Website Visitors
Like most website operators, www.smartnect.us collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. www.smartnect.us’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how www.smartnect.us’s visitors use its website.
www.smartnect.us also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. www.smartnect.us does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.
We use tools called Google Analytics and Piwik Analytics to help us collect, understand, and visualize this information so that we can better understand how users interact with our website. It tells us aggregate usage and traffic information, such as how the site was accessed, how long visitors stayed, and the number of first-time visitors to the site. By knowing how people use the site, we can make it better.
To learn more about Google Analytics and how it uses your data, please visit http://www.google.us/analytics/learn/privacy.html. To learn more about Piwik Analytics, please visit http://piwik.org/. All the information collected via Piwik Analytics is stored on our own servers and Smartnect takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to www.smartnect.us’s websites choose to interact with www.smartnect.us in ways that require www.smartnect.us to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that www.smartnect.us gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who request a sample to provide name, email address, and mailing address. In each case, www.smartnect.us collects such information only as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with www.smartnect.us. www.smartnect.us does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
www.smartnect.us will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone.
If you have supplied your email address, www.smartnect.us may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new products, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with www.smartnect.us and our products.
www.smartnect.us takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. www.smartnect.us uses cookies to help www.smartnect.us identify and track visitors, their usage of www.smartnect.us website, and their website access preferences. www.smartnect.us visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using www.smartnect.us’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of www.smartnect.us’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, www.smartnect.us may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in www.smartnect.us’s sole discretion. www.smartnect.us encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.