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We Respect Your Privacy
Qioptiq is committed to respecting your online privacy and recognizing your need to protect and manage any personally identifiable information you share with us. We have established this Online Privacy Policy so that you can understand how we intend to treat your personal information.
What is Personal Information?
Personal information is any information that may be used to identify an individual, including your first and last name, your home or other physical address, your e-mail address or other contact information, whether at work or at home. Personal information may also include a credit card account number. In general, you can visit Qioptiq's web pages without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself.
You Have a Choice
You may choose whether or not to provide personal information. When we collect personal information on the web, we will explain why the information will be collected and whether we plan to share the information outside of Qioptiq or those working on Qioptiq's behalf. The purpose for collecting information should help you to make this choice. If you choose not to provide the personal information we request, you can still visit most of our web sites, but you may be unable to access certain options, offers and services.
How is Personal Information Used?
If you choose to provide us with your personal information on the web, we may transfer that information within Qioptiq or to a third party service providers, across borders and from your country to other countries around the world. We strive to comply with all applicable laws around the globe that are designed to protect your privacy. Although legal requirements may vary from country to country, we intend to adhere to the principles set forth in this Online Privacy Policy no matter where personal information is collected, transferred or retained. We may provide information that we collect on the web to third party service providers to help us deliver programs, products, information and services. Service providers are also an important means by which we maintain our web site and mailing lists. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that these third party service providers are obligated to protect personal information in accordance with this Online Privacy Policy. We do not intend to transfer personal information without your consent to third parties who are not bound to act on Qioptiq's behalf unless such transfer is legally required. It is against our policy to sell personal information collected online.
We Use Cookies
Some of our web pages utilize "cookies" and other tracking technologies. A "cookie" is a small text file that may be used to collect information about web site activity. Some cookies and other technologies may recall personal information previously provided by a web user. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them. You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie or you may choose to block cookies with your browser. Tracking technologies record information such as Internet domain and host names; Internet protocol (IP) addresses; browser software and operating system types; clickstream patterns; and dates and times that our site is accessed. We use cookies and other tracking technologies so that we can improve our web site and your web experience. We may also analyze information for trends and statistics. We do not generate e-mail lists from cookies.
How We Secure Your Information
Wherever your personal information may be held within Qioptiq or on its behalf, we intend to take reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the personal information that you share with us from unauthorized access or disclosure. We will use firewalls in order to prevent unauthorized use of personal information. Only employees of Qioptiq or our third-party agents who need the information to perform a specific task (for example, order processing and fulfillment) will be granted access to personal information. Credit card account information is used only for a single transaction and is retained only as a part of the applicable order. It is not maintained together with other personal information on our web site.
Maintaining the Accuracy of Information
When you do provide us with personal information, we want it to remain accurate. Where we collect personal information from you on the web, we intend to provide a means for you to update or correct that information. If for any reason those means are unavailable or inaccessible, you may send updates and corrections about your personal information via our online form and we will make reasonable efforts to incorporate the changes in your personal information that we hold as soon as practicable.
Electronic Newsletters and Mailing Lists
You may opt to receive electronic newsletters or receive notices of promotions and special offers by e-mail. By completing a registration form on the web site you will be opting-in. We will offer you the opportunity to opt-out or unsubscribe to electronic newsletters or mailing lists at any time.
Links
This site contains links to other web sites. Qioptiq is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content, accuracy or opinions expressed on such web sites or any link contained in such site. Links are provides as a convenience and are not investigated, monitored or checked by us for accuracy or completeness. Providing a link on our site does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked site by us.
Children's Privacy
Our website is not structured to attract children. We do not intend to collect personal information from anyone we know to be under 13 years of age.
Your Consent
By using this web site, you consent to the terms of our Online Privacy Policy and to our use of your personal information for the purposes given where the information is collected on the web. Should the Online Privacy Policy change, we intend to ensure that changes are brought to your attention by posting all changes prominently on our web site for a reasonable period of time.
Disclaimer and Contact Information
If you have any comments or questions regarding our Online Privacy Policy, please contact us via our online form. WHILE WE CANNOT GUARANTEE PRIVACY PERFECTION, we will address any issue to the best of our abilities AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Last updated: August 29, 2006
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