Personal Privacy on SpectrumChemical.com

This web site is the responsibility of Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc. which can be contacted by mail at 769 Jersey Ave. New Brunswick, NJ 08901-3605 USA, Attention: Marketing Department; or by e-mail at Marketing@SpectrumChemical.com. The Web server on which this Web site is housed is owned and maintained by Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc.

The following policies apply to www.SpectrumChemical.com.

Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any other Web sites that are hyperlinked to or from SpectrumChemical.com.

You can browse SpectrumChemical.com and our online catalog without disclosing any information about yourself. However, to receive access to the site's advanced features and services, we ask that you register by providing certain personal information.

If you wish to order products on this Web site, you will be asked for Contact Information (your name, phone number and e-mail address), Shipping Address, Billing Address and Method of Payment (either a valid Spectrum Account Number or a Credit Card Number). All pages on this Web site have encryption protection. However, some pages to which you link from this site may not be encrypted.

This site collects the domain name, IP address, computer type and browser type of site visitors. This information is aggregated and used internally for statistical analysis of visitor activity and usage trends. This information may also be used at the visitor's request to provide technical support.

Any information provided to us by site visitors in purchase orders, registration forms, and surveys will be used for authorized purposes only. We do not sell or otherwise provide any of this information to mailing list companies or other similar database organizations. Certain information may be provided to Spectrum vendors whose products may be of interest to you.

Session Tracking and "Cookies"

The product selection and ordering process requires that each Web page recognize your entire visit to the site - a technology known as a "session tracking." One way to accomplish session tracking is to save "cookies" to your computer. SpectrumChemical.com may use cookies, or functionally equivalent technology, to accomplish session tracking.

Session tracking through the use of cookies allows you to place products in your Shopping Cart while browsing for other products and enables you to avoid re-entering data on multiple pages. In short, session tracking and the use of cookies help to make your visit to SpectrumChemical.com more efficient and more convenient.

Spectrum does not use cookies or the information obtained through cookies for any purpose unrelated to your activities on SpectrumChemical.com. Spectrum does not obtain personal information about you (such as your name, address, telephone number, or social security number) through the use of cookies or any other electronic means via SpectrumChemical.com unless you voluntarily supply that information to us through the registration process or other communications.

Please note: The "session ID" (as described below) is assigned to each session. If you visit SpectrumChemical.com and leave for any reason, your ID will have changed when you return. If you were a logged-in Registered User for the previous session, any items you placed in your Shopping Cart will be saved for you. If you were not logged in, those items will be lost.

Data Security

This site uses Secure Socket Layer encryption in the transmission of all information. All pages on this Web site have encryption protection. However, some pages to which you link from this site may not be encrypted. Spectrum stores all personal and financial data in a private database that is not connected to the Internet. Although no systems or safeguards can be guaranteed as foolproof, our databases are protected from unauthorized access by firewalls, passwords and other mechanisms.

Registration

You can browse our Web site and online catalog without revealing any personal information. However, if you wish to access more advanced features and services within our Web site, we ask that you register by providing certain personal information. This information may include but is not limited to your name, Spectrum account information, telephone number, e-mail address and credit card number. Spectrum uses this information to give you access to the following benefits:

• View your contract price online
  

• View up-to-the-minute product availability based upon your expiration dating requirements
  

• Place orders based on real-time availability
  

• View the current status of your orders
  

• Use personal Shopping Lists, Order Templates and other Ordering shortcuts

The information you provide when you register is used only for the above purposes and to determine site activity and usage trends. You may also choose to receive promotional literature via e-mail or postal mail. We do not sell or otherwise provide this information to mailing list companies or other similar database organizations.

If you wish to be removed from our database, you can call 800-813-1514, or e-mail us at Marketing@SpectrumChemical.com. If you tell us that you do not wish to have this information used as a basis for further contact with you, we will respect your wishes.

Ordering

If you wish to order products on SpectrumChemical.com, you will be asked for Contact Information (your name, phone number and e-mail address), your Shipping Address, Billing Address and Method of Payment (either a valid Spectrum Account Number or a Credit Card Number). All pages on this Web site have encryption protection. However, some pages to which you link from this site may not be encrypted. We store all personal data in a private database that is not connected to the Internet. The Billing Address and Method of Payment is used only by Spectrum to secure payment for your order. Your Contact Information and Shipping Address may be shared with a product's manufacturer, if the product is shipped directly from the manufacturer. Order information will not be used for unauthorized purposes.

New Features and Promotional Information

Occasionally, Spectrum may wish to inform you of new features of the site, special product promotions, contests or other marketing programs.

If you have registered, you will be offered these announcements via e-mail or postal mail. You can activate or deactivate the transmission of these announcements to you by editing your Profile on our site.

Certain areas of the site will inform you of how to take advantage of any contests, promotions, publications, and special benefits which may be offered from time to time. These areas may require you to provide personal information, such as but not limited to your name, address, contact information and/or purchasing history. This information may be used to determine your eligibility and may be provided to Spectrum vendors whose products may be of interest to you.

Contacts from Spectrum

Spectrum may need to contact you for sales information, customer service or technical support. Please contact us if you do not wish us to continue contacting you for any of these purposes.

Spectrum reserves the right to contact site visitors regarding their account status and changes to any relevant agreements or policies.

Spectrum reserves the right to change this policy at any time by notifying visitors of the existence and location of the new or revised privacy policy.