Privacy Policy
Byron Tull, BT Synthetics runs this website as an independent AMSOIL dealer, based in Chicago, Illinois. This policy explains what the site collects and why. It was written from a review of the site's code.
The short version
- You never create an account here and we never ask for your AMSOIL password or payment details. Purchases, accounts and checkout all happen on AMSOIL.com, under AMSOIL's own privacy policy (linked at the bottom of every AMSOIL.com page).
- Links to AMSOIL.com include our dealer number so AMSOIL credits Byron Tull as your dealer. They carry no information about you.
- We count visits with our own small counter (no Google Analytics, no ads, no outside trackers). In the EU, EEA, UK and Switzerland we ask first; anyone can turn it off in Privacy choices, and we honor "Do Not Track" and Global Privacy Control signals.
- Your saved list stays in your own browser.
- If you send a message, we keep it so Byron can reply.
Visit statistics
When visits are counted for you, our counter records: the pages you open and how long they're visible, how far you scroll, page speed, which links to AMSOIL.com you click (for example "Shop on AMSOIL" for diesel engine oil), the site that referred you and any campaign tags in the link, your approximate location (country, region and city, worked out from your IP address on our server), your device type, browser, operating system, screen size and language, and whether you've visited before. We keep a shortened IP address (the last part removed) to spot abusive traffic. Two cookies (bt_v and bt_s) link visits together; see Cookies.
We use these statistics only to understand which pages and products are useful and to fix problems. They're deleted after two years.
Messages you send us
The contact form collects your name (optional), email address, phone number (optional), the topic, your message and the page you came from. We use these only to answer you. Messages are kept for 365 days and then deleted.
Your saved list
"Save to list" stores the product guides you choose in your browser's local storage. It isn't sent to our server or to AMSOIL, and clearing your browser data removes it.
Security and site protection
Like most websites, our hosting provider (Laravel Cloud, US East (Ohio)) keeps short server logs. Our site records errors and requests for pages that don't exist, so we can fix them, and temporarily blocks addresses that probe for known security holes. Database backups are kept for 30 days.
Sharing
We don't sell or rent personal information and don't share it with advertisers. Our hosting provider processes data on our behalf. When you follow a link to AMSOIL.com, AMSOIL receives what any website receives from your browser, under its own policy.
Your choices and rights
You can stop visit counting at any time in Privacy choices. To ask what we hold about you, or to have a message you sent deleted, email support@btsynthetics.com or use the contact form (topic "Privacy question"). Depending on where you live you may have further rights under local law.
Children
This site is meant for adults and isn't directed at children.
Changes
If we change this policy in a meaningful way, we'll update the date at the top.