Why We Value Your Privacy

Carroll Welding Supply has been in business right here in Abilene, TX since 1948. We value the relationships that we have built over the years with the individuals and business customers that visited our store and welcomed us into their business. Our online store is no different. We want you to feel secure knowing that your personal and/or business information is safe and secure.

Carroll Welding Supply, Inc. respects the privacy of every individual and business that provides us with information used to establish credit worthiness in order to change goods or services on an open line of credit, place orders on this website, or communicate with us via a written or electronic non-public means.

All information retained by Carroll Welding Supply is held in the strictest of confidence, and is accessible only by those employees on a need to know basis. We do not share, sell, rent, or market any client information to third parties. The only exception is in circumstances required by any U.S. law enforcement authorities or any court order requesting or directing Carroll Welding Supply, Inc. to disclose said information.

Information Collected from Individuals

For individuals establishing an open line of credit, we will collect the minimum information necessary to access a credit report from one of the major credit reporting agencies. This information includes the name, address, social security number, phone number, and driver's license number. Your application for credit will authorize us to obtain a credit profile from at least one of the three major credit bureaus. We do not store your social security number, driver's license number, or credit profile in electronic form on any computer or server at any time.

Information Collected from Corporations

For corporations establishing an open line of credit, we will collect information on trade references from prospective clients used to establish credit worthiness. We will then contact each trade reference to obtain payment history, high credit limit, and related information. Your application for credit will authorize us to obtain trade information from your listed business references, bank, and/or Dunn & Bradstreet.

Voluntary Submission of Information on our Website

Carroll Welding Supply, Inc. respects the privacy of every individual who visits our website and will not collect any personally-identifiable information about you through our website unless you have provided it to us voluntarily. When you do provide us with personal data, we will only use that information for contacting you to address your specific inquiry or to fulfill an order you have placed on our website. We may also store that information as a record of our contact and may use it as part of our internal statistical data tracking. We do not share, sell, rent, or market your information to third parties. We may contact you via email with a newsletter giving you information about our products and services if you have given us permission to do so. The newsletter subscription is voluntary, and you may opt-out at any time.

Website Login Account

You are not required to create or maintain an account on this website to be able to view products or create orders. You may add items to the shopping cart. When you complete your purchase you will be required to provide the information necessary to process payment and shipping. However, you will need to resubmit your information on each subsequent order.

If you choose to create a login account on this system you will have additional access to certain features. You will be able to store your billing and shipping addresses, view current and previous orders, track orders, and duplicate a previous order. It is your responsibility to safeguard your login id and password. It is recommended that you create a strong password to prevent your account from being compromised. Carroll Welding Supply, Inc accepts no responsibility or liability due to insecure passwords or your failure to restrict the use of your account.

Credit Card or Payment Data

Carroll Welding Supply and carrollwelding.com accepts credit and debit cards as a form of payment in our store and on this site. We, like all other merchants, are required to meet the Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). This standard addresses how our networks are secured, cardholder data protection, access control, security policies, and other issues related to processing payment information.

Carroll Welding Supply does not store Credit Card numbers including the CVV/CVV2 number on our website. When you place an order by credit or debit card the information is transmitted to our merchant gateway via SSL using a minimum 128bit encryption. Once this data has been transmitted it is no longer available on our servers.

Your payment will be processed by our merchant gateway Authorize.Net, or if you choose you may use Paypal. Authorize.Net is a leading provider of payment services for online merchants. For a period of time your credit or debit card data will be retained by Authorize.Net or Paypal in an encrypted form in case of additional processing such as returns or refunds. This data will not be available to any employee of Carroll Welding Supply, Inc. at any time.

See How We Protect Your Data for more information about our payment security measures.

Automatic Collection of Information on our Website

Additional information collected automatically may include technical information when you connect to our site that is not personally identifiable. Examples of this type of information include the type of Internet browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using and the domain name of the website from which you linked to our site. Information may be placed automatically on your computer when you view one of our websites. This information will be in the form of a Cookie, and can help us to modify our website efficiently to better suit your needs and preferences such as remembering items you viewed or un-purchased items that remain in your shopping cart. With most Internet browsers, you have the option to erase Cookies from your computer, block Cookies, or receive a warning before a Cookie is stored. We recommend that you consult your Internet browser help file before attempting to disable or delete cookies on your computer.

Use of Spyware

Carroll Welding Supply, Inc. respects the privacy of your Internet browsing habits, and does not use any spyware, trojans, or other stealth means to further solicit business with Carroll Welding Supply, Inc, or any other third party. Use of this website will not cause any spyware, trojans, or other stealth applications to be installed on your computer. Carroll Welding Supply, Inc. may from time to time use pop-up windows to highlight promotions or notices of content on our website, however, any pop-up windows will not be activated by spyware, trojans, or any other stealth means.