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Overview
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This notice (this “Privacy Policy”) describes how we may collect personal
information about you, how we may use it, with whom we may share it, what
choices you have regarding it, and how we protect it. From time to time,
MSDSdirect may change its privacy practices because of changes in relevant and
applicable legal or regulatory requirements, the business or business practices
of MSDSdirect, or in its attempts to better serve your needs. Notice of changes
to our privacy practices will be posted on the Site.
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| What Information Do
We Collect?
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MSDSdirect may collect various types of information from or about you. Using
the contact form on the Site, you supply us with basic contact information
(such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and company name. This
information is entered into fields in the form and facilitates our reply to you
regarding the products and services that we offer. MSDSdirect may also retain
the content of and metadata regarding any correspondence you may have with
MSDSdirect or its customer service representatives, regardless of the mode of
communication by which such correspondence was made. This information helps
MSDSdirect to improve the Site and the materials, products and services that we
offer, and to more effectively and efficiently respond to both current and
future inquiries. As with many other Web sites, the Web servers used to operate
the MSDSdirect Site collect certain data pertaining to you and the equipment
and communications method that you use to access the Internet and the Site.
Without combining these data with other sources of information, they do not
readily identify you. They do reveal such things as the Internet protocol
(“IP”) address assigned to your computer, the pages you access on the Site, the
universal resource locator (“URL”) of the Web page you viewed immediately prior
to visiting the Site, and the length of time you spend at the Site. This
information is collected to, among other things; facilitate subscriber log-in,
Site operation and system administration, to generate aggregate,
non-identifiable statistical information, and to improve content and content
delivery with regard to the Site and the materials, products and services that
MSDSdirect makes available on the Site.
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| Use of "Cookies"
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MSDSdirect uses “cookies” (small text files stored on your computer) to help
track and customize your access and use of the Site. Cookies store and retain
information that helps us recognize you when you return to the Site following a
previous visit. Cookies may also store any login or ID assigned to you by
MSDSdirect and the associated password, though this information is stored in
encrypted form. Most popular Internet browser packages allow you to configure
the browser so as not to accept cookies. However, setting your browser to
reject cookies may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Site and the
materials, products and services that MSDSdirect makes available on the Site,
including automated log-in functions for subscribers.
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| How Do We Use the
Information That We Collect?
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uses mentioned or described above, MSDSdirect uses the information that it
collects from or about you to improve the materials, products and services that
MSDSdirect makes available on the Site, to notify you of changes made to the
Site or new products made available on or through the Site, to evaluate your
needs and customize Site content delivered to you according to those needs, to
facilitate the processing of any purchases you make through the Site, to send
you promotional material from MSDSdirect and some of our affiliates, and for
other legitimate and lawful business purposes of MSDSdirect. MSDSdirect does
not share information collected about you with third parties, except with
regard to certain special programs that we offer in connection with some of our
business associates, which may involve special promotions and/or pricing, and
in which you are participating. It is our policy not to sell lists containing
personal information about Site users or customers.
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this Privacy Policy may be directed to:
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E-mail: info@MSDSdirect.com
MSDSdirect
Attn: Customer Support
16 Fox Den Road
Kingston, MA 02364
Telephone: (781) 582-8111
Fax: (781) 582-8001
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| How Do We Protect
Information Collected About You? |
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MSDSdirect takes commercially reasonable measures to secure and protect
customer-specific information transmitted via or stored on our Site. However,
no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee that information users
supply will be totally secure.
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| Linked Sites |
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For your convenience, some hyperlinks may be posted on the Site that link to
other Web sites not under the control of MSDSdirect. We are not responsible
for, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to, the privacy practices of those
sites.
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| Who Can You Contact
For More Information? |
| Please direct any
other questions regarding our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy to
MSDSdirect at info@MSDSdirect.com or
by calling 1-781-582-8111. |
| Acknowledgement |
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND CONSENT TO THE PRIVACY
PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS
OF USE REFERENCED HEREIN.
Last updated October 19, 2005
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