Privacy Notice

Last modified: September 17, 2025

Power Grid Components, Inc. (“PGC,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of your personal information and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this notice (“Privacy Notice”).

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Introduction

This Privacy Notice describes the type of personal information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit https://pgc.com (the “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, and securing your personal information.  This Privacy Notice does not cover any personal information of our employees, job applicants, or contracted staff. This Privacy Notice also describes some of the choices you may have with respect to your personal information, so please review it carefully. For purposes of this Privacy Notice, “personal information” means any information that relates to, describes, identifies or can be used, directly or indirectly, to identify an individual, such as name, address, date of birth, or business contact information.

PGC has a number of affiliated brands, including Allied Bolt, Elliot, ITEC, Meister, Newell, Royal, and Vizimax (our “Brands”). This Privacy Notice does not apply to the data collection practices of our Brands or any other affiliated companies. For more information on how our Brands use personal information, please consult the privacy notice of the relevant company.

Our Website may also contain links to other sites. We do not control these sites and we encourage you to review their privacy notices.

Please read this Privacy Notice carefully to understand our practices with respect to your personal information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use this Website. By accessing or using our Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Notice. Use of the Website is also governed by our Terms of Use. This Privacy Notice may change from time to time (see Changes to our Privacy Notice below). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance to those changes, so please check the notice periodically for updates.

What personal information do we collect?

When you visit our Website, we may collect the following personal information from you:

  • Identifiers, such as name, email address, company name, phone number, and physical address.
  • Communication data, such as the subject line of an email you send us, the Brand you are inquiring about, and the content of your message to us, including any feedback you offer.
  • Device data, such as IP address and information on the device you use to access the Website.
  • Usage data, such as how you interact with the Website, which may include the date and time of your visit, and the pages viewed.

We do not collect any sensitive personal information within the scope of this Privacy Notice.

How do we collect personal information?

We collect information directly from you in the following ways:

  • When you fill out a contact form or a survey on our Website;
  • When you interact with the features on our Website;
  • When you contact one of our Brands and are referred to us by that Brand; and
  • When you visit us at our premises.

We also may receive personal information from you from third parties such as our service providers (including advertising service providers and partners), affiliates, Brands, or from publicly available information sources.

Do we use cookies or other automatic technologies to collect personal information?

Yes, we use cookies on our Website to perform analytics and manage our Website functionality. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

We use cookies to compile data about Website traffic and Website interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We contract with third-party service providers such as Google Analytics to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. For more information on how Google Analytics uses cookies and collects personal information, please visit Safeguarding your data – Analytics Help.

We also use and participate in advertising networks and related advertising services that are managed and provided by third-party advertising servers, advertising agencies, and technology vendors. These third-party providers include Google and LinkedIn. These services may collect information about your visits to and interactions with the Website and other websites and will use that information to target advertisements for goods and services and display those advertisements on other websites. The information collected may be associated with your personal information. You may opt out of certain ads with Google and LinkedIn by visiting Google Ad Center and LinkedIn’s Ads settings. To change your preferences with respect to certain online ads and to obtain more information about how third-party ad networks and online behavioral advertising, please visit the National Advertising Initiative Consumer opt-out page or the Digital Advertising Alliance Self-Regulatory Program. If you are a Texas resident, please consult the Notice to Texas Residents section below for additional information.

We also use third-party plugins and widgets on our Website to enable social media sharing tools, such as widgets for Facebook, LinkedIn, and X. These widgets may use automated means to collect information regarding your use of the Website and your interaction with the plugins and widgets. This information is subject to the privacy notices or policies of the providers of the plugins and widgets.

The Website is not designed to respond to “Do Not Track” signals from browsers. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may not function properly or be accessible.

How do we use your personal information?

Any of the personal information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

  • To operate, evaluate, develop, promote, and improve our business and our Website (we continually strive to improve our Website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you). This includes developing new products and services, enhancing existing products and services, managing our premises, and performing accounting and internal functions.
  • To communicate with you about products or services offered by us and our Brands and to respond to any inquiries you make, and to communicate with you about special events, programs, promotions, offers, surveys, and market research.
  • To tailor the content and information that we may send or display to you, and for us and our third-party advertising partners to use that information to target advertisements for goods and services and to display those advertisements on other websites.
  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any agreements entered into between you and us, including our Terms of Use.
  • To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.
  • To protect against and prevent fraud and other illegal activity.
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
  • For any other purpose with your consent.

In addition, we may use deidentified or aggregated information to facilitate our business operations and for other legally permitted purposes. If we deidentify any personal information, we commit to maintain and use that data without attempting to reidentify it.

How do we disclose personal information to others?

Except as set forth in this Privacy Notice, we do not disclose personal information we obtain through the Website or other channels covered by this Privacy Notice. We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide to the following:

  • Our subsidiaries and affiliates, including the Brands.
  • Contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business. These service providers are contractually obligated to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
  • Advertising and marketing partners. We may share personal information and other data with companies that show ads, like Google and LinkedIn, using cookies (if you have not opted out of such cookies). This helps us to show you ads that match your interests.
  • A buyer or other successor in the event of an actual or potential merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of a bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by PGC is among the assets transferred.
  • For any other party for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
  • To third parties with your consent.

The categories of personal information we disclose above are: identifiers, communication data, usage data, and device data.

We may also disclose your personal information:

  • To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
  • To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other policies and agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of PGC, our customers, or others. This includes, for example, exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and risk reduction.

In addition, we may share deidentified or aggregated information to facilitate our business operations, as well as for marketing, advertising, and for other legally permitted purposes. We do not disclose personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

Data Security and Retention

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.

We will keep personal information only for so long as we need it. We retain personal information for as long as it is required or permitted by applicable law, for contractual reasons, dispute resolution, fraud prevention, and security.

Your Rights and Choices

You can make certain choices about the way we collect, use, store, and share your data.

  • Cookies: You have the right to restrict or disable the use of cookies by selecting appropriate settings on your browser. Each type of browser offers ways to delete and restrict cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of all features of our Website. In addition to browser-based controls, you can manage third-party cookies by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices/ and as otherwise described in our Do we use cookies and automated technologies section above.
  • Marketing Communications: If you do not wish to have your email address or other contact information used by us to promote our own or our Brands’ products or services, you can opt-out at any time by sending us an email stating your request to info@pgc.com. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may click the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the email or reply to that email asking to be omitted from future email distributions. Please note that this opt out does not apply to any information provided to PGC as a result of a product purchase or other transactions.

Notice to Texas Residents

Additionally, Texas residents have the right to, with certain limitations as set forth in applicable law:

  • Know whether we process your personal information and obtain a copy of the personal information in a readable format.
  • Delete certain personal information provided by or obtained about you, subject to exceptions under applicable law.
  • Correct inaccuracies in your personal information, taking into account the information’s processing purpose.
  • Data portability.
  • Opt-out of personal information processing for:
    • Targeted advertising;
    • Sales; or
    • Profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects. PGC does not engage in processing of this kind at this time.
  • Appeal our decision regarding a request you have made about your personal information.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your above rights. We will not deny you goods or services, charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or by imposing penalties. We may, however, charge a reasonable fee or refuse to act upon a request if the request is excessive, repetitive, unfounded, or overly burdensome.

To exercise any of these rights, including appeal rights, please email info@pgc.com or use our Privacy Control web form. To exercise your right to opt out of any targeted advertising, you may also change your Cookie Settings using the link in our footer at any time or use the GPC signal.

Depending on the type of request, we may request information from you to confirm or verify your identity. We may do so by asking for additional information to compare against the personal information we hold about you, such as email address, phone number, or other contact information we may have on file for you. We will only use this additional information to verify your identity or authority to make the request. We may also ask you to provide additional detail or clarify your request to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

Global Privacy Control. If we receive and are able to process a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal from your device indicating your preferences to opt out from targeted advertising or any “sale” of personal information from analytics tools, we will apply that preference to personal information we collect from that device. However, we may not be able to associate the signal to the same device if: (i) you use a different web browser or other tool to interact with us, (ii) you make changes to your browser, such as an update, that impacts our ability to associate the device with your signal, and (iii) you clear cookies or browsing data from your browser or device in a way that impacts our ability to associate the device with the signal your device originally sent.

Children’s Data

This Website and our products and services are not intended for use by children under the age of 18 and are intended for commercial use only. We do not knowingly or intentionally collect information directly from children under 18 without parental consent. If we learn we have received information from a child under the age of 18 without parental consent, we will delete the information in accordance with applicable law and this Privacy Notice.

Changes to our Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you. We will post the updated version on the Website and indicate the date the Notice was most recently updated. Please check the Website periodically for any updates to the Privacy Notice.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this Privacy Notice you may contact us using our Contact Form or with the below information:

PGC Corporate Office

4251 Turin Drive

Bessemer, AL 35020

info@pgc.com