privacy policy

Metals USA Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Metals USA”), has created this Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) in order to demonstrate our commitment to the privacy of your personal information. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website (the “Site”).

Notice of Information Collected and Disclosed
This Policy tells you, among other things, what information we gather from you through our Site, how we may use or disclose that information, and our efforts to protect it.  In connection with your use of this Site, we may collect the following information:

We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you to anyone, except as permitted by law; however, we may choose to disclose all of the information we collect, as described above, to companies that perform marketing services on our behalf or to other similar companies with whom we have joint marketing agreements.  Metals USA is the sole owner of the information collected on this Site.  Metals USA may share aggregate information about users of our Site with advertisers, business partners, sponsors and other third parties, though such summary information will not identify any specifics related to you.  We may use the personal identifying information you provide to administer Site usage, monitor traffic-levels, and to contact you regarding improvements we can make to our Site and our services.  We also may use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the Site, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.  We may use your e-mail address to contact you directly regarding services, products or information that we believe might be of interest to you.  We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this Policy.

Metals USA restricts access to your nonpublic personal information to those employees who need to know that information to provide merchandise or information to you.  Metals USA maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard your nonpublic personal information.

Choice/Opt Out
If you prefer that we not disclose nonpublic personal information about you to nonaffiliated third parties, you may opt out of those disclosures; that is, you may direct us not to make those disclosures (other than disclosures permitted by law).  If you receive communications from us that you do not want to receive, you can opt-out from receiving these communications by specifically telling us to stop sending them to you.  If you wish to opt out of disclosures to nonaffiliated third parties, you may call Metals USA at 954-202-4000.

Onward Transfer (Transfers to Third Parties)
We will apply the Notice and Opt-out policies discussed above in the event we propose to disclose your information to a third party.

Security
E-mails and other information you send to us is not encrypted and cannot be considered a secure means of transmitting sensitive information.  Metals USA will never ask you to submit your financial data such as your credit card account number, via e-mail.  You should be aware of the limitations of security, authentication, encryption, and privacy measures over the internet and that any information you transmit through the Site may be damaged, corrupted, “sniffed” and/or accessed by another person without your permission.  Regardless of the precautions taken by you or by us, “perfect security” does not exist on the Internet. We cannot ensure or warrant the ultimate security of any information you transmit.

Collection and Use of IP Addresses
We may use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the Site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Cookies
A cookie is a small data file that certain web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them.  A cookie can contain information such as a user ID that the Site uses to track the pages you’ve visited.  Metals USA may use cookies to store a unique, random user ID.  We do not store passwords or any personal information about you.  We may use this ID to identify you anonymously in our database and to track information while you are on our Site.  You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser.  You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this Site.  However, if you turn off cookies, then you may not be able to utilize certain features of this Site.

Linked Sites
The Site may contain links to other sites.  Please be aware that Metals USA may not be responsible for content or the privacy practices of such other sites.  We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.  This Policy applies solely to information collected by this Site.

Children’s Privacy
This Site is not directed at children under the age of 18 and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18.  If Metals USA obtains actual knowledge that it has obtained personal information about a child under the age of 18, that information is immediately and permanently deleted from our records.

terms of use

Welcome to metalsusa.com (the “Site”).  This Terms of Use Agreement (the “Agreement”) constitutes a valid, binding contract between you and Metals USA Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation, and its affiliates (“Metals USA”), the owner and operator of the site accessible through metalsusa.com, with respect to the use of this Site.  The Site and the products and services of Metals USA are provided subject to compliance with the terms of this Agreement.  Your use of this Site signifies and constitutes your acceptance of this Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time.  Please read this Agreement carefully as it forms a binding contract between you and Metals USA.  Please print a copy of this Agreement for your records. 

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF USE, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE.

Metals USA takes the issue of privacy on the Internet very seriously.  Please see our Privacy Policy.

Use of Contents
You may use the Site only for your or your entity’s general business purposes, such as gathering information for your personal purchase or collecting necessary information as a dealer of products provided by Metals USA.  The information provided on the Site is provided only in connection with the marketing efforts of Metals USA and is not to be used to seek similar opportunities from competitive suppliers or in competition with Metals USA.  You shall access or use the Site and its content only to process transactions and shall not access or use the Site or its content to provide information to third parties unrelated to the allowed purposes of the Site.  Site content copied, downloaded or printed must retain all the copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices.  For commercial use of any portion of the contents of the Site, you must secure the written consent from the appropriate content provider.

Use of Site
Your use of the Site is at the sole discretion of Metals USA, which may deny you further use of the Site at any time, for any reason, with or without cause.  Your use of the Site and any orders for merchandise placed through this Site does not entitle you to continued use of the Site.

Your use of the Site must always comply with applicable law. In particular, but without limitation, you agree and represent not to use the Site to:

Product Display
We have undertaken to display the products featured on this Site as accurately as possible.  Please note, however, that the colors we use, as well as the display and color capabilities of your particular computer monitor, will greatly affect the colors actually seen on the screen.  The Site cannot be responsible for the limitations of your monitor’s display of any color, texture, or detail of actual merchandise.

User Submissions
By voluntarily submitting information, communications or content (including pictures and anecdotes) to the Site, you agree that such submissions are non-confidential for all purposes.  You further agree that such submissions become the property of Metals USA and that all right, title and interest therein, including all rights of copyright, shall rest with Metals USA at the time they are submitted and/or posted.  Such submissions are subject to being used, reproduced, modified, published, edited, translated, distributed, performed and displayed in any media or medium, or any form, format or forum now known or hereafter developed, for any purpose, in perpetuity without further notice.  The submission of such materials in no way creates any obligation or duty on the part of Metals USA to post or use such materials or, if we do so, to give you credit.

Links to Other Sites
The Site may contain links to third party websites that are not under the control of Metals USA.  Please note that Metals USA is not responsible for the accuracy or content of third party websites that may be linked to this Site.  Accordingly, Metals USA makes no representations to you concerning the terms of use, privacy policies or content of these sites, nor can the fact that Metals USA has provided this link serve as an endorsement by Metals USA of these or any other site.  In creating hypertext links to another website, Metals USA is not recommending that website or giving any assurances as to its standing.  Metals USA is providing such link only as a convenience to you.  The inclusion of these links is not intended to reflect their importance, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed, or products or services offered on these third party sites, or the organizations sponsoring such sites. Metals USA makes no representations or warranties, explicit or implied, regarding the performance of the links, the performance of the third party sites or the content of the third party sites.  If you decide to access linked third party websites, you do so at your own risk.

Indemnification
YOU AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS METALS USA AND ITS AFFILIATES FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DAMAGES, COSTS, AND EXPENSES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION CLAIMS BASED UPON THE NEGLIGENCE OF METALS USA, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE MATERIALS IT CONTAINS, AND ANY SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE.

Disclaimer of Warranties
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:

Limitations and Exclusions of Liability
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT METALS USA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF METALS USA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLIITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM:

IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, OR ANY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREON, OR REFUSE TO ABIDE BY THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE YOUR USE OF THE SITE.

NOTWITHSTANING THE FOREGOING, THE LIABILITY OF METALS USA AND ITS AFFILIATE TO YOU SHALL BE LIMITED IN ALL INSTANCES TO THE SUM OF PAYMENTS MADE FOR MERCHANDISE PURCHASED THROUGH THIS SITE, BUT IN NO CASE SHALL SUCH AMOUNT EXCEED $1,000.  YOU FURTHER AGREE NOT TO JOIN IN ANY LAWSUIT WITH ANOTHER PERSON OR SERVE AS A CLASS REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST METALS USA ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE.

METALS USA SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES SET FORTH ON THIRD PARTY SITES IN RELATION TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS SITE.

Intellectual Property Rights
This Site is protected by copyright, trademark, trade dress and other intellectual property rights.

Modification
Metals USA may update, revise, supplement, modify or amend this Agreement at any time.  Any updates, revisions, supplements, modifications or amendments shall be effective immediately upon posting on the Site.  You agree that you will be bound by this Agreement, however and whenever it is updated, revised, supplemented, modified, or amended, whether you have actual or constructive notice thereof, and without regard to whether or not you have used or continue to use the Site after such updates, revisions, supplements, modifications or amendments.

Entire Agreement
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Metals USA with respect to your use of the Site.  There are no other representations, warranties, terms, agreements or conditions, either written or oral, with respect to your use of the Site except as set forth in this Agreement.

Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is deemed unlawful, void, voidable or unenforceable for any reason, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any remaining provisions.

Governing Law and Venue
This Agreement, the entire relationship between you and Metals USA, and any litigation or other legal proceeding between you and Metals USA (whether grounded in tort, contract, law or equity) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to its choice of law rules.

This contract is fully performable in Harris County, Texas.  Any litigation arising between the parties hereto shall be brought only in the state or federal courts having subject matter jurisdiction in Harris County, Texas.  You hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to the jurisdiction of any such court and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any action or proceeding in any such court, any objection to venue with respect to any such action or proceeding, and any right of jurisdiction on account of the place of residence or domicile of any party hereto.

Termination
Metals USA may terminate your right to use this Site, with or without cause at any time in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, upon your violation of this Agreement, failure to provide accurate registration data, and lack of use.  All representations, warranties, indemnifications, and promises made by you shall survive such termination.

contact information

If you have a comment, question or request, or if you need to contact Metals USA for any other reason: