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SYNERGY LIFE SCIENCES PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: May 2007 |
| We take your privacy
very seriously. We have prepared this Privacy Policy to describe
the types of personal and non-personal information we collect,
how we use such information, and to whom and under what circumstances
we disclose such information. By using our Website and/or
ordering any of our products, you signify your assent to
the collection, use and disclosure of your personally identifiable
information as described in this Privacy Policy. |
| Collection
of Information |
| Personal
Information |
| As a general policy,
SYNERGY LIFE SCIENCES only collects personal information from you
when you voluntarily provide it to us by: (1) placing an
order; (2) registering on the Website; (3) contacting us
(including our customer service representatives and other
employees), including but not limited to by email, postal
mail, telephone or through any of the contact forms found
on our website; and (4) completing any surveys. We may collect
personal information, including, but not limited to, your
name, physical address, e-mail address, telephone number,
cellular telephone number, credit card number, credit card
expiration date, other unique identifiers, website password,
username, and other demographic information. |
| Non-Personal
Information |
As part of the standard
operation of our Website and Internet servers, we may collect
certain non-personal information from you including, but
not limited to, your IP address, and the Web page from which
you accessed the Website.
In addition, we may collect information about your browsing
behavior, such as the date and time you visit our Website,
the areas or pages of our Website that you visit, the amount
of time you spend viewing our Website, the number of times
you return to our Website, and other click-stream data. |
| Cookies
and Web Beacons |
We may use cookies
to collect the non-personal information described above,
which may be combined with your personal information. A cookie
is a small text file that may be stored on the hard drive
of your computer when you access our Website. Only you and
the entity that places a specific cookie on your computer
may access that cookie.
We may also use cookies and/or single-pixel GIF image files
(also called "Web beacons") to: (1) track and report
your order to an affiliate Company so you may receive credit
for your order, when applicable (the affiliate company may
have also placed a cookie on your computer for this purpose);
(2) conduct research to improve our content and services;
(3) access your account when you login to the website and
provide you with customized content, when applicable; and
(4) require you to re-enter your password periodically to
help prevent others from accidentally accessing your account
information, when applicable.
You are always free to decline cookies, but by doing so,
you may not be able to use certain features on the Website
or take full advantage of all of our offerings. You can configure
your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, erase
cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. (Each browser
is different, so check the “Help” menu of your
browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.)
To the extent third parties may place advertising on the
Website, such third parties may utilize cookies or other
technological means within the advertising to collect and
utilize non-personally identifiable information. We are not
responsible for information collected by third parties in
this manner, nor for the collection or use of information
by other sites to which the Website is linked. |
| Access to
Information You Provide to Us |
| You may access any
personal information you provide to us, correct or modify
any such personal information, or direct us to make no further
use of your personal information. To do so, please send an
email with your request by clicking here. |
| Use of Information |
We may use the information
we collect from you for purposes including but not limited
to the following: (1) to fulfill your requests for certain
products and services; (2) to provide you with targeted offers
based on your specific requests or your stated preference
to receive certain categories of offers; (3) to send you
information and promotional materials and offers from our
company as well as from our subsidiaries, affiliates, marketing
partners, advertisers, and other third parties; (4) to deliver
targeted display advertisements and offers (by matching criteria
provided by our advertisers with information collected from
our visitors); (5) to enable our marketing partners, advertisers,
and other third parties to communicate with individuals;
(6) to contact visitors of our Website when necessary; (7)
to help address questions and problems with our Website or
services; (8) to administer our Website; (9) to conduct internal
reviews of our Website (for example, to determine the number
of visitors to specific pages within the Website); (10) to
help us better understand visitors’ use of our Website;
and (11) to protect the security or integrity of our Website.
Non-personal information may be used for these purposes as
well to monitor our Website, provide a greater online experience
for our visitors, identify the source of orders and obtain
accurate aggregate demographic usage patterns. |
| Disclosure
of Information |
SYNERGY LIFE SCIENCES
may transfer or otherwise disclose information collected
from you to the following entities for the following purposes:
(1) to our employees, independent contractors, subsidiaries,
affiliates, consultants, business associates, service providers,
and suppliers, if the disclosure will enable any of these
entities to perform a business, professional, or technical
support function for us; (2) to our employees, independent
contractors, service providers and suppliers, to fulfill
a product or service request; (3) to our marketing and
business partners and advertisers, who may use the information
in connection with their business operations, such as to
send marketing and other communications to visitors of
the Website; (4) as necessary if SYNERGY LIFE SCIENCES determines
that there has been a violation of the Terms of Use and/or
applicable law; (5) as necessary if we have reason to believe
that such disclosure is necessary to identify, contact,
or bring legal action against someone who may be causing
injury to or interference (either intentionally or unintentionally)
with our rights or property, other users of our Website,
or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities;
(6) to respond to judicial process and provide information
to law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation
as permitted by law, or otherwise as required by law; and
(7) as provided for under the “Unforeseen Circumstances” section
below. SYNERGY LIFE SCIENCES may also sell, rent, lease or otherwise
transfer any personal information collected from you to
any of its marketing partners, advertisers, or other third
parties. |
| Security |
SYNERGY LIFE SCIENCES
utilizes reasonable security measures to protect against
the loss, misuse or alteration of information placed under
our control. We maintain physical, electronic, contractual,
and managerial steps to safeguard and secure the information
we collect from visitors to our Website. Our servers have
been enabled with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology
to prevent unauthorized parties from viewing your non-public
personal information while in transmission during a secure
session. Our secure certificates have been verified by
the third party Company, Verisign. |
| Children |
| We do not direct
our Website to, nor do we knowingly collect any personal
information from, children under the age of eighteen. |
| Third Party
Websites |
| Our Website may contain
links to other third party Websites (such as those of our
marketing partners or advertisers), which may have privacy
policies that differ from our own. We are not responsible
for the activities and practices that take place on these
Websites. Accordingly, we recommend that you review the privacy
policy posted on any web site that you may access through
our Website. |
| Unforeseen
Circumstances |
| As we continue to
develop our business, we or our affiliates may sell or buy
other businesses or entities. In such transactions, personal
information may be one of the transferred business assets.
Also, in the event that SYNERGY LIFE SCIENCES or substantially all
of its assets are acquired, your personal information may
be one of the transferred assets. |
| Changes |
If we change this
Privacy Policy, we will post those changes here and revise
the Effective Date accordingly. Any such revisions will
be effective on the date of posting to the Website, and
will apply to all information collected by SYNERGY LIFE SCIENCES
both prior to and following the effective date. Your use
of the Website following any such revisions will be deemed
your acceptance of such revisions. You should periodically
visit this page to review the current policies with regard
to information. |
| Contact
Us |
| Please relay any
questions you may have pertaining our above stated policies
to our Customer Service Department via email by clicking here or
by calling 1-888-694-4171. |
| Your California
Privacy Rights |
| Beginning on January
1, 2005, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits customers
of SYNERGY LIFE SCIENCES who are California residents to request
certain information regarding SYNERGY LIFE SCIENCES’ disclosure
of personal information to third parties for such third parties’ direct
marketing purposes. To make such a request, please write
to: info@linkstarcorp.com. |
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