Newmarket International, Inc. Privacy Statement
Introduction:
Newmarket International, Inc. and our affiliated companies (collectively "Newmarket") are committed to protecting the personal information you provide to us. We understand the importance of providing you with information concerning our collection, use and protection of information provided by you during your visit to our web site or to our on-line subscription services ("Subscription Services"). We encourage you to read our Privacy Policy to become familiar with our privacy practices and procedures.
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect new uses, rules, regulations or technologies that impact your privacy. We will post those updates here or in other formats for you to review. Changes to this Privacy Policy will apply to the information collected from the date we post the revised Privacy Policy, as well as to existing information held by us. If we change our information practices or this Privacy Policy in such a way that your personal information may be used or shared in a manner not described in the Privacy Policy at the time you provided it, you may provide us notice (at the address below) that you would like to opt-out of having your information used or shared in such new manner. This Privacy Policy will be continuously assessed against new technologies and business practices. We recommend that you review our Privacy Policy on a routine basis to view any changes.
This Privacy Policy governs data collection and usage on this web site and on the Subscription Services offered on this web site. Use of this web site or of the Subscription Services offered on this web site shall constitute acceptance of this Privacy Policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH OUR PRIVACY POLICY, THEN DO NOT USE THIS WEB SITE OR THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES.
Definitions:
Some helpful definitions of terms used in this Privacy Policy are as follows:
"Personal Information" is information that can be used to uniquely identify you personally. Examples of personal information include your name, mailing address, telephone number, email address and credit card number.
"Anonymous Information" is information that is not used to uniquely identify you personally. Examples of anonymous information include, without limitation, your IP address, the type of browser software you use when visiting our web site, the date and time you visit our web site and what pages you viewed when visiting our web site, aggregated data arising from your usage of the Subscription Services, as well as other types of clickstream data.
Collection and Use of Personal Information:
We collect Personal Information about you only when you elect to provide such information to us, such as when you register to for the Subscription Services, request additional information from us about our products and services, enter a contest or promotion, or submit an email to us. The information collected might include your name, company name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone numbers, credit card number and the like. Any Personal Information collected will be used solely for the purpose(s) for which it was collected (for example, to send you additional information about our products or services that you requested) unless you indicate otherwise at the time of your submission of your Personal Information. The Personal Information you provide to us may be shared with our affiliates as well as other companies with which we have relationships in order to complete your request or provide you with the products or services which you have requested. We may also enlist a third party to collect, store, process and manage on our behalf any Personal Information you elect provide to us. The third parties with whom we conduct business are authorized to use your information only to perform the service for which they are hired. When we use other companies to perform services on our behalf, we will require that such companies protect your Personal Information consistent with this Privacy Policy.
In addition, from time to time, we may offer you the opportunity to receive information, products or services directly from a third party. If you elect to receive such items, we may share with such third party any of your Personal Information that was collected when you elected to receive such items and which is necessary to facilitate your request to receive items from any such third-party.
We may process or store your Personal Information in our databases located in the United States or any other country where Newmarket, its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents are located.
We may disclose Personal Information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the terms and conditions of our web site or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property or anyone else that is being harmed by such activities. We may disclose Personal Information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for other governmental administrative, regulatory or law enforcement purposes.
Collection and Use of Financial Information:
We may require customers who register to use any of Newmarket’s Subscription Services offered on our web site to provide us with financial qualifications and billing information, such as billing name and address, credit card number, and the number of users within the organization that will use the Subscription Services (collectively "Financial Information").
Except as explicitly stated at the time we request the information, or as provided in Newmarket’s Software or Subscription Agreement, as may be applicable, we do not disclose to third parties the Financial Information provided. All Financial Information that we collect through the web site is used solely to check the qualifications of prospective customers and to bill for the Subscription Services. Such information is not used by Newmarket for marketing or promotional purposes. Newmarket uses a third-party intermediary to manage the credit card processing. This intermediary is solely a link in the distribution chain, and is not permitted to store, retain, or use the information provided, except for the sole purpose of credit card processing.
Collection and Use of Anonymous Information:
You can visit our web site without telling us who you are or revealing any Personal Information to us. During your visit, we may collect certain Anonymous Information. For example, we may track the number of visitors to our web site by logging Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. We may keep track of what pages are visited on our web site so we can monitor the performance and usage of our web site. Also, we may pay attention to what visitors do and do not use on our web site in order to assess the effectiveness of our web site and modify our content or design appropriately.
We may also collect and compile anonymous demographic, economic and statistical data and information arising from your use of the Subscription Services which may be aggregated and analyzed for market research and other purposes and may be provided to third parties at our discretion. The information used for such analyses will not include your Personal Information or Financial Information.
To the extent that Anonymous Information is collected by Newmarket, such Anonymous Information shall be solely owned by Newmarket and may be used by Newmarket for any lawful business purpose without a duty of accounting to you, including, without limitation, analyzing and enhancing Newmarket’s Subscription Services, and/or disclosing such Anonymous Information to third parties for a variety of purposes, provided that the Anonymous Information is used only in an aggregated form, without specifically identifying the source of the Anonymous Information.
Security:
We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the Personal Information you provide on computer systems with limited access, which are located in controlled facilities. When we transmit highly confidential information (such as a credit card number or password) over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Newmarket cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us by e-mail or via other web sites, and you do so at your own risk.
Please remember that you play a valuable part in security as well. Your password to access our web site or Subscription Services, which you select at registration, should never be shared with anyone and should be changed frequently. Remember that any information you voluntarily disclose on-line in any news or message postings, discussion groups or chat rooms may be collected and used by others without your permission. Furthermore, if you provide any information to parties who operate web sites that are linked to or from our web site you may be disclosing your Personal Information, and different rules may apply to their collection, use or disclosure of your Personal Information. We encourage you to review these web sites' policies before revealing any sensitive or Personal Information. Newmarket is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these web sites.
Regardless of the precautions taken by you or by us, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet. While we strive to protect your information by employing reasonable internet security methods and practices, we cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to us over an unsecured Internet connection.
Use of Cookies:
As is standard practice on many commercial web sites, Newmarket’s web site uses "cookies" and other technologies to help us understand which parts of our web sites are the most popular, where our visitors are going, and how much time they spend there. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser software from a web server and is typically stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive.
We may insert cookies on your computer and access those cookies. These cookies may be used to help you navigate through our web site, to provide you with customized and personalized features, and to assist us in collecting Anonymous Information concerning usage of our web site.
Additionally, we may allow other companies to present advertisements on some pages on our web site, and we may allow those companies to set and access their own cookies on your computer in connection with such advertising. Those other companies' use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not ours.
Click-through URLs:
In some of our email messages we may use a "click-through URL" linked to content on the Newmarket web site. When customers click one of these URLs, they pass through our web server before arriving at the destination web page. We track this click-through data to help us determine interest in particular topics and measure the effectiveness of our customer communications. If you prefer not to be tracked simply avoid clicking text or graphic links in the email.
Children:
Newmarket’s web sites are not directed at individuals less than thirteen (13) years of age, and Newmarket does not intend to collect any personally-identifiable information from such individuals, unless otherwise stated at the time such information is collected. If a child under 13 submits Personal Information to Newmarket and we learn that such Personal Information is the information of a child under 13, we will attempt to delete the information as soon as possible.
Contacting Newmarket:
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or about receiving information from us, correcting or updating your information, our opt-out procedures, or the practices of our web site, you may contact us at:
Newmarket International, Inc.
75 New Hampshire Avenue
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Attention: Legal Department
(603) 436-7500
EMAIL opt-out@newmarketinc.com
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