This Privacy Policy is intended to apply solely to information we collect from you through our websites and via e-mail. For information on how we handle information collected through traditional means (e.g., via telephone, from invoices or customer information forms, etc.), please contact us as described below in the section titled "How to Contact Us."

This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on this or any other Sylogent Website. On some of our webpages you may be able to order products, submit queries, or download information. The types of information that we collect when you access such Websites may include, without limitation, the following:

• You name
• Your address
• Your e-mail address
• Your fax and telephone number
• Your IP address
• Content of queries
• What items you clicked on our webpage(s)

Some of the information that we collect on our Websites is gathered through the use of "cookies." By using cookies we are able to maintain the "state" of your current visit (e.g., to maintain a list of your most recent searches). We also use cookies so that you can use certain personalization features that may be available on the applicable Sylogent website. These cookies remain on your computer until you chose to erase them.

In addition we may collect certain non-personal data. For example, we may collect information on the browser that you are using to access our sites, the operating system that you are running, and certain information about the website you accessed immediately before you accessed our website. We may aggregate such non-personal data with the non-personal data of our other users. We also collect and analyze general traffic patterns within our websites to help maintain the flow and content of our websites, and we may use some of this anonymous aggregated information to support our commercial activities.

We do not collect any personally identifiable information except as set forth in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise permitted by you. Except as specified in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise authorized by you, we will not disclose your personally identifiable information to any third party, unless required to do so by law, provided, however, that we may use such information to support our customer satisfaction initiatives.

To prevent unauthorized access to your personally identifiable information, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of such information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect.

You can access your personally identifiable information that we have collected online and maintain by contacting us as described below under the section titled "How to Contact Us." You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a request that credibly shows that our records are incorrect. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access to your personally identifiable information or permitting you to make corrections.

Should you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please call us at 215.504.7000 or send an e-mail to: pubs@sylogent.com.

Although great care had been taken in compiling and checking information given on this site to ensure that it is accurate the authors, the publisher and their servants or agents shall not be held responsible for the continued accuracy of the information or for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in this Website whether arising from negligence or otherwise howsoever or for any consequences arising therefrom.

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