Privacy Policy

Alifax respects the privacy of visitors to its websites and is committed to the protection of their personal information. This Privacy Policy explains the data collection, transfer, processing, use, disclosure, and security practices of the 'alifax.com' website (the "Site"). Note that this Privacy policy does not apply to information collected from offline resources and communications. By accessing and using the Site, you agree and consent to the collection, transfer, processing, use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information as outlined in this Privacy Statement.

This notice is given according to art. 13 of Legislative Decree no. 196/2003 - Protection of personal data to those who interact with web services accessible by telecommunication means starting from the address: http://www.alifax.com the starting page of the Site. Our sites contain links to a number of Web sites that may offer useful information to our visitors. This Privacy Statement does not apply to those sites, and we recommend communicating to them directly for information on their privacy policies.

The information is based also on the n. 2/2001 Recommendation written by the European authorities for the protection of personal data, gathered in Directive 95/46 art. 29, have adopted the 17th of May 2001 to establish minimum requirements for collecting on-line personal data and, in particular, the manner, timing and nature of the information that data controllers must provide to users when they log in, regardless of the purpose of the link.

Description of the information Alifax S.p.A. may collect and how it is used
THE DATA SECURITY OFFICER
Following consultation of this site may be processed data on identified or identifiable persons.

The "DATA SECURITY OFFICER" of this treatment is Alifax S.p.A. Via Petrarca, 2/1 - 35020 - P Alifax S.p.A. Polverara ( PD) – ITALY - VAT n. 04337640280

Collected Information
You can use our web site without disclosing your personal data. You are not required to provide personal information as a condition of using our site, except as may be necessary to provide you a product or service at your request. When you use our website, data may be stored for various security purposes

Personally Identifiable Information
Alifax S.p.A. directly collects personally identifiable information (i.e., information from which you can be identified, such as name, address, telephone number or e-mail address) only when it is asked for and/or you voluntarily submit it to us on this Site. We may use the information to respond to your requests; improve our level of service and the content of our Site; provide you with tips, helpful information, product news and updates; notify you of new Alifax S.p.A. products and services (where you have agreed to this); seek your views on our products and services; consider your application for employment; and for our own administrative and quality assurance purposes.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information
Alifax S.p.A. also automatically collects, where available information about your browser type and operating system, websites you visited before and after visiting the Site, standard server log information and IP Address. An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a set of numbers that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you log on to your internet service provider or through your organisation's local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). Web servers automatically identify your computer by the IP address assigned to it during your session online.

This information, which does not identify any individual, is aggregated to gather data such as the total number of visits to our Site, the number of visitors to each page of our Site, and the domain names of our visitors' internet service providers. We use this information, which remains in aggregate form, to understand how our visitors use our Site so that we may improve it and the services we offer. We do not ordinarily link a user's IP address to information that directly identifies that user, which means each user's session will be logged, but the user remains anonymous to us. However, we may use IP addresses to identify users of our Site when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with the Site's terms of use, or to protect our service, Site or other users.

Cookies
A cookie is a piece of information that is placed automatically on your computer's hard drive when you access certain Web sites. The cookie uniquely identifies your browser to the server. Cookies allow us to store information on the server to help make the Web experience better for you and to conduct site analysis and Web site performance review. Most Web browsers are set up to accept cookies, although you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Note, however, that some portions of our sites may not work properly if you refuse cookies. The cookies used on this site avoid the use of other technologies that could compromise the privacy of the users and they not allow the acquisition of personal identification data.

Collection and processing of personal data
We collect personal data only when you provide it to us, through registration, completion of forms or e-mails, as part of inquiries or requests about instruments or product, CV submission and similar situations in which you have chosen to provide the information to us. Their absence may make it impossible to process your requests,

The database and its contents remain at our company and stay with data processors or servers acting on our behalf and responsible to us. The personal data you submit will be disclosed to the employees and/or collaborators of the following Managements: Corporate Communication; Marketing; Administration, Finance and Auditing; Quality, Safety and Environment; who, working under the direct authority of Alifax S.p.A., Holder of the data processing procedures, are nominated as Persons in charge in compliance with art. 29 of the Regulations and who receive adequate operating instructions in relation to their tasks.

The Parties in charge of data processing are:
2- SIRE Analytical Systems S.r.l. Via Biella 121/3 33100 Udine (Ud) Italy for matters concerning technical assistance about instruments and products
3- Karboncino di Federico Fortunati e C. S.a.s. Via Caucci, 2 60124 Ancona (AN) Tel. +39 071 99 89 033 for matters concerning the administration and management of the website, and management of the servers which house the website itself.

How we protect your personally identifiable information
Alifax S.p.A. is committed to use commercially reasonable means to ensure that your personally identifiable information is protected appropriately, and according to the sensitivity of the information. Alifax S.p.A. uses a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personally identifiable information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.

Right of Access, Correction and Data Cancellation
You have the right to review, amend any personal data stored in our system if you believe it may be out of date or incorrect or withdraw your consent to the use of your personal data in the future. Just send an e-mail to the address given in the imprint or contact the Data Security Officer at the address info@alifax.com. You may exercise your rights with the holder of the processed data at any time, pursuant to art. 7 of Italian Legislative Decree 196/2003, reproduced below for your convenience:

P3P
This privacy statement is available in the most recent browsers that implement the P3P (Platform for Privacy Preferences Project ") proposed by the World Wide Web Consortium (www.w3c.org). Considering that the state of improvement of control mechanisms does not make them free from errors or malfunctions, it is stated that this document, published at http://www.alifax.com/privacy.pdf constitutes the "Privacy Policy" of this site that will be updated. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy policy to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personally identifiable information we collect. Your continued use of the Site constitutes your agreement to the Privacy Policy and any updates. This statement was last updated on 29 March 2011. Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy Policy are welcomed and should be addressed to: info@alifax.com

Copyright and intellectual property
Alifax S.p.A. hereby authorizes you to copy materials published by it on this Web site for non-commercial use only, provided any copy of these materials which you make shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices and any disclaimer contained thereon and on this Web Site.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right under any patent or trademark of Alifax S.p.A. or any third party. Except as expressly provided above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right under any Alifax copyright.

Should any viewer of a Alifax S.p.A. published document respond with information including feedback data such as questions, comments, suggestions, or the like regarding the content of any such Alifax S.p.A. material, such information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and we shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute the information to others without limitation. We shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products incorporating such information.