The abridged version

According to one of the many online blog posts on the topic of GDPR, website privacy policies should be simple enough that even a child can understand it. And with that, here is the synopsis: This site does use cookies, and I do track analytics so that I can make decisions about both my website and my business services. I receive your personal information when you complete the online contact form to send me a message, or if you contact me directly. I use your information only for the purpose of responding to your inquiry and providing you with any additional materials that you need to decide whether you wish to work with me. And be assured that I will never share your information with anyone unless you give me your permission to do so, for example to refer you to another consultant or service provider.

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The detailed version:

 

What type of information do we collect?

AK Sciences Marketing LLC (“us”, “we” or “our”) receives, collects and stores any information that you enter on https://www.ak-sciences-marketing.com/ (the “Service”) or provide us in any other way. From the Service we collect personally identifiable information (name, email, country) in order to respond to your inquiry or deliver requested information. In addition, we collect the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page.

 

How do we collect information?

When you send a message through our contact form or through direct contact, we collect the personal information you give us which may include but is not limited to your name, email address, physical address, mailing address, phone number or other contact details. Your personal information will be used only for the specific reason(s) stated above.

 

Why do we collect such personal information?

• We collect non-personal and personal information for the following purposes:

• To facilitate contact with you when you submit an inquiry or request to us;

• To provide you with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;

• To be able to contact you with general or personalized service-related notices;

• To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred non-personal information, which we may use to improve our services. 

 

How do we store, use, share and disclose our site visitors' personal information?

Our company is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to collect the information that you provide on our contact form. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. 

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In addition, we will retain your information on our secure server for the purpose of contacting you about your inquiry, requested information, support issues, open orders, new products and services or other communications that are part of our normal course of business.

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AK Sciences Marketing LLC uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service

• To notify you about changes to our Service

• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so

• To provide customer support

• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service

• To monitor the usage of our Service

• To detect, prevent and address technical issues

• To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or inquired if you have opted-in to receive such information

 

We do not sell, trade or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website and conducting our business, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. With your permission, we may share your contact information with other companies or consultants if we are referring you to their services.

 

Disclosure for law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, AK Sciences Marketing LLC may be required to disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency). AK Sciences Marketing LLC may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• To comply with a legal obligation;

• To protect and defend the rights or property of AK Sciences Marketing LLC;

• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service;

• To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public;

• To protect against legal liability.

 

How do we communicate with our site visitors?

We may contact you regarding your request for our services or products, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed, to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about our company, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to with regard to our user agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email, telephone, text messages, and postal mail.

 

How do we use cookies and other tracking tools?

Cookies are small pieces of text sent to your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows AK Sciences Marketing LLC to recognize you and make your next visit to our site easier. Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

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AK Sciences Marketing LLC uses cookies on https://www.ak-sciences-marketing.com/ (the “Service”). When you use and access this site, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes:

• To enable certain functions of the Service

• To provide analytics

• To store your preferences

 

We use both session and persistent cookies on the Service and we use different types of cookies to run the Service.

• Essential cookies. We may use cookies to remember information that changes the way the Service behaves or looks, such as a user’s language preference on the Service.

• Analytics cookies. We may use analytics cookies to track information how the Service is used so that we can make improvements. We may also use analytics cookies to test new advertisements, pages, features or new functionality of the Service to see how our users react to them.

 

If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.

Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

 

How can site visitors withdraw their consent?

If you do not want us to process or retain your data anymore, please contact us at ak-info@ak-sciences-marketing.com or send mail to: AK Sciences Marketing LLC, PO Box 1033, Tualatin, OR  97062, United States.

 

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our online privacy policy.

 

Changes to our Privacy Policy

Any changes to our privacy policy will be posted on this page. We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. 

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The security of your data is important to us; but, remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.