PRIVACY POLICY
1.
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Source BioScience UK
Limited ("we" "us" or "our") is committed to protecting and
respecting your privacy. This policy (together with our Website
Terms of Use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out
the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that
you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the
following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding
your personal data and how we will treat it.
1.2 For the purpose of the
Data Protection Act 1998 (the "Act"), the data controller is Source
BioScience UK Limited of 1 Orchard Place, Nottingham Business Park,
Nottingham NG8 6PX.
1.3 Our nominated
representative for the purpose of the Act is Dr Nicholas Watson
Ash
2.
INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU
We may collect and process the following data about you:
- information that you provide by filling in forms on our
website www.lifesciences.sourcebioscience.com
(our "Website"). This includes information provided at the time of
registering to use our Website, subscribing to our service, posting
material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for
information when you report a problem with our Website;
- if you contact us, we may keep a record of that
correspondence;
- we may ask you to complete surveys that we use for research
purposes, although you do not have to respond to them;
- details of transactions you carry out through our Website and
of the fulfilment of your orders; and
- details of your visits to our Website and the resources that
you access.
3. IP
ADDRESSES AND COOKIES
3.1 We may collect
information about your computer, including where available your IP
address, operating system and browser type, for system
administration and to report aggregate information to our
advertisers. This is statistical data about our users' browsing
actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
3.2 For the same reason, we
may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a
cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer.
Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's
hard drive. They help us to improve our Website and to deliver a
better and more personalised service. They enable us:
- estimate our audience size and usage pattern;
- store information about your preferences, and so allow us to
customise our Website according to your individual interests;
- speed up your searches; and
- recognise you when you return to our Website.
3.3 You may refuse to accept
cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you
to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this
setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website.
Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will
refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to
our Website.
3.4 Please note that our
advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no
control.
4. WHERE
WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
4.1 The data that we collect
from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination
outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be
processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for
one of our suppliers. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other
things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your
payment details and the provision of support services. By
submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing
or processing.
4.2 We will take all steps
reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely
and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
4.3 Where we have given you
(or where you have chosen) a username and password which enables
you to access certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for
keeping this username and password confidential. We ask that you
not to share your username and password with anyone.
4.4 Unfortunately, the
transmission of information via the internet is not completely
secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data,
we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our
Website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have
received your information, we will use strict procedures and
security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
5. USES
MADE OF THE INFORMATION
5.1 We use information held
about you in the following ways:
- ensure that content from our Website is presented in the most
effective manner for you and for your computer;
- provide you with information, products or services that you
request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have
consented to be contacted for such purposes;
- carry out obligations arising from any contracts entered into
between you and us;
- allow you to participate in interactive features of our
service, when you choose to do so; and
- notify you about changes to our service.
5.2 We may also use your
data (or permit selected third parties to use your data) for
marketing and publicity purposes or to provide you with information
about goods and services which may be of interest to you, and we
(or they) may contact you about these.
5.3 If you are an existing
customer, we will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail or
SMS) with information about goods and services similar to those
which were the subject of a previous sale to you.
5.4 If you are a new
customer, and where we permit selected third parties to use your
data, we (or they) will contact you by electronic means only if you
have consented to this.
5.5 If you do not want us to
use your data in the way set out in this paragraph, or to pass your
details on to third parties, please tick the relevant box situated
on the form on which we collect your data (the registration
form).
6.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
6.1 We may disclose your
personal information to any member of our group, which means our
subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as
defined in Section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006.
6.2 We may disclose your
personal information to third parties:
- in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in
which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective
seller or buyer of such business or assets;
- if Source BioScience UK Limited is (or substantially all
of its assets are) acquired by a third party, in which case
personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the
transferred assets; or
- if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data
in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to
enforce or apply our Website Terms of Use or our terms and
conditions of supply and other agreements; or to protect the
rights, property, or safety of Source BioScience UK Limited, our
customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with
other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud
protection and credit risk reduction.
7. YOUR RIGHTS
7.1 You have the right to
ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We
will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend
to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your
information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise
your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on
the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise
the right at any time by contacting us at webmaster@sourcebioscience.com
or alternatively contact a Customer Services representative at: lifesciences.customerservices@sourcebioscience.com
or on: +44 (0)115 973 9018.
7.2 Our Website may, from
time to time, contain links to and from the websites of
advertisers, affiliates and relevant third parties. If you
follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these
websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept
any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please
check these policies before you submit any personal data to these
websites.
8.
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
The Act gives you the right to access information held about
you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the
Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee to meet our costs
in providing you with details of the information we hold about
you.
9.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes we may make to our Privacy Policy in the future will
be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by
e-mail.
10.
CONTACT
Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy Policy
are welcomed and should be addressed to webmaster@sourcebioscience.com
or alternatively contact a Customer Services representative
at: lifesciences.customerservices@sourcebioscience.com
or on: +44 (0)115 973 9018.