Privacy & Cookies Statement 

Effective Date: August 2024 

This Privacy & Cookies Statement describes how The Heico Companies, LLC  ("Company", “we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, shares, and otherwise processes Personal Data (as defined below) about individuals when they visit, use, or interact with our website [www.heicocompanies.com] and any other site or other digital property that links to this Privacy & Cookies Statement, or our emails (our “Sites”); purchase our products; apply for a job with our company; or otherwise interact with us online and offline (altogether referred to as our “Services”). For purposes of this Privacy & Cookies Statement, “Personal Data” means any information that is related to or is reasonably capable of being associated with an individual (“you”).  

If you are a resident of California, please see section 6 below for more information on how we process your Personal Data and your privacy rights.  

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area ("EEA”), Switzerland, or the United Kingdom ("UK”), please see section 7 below for more information on how we process Personal Data and your privacy rights. 

We collect Personal Data about employees and other representatives of our business customers, consumers, individuals who visit our Sites, individuals who use our Services, and other individuals who interact with us. We may collect this data directly from the individual, but also from automated technologies (such as cookies and other trackers) and, when authorized by applicable laws, from other legal entities, such as our customers, third-party partners, advertising networks, social media platforms, and other companies and organizations. We may combine Personal Data that we receive from various sources for the below purposes. The categories of Personal Data that we may collect include:   

• Identifiers and contact information, such as your name, account identifiers, email address, IP address, postal address, phone number, or other similar information.   

• Demographic information/protected classifications, such as age and gender. 

• Commercial and transactional information, such as payment card/payment details or other financial information to provide and/or finance the Services and products you have purchased, obtained, or considered purchasing with us; transaction history; and subscription information.  

• Professional or employment-related information, such as your company name and job responsibilities. 

• Visual and other sensory information, such as photographs or video of you if, for example, you visit our facilities. 

• Education information, such as educational institutions attended.  

• Geolocation information, such as the location of a device derived from its IP address.  

• Internet and other electronic network activity information, such as your unique device identifiers, data about usage of and interaction with our Sites, our products and Services or advertisements, your account and marketing preferences, and information collected from cookies and other data tracking technologies.  

• Records about you, such as your signatures, communications with us, and feedback/rating you have given to us. 

If you are applying to a job at our Company, we may collect the following categories of Personal Data directly from you, from references you provide, or from third-party partners we engage for recruiting purposes:  

• Identifiers and contact information, such as your name, postal address, email address, IP address, or other similar identifiers and contact information.  

• Demographic information/protected classifications, such as your age, gender, and, in some countries, veteran status. 

• Professional or employment-related information, such as your work history, professional experience, references, and work-permit status (if required). 

• Visual and other sensory information, such as photographs or video taken by cameras within our facilities or during our online interviews. 

• We may draw inferences about applicants’ characteristics, abilities, and aptitudes from Personal Data provided to us in connection with an application. 

• Sensitive Personal Data, such as your ethnic or racial background, health information, your disability status, and sexual orientation information and information about criminal convictions and offences only to the extent we are able to collect such information under applicable laws. 

• Any other Personal Data you choose to provide to us in connection with your application. 

The provision of certain types of Personal Data may be mandatory or optional. Mandatory data will be marked as such at the point of collection. If you refuse to provide mandatory data, the Company may not be able to process your request. 

The purposes for which we use Personal Data are as follows:  

We may disclose Personal Data that we collect with the following categories of recipients:  

• Within the affiliated group: We disclose Personal Data with our ultimate parent company, Heico Holding, Inc., in the United States and its subsidiaries (collectively, "HEICO") as necessary for the purposes identified above.  

• Vendors and agents working on our behalf: We disclose Personal Data to third parties to perform functions on our behalf for the purposes identified above, such as IT services, web hosting and marketing, data storage, shipping and logistics, and business support. 

• Distributors and sales representatives: We disclose Personal Data to our distributors and sales representatives to complete transactions, respond to inquiries, manage accounts, and otherwise manage our relationships with our customers and their representatives. 

• Business partners: We disclose Personal Data to our business partners for our and their own purposes, such as companies that operate cookies and other tracking technologies. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of these companies when they use Personal Data for their own purposes. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with their privacy policies to understand how they process Personal Data. 

• Auditors, advisors, and financial institutions: We disclose Personal Data with auditors for the performance of audit functions, with advisors to receive legal and other advice, and with financial institutions concerning payment and other transactions and services.  

• Corporate purchasers: We may disclose Personal Data with any corporate purchaser or prospect to the extent permitted by applicable laws as part of any merger, acquisition, sale of Company assets, or transition of service to another provider, as well as in the event of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership in which Personal Data would be transferred as an asset of Company.  

• Mandatory disclosures and legal rights: We disclose Personal Data to comply with any subpoena, court order or other legal process, or other governmental or regulatory request to share Personal Data, to establish or protect our legal rights, property, or safety, or the rights, property, or safety of others, or to defend against legal claims.  

We may share your Personal Data with other entities, with your consent if required by applicable laws. If you have questions about the parties with which we disclose Personal Data, please contact us as specified below.  

You have control regarding our use of Personal Data for marketing communications. If you no longer wish to receive our marketing emails, you may choose not to receive such communications at any time. Please follow the unsubscribe link in the relevant communication or contact us as detailed below.  

We use and allow certain trusted partners to use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies (collectively, "cookies") on our Sites.  

What are cookies?  

Cookies are technologies storing or retrieving information on your browser or your device (computer, tablet, mobile, etc.) when visiting online services. Cookies are widely used by websites, mobile applications, software or emails. Our Sites may use cookies to collect information. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is used to make the site work as you expect it to and for other purposes described below. Cookies do not recognize you personally, but rather the device you use. The information can give you a more personalized web experience. Some cookies are deleted once you close your browser, while others are retained even after you close your browser so that you can be recognized when you return to a website. How do we use cookies?  

We use cookies to provide the Sites, products, and Services, gather information about your usage patterns when you navigate these Sites to enhance your personalized experience, and understand usage patterns to improve our Sites, products, and Services. We also allow certain trusted partners to place cookies on our Sites to collect information about your online activities on our Sites over time and across different websites you visit. This information is used to provide advertising tailored to your interests on websites you visit, also known as interest-based advertising, and to analyze the effectiveness of such advertising. . In this context, the Company acts as a joint data controller for the collection and transmission of data to the third-party but only to the extent that it is technically necessary. Beyond the collection and technical transmission, the Company does not have any control over third-party cookies. The Company is not responsible for the sharing, the publications, comments or any other contents and any other data processing activities of the third-party websites. 

Cookies on our Sites are generally divided into the following categories:  

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are required to operate our Sites. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas.  

• Analytical/Performance Cookies: These allow us to recognize and count the number of users of our Sites and understand how such users navigate through our Sites. This helps improve how our Sites work, for example, by ensuring that users can find what they are looking for.  

• Functionality Cookies: These improve the functional performance of our Sites and make them easier for you to use. For example, these cookies are used to remember your language preferences.  

• Advertising Cookies: These record your visit to our Sites, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed to recognize you as a previous visitor and to track your activity on the Sites and other websites you visit.  See below for further details on third-party targeting cookies.  

What are your options if you do not want cookies on your computer?  

You can manage your cookie preferences on our Sites [www.heicocompanies.com]. On the bottom of each webpage, there is a link to manage the data collection preferences. By using our consent management platform, you can access the complete list of cookies used on the Sites and choose to accept or refuse their use. You can consent to our use of cookies according to the categories of cookies or choose from the complete list, except for the strictly necessary cookies that do not require your consent. The list is updated regularly.  

You can review your Internet browser settings, typically under "Help" or "Internet Options," to exercise your choices for certain cookies. If you disable or delete certain cookies in your Internet browser settings, you might not be able to access or use important functions or features of these Sites, and you may be required to re-enter your login details.  

We may use Google Analytics to better understand how our Sites are used and to improve them. To learn more about how Google Analytics collects and processes data, please visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.  

To learn more about certain cookies used for interest-based advertising and to exercise certain choices regarding such cookies, please visit the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”), Network Advertising Initiative, Digital Advertising Alliance-Canada, or your device settings if you have the DAA or other mobile app.  

Given the divergent practices of organizations that offer browsers and the lack of a standard in the marketplace, we generally do not respond to do-not-track signals at this time. 

This section applies only to residents of California. It supplements the remainder of this Privacy & Cookie Statement. 

Disclosures for Business Purposes. We disclose for business purpose each category of Personal Data that we collect with the following categories of recipients: within the affiliated group; vendors and agents working on our behalf; auditors, advisors and financial institutions; corporate purchasers; and mandatory disclosures and legal rights. We disclose the following categories of Personal Data with distributors and sales representatives: identifiers and contact information; demographic information/protected classifications; commercial and transactional information; professional and employment-related information; education information; and records about you. 

Regarding “Sharing” and “Selling” Personal Data for Targeted Advertising. We may share your Personal Data with third parties to perform advertising activities relating to marketing, analytics, or service performance measurements. This type of processing may also constitute a “sale” of Personal Data or “sharing” of Personal Data for targeted advertising under California law. We may sell or share the following categories of Personal Data to business partners for such purposes: identifiers and contact information, demographic information/protected classifications; commercial and transactional information, and internet and other electronic network activity information.   

We do not sell your Personal Data to third parties in exchange for money, nor do we knowingly sell or share the Personal Data of children under 16 years old.  

Sensitive Personal Data. We use and disclose your Sensitive Personal Data only to: (i) perform services or provide goods reasonably expected by an average person; (ii) detect security incidents; (iii) resist malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal actions: (iv) ensure the physical safety of persons; (v) for short-term, transient use, including non-personalized advertising; (vi) perform internal business services; (vii) verify, maintain, or improve the quality of our products and services; and (viii) for purposes that do not infer characteristics about you. 

Your Privacy Rights. If you reside in California, you may have the following rights concerning your Personal Data:   

• The right to know what Personal Data we have collected about you, including the categories of Personal Data, the categories of sources from which the Personal Data is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, “selling,” or “sharing” Personal Data, the categories of third parties to whom we disclose Personal Data, and the specific pieces of Personal Data we have collected.   

• The right to rectify or correct inaccuracies regarding your Personal Data   

• The right to request the deletion of your Personal Data   

Exercising your Privacy Rights. If you wish to request the exercise of your privacy rights, we will not discriminate against you by offering you different pricing or services, or by providing you with a different level or quality of services, based solely upon this request. Please contact us at  (630) 353-5000 or Legal@heicocompanies.com if you would like to exercise such rights. You may be able to designate an authorized agent to exercise your rights on your behalf. Your authorized agent should contact us at (630) 353-5000 or Legal@heicocompanies.com  to exercise rights on your behalf. We will take steps to verify your or your authorized agent’s identity when we process the request. To verify your identity, we may need additional information from you, such as your name, email address, and employer. To verify your authorized agent, we may require the agent to provide signed permission to act on your behalf or require you to verify your identity with us or confirm that you provided the agent permission to submit the request. 

This section applies only to residents of Texas. It supplements the remainder of this Privacy & Cookie Statement. 

Regarding  “Selling” Personal Data for Targeted Advertising. We may share your Personal Data with third parties to perform advertising activities relating to marketing, analytics, or service performance measurements. This type of processing may also constitute a “sale” of Personal Data advertising under Texas law. We may sell the following categories of Personal Data for such purposes: identifiers and contact information, demographic information/protected classifications; commercial and transactional information, and internet and other electronic network activity information 

Your Privacy Rights. If you reside in Texas, you may have the following rights concerning your Personal Data:   

• The right to know what Personal Data we have collected about you, including the categories of Personal Data, the categories of sources from which the Personal Data is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, “selling,” or “sharing” Personal Data, the categories of third parties to whom we disclose Personal Data, and the specific pieces of Personal Data we have collected.   

• The right to rectify or correct inaccuracies regarding your Personal Data   

• The right to request the deletion of your Personal Data   

Additionally, you may have the right to appeal any denials of your request to exercise your rights. If we deny your request and you would like to submit an appeal, please contact Legal@heicocompanies.com or (630) 353-5000. 

Exercising your Privacy Rights. If you wish to request the exercise of your privacy rights, we will not discriminate against you by offering you different pricing or services, or by providing you with a different level or quality of services, based solely upon this request. Please contact us at  Legal@heicocompanies.com or (630) 353-5000  if you would like to exercise such rights You may be able to designate an authorized agent to exercise your rights on your behalf. Your authorized agent should contact us to exercise rights on your behalf. We will take steps to verify your or your authorized agent’s identity when we process the request. To verify your identity, we may need additional information from you, such as your name, email address, and employer. To verify your authorized agent, we may require the agent to provide signed permission to act on your behalf, or require you to verify your identity with us or confirm that you provided the agent permission to submit the request. 

This section applies only to Personal Data that is subject to EEA, UK, or Swiss data protection laws.  It supplements the remainder of this Privacy & Cookie Statement. 

Data Controller.  The Company is the entity responsible for the processing of your Personal Data as the independent controller, unless another entity has the primary relationship with you. This other entity may be another entity from our corporate group whose Site you are viewing or using, that provides services to you, that markets or provides promotional materials to you, or the primary group entity in the region where you interact with us.  

Legal Bases for Processing.  We process the Personal Data for the purposes identified in section 2 based on the following legal bases: 

 
Your Data Protection Rights.  Subject to applicable data protection laws, you may have the following rights concerning your Personal Data:  

• Right to Access. You have the right to obtain confirmation from us whether we are processing your Personal Data and related information, as well as the right to obtain a copy of your Personal Data undergoing processing. 

• Right to Data Portability. You may receive your Personal Data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and you have also the right to request their transmission to another controller where technically feasible. 

• Right to Rectification. You have the right to request the rectification of inaccurate Personal Data and to have incomplete data completed. 

• Right to Objection. You have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Data in certain cases, including regarding direct marketing. 

• Right to Restrict Processing. You may request that we restrict the processing of your Personal Data in certain cases. 

• Right to Erasure. You may request that we erase your Personal Data in certain cases. 

• Right to Refuse or Withdraw Consent. In case we ask for your consent to process your Personal Data, you are free to refuse to give it. If you have given your consent, you may withdraw it at any time without any adverse consequences. The lawfulness of any processing of your Personal Data that occurred prior to the withdrawal of your consent will not be affected. 

• Right to Not Be Subject to Automated Decision-making. You have the right to not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing and to be given more information about why any such decision was made. 

• Other Rights. Depending on the country where you reside, you may have additional local rights with respect to our processing of your Personal Data.  

• Right to Lodge a Complaint. If needed, you have the right to lodge a complaint with you’re the local data protection authority in the country where you reside or where the conduct that is the subject of the complaint occurred. 

The exercise of these rights is based on the legal basis of the processing as indicated above, as follows: 

You may exercise these rights by contacting us as specified below. Under certain circumstances, the Company may ask you for specific information in order to confirm your identity and ensure the exercise of your rights. This is another appropriate security measure to ensure that Personal Data is not disclosed to an individual who does not have the right to receive it. 

International Transfers of Personal Data.  Due to the global nature of our operations, some of the recipients we share your Personal Data with may be located in countries outside the EEA, Switzerland, or the UK that do not provide an adequate level of data protection as defined by data protection laws in the EEA, Switzerland, and the UK. Certain third countries, such as Canada and the Republic of Korea, have been officially recognized by the European Commission, Switzerland, and the UK Secretary of State as providing an adequate level of protection. Transfers within our corporate group or to third parties located in third countries that have not received such recognition take place using an appropriate  data transfer mechanism in accordance with applicable laws, such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”)/UK SCCs Addendum or International Data Transfer Agreement, Swiss Standard Contractual Clauses, Binding Corporate Rules, approved Codes of Conduct and Certifications, on the basis of permissible statutory derogations, such as consent, or any other valid data transfer mechanism issued by the EEA, Swiss, or UK authorities.   

Please contact us as specified below if you would like to receive further information about how we transfer your Personal Data or, where available, a copy of the relevant applicable data transfer mechanism. 

Individuals who need assistance accessing this Privacy & Cookies Statement in an alternative format can do so by calling us at (630) 353-5000 or by contacting us via the information under “Contact Us” below.  

As a general rule, your Personal Data will only be retained for the period necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes for which said Personal Data was collected, or as necessary to fulfill legal or statutory obligations. Upon request, we will securely delete such data in accordance with applicable laws. 

Unless otherwise provided by the applicable laws, your Personal Data will be kept until the end of our relationship with you or your deletion request. For Personal Data collected in the context of the recruitment process, we retain it during the application period and, subject to applicable law, for a limited period after you have applied for a job for which you were not selected to allow you to more easily reapply or to approach you for different positions. 

Beyond this retention period, the Company may also keep your Personal Data during the applicable statute of limitation (usually five (5) years after the end of our relationship with you) or during the applicable legal retention obligations (e.g., ten (10) years for the data kept for accounting purposes). 

If you have questions about retention periods applicable to your Personal Data, please contact us as specified below. 

Our Sites may contain links and references to other websites administered by unaffiliated third parties. This Privacy & Cookies Statement does not apply to such third-party sites. When you click a link to visit a third-party website, you will be subject to that website’s privacy practices. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the privacy and security practices of the linked third-party websites before providing any Personal Data on that website.  

We are active on social media, including Instagram  and LinkedIn(“Social Media”). Our Sites may allow you to connect and share data with Social Media. Anything you post on our Social Media pages is public information and will not be treated confidentially. We may post (or re-post) on our Sites and our Social Media pages any comments or content that you post on our Social Media pages. Your use of Social Media is governed by the privacy policies and terms of the third parties that own and operate those websites and not by this Privacy & Cookies Statement.  

Personal Data about our employees, contractors, and other Company temporary workers are addressed through internal company policies and procedures and are outside the scope of this Privacy & Cookies Statement. 

Our Services are not intended for minors under the age of 16. As such, we do not target our products and Services or knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 16 without appropriate consent as required under applicable law. If we learn that we have processed Personal Data received from an individual under the age of 16 without appropriate consent, we will take reasonable measures to delete the information as soon as possible and not use such Personal Data for any purpose, except where necessary to protect the safety of the minor or others as required or permitted by law. If you believe a minor under the age of 16 has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us at the contact information below.  

We may update this Privacy & Cookies Statement from time to time as our services and privacy practices change or as required by law. The effective date of our Privacy & Cookies Statement is posted above, and we encourage you to visit our Sites periodically to stay informed about our privacy practices. We will post the updated version of the Privacy & Cookies Statement on our Sites and otherwise inform you or ask for your consent to the changes if legally required. This page reflects the most up-to-date version of our Privacy & Cookies Statement and thus takes precedence over the information provided in any other document.  

We maintain reasonable measures designed to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse, alteration, or unintentional destruction. You also have an essential role in protecting Personal Data. You should not share your username and password and should not reuse passwords. If you have any reason to believe your username or password has been compromised, please contact us. 

If you have questions or comments regarding this Privacy & Cookies Statement or our privacy practices, please contact us at: 

27501 Bella Vista Pkwy 

Warrenville, IL 60555