Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

MDSolarSciences Corp. (“MDSS”, “we” or “us”) understands that individuals with whom we conduct business value their privacy. Protecting your privacy is important to us. We strive to keep your personal information confidential. By ensuring that you are aware of and understand the MDSS Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”), we can provide you with better service. Please take a moment to read the following Privacy Policy to learn how we handle your personal information. In general, you can visit the public areas of our website (the “Site”) without divulging any personal information. However, there are areas of our Site that require this information to complete their customization functions. These areas are accessible only by registered users, and are known as the “Registered User Areas”. Use of the Registered User Areas is prohibited unless you are a registered user, and may not be available to those choosing not to reveal the information requested.

Collection of Non-Personal Information

When you browse the unregistered areas of our Site, you are able to do so anonymously. Generally, we don’t collect personal information when you browse such areas. Your browser, however, does automatically tell us the type of computer and operating system you are using. Like many websites, the mdsolarsciencess.com Site uses “cookie” technology and a tracking pixel. When you first connect to our Site, the cookie and tracking pixel identify your browser with a unique, random number. The cookies and tracking pixel we use do not reveal any personal information about you, except perhaps your first name so we can welcome you on your next visit. Cookies and tracking pixels help us understand which areas of our Site are the most popular, where our visitors are going, and how long they spend there. We use cookies to study traffic patterns so we can make our Site even better. In addition, if you are using a mobile device to access the Site, we collect the device’s Unique Device Identifier which may be considered personal information. In general, you may browse our Site using your mobile device without providing any personal information other than the Unique Device Identifier.

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third party cookies for some of the following purposes: to report usage statistics of the Site, deliver advertisements on and through the Site, and so on.

If you would like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.

Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

If you wish to turn off tracking, please visit the help pages of your web browser to learn how to disable tracking

How We Collect Personal Information

We collect information about you in several ways. We might ask for your contact information when you register with our Site, correspond with us, participate in one of content communities, call us to request service, or participate in an online survey. At certain points throughout our Site, we might ask for your name, e-mail address, and other contact information. [In order to access the Registered User Areas of our Site, you are required to enter your username and password. It is your responsibility to safeguard your username and password.

Why We Collect Personal Information

MDSS collects and uses your personal information to customize your experience on our Site, to give you superior customer service, to provide you with convenient access to our products and services, to respond to your requests for products or services, and to make a wider range of our products and services available to you. Persons with access to your user information may include agents of MDSS who help us to provide services to you. In addition, we use your personal information to keep you up to date on the latest product announcements, software updates, special offers, and other information we think you would like to hear about. Lastly, we may use the information gathered when you register to use the Registered User Areas (and when you use those areas) for demographic, research and other analytical purposes. We may combine the information we collect with information from other sources. Some of the research and analysis we perform may be shared with potential clients, service providers and government agencies; however, we will not identify you personally to any outside party with regard to any such information.

When We Disclose Personal Information

As a general matter, most of the information that we gather about you will be used for our internal purposes only. Some of the research and analysis we perform may be shared with potential clients, service providers, and government agencies; however, we will not identify you personally to any outside party with regard to any such information. Though we make every effort to preserve your privacy, at times we may be required by law or legal process to disclose your personal information. We may also disclose information about you if we believe, in good faith, that disclosure is necessary for the protection of MDSS or its rights, or the public.

MDSS does not sell, rent or otherwise make available any personal information submitted by you or gathered on the Site to any third parties unless required to do so by law.

How We Protect Your Personal Information

MDSS uses reasonable efforts to safeguard the security of the data you send us with physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. We attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your personal information. If you are a registered user, remember to sign off of our Site and close your browser window when you are finished to ensure that others cannot pose as you online.] We urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the internet. Change your password often, use a combination of letters and numbers, and make sure you use a secure browser.

We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to protect your credit card information and ensure secure online ordering. SSL Internet connections are encrypted to protect credit card information so it cannot be read during transfers. However, even though we use industry-recognized security measures to secure your personal information, transfers made on or through the Internet are not guaranteed to be secure.

Access to Your Personal Information

You always have access to the information we have about you. If you would like to review the personal information that we may have about you, or to opt-out of future communications, email us at [email protected].

Like many websites, the mdsolarsciencess.com Site uses “cookie” technology. When you first connect to our Site, the cookie identifies your browser with a unique, random number. The cookies we use do not reveal any personal information about you, except perhaps your first name so we can welcome you on your next visit. Cookies help us understand which areas of our Site are the most popular, where our visitors are going, and how long they spend there. We use cookies to study traffic patterns so we can make our Site even better.

Links to Other Websites

Our Site may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the content of such websites, and your use of the websites is subject to the privacy policies of those sites.

Your California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you are entitled to prevent, through a cost-free means, sharing of your personal information with third-parties for their own marketing purposes. If you send a written request to MDSolarSciences, PO Box 306, Greens Farms, CT 06838, MDSS will provide you with a California Customer Choice Notice that you can use to opt-out of such information sharing. Please allow thirty days for response.

Our Companywide Commitment to Privacy

To make sure your personal information remains confidential, we communicate these privacy guidelines to every MDSS employee. If we are going to use any personal information we have collected in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will publish notice of such use on the Site. The Site is not directed to children, and MDSS does not knowingly solicit personal information from children under 13. However, if the parent or guardian of a child under 13 believes that the child has provided us with personal information, the parent or guardian of that child should contact us at [email protected] if they want this information removed from the files on our Site. If we otherwise obtain knowledge that we have personal information about a child under 13 in the files on our Site, we will delete that information from our Site.

The Privacy Policy is subject to change at any time. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. Your use of the Site after any such change means you agree to the Privacy Policy as changed.

Any request concerning personal data or the Privacy Policy should be e-mailed to [email protected].