Privacy Policy

Introduction: What Is KINEX CAPPERS and Why Do We Collect Your Information

KINEX CAPPERS, LLC (“KINEX CAPPERS”) manufactures and distributes capping machines, cap feeding machines, filling machines, cap torque testers, bottle conveyors and accumulation tables. We collect personal information in connection with the distribution of our products and related services.

We care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our Privacy Policy. By visiting or using the website owned and operated by KINEX CAPPERS under the KINEXCAPPERS.com domain (the “Website”), using and/or accessing other applications, software, or services offered from time to time by KINEX CAPPERS in connection with our products and services (collectively, the “Services”) in any manner, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy, and you hereby consent to our collection, use, and sharing of your information in the following ways.

A. What Does This Privacy Policy Cover?

This Privacy Policy covers our treatment of (1) personally identifiable information, as defined by numerous statutes in the United States (such statutes, the “PII Laws”), (2) information protected by the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”), including as modified by the California Privacy Rights Act (the “CPRA”), and the California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”), (3) personal information and private information, as defined by the New York Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (the “SHIELD Act”); (4) personal data, as defined by the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”), and (5) personal information, as defined by Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronics Documents Act (“PIPEDA”, and collectively with the PII Laws, CCPA, CalOPPA, the SHIELD Act, and GDPR, the “Privacy Laws”) (collectively, “Personal Information”), which we gather as part of providing the Services.

This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to individuals that we do not employ or manage.

B. What Information Does KINEX CAPPERS Collect?

KINEX CAPPERS does not collect Personal Information indiscriminately. We limit the type of Personal Information and the amount of Personal Information to what is necessary to fulfill the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy. With that in mind, we collect the following types of information.

1. Personal Information You Provide to Us

At times when you interact with the Services, you may provide Personal Information to KINEX CAPPERS. This information may include: your name, contact information (including home address, work address, email address, and phone number), and account credentials (including user name and password). KINEX CAPPERS does not knowingly collect, receive or store any categories of Sensitive Personal Information as the term is defined under the CPRA. Once you make a payment, your credit card information may be collected and processed by our third-party payment processor.

You may communicate with KINEX CAPPERS through email, mail, in person communications, phone, text, chat, or any other paper and electronic form. When you do so, we may collect your name, contact information (including phone number, email address, work and/or home address), the content of any communication, the metadata associated with any communication, and other such Personal Information. Phone calls may be monitored or recorded.

If you apply for employment, KINEX CAPPERS may collect or you may choose to provide the following: name, contact information (including phone number, email address, work and/or home address), date of birth, demographic information (gender), immigration status and documentation, schooling and education information, disability information, recommendations, employment information and history, information from interviews, user name or e-mail address, any other information you may provide to KINEX CAPPERS, and other such Personal Information.

You can choose not to provide KINEX CAPPERS with Personal Information. However, doing so will affect our ability to communicate with, provide Services to, employ, or otherwise interact with you.

2. Personal Information Processed Automatically

When accessing or using KINEX CAPPERS’s Websites, Portals, and applications, certain information may be passively collected using various technologies, such as IP addresses and cookies.

An IP address is a number assigned to a computer by an Internet service provider to access the Internet. In most consumer cases, an IP address is dynamic (changing each time a particular user’s computer connects to the Internet), not static (unique to a particular user’s computer).

Cookies are small text files that are placed on computers by websites. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, and to provide information to the owners of the site. Most web browsers allow some control of cookies through browser settings. KINEX CAPPERS may collect the following information via cookies: aggregate statistical information, information related to use of our websites, referring websites, access times, IP address, device type, domain name, software on your device, and browser type. You may be able to change the preferences on your browser or mobile device to send “do not track” signals or to prevent or limit your device’s acceptance of cookies, but this may change the functionality of the Websites, Portals, or other applications. If you click on a link to a third party website, such third party may also transmit cookies. This Privacy Policy does not cover the use of cookies by any third party.

3. E-mail and Other Communications

KINEX CAPPERS may communicate with you by email.  When we do so, we may receive a confirmation when you open an email, which helps us improve the Services. If you do not want to receive unsolicited marketing email from KINEX CAPPERS, you can indicate that preference by clicking on the unsubscribe link in a KINEX CAPPERS email or by contacting KINEX CAPPERS using the contact information provided below.  Please note that, if you do not want to receive emails or notices from KINEX CAPPERS, those notices will still govern your interactions with KINEX CAPPERS, and you remain responsible for reviewing and adhering to such notices, including this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use on the Websites and Portals.

4. Personal Information from Third Parties

When KINEX CAPPERS sends mail, we may receive from the United States Postal Service or other carrier (i) confirmation that the address associated with an individual is a valid address and the mailing has been delivered, or (ii) notice that the address is incorrect or otherwise invalid and the mailing has not been delivered.

5. Sensitive Personal Information We Collect

KINEX CAPPERS does not knowingly collect or receive Sensitive Personal Information as the term is defined under the CPRA.

6. Special Categories of Personal Information

Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not knowingly collect special categories of Personal Information, including (1) Personal Information revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinion, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and (2) genetic data, biometric data, data concerning health, and data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation.

7. Personal Information KINEX CAPPERS Has Collected in the Last 12 Months

KINEX CAPPERS has collected the types of Personal Information listed in Subsections 1 through 4 in this Section B in the 12 months immediately preceding the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy. It has not collected Sensitive Personal Information or special categories of Personal Information, as described in Subsections 5 and 6 of this Section B during this time period.

C. What Does KINEX CAPPERS Do With Personal Information?

1. Use of Personal Information

KINEX CAPPERS uses all categories of Personal Information listed above for any and all legal and legitimate businesses purposes, including the following: (a) communicate with individuals; (b) conduct of its business operations; (c) provide the Services; (d) operate, maintain, and improve the Websites, the Portals, and other software and applications; (e) evaluate and hire potential employees; (f) investigate and resolve disputes and other issues; (g) disclose to third parties as set forth in this Section and Section D; and (h) any other lawful and legitimate business purpose.

2. Storage of Personal Information

Unless noted otherwise in this Privacy Policy, we store and process all electronic Personal Information that we collect about individuals in electronic information systems in the United States.

D. Will KINEX CAPPERS Disclose Personal Information?

KINEX CAPPERS discloses Personal Information to third parties as described below. This Privacy Policy does not govern or apply to any third party that KINEX CAPPERS does not own.

1. Customers

KINEX CAPPERS discloses to customers confirmation and notices we receive from the United States Postal Service regarding the delivery of mailings and the validity of individuals’ mailing addresses.

2. Third Party Service Providers

KINEX CAPPERS discloses Personal Information to third parties necessary or appropriate to provide the Services, including manufacturing and design services, packaging services, delivery services, and any other third party that an individual requests or authorizes KINEX CAPPERS to disclose Personal Information about them to or that is necessary or appropriate for KINEX CAPPERS to disclose Personal Information to in order to provide the Services.

3. Business Transfers

KINEX CAPPERS may sell its assets. In these types of transactions, Personal Information is one of the assets transferred. If KINEX CAPPERS sells all or substantially all of its assets, or if KINEX CAPPERS goes out of business, enters bankruptcy, or goes through some other change of control, Personal Information would be one of the assets transferred to or acquired by a third party.

4. Legal Obligations, Protection of KINEX CAPPERS, and Protection of Others

KINEX CAPPERS will disclose any Personal Information that KINEX CAPPERS reasonably believes is necessary or appropriate to comply with law or court order, enforce or apply KINEX CAPPERS’s Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and other agreements, or protect the rights, property, or safety of KINEX CAPPERS, our employees, our customers, our users, the public, or others. This includes disclosing Personal Information to third parties for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

5. Consent

Except as set forth above, we will obtain your consent before disclosing your Personal Information to a third party.

6. Personal Information KINEX CAPPERS Has Sold to Customers in the Last 12 Months

KINEX CAPPERS does not sell Personal Information.

7. Personal Information KINEX CAPPERS Has Disclosed to Third Parties in the Last 12 Months

KINEX CAPPERS discloses Personal Information to third parties in the course of providing Services, as described in this Section. In the course of doing so, KINEX CAPPERS has disclosed to such third parties all categories of Personal Information listed in Section B, Subsections 1 through 4 in the 12 months immediately preceding the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy. The Effective Date is listed at the bottom of this document.

E. What Are KINEX CAPPERS’ Legal Bases for Collecting and Using Personal Information?

As relevant, KINEX CAPPERS collects and uses your Personal Information (1) pursuant to your informed consent, which you have granted by confirming the prompts produced by the Websites, Portals, and other applications, and by continuing to use the Websites, Portals, and other applications, consistent with the Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, (2) in order to pursue KINEX CAPPERS’s legitimate business interests, and/or (3) to provide the Services. Any one or more of the bases in the previous sentence are the legal basis for KINEX CAPPERSs’ collection and use of your Personal Information, depending on how your use of the Websites, the Portals, other applications, and the Services, and your relationship with KINEX CAPPERS.

To the extent that you give KINEX CAPPERS Personal Information about another individual, you will ensure, and hereby represent to KINEX CAPPERS, that each such other individual has consented to KINEX CAPPERS’s collection and use of Personal Information about that individual, if and to the extent Privacy Laws require such consent.

F. How Long Will KINEX CAPPERS Retain Personal Information?

Except upon the request of an individual, as explained in Section G below, and except as the Privacy Laws or other legal requirements permit or require otherwise, KINEX CAPPERS retains the Personal Information it uses to provide the Services indefinitely.

G. What Are Individuals’ Rights With Respect to Personal Information About Them?

Except where permitted or required by Privacy Laws, you have the following rights regarding KINEX CAPPERS’s collection and use of your Personal Information.

1. Requests to KINEX CAPPERS

You may request the following from KINEX CAPPERS with respect to your Personal Information:

If you request that your Personal Information be erased or deleted or that KINEX CAPPERS otherwise restrict its collection and use of Personal Information, KINEX CAPPERS may terminate or limit your access to the Websites, Portals, other applications, and the Services. If KINEX CAPPERS has not collected or used your Personal Information, or has not disclosed your Personal Information to another party, KINEX CAPPERS will inform you of that in response to any of the above requests. Some information may remain in KINEX CAPPERS’s backup media after erasure or deletion for a period of time. When you request that KINEX CAPPERS update information, KINEX CAPPERS may retain a copy of the unrevised information in KINEX CAPPERS’s records. KINEX CAPPERS also may use any anonymized aggregated statistical data derived from or incorporating Personal Information after it is updated, erased, or deleted, but not in a manner that would identify you.

We will confirm receipt of all such requests and provide information about how KINEX CAPPERS will process the request within 10 days of receipt. We will substantively respond to all such requests within 30 days, subject to lawful extension of that period, and there may be a delay in processing a request while we verify that the request is valid and originates from you as opposed to an unauthorized third party. Our verification process varies based on the source and nature of the request, but may include: comparing data in the request against Personal Information we retain; contacting you using other contact information; requesting further information, although we will avoid doing so to the extent possible; and the consideration of certain factors, including the type, sensitivity, and value of your Personal Information, the risk of harm to you posed by an unauthorized request, the likelihood that fraudulent or malicious actors would seek your Personal Information, the manner in which we interact with you, the available technology, and whether the information you have provided to verify your identity is sufficiently robust to protect against fraudulent requests. To the extent permitted by the Privacy Laws, KINEX CAPPERS retains the right to deny any request if we cannot verify that it originated from you.

KINEX CAPPERS retains records of all of the above requests and our responses for 24 months, unless otherwise prohibited by the Privacy Laws.

You may make any of the foregoing requests by contacting KINEX CAPPERS at the contact information in Section P below.

2. Authorized Agent

You may authorize an agent to take any of the acts permitted in this Section G on your behalf. To do so, you must provide written and signed authority to the agent, and written and signed notice to KINEX CAPPERS that KINEX CAPPERS may act on such requests by that agent. You may withdraw such authorization at any time by contacting KINEX CAPPERS at the contact information in Section P below.

3. Withdrawal of Consent

To the extent KINEX CAPPERS collects and uses your Personal Information pursuant to your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting KINEX CAPPERS at the contact information in Section P below, although such withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of Company’s use of your Personal Information before such withdrawal. Withdrawal of consent may affect the functionality of the Websites, the Portals, other applications, and the Services.

4. Do Not Sell or Share My Information

KINEX CAPPERS does not “sell” Personal Information, as that term is defined in the CCPA.

H. What Are KINEX CAPPERS’s Financial Incentives?

KINEX CAPPERS does not offer any financial incentives for providing Personal Information.

I. Is Personal Information Secure?

KINEX CAPPERS employs reasonable and appropriate technological, physical, and administrative measures to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Personal Information. Individuals seeking additional information about such safeguards may contact KINEX CAPPERS using the contact information in Section P below.

The Websites, the Portals, and other applications may contain links to other sites and third party content. KINEX CAPPERS is not responsible for the security or privacy provided by such third parties.

J. Personal Information About Children Under 16

KINEX CAPPERS does not knowingly collect or use Personal Information from or about anyone under the age of 16. If an individual is under the age of 16, the individual may not register or attempt to register for an account on the Website or Portals, retain KINEX CAPPERS to provide any Services, or give any information to KINEX CAPPERS. If and to the extent KINEX CAPPERS learns that it has collected or used Personal Information from a child under age 16, KINEX CAPPERS will delete that Personal Information. If you believe that KINEX CAPPERS has received any Personal Information from a child under the age of 16, please contact KINEX CAPPERS using the contact information provided below.

K. Contractual or Statutory Requirements

Except as noted in this Privacy Policy or any contract governing the Services that KINEX CAPPERS provides, KINEX CAPPERS’ collection and use of Personal Information is not a contractual or statutory requirement or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

L. Failure to Provide Personal Information

You can always opt not to disclose information to KINEX CAPPERS. If and to the extent you elect to do so, that decision will affect KINEX CAPPERS’ ability to communicate with, provide Services to, employ, or otherwise interact with you.

M. Automated Decision Making

KINEX CAPPERS does not rely on automated decision making, including profiling, that will produce legal effects concerning or similarly significantly affecting any individual. Pursuant to Article 4(4) of the GDPR, profiling is defined as “any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse [sic] or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior [sic], location or movements.”

N. Transfer of Data

If and to the extent that KINEX CAPPERS transfers Personal Information from another country into the United States, KINEX CAPPERS does so in compliance with the Privacy Laws of the originating country.

O. Changes to Privacy Policy

KINEX CAPPERS may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Use of Personal Information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes in the way we use Personal Information, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the Websites or sending you an email. You are bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when you use the Websites, Portals, other applications, or the Services after such changes have been first posted.

P. Contact Information

All questions, concerns, or requests about or under this Privacy Policy or about KINEX CAPPERS’s collection and use of Personal Information should be directed to KINEX CAPPERS as follows:

By Mail:

Q. Effective Date

This Privacy Policy is effective as of July 17, 2023.