Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. (“HBB”) offers smart appliances (each a “Smart Appliance”) which are voice enabled and can access Amazon’s Alexa enabled products and applications, including, without limitation, Amazon’s Echo devices and the Alexa app (each an “Alexa Enabled Product”). HBB has access to and may collect certain information about you and your Smart Appliance while your Smart Appliance is connected to any Alexa Enabled Product. Please read the privacy statement below to understand what is collected by HBB and with whom it is shared.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Usage Information. HBB may collect information about the Smart Appliance’s performance and your use of the appliance (“Usage Information”). Usage Information collected by HBB is anonymized and/or aggregated to create data that does not personally identify you or any other user (for example, Usage Information may be aggregated to calculate the percentage of users who use the Smart Appliance within a certain state).
PURPOSE FOR WHICH WE COLLECT AND USE PERSONAL AND USAGE INFORMATION:
HBB uses the Usage Information it collects through the Smart Appliance to:
HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
HBB: Except as otherwise provided herein, HBB will not share, sell or trade any Usage Information with third parties without your consent. HBB may share anonymized, aggregated Usage Information with business partners and corporate customers for sales and marketing purposes.
Service Providers: Other companies and individuals employed by HBB to perform functions on our behalf may have access to Usage Information needed to perform their functions but may not use such information for any other purpose. We may also share Usage Information with our attorneys, accountants or other agents if it is reasonably necessary for them to perform services for us.
Future Business Transactions: As our business is constantly changing, we may transfer your Usage Information as part of a merger, sale of assets, acquisition, etc. Also, if any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding is brought by or against us, all such information may be considered an asset of ours and may be sold or transferred to third parties to the extent permitted by applicable law. We may also share Usage Information with our family of affiliated companies (which may include subsidiaries, corporate parents, or any other subsidiaries owned by a corporate parent) for the purposes described herein.
Legal Authorities: We may disclose your Usage Information if we are required to do so by law, or if we believe that such action is necessary to: (1) fulfill a government request; (2) conform with the requirements of the law or legal process; (3) protect or defend our legal rights or property, including the Site; or (4) in an emergency to protect the health and safety of our users or the general public.
THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS
HBB’s Smart Appliances are designed to access Amazon’s Alexa Enabled Products. Please refer to Amazon’s Alexa Internet Privacy Notice for more information regarding what types of information Amazon collects and how Amazon uses collected information.
SECURITY
We want you to feel confident about using our Smart Appliance. We are committed to protecting the Usage Information we collect, and we use commercially reasonable physical, technical and administrative safeguards to assist us in preventing unauthorized access, use and/or disclosure of your Usage Information.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
HBB may from time to time make changes to this Privacy Statement to reflect changes in legal or regulatory obligations or changes in the manner in which we deal with Usage Information. We will post any revised version of this Statement here. Any changes will be effective on the date stated in the revised Statement. If we significantly change how we handle your Usage Information, we will notify you and/or obtain your consent as required by law.
CONTACT US
We look forward to any comments, suggestions, recommendations, or questions you might have about our policies. You may contact us at the following:
Email: Customer.hbconnect@hamiltonbeach.com
Last Updated: September 4, 2020