Privacy Policy:
Midwest Laboratories, Inc. (“Midwest Labs“) operates midwestlabs.com and may operate other websites. It is Midwest Labs’ policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Midwest Labs collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Midwest Labs’ purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Midwest Labs’ visitors use its website. From time to time, Midwest Labs may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Midwest Labs also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on midwestlabs.com blogs/sites. Midwest Labs only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Midwest Labs’ websites choose to interact with Midwest Labs in ways that require Midwest Labs to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Midwest Labs gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at midwestlabs.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Midwest Labs are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Midwest Labs collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Midwest Labs. Midwest Labs does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Midwest Labs may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Midwest Labs may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Midwest Labs does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Midwest Labs discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Midwest Labs’ behalf or to provide services available at Midwest Labs’ websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Midwest Labs’ websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Midwest Labs will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Midwest Labs discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Midwest Labs believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Midwest Labs, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Midwest Labs website and have supplied your email address, Midwest Labs may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Midwest Labs and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Midwest Labs takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Midwest Labs uses cookies to help Midwest Labs identify and track visitors, their usage of Midwest Labs website, and their website access preferences. Midwest Labs visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Midwest Labs’ websites, with the drawback that certain features of Midwest Labs’ websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Midwest Labs may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Midwest Labs’ sole discretion. Midwest Labs encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a midwestlabs.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
