ScientIS, Inc.'s Privacy Statement

September 23, 2002

ScientIS is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. Because we respect your right to privacy, we have developed this Privacy Statement to inform you about our privacy practices for the entire ScientIS website (which covers scientis.com). This Privacy Policy governs any information you provide on this site. ScientIS takes the privacy of your personal information very seriously and will use your information only in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy describes:

1. What information is collected by this website
2. How the information is used
3. With whom the information is shared
4. How that information is secured
5. Regarding links to other websites
6. Changes to this Privacy Statement
7. Who to contact regarding this policy

Acceptance of our Privacy Practices:

By using this website, you signify your acceptance of our Privacy Policy,
and you adhere to the terms and conditions posted on the website.

What information is collected by this website

Personal Information

We've structured our website so that, in general, you can visit the ScientIS website without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information. We do not collect any personal information from a visitor to our site unless that visitor explicitly and intentionally provides it. Under no circumstances do we collect any personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, health, or sex life. If you are simply browsing our site, we do not gather any personal information about you.

There are two ways in which you may explicitly and intentionally provide us with and consent to our collection of certain personal information:

E-mail Request for Information - We use links throughout our site to provide you with the opportunity to contact us via e-mail to ask questions, request information and materials, register or sign up for guides or seminars, or provide comments and suggestions. You may also be offered the opportunity to have one of our representatives contact you personally to provide additional information about our products or services. To do so, we may request additional personal information from you, such as your name and telephone number, to help us satisfy your request.

Enrollment - If you choose to enroll for one of our products or services, we will request certain information from you. Depending on the type of product or service that you request, you may be asked to provide different personal information. For certain products and services, we may require your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address. Other products and services may require different or supplemental information from you in order to apply. For a detailed listing of the type of personal information requested for our various products, please refer to the enrollment page for the particular product or service.

Statistical Information About Your Visit

When you visit our site, our computers may automatically collect statistics about your visit. This information does not identify you personally, but rather about a visit to our site. We may monitor statistics such as how many people visit our site, the user's IP address, which pages people visit, from which domains our visitors come, and which browsers people use. We use these statistics about your visit for aggregation purposes only. These statistics are used to help us improve the performance of our website.

Use of Cookies

The scientis.com website may use cookies as part of the customer web navigation experience. A "cookie" is a piece of information that a website sends to your browser, which then stores this information on your system. A cookie allows a website to "remember" information about you and your preferences either until you exit your current browser window (if the cookie is temporary) or until you disable or delete the cookie. By gathering and remembering information about your visit, a website can tailor its operation to your needs and personal preferences, helping you to navigate a website as effortlessly as possible. You should be aware that cookies contain no more information than you volunteer, and they are not able to "invade" your hard drive and return to the sender with personal or other information from your computer. For a more thorough explanation of cookies, visit the cookie definition page at the NetLingo's Internet Dictionary website at http://www.netlingo.com/right.cfm?term=cookies.

You can always set your browser to notify you when you receive any cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it in each situation in which one is sent. You may set your web browser (MicroSoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) to notify you of cookie requests or decline cookies completely. If you deny a cookie, you can still use the ScientIS website anonymously. You can delete the files that contains cookies; those files are stored as part of your internet browser. To find more information about cookies, if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer® as your browser, go to the Microsoft website at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm?RLD=291, or if you are using Netscape Navigator® as your browser, go to the Netscape website at http://home.netscape.com/security/basics/privacy.html#cookies.

Our uses of "cookies" are limited to the following specific situations:

Temporary cookies. There are two instances in which we use temporary cookies:

First, if you are accessing our services through one of our online applications our Web server may automatically send your browser a temporary cookie, which is used to help your browser navigate our site. The only information contained in these temporary cookies is a direction value that lets our software determine which page to show when you hit the back button in your browser. This bit of information is erased when you close your current browser window. If you come to our site from one of our business partners, our Web server may also send your browser a temporary cookie that reflects an "origination code" for that business partner. We use this information for statistical and marketing purposes.

Second, if you log into an access-controlled section of our website, we set a temporary session cookie to establish that you have been authenticated. The information contained in these cookies consists of random data that is used by the server to authenticate the browser requests to the server for that particular session. It does not include any type of personally identifiable information. This bit of information is erased when you close your current browser window. If you choose not to accept a temporary cookie, you will not be able to navigate in these online applications.

Another situation in which we may use cookies is when you visit our website and request documentation or a response from us. When you are filling out a form you may be given the option of having our website deliver a cookie to your local hard drive. This type of cookie is not temporary, although you can always delete or disable it through your browser preferences. If you choose not to accept a this type of cookie, you will still be able to use our website. You might choose to receive this type of cookie in order to save time in filling out forms and/or revisiting our website. We only send this type of cookie to your browser when you have selected a "remember my profile information" option when submitting information or communicating with us.

Finally, ScientIS uses traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used and which ones are not. This helps us aggregate and analyze data about web page traffic and make improvements to scientis.com web sites to better meet customer needs. In this case, ScientIS uses this information only for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. Denial of a traffic log cookie should not prevent you from using one of these sites. Cookies help ScientIS analyze our web traffic to let us know which areas of our website you are using. Overall, cookies help us give you a better web site to use, by letting us monitor what's working and what isn't through site traffic analysis.

ScientIS wants to assure you that accepting a cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any personal information about you, other than the data you chose to share with us.

How the information is used

Once you choose to provide us personally identifiable information (any information by which you can be identified), you can be assured that it will only be used to support your customer relationship with Scientis. We will not sell or rent your personal information or a list of our customers to third parties.

ScientIS uses your information to better understand your needs and provide you with better service. Specifically, we use your information to help you complete a transaction, to communicate back to you, to update you on service and benefits, and to personalize our web sites for you.

From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research or to provide you with marketing information we think would be of particular interest. At a minimum, we will always give you the opportunity to opt out of receiving such direct marketing or market research contact. We will also follow local requirements, such as allowing you to opt in before receiving unsolicited contact, where applicable.

With whom the information is shared

ScientIS will not sell, rent, or lease your personally identifiable information to others. Unless we have your permission or are required by law, we will only share the personal data you provide online with other ScientIS entities and/or business partners who are acting on our behalf for the uses described in the section entitled "How the information is used:".

ScientIS uses your information to better understand your needs and provide you with better service. Specifically, we use your information to help you complete a transaction, to communicate back to you, to update you on service and benefits, and to personalize our website for you.

How the information is secured

ScientIS is committed to ensuring the security of your information. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. We use encryption when collecting or transferring sensitive data.

Regarding links to other websites

This website contains links to other websites. ScientIS has no control over, and is not responsible for, the privacy practices, privacy statements, or content of these other sites. We recommend you carefully read the privacy policies of each site you visit.

Links to third party web sites on the site are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave the ScientIS website. ScientIS has not reviewed all of these third party sites and does not control and is not responsible for any of these sites, their content or their privacy policy. Thus, ScientIS does not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information, software or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this site, you do so at your own risk.

Changes to this Privacy Statement

If a material change is made to this Privacy Statement and/or the way we use our customers' personally identifiable information, we will post prominent notice of the nature of such change on the first page of this Privacy Statement and also on our home page.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, ScientIS’s information practices, or your dealings with ScientIS, you should contact ScientIS.