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Privacy Policy
Information Collection & Use
DataTrends Publications, Inc. is the sole owner of the
information collected on StemCellResearchNews.com. DataTrends collects
personally identifiable information from our users at several different
points on our Web site.
Orders
If you purchase a product from us, we request certain
personally identifiable information from you on our order form. You must
provide contact information (such as name, e-mail, and shipping address)
and financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date).
We use this information for billing purposes and to fill
your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we will use this
information to contact you.
Transmission of your personal financial information is
protected by advanced 128-bit SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption
technology. Our site has been validated and certified for online credit card
transactions by Network Solutions, the world's largest repository of
Internet domain names.
Uses of Information
This site uses personal information only to process a
purchase and to ensure accurate and expedited delivery of products,
whether free or purchased.
Communications from the Site
- Stem Cell Research eLetter
If you wish to subscribe to our free Stem Cell Research
eLetter, we will use your name and e-mail address to send the newsletter
to you. We also ask for information regarding your news preferences, and
other demographic data (e.g., marital status, education level, etc.). Out
of respect for your privacy, we provide you a way to unsubscribe. Please
see the "Opt-out" section.
Based upon the personally identifiable information you
provide us, we will send you e-mails to confirm orders and/or to verify
your username and password. We will also communicate with you in response
to your inquiries, to provide the services you request, and to manage your
account. We will communicate with you by e-mail or telephone, in
accordance with your wishes.
Profile
We store information that we collect through cookies and
log files to create a "profile" of your preferences. We do not
tie your personally identifiable information, or your purchasing history,
to information in the profile.
We do not share your profile with other third parties.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
We may share aggregated demographic information about
our user base with our partners and advertisers. This information does not
identify individual users.
We do not link aggregate user data with personally
identifiable information.
We DO NOT share personally identifiable information with third parties.
Agents
We use an outside shipping company to fulfill orders,
and a credit card processing company to bill you for goods and services.
These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable
information for any other purposes.
Legal Disclaimer
We reserve the right to disclose your personally
identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that
disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a
judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site
Opt-out
If you no longer wish to receive our eLetter and
promotional communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following
the instructions included at the end of each newsletter.
Log Files
As is true of most Web sites, we gather certain
information automatically and store it in log files. This information
includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service
provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp,
and clickstream data.
We use this information, which does not identify
individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track
users' movements around the site and to gather demographic information
about our user base as a whole.
We do not link this automatically-collected data to
personally identifiable information.
We use a third-party tracking service called iHostSites
that uses log files to track non-personally identifiable information about
visitors to our site in the aggregate. This includes usage and volume
statistics to determine market position of our Web site.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's
computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site. We do
not link the information we store in cookies to any personally
identifiable information you submit while on our site.
We use session ID cookies and persistent cookies. We use
session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session
ID cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains
on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove
persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet
browser's "help" file.
We set a persistent cookie to store your passwords, so
you don't have to enter it more than once. Persistent cookies also enable
us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the
experience on our site.
If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but
your ability to use some areas of our site will be limited.
Some of our business partners (e.g., advertisers) use
cookies on our site. We have no access to or control over these cookies.
See "Third Party Advertisers."
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by
StemCellResearchNews.com only and does not cover the use of cookies by any
advertisers.
Third Party Advertisers
The ads appearing on this Web site are delivered to
users by Microsoft bCentral LinkExchange, our advertising partner, and are
also handled in-house. We do not share Web site usage information about
users with any third party.
Links to Other Sites
This Web site contains links to other sites that are not
owned or controlled by DataTrends Publications, Inc. Please be aware that
we, DataTrends Publications, Inc., are not responsible for the privacy
practices of such other sites.
We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and
to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects
personally identifiable information.
This privacy statement applies only to information
collected by this Web site.
Access to Personally Identifiable Information
If your personally identifiable information changes, or
if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update, delete or
deactivate it by
e-mailing
Customer Support.
Security
The security of your personal information is important
to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number
and/or social security number) on our order forms, transmission of your
personal financial information to our servers is protected by the most
advanced 128-bit SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption. Our site has been
validated and certified for online credit card transactions by Network
Solutions, the world's largest repository of Internet domain names. We follow generally accepted industry standards to
protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission
and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or
method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we
strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal
information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
If you have any questions about security on our Web
site, you can
send us an e-mail
.
Business Transitions
In the event DataTrends Publications, Inc. goes through
a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company,
or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personally identifiable
information will likely be among the assets transferred. You will be
notified via e-mail and a prominent notice on our Web site for 30 days of
any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.
Changes in this Privacy Statement
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post
those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we
deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how
we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at
any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to
this policy, we will notify you here, by e-mail, or by means of a notice
on our home page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our
privacy policy, please
e-mail
us.
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