ChemSpider Privacy Policy Highlights

March 13th, 2007

Here at the ChemSpider Website we understand that privacy is important. This document outlines the types of information we receive and collect when you use the ChemSpider service, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard information. We hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing personal information with us.

Scope

This notice describes the privacy practices that apply to the ChemSpider service and website worldwide.

Personal information and other data we collect

• ChemSpider allows you to VOLUNTARILY PROVIDE personal information when you register as a user of ChemSpider. We may combine personal information collected from you with information from other third parties to provide a better user experience, including customizing content for you.
• ChemSpider uses cookies and other technologies to enhance your online experience and to learn about how you use ChemSpider in order to improve the quality of our services.
• The ChemSpider servers automatically record information when you visit our website including the URL, IP address, browser type and language, and the date and time of your request.

Uses

• We may use personal information to provide the services you've requested, including services that display customized content and advertising.
• We may also use personal information for auditing, research and analysis to operate and improve the ChemSpider technologies and services.
• We may share aggregated non-personal information with third parties.
• We may also share information with third parties in limited circumstances, including when complying with legal process and ensuring the security of our network and services.
• ChemSpider processes personal information on our servers in North America.

Your choices

• We offer you choices when we ask for personal information, whenever reasonably possible.
• You may decline to provide personal information to us and/or refuse cookies in your browser, although some of our features or services may not function properly as a result.
• We make good faith efforts to provide you access to your personal information upon request and to let you correct such data if it is inaccurate and delete it, when reasonably possible.

Opt-out

If you no longer wish to receive e-mail communications as a result of registering on our web site, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each communication. You may also visit http://www.chemspider.com/subscriptions/ to update your newsletter subscriptions, or, to be removed from all future mailings or change your personal information e-mail us at privacy@chemspider.com.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy or ChemSpider's use of your personal information, please contact us at: privacy@chemspider.com.

The management of ChemSpider reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes to this policy will be posted on our web site, www.chemspider.com.