Privacy Policy

Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.columbiamfginc.com.
Columbia Manufacturing Inc. is a family-owned manufacturer of durable, high-quality school furniture—including desks, chairs, tables, and seating—proudly made in the USA since 1877. We are headquartered in Westfield, Massachusetts.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our blog (Learning Curve), we collect the data shown in the comment form, and also the visitor’s IP address and 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

If you upload images to the website (e.g., in blog comments), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

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 site, we may use essential cookies to improve functionality and performance. We do not use cookies for extensive tracking or advertising.

Our site may set limited session cookies for basic functionality (e.g., remembering comment form preferences). These are typically discarded when you close your browser.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site (particularly in our blog) 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 if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. We may share limited data with service providers (e.g., spam detection services for comments) or if required by law.

If you submit a contact inquiry or request information (e.g., via forms), your details may be shared internally or with authorized distributors for fulfillment purposes only.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

We retain contact form submissions or inquiries only as long as necessary to respond or fulfill the request, typically no longer than 1–2 years unless required for legal reasons.

What rights you have over your data

If you have left comments or submitted personal information via forms, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

To exercise these rights, contact us at sales@columbiamfginc.com or via our contact form.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service (e.g., Akismet or similar).

Data is processed and stored primarily in the United States.