Privacy Statement
Updated: August 23, 2019
At NASCO, we know you care about your personal privacy and about the terms and conditions that govern your use of this Web site (this “Site”). Because we are dedicated to serving your needs and respecting your preferences, we have adopted the policies and practices described in this PrivacyStatement and Conditions of Use.
Our Collection and Use of Your Personally Identifiable Information
In general, we collect and use information about you for routine data management. Except as described herein, we do not sell, rent or otherwise share or disclose your private, personally identifiable information to third parties.
Because of the nature of our business, our services and benefits are not designed to appeal to minors. We do not knowingly attempt to solicit or receive any information from children.
NASCO specifically collects information from you at several different points, including but not limited to the following:
URL AND IP ADDRESS
Like many other Web sites, we collect information about our users’ utilization and navigation of our Site. This information helps us to design our Site to better suit our users’ needs. We may also use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Site, analyze trends, track visitor movements, and gather broad demographic information that assists us in identifying visitor preferences.
COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS
Cookies are pieces of data that a Web site transfers to a user’s hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Web beacons are transparent pixel images that are used in collecting information about website usage, e-mail response and tracking.
The Site uses cookies and Web beacons to provide enhanced functionality on the site and aggregate traffic data (e.g., what pages are the most popular). These cookies may be delivered in a first-party or third-party context. Our Site also captures limited information (user-agent, HTTP referrer, last URL requested by the user, client-side and server-side clickstream) about visits to our Site; we may use this information to analyze general traffic patterns and to perform routine system maintenance. You have many choices with regards to the management of cookies on your computer. All major browsers allow you to block or delete cookies from your system. To learn more about your ability to manage cookies and web beacons, please consult the privacy features in your browser.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Restrictions on Disclosing Information to Third Parties
We may disclose all of the information (described above) that we collect, as stated above and in accordance with the terms set forth in this section. We do not reveal personally identifiable information about you to third-parties for their independent use unless: (1) the information is provided to comply with the law (for example, to comply with a search warrant, subpoena or court order), (2) enforce an agreement we have with you, or to protect our rights, property or safety, or the rights, property or safety of our employees or others; (3) to address emergencies or acts of God. The NASCO website uses interfaces with social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and others. If you choose to “like” or share information from the NASCO website through these services, you should review the privacy policy of that service. If you are a member of a social media site, the interfaces may allow the social media site to connect your site visit to your personally identifiable information.
Our Security Measures to Protect Information
To help protect the privacy of data and personally identifiable information you transmit through use of this Site, we maintain physical, technical and administrative safeguards. We update and test our security technology on an ongoing basis. We restrict access to your personally identifiable information that you provided to those employees who need to know that information to provide benefits or services to you. In addition, we train our employees about the importance of confidentiality and maintaining the privacy and security of your information. We commit to taking appropriate disciplinary measures to enforce our employees’ privacy responsibilities.
Inapplicability of Privacy Statements of Any Linked Sites or Other Third Parties
This Privacy Statement only addresses NASCOs use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information that you provided. As this Site may contain links to other Web sites, please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites, and we are not liable for their misuse of personally identifiable information. We encourage you to be aware that when you go to another Web site you should carefully read their privacy statement.
General Legal Notice and Disclaimer
Access to the information contained on this Web site is provided by NASCO as a service to its customers and the general public. References herein to any product, process or service do not constitute or imply endorsement or recommendation by NASCO. While NASCO makes every effort to present accurate and reliable information on this Site, NASCO does not approve or certify such information nor does it guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness or correct sequencing of such information. Use of such information is voluntary and reliance on it should only be undertaken after an independent review of its applicability, accuracy, completeness, efficacy and timeliness with regard to the customer’s specific needs and uses. NASCO (including its employees and agents) is not responsible for, and expressly disclaims all liability for, damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to or reliance on the information available through this Site. No approvals, recommendations, endorsements, guarantees or warranties, including, but not limited to, any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular use or purpose of products or services named on this Site are made by NASCO.
Conditions of Use, Notices and Changes to Our Privacy Statement
By using this Site, you agree to the terms and conditions contained in this Privacy Statement and Conditions of Use and/or any other agreement that we might have with you. If you do not agree to any of these terms and conditions, you should not use this Site. You agree that any dispute over privacy or the terms contained in this Privacy Statement and Conditions of Use, or any other agreement we have with you, will be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Delaware. You also agree to arbitrate such disputes in Delaware, and to abide by any limitation on damages contained in any agreement we may have with you.
As our organization may change from time to time, this Privacy Statement and Conditions of Use are expected to change as well. We reserve the right to amend the Privacy Statement and Conditions of Use at any time, for any reason, without notice to you, other than the posting of the amended Privacy Statement and Conditions of Use at this Site. The provisions contained herein supersede all previous notices or statements regarding our privacy practices and the terms and conditions that govern the use of this Site.
Questions Regarding the Privacy Statement and Conditions of Use
If you have any questions about our Privacy Statement and Conditions of Use, or any concern about privacy at NASCO or the use of this Site in general, please contact us by e-mail at privacy@nasco.com