Information We Collect
MIBearings may collect contact information, company information, shipping details, quote and order contents, uploaded files, search activity, device and browser data, IP-derived location hints, and communications you send by phone, email, forms, or checkout.
This includes information you enter directly, information generated when you browse or search the site, and information returned by service providers involved in shipping, billing, payment, fraud checks, and site delivery.
MIBearings may also keep limited first-party browser data to preserve cart contents and remember quote or shipping details for future visits on the same browser.
- Name, business name, email address, and phone number
- Shipping address and related destination details
- Part numbers, quantities, messages, and attachments
- Order, invoice, payment-status, and checkout metadata
- IP address, browser, device, and request-header information
How We Use Information
MIBearings uses information to operate the catalog, respond to quote requests, process orders, generate invoices, coordinate shipping, prevent fraud, improve product data, and support customer service.
Information may also be used to troubleshoot site issues, analyze site performance, and maintain security, availability, and legal compliance.
Service Providers And External Systems
Some information is processed by outside providers that help operate the site and complete transactions. Depending on how you interact with the site, this can include website delivery and security providers such as Cloudflare, payment and billing providers such as Invoiced, Stripe, and PayPal, shipping and rate or label services, email providers, hosting infrastructure, and similar technical vendors.
These providers may receive the information needed for their role, such as contact data, address data, transaction details, device or request metadata, and fraud-prevention signals. Their handling of that information is governed in part by their own privacy and security practices.
Shipping, Fraud Prevention, And Verification
To quote, ship, and review transactions, MIBearings may use address and request information, including IP-derived country, region, city, county, and related request-header data, to validate orders, reduce fraud, and reconcile shipping or billing issues.
Shipping-related information may be shared with carriers, freight systems, customs intermediaries, and shipping-technology providers to rate, label, track, and deliver orders.
Retention And Security
MIBearings retains information for as long as reasonably needed for quoting, ordering, shipping, recordkeeping, troubleshooting, fraud review, legal compliance, and legitimate business operations. Exact retention periods vary by record type and system.
Some browser-side continuity data, such as first-party cart or profile cookies, may remain on the visitor device for an extended period unless they expire sooner, are cleared by the browser, or are manually deleted by the user.
Reasonable technical and administrative safeguards are used, but no transmission or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.
Your Choices
You may contact MIBearings to request updates or corrections to information you previously submitted, subject to business and legal recordkeeping needs. You may also choose not to provide certain information, though that may limit quoting, checkout, shipping, or support.
If you do not want payment or billing providers to process your transaction data, do not complete payment through those methods.
Contact
Privacy questions can be directed to MIBearings LLC in Traverse City, Michigan, USA, by phone at 877-929-7280 or by email at mibearings@gmail.com.
