Privacy Policy

Introduction

Rice Companies, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company” or “we”) respects your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy (this “Policy”).

This Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit either of our websites at https://ricecompanies.com or https://riceproperties.com (each hereinafter the “Website” or both the “Websites”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing that information.

This Policy applies to information we collect:

On the Websites.
In email, text and other electronic messages between you and the Websites.

This Policy does NOT apply to information collected by:

The Company offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by the Company or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries); or
Any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link or be accessible from or through the Websites.

Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Websites. By accessing or using either Website, you agree to this Policy. This Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of either Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Policy periodically for updates.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Websites, including information:

By which you may be personally identified, such as name, mailing address, email address, or telephone number (collectively “personal information”).
That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as IP addresses and unique device IDs.
About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Websites and usage details.

We collect this information:

Directly from you when you provide it to us.
Automatically as you navigate through the Websites; information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies.

Information You Provide to Us

The information that we collect on or through our Websites may include:

Information that you provide by filling out forms on our Websites. This includes information provided at the time of requesting further services or information about our services or properties.
Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Websites, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, including:

Details of your visit to our Websites, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources used to access and use on the Websites.
Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type.

The information we collect automatically is only statistical data and does not include personal information. It helps us to improve our Websites and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Websites according to your individual interests.
Recognize you when you return to our Websites.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser or selecting your cookie consent preferences on our Website. However, if you select a setting refusing to accept browser cookies you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting or your preferences on our Website so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
Web Beacons. Pages of our Websites may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us.

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

To present our Website and its contents to you.
To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your consent.

We may also use your information to contact you about our own goods, properties and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please contact us or check the relevant box on the form on which we collect your data.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
To contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, service providers, agents and other third parties we use to support our business.
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Rice Companies, Inc.’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Rice Companies, Inc. about our users of any of our Websites is among the assets transferred.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.

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 agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Rice Companies, Inc., our customers, or others.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser or preferences on our Websites to refuse all or some browser cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of the Websites may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

Promotional Offers from the Company. If you do not wish to have your email address/contact information used by the Company to promote our own products, properties or services, you can opt-out by checking the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data or by sending us an email stating your request to: marketing@ricecompanies.com. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions. This opt out does not apply to information provided to the Company as a result of a product purchase, warranty registration, product service experience or other transactions.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You can review and change your personal information by sending us an email at marketing@ricecompanies.com to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Websites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

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 your personal information transmitted to our Websites. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Websites.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by email to the primary email address you provided and/or through a notice on the Websites’ home page. The date the Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Websites and this Policy to check for any changes.

Third-Party Links

Our Websites may contain links to third-party websites. These third-party websites have separate and independent privacy policies. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of these third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those websites before providing any personal information.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices or wish to opt out, please contact us at:

Rice Companies

1019 Industrial Drive South

Sauk Rapids, MN 56379

E-Mail: marketing@ricecompanies.com

Last Revised July 7, 2023