Privacy Policy

We collect and store business and/or personal information that you give when you purchase goods from American Paper & Twine, register on our website, complete a credit application, request a catalog, request a quote, call us, or send us a letter or email. This information may include your name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, fax number, credit card number and expiration date, and other optional demographic information.

We use the personal information we collect to process your orders, identify you within our systems, contact you if we have questions about your order, and notify you about new services and/or special promotional programs.

We may only share your personal information with third parties that perform services for American Paper & Twine or on our behalf (for example, credit card companies, financial institutions, shipping companies, consultants and advisors, etc.) when, in our judgment, we believe it is necessary or appropriate to prevent fraud, injury, or harm to persons or property, to protect our rights or the rights of others, to comply with applicable laws and regulations, or as otherwise required by law. We limit the scope of the information provided to third parties, and we allow its use only for the purposes for which it was disclosed. We will never sell your information to a third-party entity for marketing, research, or any other purposes.

For your convenience, our website may contain links to the sites of affiliates, manufacturers, and other companies. Please keep in mind that these sites are not under our control and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of the companies that run them. If you shop on one of these sites, we encourage you to locate and familiarize yourself with the applicable privacy policy.

We maintain reasonable physical, technical, and procedural measures to limit access to personal information to authorized individuals with appropriate purposes. Our website is a "Secure Site" recognized by Thawte, a leading computer network security company. If you believe that someone has improperly used personally identifiable information about you or has made purchases that you did not authorize, please contact us immediately and we will strive to resolve any customer service complaints promptly. We may change our privacy policy or practices from time to time. The most current version is available online at www.shopapt.com, or by mail/fax at your request.

Terms & Conditions of Use

LAST VISIT TO THE SITE. BY USING THE SITE, YOU INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS, THEN DO NOT USE THE SITE. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS AND AFTER WE POST CHANGES TO THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS, YOU AGREE TO ACCEPT THOSE CHANGES, WHETHER YOU ACTUALLY REVIEWED THEM OR NOT.

This site is provided free of charge to users who agree to abide by these terms & conditions of American Paper & Twine. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, national origin, gender, sexual orientation or religion.

Registered users of this site are only permitted to access the site on behalf of the company that he or she represents. Users should never share their user information or password.

You agree that you will not:

i. transmit through the American Paper & Twine website, any information or data that American Paper & Twine considers to be unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, racially or ethnically hateful or otherwise objectionable;

ii. attempt to transmit any “virus,” “malware,” "spyware" or other software destruction or disruption devices;

iii. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including but not limited to, any regulations having the force of law while using or accessing the American Paper & Twine website or in connection with your use of the website, in any manner; and

iv. invade the privacy or violate any personal or proprietary right (including intellectual property rights) of any person or entity.

Cookies

“Cookies” are small encrypted data files, used to keep track of your shopping cart and to save your password that may write to your hard drive once you have accessed a website. American Paper & Twine uses cookies to enhance your shopping experience on the American Paper & Twine website. 

All materials on the American Paper & Twine website including, but not limited to, images, illustrations, and text (the “Materials”) are the property of American Paper & Twine and its affiliates and licensors. You may not reproduce, perform, create derivative works from, republish, upload, post, transmit, or distribute in any way — materials from the American Paper & Twine website (or any other website owned by American Paper & Twine) without prior written permission. 

You may print in hard copy portions of the Site with the sole intent of placing an order with American Paper & Twine or when applying for a credit account. Printing Materials for any other reason or transferring Materials for use on any other website, or the modification, distribution or republication of Materials without our prior written permission is strictly prohibited. Any modification or use of Materials for any other purpose does constitute an infringement of copyright and trademark or other proprietary rights of American Paper & Twine or their vendors.

The American Paper & Twine website, is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We make no warranties of any kind, expressed or implied as to the operation of the site, the quality, accuracy or completeness of the materials on the site or the information, the content or products included on the site.

The most current Terms & Conditions are available at www.shopapt.com, or by mail/fax at your request.