Martek Instruments considers privacy an important issue, so we build and operate our web site with the protection of privacy taken into account. This Privacy Policy outlines the steps we take to safeguard your privacy.

These principles apply to personally identifying information we ask for and that you provide. By this we mean information that individually identifies you, such as your name, physical address, e-mail address or other contact details.

Data collection
Browsing our web site does not require any personally identifying information.

Martek Instruments may collect limited non-personally identifying information your browser makes available whenever you visit a website. This log information includes your Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your query and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. We may use this information to better understand users’ behavior and to further improve our offerings.

When we require personally identifying information, we will inform you about the types of information we collect and how we use it. We hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing your personal information with us. It is then up to you to decide if you want to provide the information or not.

Cookies
Upon your first visit to Martek Instruments’ web site, a cookie is sent to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. A "cookie" is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service and to better understand how people use our sites. We do this by storing user preferences in cookies and by tracking user trends and patterns of how people navigate our sites.

Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features or services on our sites may not function properly without cookies.

Information sharing
Martek Instruments does not rent or sell your personally identifying information to other companies or individuals. We may share such information in any of the following limited circumstances:
  • We have your expressed consent.
  • We provide such information to trusted businesses or persons for the sole purpose of processing your request on our behalf. When this is done, it is subject to agreements that oblige those parties to process such information only on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
  • We conclude that we are required by law or have a good faith belief that access, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of Martek Instruments, its users or the public.
Information security
Martek Instruments will take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.

Links
The external sites linked to from the Martek Instruments web site are developed by people over whom Martek Instruments exercises no control. These other sites may place their own cookies on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information.

Changes to this Policy
Please note this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We expect such changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are more significant.

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us any time.