Information on Cookies
Effective Date: April 2022
Use of Cookies
When you visit our company website, cookies may be automatically installed and temporarily saved in your computer’s memory or on its hard disk in order to make it easier for you to navigate around our site. Cookies do not enable us to identify you, but are used to record information about the pages you have viewed on our website, the date and time of your visit to the site, etc.
Please find below the list of the cookies used by the site CertainTeed.com and their purpose:
| Name | Nature | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Analytics Cookie | Analytics cookies provided by Google Analytics. See details below. |
| _gid | Analytics Cookie | Analytics cookies provided by Google Analytics. See details below. |
| _gat_UA | Analytics Cookie | Analytics cookies provided by Google Analytics. See details below. |
| _at_uvc | Application Cookie | Essential for social sharing |
| _at_uvs | Application Cookie | Essential for social sharing |
| _bcvm_vid | Application Cookie | Essential for chat function |
| _bcvm_vrid | Application Cookie | Essential for chat function |
| bc_pv_end | Application Cookie | Cookie necessary for chat function |
| contently_insights_user | Application Cookie | Analytics Cookies Provided by contently |
| x_contently_id | Application Cookie | Analytics cookies provided by contently |
| SESS | Application Cookie | Connects the user to their server-side session data |
| UserLanguage | Application Cookie | Saves language preferences for PDF usage |
| ct_geolocation | Application Cookie | Saves region filters used for products or colors |
| Drupal.tableDrag | Application Cookie | Saves reordering of rows |
| has_js | Application Cookie | Saves if a browser has javascript enabled |
| Locator_origin | Application Cookie | Saves last search entered in Locator tool |
| Locator_tc | Application Cookie | Acceptance of Locator Terms and Conditions |
| ProsList | Application Cookie | Current list of pros in users “cart” for locator tool |
| SavedPros | Application Cookie | List of Locator tool pros user requests quotes from |
| TopPro | Application Cookie | Highest credentialed pro on Locator that user has not selected |
| UserRegion | Application Cookie | Determines pop-up of Geolocation Moda |
| UserZip | Application Cookie | Postal Code entered in Geolocation Modal |
| Webform | Application Cookie | Tracks times of form submission for submission limits |
| Drupal_visitor_checklistapi_compact_mode | Application Cookie | Saves checklists with or without descriptive text |
| cookie-agreed | Application Cookie | Records whether the user has opted in to being tracked by cookies |
| Tuuid | Analytics & Application Cookie | Analytics & Application cookies provided by Demandbase. See details below. |
| IUUID | Analytics & Application Cookie | Analytics & Application cookies provided by Demandbase. See details below. |
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This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activities for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where this is required by law or insofar as third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Google will never associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the installation of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however please note that if you do so you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website you consent to the processing by Google of data relating to you in the manner and for the purposes mentioned above.
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CertainTeed uses Demandbase, as an account-based marketing tool for real-time B2B marketing, advertising, and personalization services. Demandbase identifies information about visitors on the CertainTeed website, including, without limitation, industry, size, intent data, location and revenue, based on Demandbase’s database of company IP addresses.
Data collected on the site
Each visitor to this Site who provides information to CertainTeed grants the latter the totality of the transferable rights related to this information and authorizes it to make whatever use it wishes of it. The information thus provided by the visitors will be considered non-confidential, must be exact and lawful and must not prejudice the interests of third parties.
More specifically concerning the personal data collected on the Site, visitors are informed that the Site uses several processing operations whose purpose is to ensure the communication and exchange of information with visitors.
These processing operations notably make it possible to:
- Answer written requests from visitors in the various sections designed for this purpose,
- Transmit the documents requested by visitors to them (notably those of a financial nature),
- Manage visitors' registrations to attend financial meetings organized by CertainTeed,
- Manage job applications whether they correspond to job offers published on the Site or not.
The data collected:
- Must only result from their voluntary recording by the relevant visitor,
- Are for internal use only and are directed to those responsible for handling the visitor's request,
- Are kept only as long as necessary to carry out the purposes defined above.