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(a) TRAFFIC DATA COLLECTED. ACS automatically tracks and collects the following categories of information when you use the ACS network: [(1) IP addresses; (2) domain servers; (3) types of computers accessing the Site; and (4) types of web browsers used to access the Site (collectively “Traffic Data”)]. Traffic Data is anonymous information that does not personally identify you but is helpful for marketing purposes or for improving your experience on the ACS network. ACS also uses “cookies” to customize content specific to your interests, and to store your password so you do not have to re-enter it each time you use the network.
(b) PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED. In order for you to access the BiotechExchange.org Site, ACS requires you to provide us with certain information that personally identifies you (“Personal Information”). Personal Information includes the following categories of information: (1) Contact Data (such as your name, mailing address, and e-mail address); (2) Financial Data (such as your account or credit card number); and (3) Demographic Data (such as your zip codes, age, and income). If you communicate with ACS by e-mail, post messages to any of our chat groups, bulletin boards, or forums, or otherwise complete online forms, surveys, or contest entries, any information provided in such communication may be collected as Personal Information.
(a) ACS USE OF INFORMATION. ACS uses Contact Data to send you information about our ACS or our products or Services or to contact you when necessary. ACS uses your Financial Data to verify your qualifications for certain products or Services and to bill you for products and Services. ACS uses your Demographic Data to customize and tailor your experience on the network, displaying content that we think you might be interested in and according to your preferences. Upon termination of the Terms of Use, ACS shall have the right to retain all Contact Data, Financial Data and Demographic Data obtained during the term.
(b) SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. ACS shares certain categories of information we collect from you in the ways described in this Privacy Notice. We share Demographic Data with advertisers and other third parties only on an aggregate (i.e., non-personally-identifiable) basis. ACS my share Contact Data and Financial Data with our business partners who assist us by performing core Services (such as hosting, billing, fulfillment, or data storage and security) related to our operation of the Network. Those business partners have all agreed to uphold the same standards of security and confidentiality that we have promised to you in these Terms of Use, and they will only use your Contact Data and other Personal Information to carry out their specific business obligations to ACS. ACS WILL NOT SHARE CONTACT DATA WITH OTHER COMPANIES WHO MAY WANT TO SEND YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES WITHOUT YOUR AUTHORIZATION.
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This Privacy Notice may be revised periodically and this will be reflected by the "effective date" below. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any changes. In general, we only use your personal information in the manner described in the Privacy Notice in effect when we received the personal information you provided. Your continued use of the BiotechExchange.org Site constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Notice and any future revisions.
For revisions to this Privacy Notice that may be materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of the personal information you have already provided to us, we will attempt to obtain your consent before implementing such revisions with respect to such information.
Date Last Modified:
This Privacy Notice was last modified December 22, 2006.
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