Privacy Policy – TKM Materials

Effective Date: January 1, 2025

TKM Materials (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard personal information when you use our website, https://tkmmaterials.com.

1) Information We Collect

  • Contact Form: Name, email address, phone number, and message details.
  • Driver Application Form: This form collects extensive personal and employment-related data, including but not limited to:
    • Personal information: name, phone, residential address
    • Driver’s license details: state, license type, expiration date
    • Driving experience and accident/violation history
    • Employment history (employer names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, positions held, start/end dates, reasons for leaving)
    • DOT-regulated employment and drug/alcohol testing history
    • Responses regarding suspensions, revocations, or positive drug/alcohol tests
  • Direct Contact: If you call or email us, we may collect your contact details and the contents of your communication.
  • Automatically Collected Data: Browser/device type, IP address, usage data, and cookies for site functionality and analytics.

2) How We Use Information

  • To process and evaluate driver applications
  • To verify employment, licensing, and driving history for compliance with U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations
  • To respond to general inquiries and provide customer service
  • To manage employment-related communications
  • To improve website performance and security

3) Sharing of Information

We do not sell or rent personal information. We may share collected information only with:

  • Service providers supporting our hosting, email, analytics, and site security
  • DOT-regulated employers, agencies, or authorities as required by law during driver application processing
  • Legal authorities when necessary to comply with applicable laws or investigations

4) Cookies & Analytics

Our site uses cookies for functionality and may use analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) to measure performance. You may disable cookies in your browser; however, some features may not work properly. You can also opt out of Google Analytics via the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

5) Data Retention

  • Driver applications and related employment data are retained as long as required by business needs, DOT regulations, and applicable laws.
  • Contact form submissions are retained only as long as necessary to respond and for legitimate business/legal purposes.
  • Analytics data is stored per provider settings.

6) Security

We use reasonable technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to protect personal information, especially sensitive application and employment data. However, no system or online transmission is completely secure.

7) Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to the personal data we hold about you
  • Request corrections or updates to your data
  • Request deletion of your information, subject to legal/regulatory obligations
  • Restrict or object to certain processing

8) Contact Us

TKM Materials
Phone: 618-889-7680
Email: info@tkmmaterials.com
Website: https://tkmmaterials.com

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