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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Effective date: May 11, 2018

Specialty Optical Systems, Inc. (“us,” “we,” or “our”) operates the https://www.soscleanroom.com website (the “Service”).

This page explains our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have regarding that data. We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined here, terms have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from https://www.soscleanroom.com.

Definitions

Personal Data

Data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

Usage Data

Data collected automatically, generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

Cookies

Small pieces of data stored on a user’s device.

Data Controller

The person or entity that determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal data are processed. For this Privacy Policy, we are the Data Controller of your data.

Data Processors (or Service Providers)

Any person or company (other than an employee of the Data Controller) who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use various Service Providers to process your data more effectively.

Data Subject

Any living individual who is the subject of Personal Data.

User

The individual using our Service; corresponds to the Data Subject.

Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected — Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information (“Personal Data”) that can be used to contact or identify you. Personal Data may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Cookies and Usage Data

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest. You may opt out of some or all communications by following the unsubscribe link or instructions in any email we send or by contacting us.

Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”), including your IP address, browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, time spent on pages, unique device identifiers, and diagnostic data.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (beacons, tags, scripts) to track activity on our Service and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you do not accept cookies, some portions of our Service may not function properly.

Examples of cookies we use:

  • Session Cookies: to operate our Service.
  • Preference Cookies: to remember your settings and preferences.
  • Security Cookies: for security purposes.

Use of Data

Specialty Optical Systems, Inc. uses collected data for purposes such as:

  • Providing and maintaining the Service
  • Notifying you about changes to the Service
  • Allowing participation in interactive features when you choose
  • Providing customer support
  • Gathering analysis or valuable information to improve the Service
  • Monitoring Service usage
  • Detecting, preventing, and addressing technical issues
  • Providing you with news, special offers, and information about goods, services, and events similar to those you purchased or inquired about (unless you opt out)

Retention of Data

We retain Personal Data only as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements and policies.

We also retain Usage Data for internal analysis, generally for a shorter period, except when used to strengthen security or improve functionality, or when legally obligated to retain it longer.

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there. By using the Service and submitting information, you consent to that transfer.

We take reasonable steps to ensure your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and that no transfer of Personal Data will take place to an organization or country without adequate controls in place.

Disclosure of Data

Legal Requirements

Specialty Optical Systems, Inc. may disclose your Personal Data in good faith when necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend our rights or property
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Personal Data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

“Do Not Track” Signals

We do not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). DNT is a browser setting that informs websites you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT in your browser’s settings.

Your Rights

We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data. Where possible, you can update your data in your account settings. If you are unable to change your Personal Data, please contact us.

If you wish to know what Personal Data we hold about you or want it removed from our systems, please contact us. In certain circumstances, you have the right to:

  • Access and receive a copy of the Personal Data we hold about you
  • Rectify any Personal Data that is inaccurate
  • Request the deletion of Personal Data
  • Data portability for information you provide to us (commonly used electronic format)

We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to requests.

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals (“Service Providers”) to facilitate our Service, provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to Personal Data only to perform these tasks and are obligated not to disclose or use it for other purposes.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze use of our Service.

Google Analytics — a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google may use collected data to contextualize and personalize ads in its network. You can opt out of making your activity available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. For more information, see Google Privacy & Terms.

Behavioral Remarketing

We may use remarketing services to advertise on third-party websites after you visited our Service. We and our vendors use cookies to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on past visits.

Google Ads/AdWords — You can opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads via the Google Ads Settings. See Google’s privacy practices at Privacy & Terms.

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service and use third-party services for payment processing. We do not store or collect your payment card details; that information is provided directly to our payment processors, whose use of your personal information is governed by their privacy policies. These processors adhere to PCI-DSS standards.

Our Service may contain links to other sites not operated by us. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without parental consent verification, we will remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and, where appropriate, by email and/or a prominent notice on our Service prior to the change becoming effective. The “effective date” at the top of this page will be updated accordingly. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically. Changes are effective when posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: