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Wabtec

Industrials

25

out of 100. Number 466 of 512, counting from the worst.

  • Arbitration 0 of 20, good
  • Renewals 0 of 20, good
  • Data sharing 7 of 20
  • Price & terms 6 of 15
  • Data retention 4 of 15
  • Other findings 8 of 10, bad

Where Wabtec does well

  • Arbitration 0 of 20. Nothing found.
  • Renewals 0 of 20. Nothing found.
  • No forced arbitration and no class-action waiver anywhere in the terms — disputes go to ordinary courts.
  • The Privacy Policy explicitly states Wabtec does not sell California personal data or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising (and hasn't in the preceding 12 months), and limits sensitive-data use under CCPA § 7027(m).
  • It honors access, correction, deletion, and portability requests via a TrustArc DSAR form, posts policy changes at least 30 days before they take effect with extra notice for substantial changes, publishes the policy in 20+ languages, and lists a Chief Privacy Counsel address, a toll-free privacy line (1-855-703-9388), and dedicated DPO contacts for Brazil and South Africa.
  • The Terms of Use is a short, readable 10-section page.
  • As a B2B industrial site there are no consumer subscriptions, trials, or cancellation traps at all.

If you send Wabtec any feedback, idea, or suggestion through the site, they get a permanent, royalty-free license to use it however they want commercially — and they owe you nothing, not even confidentiality.

The fine print

6 clauses and findings from the draft archive, dated 1 October 2026. The plain English comes first; the small print is the company's own words. None of these has been checked yet.

  1. If you send Wabtec any feedback, idea, or suggestion through the site, they get a permanent, royalty-free license to use it however they want commercially — and they owe you nothing, not even confidentiality. Don't share a proprietary idea here.

    You grant Wabtec a royalty-free, irrevocable, unrestricted, nonexclusive worldwide license for all possible rights and all possible media now known or later developed, to use, modify, copy, sublicense, or display any submissions that you provide to us including, but not limited to, feedback or ideas regarding the Site, Content, comments, suggestions, ideas, concepts, or other information, including personal contact information (collectively, 'Submission') for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to you. Except as expressly provided in the Privacy Policy, Wabtec has no obligations regarding any Submission, including any obligation of confidentiality or remuneration.

    Terms of Use (Section 9, No Payment for Submission of Comments, Ideas, and Other Information)

  2. Wabtec disclaims virtually all liability for using its website — even for direct damages, even if they knew harm was possible, and even if the remedies in the terms fail. Your use of the site is entirely at your own risk.

    THE SITE, AND EVERYTHING PROVIDED ON THE SITE, ARE PROVIDED TO YOU 'AS IS' AND 'WITH ALL FAULTS'... WABTEC HEREBY DISCLAIMS AND YOU AGREE TO WAIVE ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND... IN NO EVENT SHALL WABTEC BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR OTHER INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY USE OF THE SITE OR ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE... EVEN IF WABTEC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND EVEN IF THE REMEDIES OTHERWISE PROVIDED UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE, AT LAW, OR IN EQUITY, FAIL OF THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

    Terms of Use (Section 2, Disclaimer -- No Warranties; As Is)

  3. If your use of the site triggers a third-party legal claim against Wabtec, you're on the hook for their legal bills — including their attorneys' fees. A one-way promise: Wabtec never indemnifies you in return.

    You agree to indemnify, hold harmless and defend Wabtec, and its affiliates, agents, employees, and licensors from and against any and all claims and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, brought by a third party arising out of or related in any way to your use of the Site, or your violation of these Terms of Use, violation of any law or regulation, or violation of any proprietary or privacy right.

    Terms of Use (Section 6, Indemnification)

  4. Any dispute over the site must be litigated in Pittsburgh-area courts under Pennsylvania law — wherever in the world you are. No arbitration clause, but you give up any home-court advantage.

    These Terms of Use and any dispute arising hereunder will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, U.S.A... You agree and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of and venue in the state or federal courts in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. in all disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or to access and use of the Site.

    Terms of Use (Section 7, Governing Law; Venue)

  5. The terms can change at any time with no notice to you; it's your job to keep checking the page, and merely visiting the site means you've accepted whatever's currently posted. (Their privacy policy, by contrast, promises 30 days' advance posting for updates.)

    These Terms of Use may change from time to time. When you visit the Site, you are bound by the version of these Terms of Use that is then in effect and you should, therefore, periodically visit this page to determine the then-current Terms of Use to which you are bound.

    Terms of Use (Section 10, Changes to Terms and Conditions)

  6. Wabtec can pass your data to business partners, vendors, and recruiters' tech tools, use it to send you marketing emails, ignore your browser's Do-Not-Track signal, and collect things like precise geolocation, financial details, and even race/ethnicity from job applications. (It does explicitly promise not to sell Californians' data for ads.)

    We may share your Personal Data with other third-party business partners, service providers, vendors, or contractors acting on our behalf and under our instructions for the purposes of operating our business, recruiting and hiring... delivering, improving, and customizing our Services as well as our products and services, sending marketing and other communications related to our business... Some browsers have a 'Do Not Track' feature... The Services do not respond to 'Do Not Track' signals.

    Privacy Policy (Personal Data Sharing section and Do Not Track Notice)

How these were found

Documents read directly from wabteccorp.com via browser on 2026-10-01; no mirrors needed. Privacy Policy: 'Last updated November 14, 2025.' Terms of Use page footer reads 'Copyright © 2015 Wabtec Corporation' with no revision date. A similar Wabtec-branded terms page exists at precisionturbo.com (an acquired brand) but was not used. Wabtec is a B2B railroad-equipment manufacturer; the visitor-facing site has no consumer subscriptions, carts, or ad targeting, which is why arbitration and autorenew score zero. Findings reflect the website visitor relationship, not separately negotiated B2B procurement contracts (e.g., supplier T&Cs). Retention score is based on the vague retention clause ('for as long as required to satisfy the purpose... unless a longer period is required or permitted by law') with no fixed deletion periods.

These notes come from the original draft and are not independent verification.