SimpleCells, Inc. is committed to respecting
and protecting your privacy. This privacy policy covers eight important aspects
of how we respect and protect your privacy: Awareness, Information Gathered, Use
of Information, Third-party Use, Choice, Accuracy & Access, Security and Enforcement.
Awareness
SimpleCells, Inc. provides this Privacy Policy to make you aware of our practices and of the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and from the bottom of every web page of our sites.
Information Gathered
On some SimpleCells, Inc. web sites, you can order products or services, make
requests and register to receive materials. The types of personal information
collected at these pages include name, contact and billing information, transaction
and credit card information.
In order to continuously improve our products and services, we may also ask you to provide us with information regarding your personal or professional interests, demographics, experience with our products and services and more detailed contact preferences.
Use of Information
SimpleCells, Inc. uses your information to better understand your needs and to provide you with better service. Specifically, we use your information to help you complete transactions, to communicate with you, to update you on services and benefits and to personalize our web sites for you. Credit card numbers are used only for payment processing, fraud protection and are not retained for other purposes.
We may also use your information to periodically contact you for market research or to provide you with marketing information we think would be of particular interest. At a minimum, we will always give you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving such direct marketing or market research contact.
Third-party Use
SimpleCells, Inc. will not sell, rent or lease your personally identifiable information to others. Unless we have your permission or are required by law, we will only share the personal data you provide online with other SimpleCells, Inc. entities and/or business partners who are acting on our behalf for the uses described above. Such SimpleCells, Inc. entities and/or business partners are governed by our privacy policies with respect to the use of this data and are bound by appropriate confidentiality agreements.
Choice
SimpleCells, Inc. will not use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without first letting you know and offering you a choice. We will also provide you the opportunity to let us know if you do not wish to receive unsolicited direct marketing materials from us and we will do everything we can to honor such requests.
Your permission is always secured first, should we ever share your information with third parties that are not acting on our behalf and governed by our privacy policy.
Accuracy & Access
SimpleCells, Inc. takes all reasonable precautions to ensure that your personally identifiable information is accurate. We will provide you with access to your information, including making every effort to provide you with online access to your registration data so that you may view, update or correct your information at the Simple Cells, Inc. site where it was submitted. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you access or enabling you to make corrections. To access your personally identifiable information, return to the web page where you originally entered it and follow the instructions on that web page. To opt-out of SimpleCells, Inc. contact, provide your name, email and/or address and relevant information registrations you may have with SimpleCells, Inc. This opt-out will cancel all marketing and support communication newsletters. Certain areas of SimpleCells, Inc.’s web sites may limit access to specific individuals through the use of passwords and through providing personal data.
Individuals who desire additional information on the accuracy of and access to their personally identifiable information should contact the SimpleCells, Inc.’s Consumer Advocate at:
Consumer Advocate
SimpleCells, Inc.
4890 State Route 69
Rome, NY 13440-1741
USA
consumeradvocate@simplecells.com
Any links to third party web sites are provided solely as a convenience to you.
If you use these links, you will leave our site. SimpleCells, Inc. has not reviewed
all of these third party sites and does not control and is not responsible for
any of these sites, their content or their privacy policy. Thus, SimpleCells,
Inc. does not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information,
services, products or other materials found there, or any results that may be
obtained from using them.
Security
SimpleCells, Inc. is committed to ensuring the security of your information. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, maintain data accuracy and to ensure the appropriate use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. For example, we use encryption when collecting or transferring sensitive data such as credit card information.
Any inquiries concerning security should be reported to the SimpleCells, Inc.’s
Consumer Advocate. Contact information is provided above.
Enforcement
Individuals who wish to file a complaint or who take issue with SimpleCells, Inc.’s Privacy Policy should direct such communication to SimpleCells, Inc.’s Consumer Advocate at the address above. SimpleCells, Inc.’s Consumer Advocate will explain the process to be followed when filing a complaint.
SimpleCells, Inc. is subject to the jurisdiction of the US Federal Trade Commission. Should an individual be unable to resolve a complaint by contacting SimpleCells, Inc.’s Consumer Advocate, they may contact the Federal Trade Commission at the following address:
Federal Trade Commission
Attn: Consumer Response center
600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20580
consumerline@ftc.gov
www.ftc.gov
Note to European Union Citizens
SimpleCells, Inc. is a certified participant of Safe Harbor, the U.S. Department of Commerce's framework for meeting the privacy protection requirements of the European Commission's Directive on Data Protection.