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We know that you care how information about you and your company is used and shared and we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy sets forth our policy with respect to the gathering and dissemination of information we obtain from you and your company on the SCION Portal located at www.scionresearch.com.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW DO WE USE IT?
Tracking Information When you access the portal, we capture, record and retain general data about your use of the portal including, without limitation, your domain name, your internet protocol (ip) address, the name and location of the web page from which you entered the portal, the locations you visit within the portal and the amount of time you spend on each page of the portal (collectively, "tracking information"). We use tracking information to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer the portal and exchange services we provide you; to determine the demographics of authorised users.
Cookies "Cookies" are pieces of data sent from a web server to a web browser that enable a web server to identify users that visit a site hosted by the server. We use cookies to identify authorised users and other visitors to the portal so that we can provide you more customised information and services. At your discretion, you may configure your web browser not to accept cookies from the portal. However, if you do not accept cookies from the portal, you may lose access to the wider portal or experience decreased performance of the portal.
Login Identification/Passwords ATLAS requires you to provide us with a login identification and a password in order to access secure parts of the site. This information will be used to verify your identity and for our internal use in maintaining your account.
Other Information As a visitor or authorised user, you may choose to send us a question via e-mail, register for a special service, respond to questionnaires or surveys or otherwise communicate with us. We use this information to communicate with you and to enhance the portal to better meet your needs.
DOES ATLAS SHARE YOUR CUSTOMER INFORMATION? Information about our customers is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others. We share information about you only with the affiliates that we control and as described below:
Complementary Service Providers We may work with businesses that we do not control, such as other portals and exchange service providers that expand the services we are able to offer you on the portal. You can tell when other portals or exchange service providers are involved in the portal services and your transactions. If you choose to use these third party services offered through the portal, then you authorise us to disclose your customer information to the provider of these third party services.
Promotional Offers We may use your registration information and your responses to questionnaires and surveys to communicate: (i) new and modified services and features offered by the portal and other businesses; and (ii) special offers made available by the portal and other businesses (collectively, the "unsolicited marketing offers"). We may share your registration information and responses to questionnaires and surveys with other business who offer products and services that are complementary to the portal services. If you do not want us to share this information with these businesses and if you do not want to receive unsolicited marketing offers, then you should contact us according to section 7 and request to "opt out" from receiving unsolicited marketing offers. Upon receipt and processing of an opt out request, we will not send you further unsolicited marketing offers and we will request other businesses that we may have previously provided your registration information to do the same.
Protections of the Portal and Others We will release your customer information when we believe release is appropriate (i) to comply with laws or regulations; (ii) in response to judicial process; (iii) for the enforcement of any agreement we may have with you; or (iv) for the protection of rights, property, or safety of ATLAS or others.
With your Consent Other than as set out above, you will receive a notice when your customer information might be sent to third parties, and you will have an opportunity not to share this information.
WHAT SECURITY MEASURES ARE TAKEN ON THE PORTAL? We have taken precautions to protect the portal data and information under our control from misuse, loss, or alteration. our security measures include industry standard technology and equipment to help protect your customer information. unfortunately, no system can ensure complete security and you should take steps to protect your information and transmissions. You must decide the security measures that are appropriate for you; however, common examples are keeping your login and password secure and making sure you completely log out when you have finished using the portal.
HOW DO YOU ACCESS THE CORRECT INFORMATION? You can access your registration information and other appropriate information identifiable to you that are collected by the portal by contacting us. If you believe there are factual errors in such information, you may contact us and specify the alleged errors. We will take reasonable efforts to verify and correct any factual errors within a reasonable time.
WHAT IF OUR POLICY CHANGES? We will post all changes to our privacy policy so you may always become aware of what information we collect, use and disclose. If at any point we decide to use or disclose your customer information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify you by way of an e-mail or a notice posted on the portal. Your use of the portal after such a notice is posted is deemed to be acceptance of the revised privacy policy.
HOW LONG CAN WE STORE YOUR INFORMATION? We may store your information for so long as we need it to meet your needs as our customer.
HOW DO YOU CONTACT US? You may contact us with questions regarding this privacy policy at info@atlastech.co.nz or in writing at the address shown below.
WHAT IS ATLAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES? The Portal contains links to other web sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, products or services offered through the other websites.
Legal Affairs SCION 49 Sala Street Private Bag 3020 Rotorua New Zealand
* SCION is the trading name of New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited and ATLAS is a business unit of the SCION Group. |