Thank you for visiting MSC Industrial Supply. It is important to us here at MSC Industrial Supply that you know how information about you may be utilized. Please take a moment to look over this privacy policy (the "Policy") which we hope will address any questions you may have. We encourage you to contact us any time with questions or feedback.
Information covered by this policy
This Policy covers personally identifiable information and other visitor information collected by MSC Industrial Supply on the www.mscdirect.com website (the "Site") and through other means, including sweepstakes and other promotional programs and our customer service department.
The Information we collect and how we collect it
MSC Industrial Supply may collect personally identifiable information about you and your browsing history, and other information regarding your usage of the Site, including:
Customer name
Email address
User ID and password
Billing address and telephone number
Shipping address and telephone number (if different from billing address)
Job title
Federal Tax ID or SSN (DUNS # if an open account)
Credit card information (optional)
Birth date
Other information needed to provide access to the Site's applications or MSC Industrial Supply's provision of products and services to you
You consent to your information being collected, used, disclosed and stored by us, only as described by this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. When customers purchase products at our Site, we retain information concerning those product purchases. In addition, from time to time, customers or other visitors to our Site may be invited to voluntarily provide personally identifiable or other information and/or participate in one of our voluntary online surveys. (These customers and other visitors are informed of the information we collect and how the information will be used before agreeing to provide this information or participate in these surveys.)
Our email communications will sometimes include "refer a friend" functionality that allows the recipient to forward the email to a peer. In these cases, the referrer's personal information is not disclosed and only the referral's email address is collected.