At MaterialScienceOnline, accessible from https://MaterialScienceOnline.blogspot.com/, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by MaterialScienceOnline and how we use it.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our
Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.
This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid
for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared
and/or collect in MaterialScienceOnline. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or
via channels other than this website.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree
to its terms.
Information we collect
The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons
why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask
you to provide your personal information.
If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about
you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message
and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to
provide.
When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact
information, including items such as name, company name, address, email
address, and telephone number.
How we use your information
We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
- Provide,
operate, and maintain our website
- Improve,
personalize, and expand our website
- Understand
and analyze how you use our website
- Develop
new products, services, features, and functionality
- Communicate
with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for
customer service, to provide you with updates and other information
relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
- Send
you emails
- Find
and prevent fraud
Log Files
MaterialScienceOnline follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log
visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of
hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include
internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider
(ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of
clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally
identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering
the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic
information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, MaterialScienceOnline uses 'cookies'. These cookies are
used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the
website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to
optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on
visitors' browser type and/or other information.
For more general information on cookies, please read "What Are Cookies".
Google DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google is one of a third-party vendor on our site. It also uses cookies,
known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit
to www.website.com and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may
choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content
network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the
advertising partners of MaterialScienceOnline.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies,
JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and
links that appear on MaterialScienceOnline, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive
your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the
effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the
advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Note that MaterialScienceOnline has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by
third-party advertisers.
Third Party Privacy Policies
MaterialScienceOnline's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus,
we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these
third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their
practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser
options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with
specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.
CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right
to:
Request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data
disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business
has collected about consumers.
Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that
a business has collected.
Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell
the consumer's personal data.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would
like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data
protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your
personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we
correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to
request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your
personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we
restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our
processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we
transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly
to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would
like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
Children's Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while
using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate
in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
MaterialScienceOnline does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from
children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind
of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us
immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information
from our records.
