Privacy Policy
Introduction
This Privacy Policy applies to certain Web sites which are owned
and/or operated by or on behalf of Andes Chemical Inc.and/or other
affiliated entities controlled by, or under common control with,
such parties (each such web site being individually referred to
herein as the "Web Site").
If you have arrived at this Privacy Policy by "clicking" on
an authorized link from a Web Site, then this Privacy Policy applies
to such Web Site, and the individual entity which owns and/or operates
the particular Web Site from which you "clicked" to this
Privacy Policy via an authorized link shall be referred to herein
as "Sponsor," "we" or "us."
Sponsor respects the privacy of its users, and this Privacy Policy
explains what information we collect on our Web Site and how we use
such information. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. In addition,
please review the Terms of Use posted at the Web Site, which governs
your use of the Web Site. Your use of our Web Site indicates to us
that you have read and accepted our privacy practices, as outlined
in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
Applicability
Please note that this Privacy Policy only applies to Web Sites owned
and/or operated by or for Sponsor, and upon which Sponsor has placed
a "link" which, when "clicked", transfers you
to this Privacy Policy.
While on our Web Site, you may encounter links to other web sites
or online material. If you "click" on a link to such a
third party, the "click" takes you off our Web Site and
to a third party's web site, which is beyond Sponsor's control.
These other web sites may set their own cookies, collect data, and/or
have their own privacy policies.
This Privacy Policy only covers information collected at the Web
Site, and does not cover any information collected by any other web
site or offline by Sponsor (unless otherwise specifically stated
or disclosed by Sponsor), its corporate affiliates, licensees
or any other company, and we encourage you to review the privacy
policy of any other web site you visit.
In addition, please note that this Privacy Policy does not apply
to any information you may disclose publicly in any chat rooms, message
boards, or similar web pages. You should keep in mind that whenever
you publicly disclose information about yourself online - for example,
via message boards or chat rooms - that information could be collected
and used by people that you do not know. Certain message
boards and similar user forums may display IP addresses (as defined
below) along with the message poster's name and message. Sponsor
bears no responsibility for any action or policies of any third parties
who collect any information users may disclose on the message boards,
chat areas or other user forums, if any, on the Web Site.
Personally Identifiable Information
Personally identifiable
information is information that could reasonably be used to identify
you personally (such as your name, address, birth date or e-mail
address), which we refer to in this Privacy Policy as "PII." Generally,
you may browse our Web Site without providing us with PII. However,
there may be times when we ask you to provide us with certain PII,
such as when you choose to register with our Web Site and/or for
newsletters or choose to participate in an online contest, sweepstakes,
survey or voting procedure. We may also ask you to provide us with
demographic information or information regarding your interests,
hobbies or similar information. Sponsor reserves the right, at any
time, to add features to our Web Site that require you to register
or otherwise provide PII, including credit card information, or to
require registration to access our Web Site.
You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you
may not be able to take advantage of or participate in some of the
Web Site's features. We may combine the information we collect with
information available from other sources, including information received
from promotional partners or other third parties. We may provide
you the opportunity to e-mail a friend an article, electronic greeting
card or other special feature from our Web Site. The e-mail addresses
you supply us for those activities will be used to send the requested
e-mail and will not be used to send you or your friend any other
e-mail communications.
Age Limitation
This is not a Web
site directed to children under the age of 13, and Sponsor does not
knowingly collect any information from children under 13 years of
age at the Web Site. If you are under 13 years of age, do not send
any information about yourself to Sponsor. If Sponsor discovers that
a child under the age of 13 has provided the Web Site with PII, Sponsor
will delete that child's PII from its system.
Anonymous Information
When you visit the Web Site, our web servers
automatically collect Web site usage information. Web site usage
information is anonymous information that describes how our visitors
use and navigate our Web Site, and it includes the number and frequency
of visitors to each web page and the length of their stays. We collect
the anonymous information automatically sent to us by your web browser,
such as browser type, referrer data that identifies the web page
visited prior and subsequent to visiting our Web Site, and IP address.
We also may determine what technology is available through your browser
in order to serve you the most appropriate version of a web page.
For example, we may determine that you have installed a version of
Flash, and we will then send you the appropriate Flash version of
the web page rather than an HTML page.
IP Addresses
An IP address
is a number that is assigned to your computer or network when you
are on the Internet. When visitors request pages from our Web Site,
our servers log the visitor's IP address. We may collect IP addresses
for a variety of internal purposes, such as system administration,
to report aggregate information to our business partners or to audit
the number of visits to different pages on our Web Site. Please note
that some services within our Web Site, such as certain message boards,
may display IP addresses along with the message poster's name and
message.
Cookies
Cookies are information files that our Web site
may place on your computer to provide extended functionality and
to personalize your experience at our Web Site. We may use cookies
for a number of purposes. For example, we may use cookies to track
usage patterns on the Web site and we may use cookies when we conduct
polls and sweepstakes to limit multiple responses and registrations.
Or, we may use cookies to record registration and personalization
information, enabling you to save your user name and password. We
do not store any PII in cookies, but we may link the cookie to any
information we collect. You can, of course, disable cookies on your
computer by indicating this in the preferences or options menus in
your browser. However, it is possible that some parts of the Web
Site will not operate correctly if you disable cookies. You should
consult with your browser's provider/manufacturer if you have any
questions regarding disabling cookies.
Sponsor's Use and Disclosure
of Collected Information
Sponsor may use your PII to provide
the information or content you have requested, to contact you or
to fulfill prizes in connection with a contest or sweepstakes, to
contact you about Sponsor programs, products, features or services,
or for other purposes disclosed at the time of collection. We may
also use your PII to contact you regarding your use of our Web Site
or changes to our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use or other policy or
terms that affect you and your use of our Web Site. If you e-mail
someone else an article, electronic greeting card or other special
feature from our Web Site, we will use the information you provide
about someone else to send that person the requested e-mail. Sponsor
may use information collected about our users to improve the content
and navigation of our Web Site, or for other internal purposes.
Third
parties providing services on our behalf
Sponsor may employ other
companies and individuals to perform functions on its behalf. Examples
may include hosting the Web Site, sending communications on our behalf,
hosting message boards or other user forums, analyzing data, providing
marketing assistance, creating, hosting and/or running contests/sweepstakes/games
and providing customer service. These third parties may have access
to our users' PII in order to provide these services to us or on
our behalf, but they are not permitted to use it for other purposes.
Other Third Parties
Sponsor may disclose anonymous, aggregated
user statistics to third parties for a variety of purposes. For example,
we may disclose how many individuals visited certain areas of our
Web Site, or how many men or women receive our newsletter. Sponsor
does not rent, sell or otherwise disclose your PII to third parties
unless disclosed to you at the time such information is collected
or unless you otherwise give consent, other than in the following
limited circumstances.
Legal Action
Sponsor may disclose information
about its users, including PII, when legally required to do so, at
the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation,
to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our Web
Site and applicable laws, or to protect against misuse or unauthorized
use of our Web Site. Sponsor may also disclose user information whenever
we believe disclosure is necessary to limit our legal liability,
to protect or defend our rights or property or protect the safety,
rights or property of our users.
Corporate Change
Sponsor may sell,
transfer or otherwise disclose user information, including PII, to
a successor entity in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation,
the sale of substantially all assets, or other fundamental corporate
change respecting the Web Site. Security Sponsor takes steps to secure
the data you submit to us, including limiting the number of people
who have physical access to our user data. Unfortunately, no data
transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
Therefore, Sponsor cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information
you transmit to Sponsor and you do so at your own risk. Consent to
Transfer The Web Site is operated in the United States. If you are
located in the European Union or elsewhere outside of the United
States, please be aware that any information you provide to us will
be transferred to the United States.
By using our Web Site, participating
in any of our services and/or providing us with your information,
you consent to this transfer. Acceptance/Changes to Privacy Policy
By using the Web Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Sponsor reserves the right to modify, alter or otherwise update this
Privacy Policy at any time in its sole discretion. We will post any
changes here, so be sure to check back from time to time. However,
we will only use the PII you provide to the Web Site in a manner
consistent with this Privacy Policy, unless you give us your consent.
Contact Us If you have any questions, comments or concerns about
our Privacy Policy, please contact us at the address provided on
the Web Site from which you "clicked" via an authorized
link to arrive at this Privacy Policy.