PRIVACY POLICY
THE MARPHYL MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON COMPANY INC., (« MARPHYL® », « we », « us ») is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website, www.marphyl.com (the « Site ») and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. In this Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) we explain how will we treat your personal information (the “Personal Information”). This Policy applies to this Site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Site, you consent to the data practices described in this Policy.
We wish to draw your attention to the following points:
1. PERSONAL INFORMATION
We collect information that identifies you as an individual and is considered Personal Information, such as your e-mail address, name, user name, postal address (including billing and shipping addresses), credit card number, country of residence, or telephone number.
By using this site, there may be information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by MARPHYL® and its affiliates. This information (the “Other Information”) can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This Other Information is used by us for the operation of our Site, to maintain quality of our services, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Site.
In some cases, we may use third-party payment service to process purchases and to pay memberships fees. In these cases, your Personal Information may be collected by such third party and not by us, and will be subject to the third party’s privacy policy, rather than this Policy. We are not responsible for this third party’s use or disclosure of your Information.
2. USE
MARPHYL® collect and use your Personal Information to operate this Site, to respond to your inquiries, deliver our Products as you have requested, to provide update information on our Site and changes to our Terms and Condition (www.marphyl.com/terms) and this Policy. We may also use your Personal Information to inform you of other products or services available by MARPHYL® and its affiliates. We may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current Products or of potential new Products that may be offered. Finally, we use your Personal Information to allow you to participate on message boards, chat, blogs and social media sharing.
We represent that we do not sell, rent or lease the customer lists to third parties. We may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about an offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your Personal Information is not transferred to the third party. In addition, we may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to MARPHYL®, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your Personal Information. We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
MARPHYL® keeps track of the pages our customers visit within our Site in order to determine what Products are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within our Site to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Be aware that MARPHYL® will disclose your Personal Information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of MARPHYL®; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of our users, or the public.
3. SECURITY
MARPHYL® secures your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. We also secure the Personal Information identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When your Personal Information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to a third party that you have been aware of hereafter, it is protected through the use of encryption. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet or data storage can be guaranteed to be fully secured. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us of the problem by email at info@marphyl.com.
4. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We will occasionally update this Policy to reflect company and customer feedback. We encourage you to periodically review this Policy to be informed of how MARPHYL® is protecting your information.
5. CHANGES TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You may review, update, suppress, delete the Personal Information that you have been provided to us on your profile account for members or otherwise by emailing us at info@marphyl.com. If you do so, please make clear what information you would like to have changed, whether you would like to have your Personal Information suppressed from our database or otherwise let us know what limitations you would like to put on our use of your Personal Information. We will try to comply with your request as soon as possible.
6. RETENTION PERIOD
We will retain your Personal Information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
7. CROSS-BORDER TRANSFER
By using our Site, you acknowledge that your Personal Information may be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or services providers.
8. CONTACT INFORMATION
For any question regarding the Terms, feel free to send us an email at info@marphyl.com. Please see the “Contact Us” section of the Site) to request more detailed information on the scope of our Service, and for contact information in the event that you need support or administrative help.
This information current as of 2020/10/13.