Privacy – Nucor Tubular Products

Your Privacy

At Nucor Tubular Products Inc. (“NTP”), we have created this privacy policy because we are concerned about protecting your privacy. We collect information to process transactions between us and our customers, to better understand our customers and potential customers and to personalize your experience on our Web Site. Please read on for more information about our privacy policy.

What information do we collect? How do we use it?

· We log browser information (e.g. Internet Protocol addresses and browser types) to help diagnose problems with our server, gather broad demographic info and to administer our Web Site. This information is also used to help identify you when you visit our Web Site.

· We collect financial information such as credit card number and other billing information which we as necessary or appropriate with respect to transactions you initiate with respect to our products and services.

· Our registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and email address) and demographic information (like their zip code, age or income level). The contact info is used to contact the visitor when necessary (e.g. to notify of a question answered, give shipping status etc.) The demographic and profile data is used to tailor the visitor’s experience at our Site, and display content according to their preferences and historical patterns. This info may be shared with our affiliates, vendors, advertisers and others on an aggregate basis.

· We may conduct online surveys and ask visitors for demographic information (e.g. zip code, revenue, age or education level). We may use their contact info to uniquely identify the user so that duplicate surveys are not taken from the same person. We use this data to tailor our visitor’s experience, display Content according to their preferences or share with others on an aggregate basis.

· We may run contests which to enter ask visitors for contact information (like their email address) and demographic info (like their zip code, age or revenue level). The contact information is used to contact the user to let them know their status in the contest or to provide the user with other contest-related information when necessary. The demographic data is used to tailor our visitor’s experience, and display content according to the users preferences. This information may be shared with our affiliates, vendors, advertisers and others on an aggregate basis.

· This Web Site may makes chat rooms, forums, message boards and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

How does Nucor Tubular Products protect customer information?

· This Web Site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Such measures include storing all data in a locked and guarded facility. Access to personal data is protected by passwords. Credit Card numbers are stored in a separate data store with additional security measures. Alternatively, a user can choose to not have his card number stored, in which case we will ask for it at the appropriate times.

What about “cookies”?

· Our Web Site uses cookies to enhance your experience while using our Web Site. Cookies are pieces of information that some Web Sites transfer to the computer that is browsing that Web Site and are used for record-keeping purposes at many Web sites. Use of cookies makes Web-surfing easier by performing certain functions such as saving your passwords, lists of potential purchases, your personal preferences regarding your use of the particular Web Site and to make sure you don’t see the same ad repeatedly. Many consider the use of cookies to be an industry standard. We use cookies to deliver content specific to a user’s interests and to save passwords, so users don’t have to re-enter it each time they visit our Web Site.

· We may use an outside contractor to display ads on our Web Site. These ads may also contain cookies. While we use cookies in other parts of our Web Site, cookies received with banner ads are collected by our outside contractor, not by Nucor Tubular Products, and are not part of our privacy policy.

· Your browser is probably set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our Web Site will not function properly when you view them.

Will Nucor Tubular Products disclose the information it collects to outside parties?

· Demographic data collected from registration, surveys or contests may be shared with affiliates, vendors, advertisers and others on an aggregate basis. No personally identifying information will be shared.

· We do not currently sell, trade or rent the personal information that you provide. We may choose to do so with trustworthy customers or contractors in the future, but if you would like to opt out of any disclosure you can by sending email to Alex Ostoich.

How does Nucor Tubular Products allow customers to update or change the information it collects?

· Users can opt out of the I-Mail system and thus stop receiving communications from us by sending email to Alex Ostoich.

· Users can correct their personal, contact, and demographic data by sending email to Alex Ostoich.

· You may opt out of any disclosure we may make to third parties in the future by sending email to Alex Ostoich.

Children

· We do not knowingly collect any information from anyone under thirteen years of age. If you are under thirteen, please do not submit any information to our Site.

In summary

· We are committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information we collect to provide a better experience for you on our Web Site.

We reserve the right to change this policy without notice to you and at any time by posting a new privacy policy at this location.

California Privacy Rights can be viewed here.