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Information
Collection and Use
Syntensia AB is the sole owner of the information collected on this
site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others
in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Syntensia
AB collects information from our users at several different points
on our website.
Registration
In order to access some area of the site a user may be asked to
register by completing a registration form. Here a user must provide
contact information (like name and address). This information is
used to contact the user about the services on our site for which
they have expressed interest. It is optional for the user to provide
demographic information (such as income level and gender), and unique
identifiers (such as social security number), but encouraged so
we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing
information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked
to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once
the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates. For
instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have
to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on
our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site.
The only drawback to this is that the user will be limited in some
areas of our site. For example, the user will not be able to access
our Members Only Section. Cookies can also enable us to track and
target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our
site.
Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example,
advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these
cookies.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track
user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate
use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners
and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information
that can identify any individual person.
We use an outside shipping company to ship orders, and a credit
card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These
companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable
information for any secondary purposes.
We partner with another party to provide specific services. When
the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other
contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide
these services. These parties are not allowed to use personally
identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these
services.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that
we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.
We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and
to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects
personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies
solely to information collected by this Web site.
Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact
information such as name and email address.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys
or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely
voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to
disclose this information. Information requested may include contact
information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic
information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will
be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information
will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and
satisfaction of this site.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend
about our site, we ask them for the friend's name and email address.
Syntensia AB will automatically send the friend a one-time email
inviting them to visit the site. Syntensia AB stores this information
for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information.
When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information
is protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information
(such as credit card number and/or social security number), that
information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption
software in the industry - 128-bit SSL. While on
a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom
of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet
Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when
you are just 'surfing'.
The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol has become the universal
standard on the Web for authenticating sites and for encrypting
communications between users and Web servers. An encrypted
SSL connection requires all information sent between a
client and a server to be encrypted by the sending software and
decrypted by the receiving software, protecting private information
from interception over the Internet. In addition, all data sent
over an encrypted SSL connection is protected with a mechanism for
detecting tampering — that is, for automatically determining whether
the data has been altered in transit. This means that users can
confidently send private data, such as credit card numbers, to a
Web site, trusting that SSL keeps it private and confidential.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online,
we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line.
All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information
mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who
need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our
billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted
access to personally identifiable information. Furthermore, ALL
employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices.
Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees
are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy,
and what they can do to ensure our customers' information is protected.
Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information
on are kept in a secure environment, behind a locked cage.
If you have any questions about the security at our website, you
can send an email to info@syntensia.com.
Supplementation of Information
In order for this website to properly fulfill its obligation to
our customers, it is necessary for us to supplement the information
we receive with information from 3rd party sources.
Special Offers
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and
username. Established members will occasionally receive information
on products, services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect
for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive
these types of communications. Please see our choice and opt-out
below.
Site and Service Updates
We also send the user site and service announcement updates. Members
are not able to un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain
important information about the service. We communicate with the
user to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating
to their account via email or phone.
Correction/Updating Personal Information:
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as
your zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will
endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user's
personal data provided to us. This can usually be done at the member
information page or by emailing our info@syntensia.com.
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having their
information used for purposes not directly related to our site at
the point where we ask for the information. For example, our order
form has an 'opt-out' mechanism so users who buy a product from
us, but don't want any marketing material, can keep their email
address off of our lists.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional
materials from our partners may opt-out of receiving these communications
by replying to unsubscribe in the subject line in the email or email
us at info@syntensia.com.
Users of our site are always notified when their information is
being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users
can make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with
services that require an outside party, or not.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes
on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information
we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose
it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information
in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected,
we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice
as to whether or not we use their information in this different
manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy
under which the information was collected. |
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