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This is the Privacy Policy governing your
use of the KSLB Site.
By using this Site, you consent to our Privacy
Policy set out below.
All terms not defined in this document have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Terms
of Use Agreement between you and KSLB, which
by use of this Site you agree to accept.
1. The Information
We Collect
1.1 Registration Information.
At the time you register to become a Registered
User of the Site, you will be asked to fill
out a registration form which requires you
provide information such as your name, address,
phone/fax number, email address and other
personal information as well as information
about your business ("Registration
Information").
1.2 Publishing Information.
If you submit any information to KSLB to
be published on the Site through the publishing
tools, including but not limited to Company
Directory, Product Catalog, Trade Leads,
then you are deemed to have given consent
to the publication of such information ("Publishing
Information").
1.3 Payment Information.
If you establish a credit account with us
or our providers or if you purchase a product
or service from KSLB or a vendor available
through KSLB, we may collect additional
information, including billing information,
credit card numbers and expiration dates
and tracking information from cheques or
money orders ("Payment Information").
1.4 Statistical Information.
In addition, we gather aggregate statistical
information about our Site and Users, such
as IP addresses, browser software, operating
system, pages viewed, number of sessions
and unique visitors, etc. ("Statistical
Information").
1.5 Registration Information, Publishing
Information, Payment Information, Statistical
Information and any information we may collect
from you through the use of cookies (see
Section 5 below) or any other means shall
collectively be referred to as "Collected
Information".
2. How We May Use
Information
2.1 General.
We use your Collected Information to improve
our marketing and promotional efforts, to
statistically analyze site usage, to improve
our content and product offerings and to
customize our Site's content, layout and
service specifically for you.
We may use your Collected Information to
service your Account with us, including
but not limited to investigating problems,
resolving disputes and enforcing agreements
with us.
We may share certain aggregate information
based on analysis of Collected Information
with our partners, customers, advertisers
or potential Users.
We may use your Collected Information to
execute marketing campaigns, promotions
or advertising messages on behalf of third
parties; however, in these circumstances,
your Collected Information will not be disclosed
to such third parties unless you respond
to the marketing, promotion or advertising
message.
2.2 Registration Information.
We may use your Registration Information
to provide services that you request or
to contact you regarding additional services
about which KSLB determines that you might
be interested.
Specifically, we may use your email address,
mailing address, phone number or fax number
to contact you regarding notices, surveys,
product alerts, new service or product offerings
and communications relevant to your use
of our Site.
We may generate reports and analysis based
on the Registration Information for internal
analysis, monitoring and marketing decisions.
2.3 Publishing Information.
All of your Publishing Information will
be publicly available on the Site and therefore
accessible by any Internet user.
Any Publishing Information that you disclose
to KSLB becomes public information and you
relinquish any proprietary rights (including
but not limited to the rights of confidentiality
and copyrights) in such information.
You should exercise caution when deciding
to include personal or proprietary information
in the Publishing Information that you submit
to us.
2.4 Payment Information.
KSLB will share your Payment Information
with banks or vendors relevant to the transaction
in order to enable transactions to be completed.
In addition, KSLB may use Payment Information
to determine your credit-worthiness and,
in the process of such determination, KSLB
may make such Payment Information available
to banks or credit agencies.
Any credit card information that you provide
through the Site is directly submitted to
a payment server of the credit card processing
bank. KSLB does not maintain electronic
or physical copies of your credit card information.
While KSLB has in place up-to-date technology
and internal procedures to guard your Payment
Information against intruders, there is
no guarantee that such technology or procedure
can eliminate all of the risks of theft,
loss or mis-use.
KSLB shall not be liable to you or any other
person for any damages that might result
from unauthorized use, publication, disclosure
or any other mis-use of Payment Information,
including credit card information.
2.5 Statistical Information.
We use Statistical Information to help diagnose
problems with and maintain our computer
servers, to manage our Site, and to enhance
your Site and services based on the usage
pattern data we receive.
We may generate reports and analysis based
on the Statistical Information for internal
analysis, monitoring and marketing decisions.
We may provide Statistical Information to
third parties, but when we do so, we do
not provide personally identifying information
without your permission.
3. Disclosure of
Information
3.1 We reserve the
right to disclose your Collected
Information to relevant authorities where
we have reason to believe that such disclosure
is necessary to identify, contact or bring
legal action against someone who may be
infringing or threatening to infringe, or
who may otherwise be causing injury to or
interference with, the title, rights, interests
or property of KSLB, our Users, customers,
partners, other web site users or anyone
else who could be harmed by such activities.
3.2 We also reserve
the right to disclose Collected Information
in response to a subpoena or other judicial
order or when we reasonably believe that
law, regulation or administrative order
of any court, governmental or regulatory
authority, requires such disclosure.
3.3 If we have reason to believe that a
User is in breach of the Terms of User Agreement
or any other agreement with us, then we
reserve the right to make public or otherwise
disclose such User's Collected Information
in order to pursue our claim or prevent
further injury to KSLB or others.
4. Co-Branded Relationships
We have established relationships with other
parties to offer you the benefit of other
products and services, which we ourselves
do not offer.
We offer you access to these other parties
either through the use of hyperlinks to
their sites from our Site, or through offering
"co-branded" sites in which both
ourselves and these other parties share
the same uniform resource locator, domain
name or pages within a domain name on the
Internet.
In some cases you may be required to submit
information for purposes of registering
or applying for products or services provided
by such third parties or co-branded partners.
The privacy policy of such other parties
may differ from ours, and we may not have
any control over the information that you
submit to such third parties or co-branded
sites.
We therefore encourage you to read that
policy before responding to any offers,
products or services provided by such other
parties.
5. Cookies
5.1 We use "cookies"
to store specific information about you
and track your visits to our Site. It is
not uncommon for web sites to use cookies
to enhance identification of their users.
A "cookie" is a small amount of
data that is sent to your browser and stored
on your computer's hard drive.
A cookie can be sent to your computer's
hard drive only if you access our Site using
the computer.
If you do not de-activate or erase the cookie,
each time you use the same computer to access
our Site, our web servers will be notified
of your visit to our Site and in turn we
may have knowledge of your visit and the
pattern of your usage.
Generally, we use cookies to identify you
and enable us to access your Registration
Information, Publishing Information or Payment
Information so you do not have to re-enter
it; gather statistical information about
usage by Users; research visiting patters
and help target advertisements based on
User interests; assist our partners to track
User visits to the Site and process orders;
and track progress and participation in
promotions.
5.2 You can determine
if and how a cookie will be accepted by
configuring your browser's, which is installed
in the computer you are using to access
the Site.
If you desire, you can change those configurations
in your browser.
By setting your preferences in the browser,
you can accept all cookies, you can be notified
when a cookie is sent, or you can reject
all cookies.
If you reject all cookies by choosing the
cookie-disabling function in your browser,
you may be required to re-enter your information
on our Site more often and certain features
of our Site may be unavailable.
6. Minors
The Site and its contents are not intended
to be targeted to minors under applicable
law and we do not intend to sell any of
our products or services to minors.
However, we have no way of distinguishing
the age of individuals who access our Site
and so we carry out the same Privacy Policy
for individuals of all ages.
If a minor has provided us with personal
information without parental or guardian
consent, the parent or guardian should contact
us to remove the information.
7. Security Measures
7.1 We employ commercially
reasonable security methods to prevent unauthorized
access, maintain data accuracy and ensure
correct use of information.
7.2 As a Registered
User, your Registration Information,
Publishing Information and Payment Information
(if any) can be viewed and edited through
your Account, which is protected by Password.
We recommend that you do not divulge your
Password to anyone.
Our personnel will never ask you for your
Password in an unsolicited phone call or
in an unsolicited e-mail. If you share a
computer with others, you should not choose
to save your log-in information (e.g., User
ID and Password) on the computer.
Remember to sign out of your Account and
close your browser window when you have
finished your session.
7.3 No data transmission
over the Internet or any wireless network
can be guaranteed to be perfectly secured.
As a result, while we try to protect your
information, no web site or company, including
ourselves, can absolutely ensure or guarantee
the security of any information you transmit
to us and you do so at your own risk.
8. Changes to Privacy
Policy
Any changes to this Privacy Policy will
be communicated through our posting an amended
and restated Privacy Policy on our Site.
Our posting the amended and restated Privacy
Policy will make such new Privacy Policy
immediately effective.
You agree that all Collected Information
(whether or not collected prior to or after
the new policy became effective) will be
governed by the newest Privacy Policy then
in effect.
If you do not agree to the new changes in
our Privacy Policy, you should contact KSLB
in writing (at the address set out in the
Notice provision of the Terms of Use Agreement)
and specifically request that KSLB return
and/or destroy all copies of all or part
of your Collected Information in KSLB's
possession.
This Privacy Policy was last amended on
January 1, 2008.
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