Privacy policy

Affordable Storage Containers, Inc. (”Affordable Storage Containers,” “ASC,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to responsibly handling the personal information entrusted to us.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit our website, request a quote, purchase or rent equipment, communicate with us, receive delivery or other services, or otherwise interact with Affordable Storage Containers.

The information we collect depends on how you interact with us and may include the following categories.

We may collect personal information you voluntarily provide, including:

• Name
• Company Name
• Email address
• Telephone or mobile number
• Billing address
• Delivery or service address
• Information submitted through website forms
• Information provided when requesting a quote
• Information related to purchases, rentals, deliveries, modifications, or other services
• Communications and correspondence with ASC
• Payment and billing information

When payments are processed through third-party payment service providers, ASC may receive transaction details and limited payment information necessary to complete and document the transaction.

Payment information may also be handled directly by those payment providers subject to their own security and privacy practices.

We may collect information associated with your business relationship with ASC, including:

• Quotes and estimates
• Orders and purchases
• Rental agreements and rental activity
• Delivery and pickup information
• Service requests
• Equipment information
• Invoices and payment history
• Customer service interactions

When you use our website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Pages visited
• Referring website
• Approximate location derived from an IP address
• Date and time of website activity
• Other website usage information

This information may be collected through cookies and similar technologies.

ASC may use personal information for legitimate business purposes including:

• Responding to inquiries and quote requests
• Providing information about our products and services
• Processing purchases, rentals, payments, and other transactions
• Coordinating container deliveries, pickups, and service
• Managing customer accounts and rental relationships
• Sending invoices, receipts, confirmations, reminders, and service communications
• Providing customer support
• Communicating with customers by telephone, email, or text message
• Maintaining and improving our website, system, products, and services
• Protecting our company, customers, equipment, systems and property
• Preventing fraud, misuse, or unauthorized activity
• Maintaining business and financial records
• Meeting accounting, tax, insurance, regulatory, and legal requirements
• Enforcing our agreements and policies
• Sending marketing communications where permitted by law

If you provide ASC with a mobile telephone number and consent to receive text messages, we may send SMS messages related to your inquiry, quote, purchase, rental, delivery, pickup, account, or other service information.

Message and data rates may apply. You may opt out of text messages at any time by replying STOP.

We do not sell or share mobile telephone numbers, SMS opt-in information, or text messaging consent with third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes.

Service providers that support our messaging and communications systems may process this information on our behalf as necessary to provide those services.

For additional information regarding our text messaging program, please review our SMS Terms of Use.

ASC may use your contact information to send communications regarding your account, transactions, equipment, rentals, deliveries, services, or inquiries.

Where permitted by law, we may also send information about ASC products, services, or other business updates.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails by using the unsubscribe instructions contained in the communication or by contacting us.

Transactional or service-related communications may still be sent when necessary to administer an active purchase, rental, delivery, account, or other business relationship.

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate properly, understand website activity, improve performance, maintain security, and better understand how visitors use the site.

Cookies may collect information such as your browser type, device information, IP address, pages visited, and interactions with the website.

Your browser may allow you to block or delete cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect the operation or functionality of portions of the website.

ASC does not sell personal information.

We may disclose personal information in limited circumstances necessary to operate our business, including the following:

We may provide information to third-party companies that perform services on our behalf, such as:

• Payment processing
• Website hosting and website services
• Customer and business management services
• Communications and messaging services
• Accounting and financial services
• Information technology and data storage
• Delivery, transportation, or logistics services
• Professional advisors and other business support providers

These providers may access information only as reasonably necessary to perform services for ASC or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or other legal process
• Respond to lawful requests from government authorities
• Protect the rights, property, or safety of ASC, our customers, employees, business partners, or other
• Investigate suspected fraud, unlawful activity, security incidents, or violations of our agreements

If ASC is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, information may be disclosed or transferred as part of that transaction where permitted by law.

ASC uses reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.

However, no website, electronic communication, information system, or method of data storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, maintain appropriate business and financial records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the nature of our relationship with you.

ASC uses reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.

However, no website, electronic communication, information system, or method of data storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, maintain appropriate business and financial records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the nature of our relationship with you.

You may contact ASC to:

• Ask what personal information we maintain about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of certain information where appropriate and permitted by law
• Update your contact information
• Opt out of marketing communications
• Opt out of SMS communications

Certain information may need to be retained for legal, accounting, contractual, security, or legitimate business purposes.

We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before processing certain privacy-related requests.

Our website may contain links to or integrate services provided by third parties.

Third-party websites, payment processors, communications platforms, mapping services, social media platforms, and other external services maintain their own privacy practices. ASC is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or services that we do not control.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those providers when interacting with their services.

ASC’s products and services are intended for businesses and adults and are not directed toward children.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through our website for the purpose of marketing or providing ASC products and services.

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our business practices, technology, services, or legal requirements.

When changes are made, the updated policy will be posted on this page and the effective date at the top of the policy will be revised.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or information associated with you, please contact:

Affordable Storage Containers, Inc.

1670 Marine View Drive

Tacoma, WA 98422

Phone: (253)-588-5977

Email: ops@affordablecontainers.com