POLICY / COMPONENT DATA

Keep protected information out of email.

What belongs in the first component-RFQ email, what must stay out, and how a later technical exchange should be approved.

What information is safe for the initial request?

Only the component, quantity, material or process, need-by date, and high-level program context. The quote request begins the review; it is not a technical-data exchange.

Appropriate for the quote request

  • Business contact information
  • Component needed
  • Requested quantity
  • Known material or process
  • Need-by date
  • High-level program context

Keep protected design data out

  • Files, drawings, CAD, source code, or credentials
  • Controlled or classified information
  • Export-controlled technical data
  • NDA-protected or customer-restricted content
  • Proprietary design, architecture, or security details
  • Sensitive personal information

HANDLING SEQUENCE

How a later exchange should be established

  1. Confirm program fit.Determine whether a technical exchange is necessary.
  2. Identify information type.Classify contractual, customer, export, security, and confidentiality restrictions.
  3. Assign responsible people.Confirm who approves disclosure, access, storage, use, and deletion.
  4. Approve the exchange path.Select a system and process appropriate to the verified handling requirements.
  5. Share only the minimum.Transfer the least information necessary for the defined decision.

Website measurement

We use Google Analytics only when you select Allow analytics. It counts page views, quote-button clicks, on-page tool starts and completions, and successful quote submissions. We also receive the referring page, campaign tags, device and browser category, and coarse geography. Advertising storage stays denied. Your choice is stored in this browser, and the quote form’s name, email, and project description are never sent to Analytics.