from the users and will allow for additional access and
experiences not allotted to non-authenticated users. In these
circumstances an anonymous user is not acceptable or allowed. Common
authenticated users include Caterpillar and Dealer personnel,
customers, & affiliates. In an authenticated experience we
collect the information discussed in the section above which will now
be tied to an authenticated account profile and additional
information associated with the account profile. In the event the
user provides personal information on behalf of another individual
the user should ensure proper consent is obtained from the
individual. Examples of how this information may be used (but not
limited to) include requesting, accessing, and managing Caterpillar
systems, services, or programs.
Some additional
personal information we may collect includes personal preferences and
authenticated account information.
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Personal Preferences allows us to provide an
experience adjusted to the way you prefer to ingest
content.
- Authenticated Account
Information is an identity profile which is requested or
created by the user and collected by Caterpillar to ensure you are an
authorized user.
Web cookies are a small stored data file on your computer. These file enables us to recognize you each time you visit us and are used by this website in several ways including enabling certain features, remembering choices that you make, improving the efficiency of the website, and providing us with information about how people use the website. Caterpillar web security cookies (if the user has a Caterpillar web security ID) are not used to collect personal information on this web site. This website’s cookies will either be deleted or stored automatically when you close your browser depending upon the cookie's purpose.
These cookies are necessary for the website to function. These include actions such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling out forms.
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These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information in these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
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