Ocean Instruments understand the importance of your privacy. Please read the following policy so you understand how we use the personal information we ask you to submit. This policy may change without notice. If you use Ocean Instruments website, you agree to this privacy policy.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
When you purchase an Ocean Instruments product we ask you for personal information including, full name, physical address, telephone number, email address and credit card number so we can ship your order. We use this information to process your orders and to communicate with you about updates, newsletters, messages, order status, announcements, surveys, special offers, and feedback about our products. We use your telephone number only if there is an order-related issue. You must certify that you are at least 18 years old or obtain a legal guardian’s approval to purchase a product.
DISCLOSURE, SALE, RENTAL
We will not sell, rent or disclose your personal or identifying information to any unaffiliated third parties without your permission.
We use other companies, agents or contractors to perform services necessary to Ocean Instruments operations such as maintaining websites, processing credit card transactions, analyzing customer interaction and conducting research and surveys. We also provide postal addresses to postal services for delivery purposes. While providing such services, these companies may be aware of your personal information. By contractual agreement, these companies must treat your information in accordance with this Policy. However, Ocean Instruments will not be liable for any damages that may result from the misuse of your personal information by any of these companies.
Ocean Instruments reserves the right to disclose any information as required by law and as necessary to defend Ocean Instruments websites, services and the safety of our users.
COOKIES
As you browse the Ocean Instruments site, session cookies are saved to your computer’s hard drive. (Session cookies are small text files saved by your web browser from the Internet.) If your browser is set to not accept cookies, you may not be able to use the Ocean Instruments site or service. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your personal information. Once you choose to provide Ocean Instruments with your personal information, this information is associated to the data stored in the cookie including, your password and you will have direct access to your information when you revisit Ocean Instruments Website. We also use cookies to gather usage information, such as the number and frequency of visitors to our site. Third parties may also enable cookies. We analyze this data to determine which parts of our site customers like and which parts need improvement.
Ocean Instruments is not responsible for any cookies placed by any third party website linked to our website including, Ocean Instruments affiliates and vendors, or for the privacy policies of the third party sites and you should review their privacy policies.
CHANGES
Ocean Instruments may change the Privacy Policy at any time without notice. You should check Ocean Instruments Privacy Policy periodically for updates to this policy as your use of our website after any changes indicates your acceptance of the changes. The current version will be controlling.
SECURITY AND ACCESS
For transmitting personal information, such as when you use a credit card to register, we use a secure server (SSL), which encrypts all of your personal information. This encryption process ensures that the information you give us is protected against unauthorized access.
While we make every effort to ensure that your information is secure on our system and in most cases transactions are completed without difficulty, we cannot guarantee “perfect security” on the Internet or offline and we are not responsible for the success or security of your transactions and you do so at your own risk.