What Industry Grease Is & Isn’t
Industry Grease is a private, collaborative platform where individuals from every segment of The Bicycle Industry come together to ask questions, share ideas, and learn from each other on a grand scale. No matter the size, shape, or age of the shop or business, each member has an equal opportunity to share & receive feedback we can all learn from. The goal here isn’t just to increase ridership or ‘survive’ the forever turbulent marketplace. We’re here to find manageable ways we can better serve the consumer so in turn, they can better serve us. We aren’t here to promote brands nor are we here to point fingers and blame. We’re here to come up with solutions based on what we have to work with, and grow from there.
Comments
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. Comments are treated as shared information and visible to all current & future members of Industry Grease. While comments are viewable only to members of Industry Grease and those in the private forums can only be made & seen by those assigned to those forums, we are not able to guarantee other members won’t share the comments or information you share. This includes comments in public & private forums, blog articles, podcasts, and your personal profile. Should you say something you regret, you are able to edit or delete it… but we advise that you use good judgment to begin with. Industry Grease is a platform that complies with one’s right to freedom of speech but we are not liable for any communications including messages, comments, imagery or any form of content shared on properties of Industry Grease that could be considered Defamation, Intellectual Property (including Copyright, Trademark, and anything associated with any product or service that may be considered one’s intellectual property), Trade Secrets, Right of Publicity, Publication of Private Facts, Intrusion into Seclusion, or anything someone interprets as such. Industry Grease has the right to remove any content produced by itself or users based on what it deems appropriate. For specific details on user’s & Industry Grease Inc.’s rights, protections, and liabilities related to the materials & content on all property owned by Industry Grease Inc., see US Title 47 Sec. 230.
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form and the visitor’s IP address & browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
All content on Industry Grease is owned by Industry Grease Inc. or used with permission and can not be borrowed, shared, or used by anyone without permission written in my blood… or an email from me.
If you upload images to the website, it is up to you to make sure they are yours to share and not taken from another resource without permission. You should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included if that is something you’re concerned about. While content is protected from being viewed or copied by non-members, we can not guarantee that other members won’t download and extract any location data, personal information, or other information from images on the website.
MMMMM… Cookies!
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. We have no control over resources that didn’t originate from us.
Who we share your data with
Outside of internal uses, general things like spam filters, and other things websites use to keep everyone’s information safe from things like scammers, marketers, and the overreaching government, we do not share any of the data we gather with anyone outside of Industry Grease or its friends. We may discuss an accumulation of information gathered from members (like regional shifts, or supply chain fluctuations) to create content internally as well as with some of our partnerships.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username which is the legal or personal name they commonly go by). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you though this may require we delete your account without any refund. This does not include any content you provide or data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Still, we have chosen to use trusted systems at a higher cost, including a paywall, to secure your privacy in the best way we know how.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service but that’s pretty much it. Outside of that, Industry Grease is not here to profit from selling your personal data to suppliers or others looking to leverage your information. Industry Grease may use information gained through members’ locations, categorical information, comments, surveys, and other collections of data to gather & share valuable information on Industry Grease-owned platforms and occasionally through industry partnerships that would never include any specifics to individuals or businesses they’re associated with. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us directly.
Analytics
The analytics collected on all Industry Grease Inc. properties are gathered through services including Google Analytics, HubSpot, email services, membership services, comment & messaging services and other services used for the functionality and measurements deemed necessary by Industry Grease Inc. The results of the data collected through cookies by Industry Grease Inc. may be used both internally & externally by Industry Grease Inc and its service providers for reasons related to site functionality, analytics, and other means associated with providing subscribers access to all properties associated with their subscriptions with Industry Grease Inc. Industry Grease Inc. may also use the data collected through services to protect subscribers’ privacy and payments. Industry Grease Inc may share the data collected from subscribers with third parties, subscribers, and others for purposes related to its mission. This could include surveys found on Industry Grease Inc. properties as well as data on geolocation, browsers, and other platforms commonly involved with access to online content. Industry Grease Inc. has no intention of selling or sharing personal data outside of its mission to its members nor will we share or sell personal data to supply & service providers beyond what can be accessed on Industry Grease Inc. properties. Industry Grease Inc. may also use data collected in content created that supports its mission.