Hoyt Meter Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Please read these conditions carefully

The Privacy Policy describes how Hoyt Electrical Instrument Works, Inc. (“Hoyt Meter” or “we”) collects, processes and protects your Personal Information through our website hoytmeter.com. By using our website hoytmeter.com (“the Site”), you consent to the procedures described in this Privacy Policy.

Hoyt Meter may modify this Privacy Policy as needed. The new Privacy Policy has evolved since its last update to include newly required legal disclosures.

1. What Personal Information do we collect?
1.1. Personal Information you provide to us
  • when you create an account on the Site:
    • First Name
    • Last Name
    • Password
    • Company Name
    • Email
    • Phone Number
    • Address, including Suburb/City, Country, State/Province, Zip/Postcode.
  • when you make a purchase on the Site:
    • Email
    • Shipping address
    • Billing address
    • Information about your Credit Card or PayPal, depending on your payment method.
  • when you fill the contact form on the Site:
    • Email
    • First Name
    • Last Name
  • when you apply for a position on the Site:
    • Email
    • Phone Number
    • Resume

You may choose not to provide certain information; however, in that case, you will not be able to purchase products and use services through the Site.

You may review and update the information that you provide to Hoyt Meter through the Site by contacting us as described below or by signing into your account.

1.2. Automatically collected information

Hoyt Meter uses cookies (and other similar technologies) to collect data to improve your shopping experience. By using our website, you're agreeing to the collection of data as described in our Privacy Policy.

Website Data Collection Preferences

Allow Category Purpose
Yes / No Functional Enables enhanced functionality, such as videos and live chat. If you do not allow these, then some or all of these functions may not work properly.
Yes / No Analytics Provide statistical information on site usage, e.g., web analytics so we can improve this website over time.
Yes / No Targeting; Advertising Used to create profiles or personalize content to enhance your shopping experience.
N / A Essential Essential for the Site and any requested services to work, but do not perform any additional or secondary function.


You can reject or accept all cookies by selecting the appropriate option in the "Consent Mode" section.
You can opt out of the collection of certain categories of data by pressing the “Settings” button in the "Consent Mode" section or clicking the "Manage Website Data Collection Preferences" link in the bottom-right corner of the Site.

You can also manage browser cookies (to delete and/or control the use of cookies) through your browser settings. For more information, please read the "Help" section of your browser.

To know more about Automatically collected information, please read the section "8. Cookies of this Privacy Policy".

2. For what purposes do we use your Personal Information?

We use personal information for various purposes to provide and continuously improve our products, services and digital content on the Site, including:

  • Fulfill orders and requests.
  • Sale and delivery of products.
  • To manage your requests and communicate with you via different channels (by phone, email or chat).
  • To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about our products, services and events. You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To deliver targeted advertising to you.
  • For data analytics, reporting, determining the effectiveness of our advertising, improving our products, services, etc.
  • If you have applied for a position at Hoyt Meter, the personal data you provide will be used for recruitment purposes.
3. Do we share your Personal Information?

We share customers' personal information only with third-party service providers: delivering packages, processing payments, sending emails, advertising, reporting and analytics. These third-party service providers have access to personal information solely as necessary to perform their functions.

Hoyt Meter does not sell our customers' personal information.

Hoyt Meter can disclose information about you if you instruct it to do so or if we are required to do so by law, or in other legally limited circumstances.

4. Does your Personal Information save?

It is very important for us to ensure the security of our website for customers, as well as its compliance with legal regulations and security requirements. Hoyt Meter restricts access to information about you to those Hoyt Meter workers who need to know the information to respond to your inquiry or request.

  • The Site is using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) - a security protocol that encrypts data transmitted over the internet, ensuring privacy, authentication, and data integrity.
  • The Site is working on the BigCommerce platform, which is covering the various aspects of website security, including:
    • PCI Compliance
    • Payment gateway security features
    • Native security features
    • BigCommerce Platform Trust Center
    • Cloudflare for Performance and Security
  • To know more about these features, please visit the Big Commerce Help Center: Security and Compliance Overview.

It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computers, devices, and applications. We recommend using strong, unique passwords for every account: 12+ characters with a mix of uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols.

  • Use a password manager to generate and store passwords securely, avoiding reuse across sites;
  • Avoid storing passwords in plain text or on sticky notes; use encrypted storage;
  • Update passwords regularly and change them immediately if you suspect compromise;
  • Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer;
  • To protect your device from viruses, use updated antivirus software, avoid suspicious links and attachments, keep your system and apps updated, and enable built in protections.
5. Links to Other Websites

The Site may contain links to other websites. While we make reasonable efforts to try to link only to sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, Hoyt Meter is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these websites, and we encourage you to carefully review the privacy policy of any website you visit.

6. Retention of your personal data

Hoyt Meter retains the information you provide for the duration of your account's existence, as well as for the time necessary to provide you with services or to achieve the purposes for which the information was collected.

We will retain and use your data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements, as well as in cases where a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (for example, due to tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).

Delete Your Personal Data
You may update, modify, or delete your data at any time by logging into your account. You may also contact us to request access to the personal information you have provided, as well as to request its correction or deletion. Please note, however, that we may be required to retain certain information if there are relevant legal obligations or legitimate grounds for doing so.

7. Children’s Privacy Protection

The Site is not intended for persons under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly request or collect personal information from or about anyone under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly market our products or services to children.

If you are a parent or guardian and become aware that your child (or someone acting on their behalf) has provided us with their personal data, please contact us, and we will take steps to delete this information. Upon receiving your request, we may ask you to verify your identity before proceeding with the request.

8. Cookies and other tracking technologies

Hoyt Meter uses cookies and other tracking technologies, to collect data for analytics, reporting, determining the effectiveness of our advertising, improving our products and services.

We also allow third parties and service providers to use online tracking technologies on our services for analytics and advertising purposes. These third-party providers collect, store, use, process, and transmit information about your activity in accordance with their own privacy policies.

By using the Site, you're agreeing to the collection of data as described in our Privacy Policy.

8.1. Google Analytics

First-party cookies
Google Analytics collects first-party cookies, data related to the device/browser, IP address (when collecting data, Google Analytics does not log or store IP addresses), and on-site/app activities to measure and report statistics about user interactions on the websites and/or apps that use Google Analytics.

Advertising cookies
Where Hoyt Meter uses Google Analytics Advertising Features, Google advertising cookies are collected and used to enable these features. For more information about how Google uses advertising cookies, visit the Google Advertising Privacy FAQ.

You can access your Google ad preferences directly by visiting My Ad Center or by tapping the three-dot menu on any Google, YouTube, or Discover ad and selecting My Ad Center.

To prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics, you can install a special Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on (designed to be compatible with Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Microsoft Edge).

8.2. Google Ads

Hoyt Meter can use various data segments (audiences) for targeting and remarketing in online advertising, like Custom segments, Affinity segments, In-market segments, Detailed demographic segments, Life Events segments, Your data segments (formerly Remarketing).

  • Google serves our ads across various websites on the Internet.
  • Google uses cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits the Site.
  • Google’s advertising systems may use other technologies, including Flash and HTML5, for functions like display of interactive ad formats. Google may use the IP address, for example, to identify your general location, to measure the effectiveness of ads, and to improve the relevance of the ads you see.

By visiting Google Advertising web page, you can read up on how Google advertising works and how Google uses information from sites or apps. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit Google Privacy & Terms web page.

You can reject or accept all cookies by selecting the appropriate option in the "Consent Mode" section. You can opt out of the collection of certain categories of data by pressing the “Settings” button in the "Consent Mode" section. Please, read section “1.2. Automatically collected information”.

You can access your Google ad preferences directly by visiting My Ad Center or by tapping the three-dot menu on any Google, YouTube, or Discover ad and selecting My Ad Center.

You can manage cookies in your browser (to delete and/or control the use of cookies) through your browser settings. For more information, please read the "Help" section of your browser.

You can manage cookies through various online advertising consumer choice tools created under self-regulation programs including the US-based aboutads.info choices page or the EU-based Your Online Choices.

As the industry continues to evolve, several groups, including Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), and Internet Advertising Bureau United Kingdom (IAB-UK), have developed guidelines for advertisers, publishers, ad networks, and other groups involved in online advertising.

9. Your privacy rights and choices

You may choose not to provide private information (section “1.1. Personal Information you provide to us”); however, in that case, you will not be able to purchase products and use services through the Site.

You may review and update the information that you provide to Hoyt Meter through the Site by signing into your account or by contacting us.

You may opt out of receiving emails or other communications by using the unsubscribe link in any of our emails, or by contacting us.

You can reject or accept all cookies by selecting the appropriate option in the "Consent Mode" section on the Site.

You can opt out of the collection of certain categories of data by pressing the “Settings” button in the "Consent Mode" section or clicking the "Manage Website Data Collection Preferences" link in the bottom-right corner of the Site.

You can manage browser cookies (to delete and/or control the use of cookies) through your browser settings. For more information, please read the "Help" section of your browser.

You can access your Google ad preferences directly by visiting My Ad Center or by tapping the three-dot menu on any Google, YouTube, or Discover ad and selecting My Ad Center.

To prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics, you can install a special Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on (designed to be compatible with Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Microsoft Edge).

You can manage cookies through various online advertising consumer choice tools created under self-regulation programs including:

If you have any questions, please contact us.

10. For customers from EU, UK and Switzerland

Hoyt Electrical Instrument Works, Inc. (Hoyt Meter) is an American company based in New Hampshire, USA.

With respect to personal data collected on this site from residents of the European Union, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom, you are granted the following rights:

  • the right to access, modify, or delete your personal data;
  • the right to restrict or object to certain data processing activities;
  • the right to withdraw consent.

If you have questions or complaints regarding using of your personal data, you should first contact us

Residents of the European Economic Area may, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), opt out of the use of cookies for our marketing purposes by using the IAB Europe industry opt-out mechanism at www.youronlinechoices.eu.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA): Applicable to California Residents Only

If you reside in California and require assistance in modifying or deleting your personal data, or if you need additional information regarding your personal data, please contact us.

Contact us

You are welcome contact us with your questions, comments, and concerns about privacy by mail or email at:

Hoyt Electrical Instrument Works, Inc.
23 Meter Street, Penacook NH 03303-1894

sales@hoytmeter.com