Privacy Policy

Syndesus Privacy Policy 2021

This Privacy Policy applies to the website you are currently viewing and informs you what information is collected and used on this website and your rights to access, see and use the information on the website. By visiting or using syndesus.com, you consent to the data collection and use practices described in this policy. The mere act of visiting the website, even without reading the subject legal document, will be viewed as acceptance of the terms contained in that document.

1. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION

1. Purpose. Users can access the limited features of this website without disclosing personal information.
2. Information sought during the download. During the file download process, you will be asked to submit personal information, including your proper name and at least one active email address. At this time, you will also have the opportunity to subscribe to any and all website newsletters Syndesus may offer regarding Syndesus’ news, services, and special offers or events. Registrants can also unsubscribe to these newsletters at any time by updating registration account information online.
3. Automatically collected information. Information concerning your computer hardware and software is automatically collected. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. Syndesus uses this information to maintain the quality of its service and to provide general statistics about website visitors.
4. Storage and transfer of personally identifiable information. Syndesus may store and process in the United States or any other country in which Syndesus or its affiliates, subsidiaries, or agents maintain facilities. By using Syndesus websites, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.

2. USE OF AND SHARING OF INFORMATION

Syndesus collects and uses your personal information in order to operate the websites and to provide its online services. The collection of your email address and name enables Syndesus to send you any requested mailings or offers. Except otherwise stated below, the personal information you provide on this site will not be stated below, the personal information you provide on this site will not be shared with any third parties, although Syndesus reserves the right to share such information with its affiliates and subsidiaries without your permission.

Syndesus sometimes hires other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as sending newsletters, providing customer service, and performing statistical analysis of our services. We will only provide those companies with the information they need to provide us with such services, and we prohibit them from using that information for any other purpose.

Syndesus’ websites reserve the right to disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Syndesus or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Syndesus or one of Syndesus’ websites; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Syndesus, its websites, or the public.

Syndesus provides links to send email messages to this website for your convenience and your email address is used so that this website may reply to your inquiry. Syndesus tracks the pages on this website that our customers visit in order to deliver customized content to the customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

3. INFORMATION FROM OTHER SOURCES

We sometimes supplement the information that we receive that has been outlined in this policy with information from other sources and companies. Such outside information includes updated delivery and address information from carriers or third parties, which enables us to correct our records and deliver future communications more easily; account information, and page-view information from some merchants with which we operate co‐branded businesses or for which we provide technical, fulfillment, advertising, or other services; search term and search result information from some searches conducted through the Web search features; search results and links; including paid listings (such as paid links from Google).

4. INFORMATION SECURITY

Syndesus sites secure the email address you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.

5. USE OF COOKIES

This website uses cookies to assist with making your online experience more individualized. A cookie is a text file that is placed on the hard disk of your computer by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

Cookies are used for your convenience and to save you time when you next visit this website. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page so that when you visit the site again, the experience will be personalized. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of this website or the other websites that you visit and you may experience technical problems receiving current information from such cookie­ disabled websites.

We may use Adwords remarketing to market our sites across the web. We place a cookie on a browser, and then a third party reads these cookies and may serve an ad on a third-party site. You may opt-out of this ad serving on Google’s opt-out page. If you are concerned about third-party cookies served by networks, you should also visit the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

6. USE OF WEB ANALYTICS

Syndesus’ website pages may contain electronic tracking images known as web analytics that permit Syndesus to count users who have visited those pages and for other related website statistics. Web analytics is not used to access your personal information; they are solely used to compile aggregated statistics concerning the use of Syndesus’ websites. Analytics collects only a limited set of information including a cookie number, the time and date of a page view, and the description of the page on which the tracking resides. 

7. BLOG

Any personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data that you disclose through the blog hosted on the website may be collected and used by others. We recommend using caution when giving out personal information to others in these public online forums. Syndesus encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web Sites you choose to visit via hyperlinks posted on this website so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Syndesus is not responsible for the privacy policies or other content on third-party websites accessed through Syndesus’ website.

8. USER ACCESS TO AND CONTROL OF INFORMATION

With respect to your communications preferences, you can unsubscribe from newsletters by following the instructions included in the newsletter you receive. Occasionally Syndesus will send out emails concerning website disruptions, new products, and other news about Syndesus’ products and services. These emails are sent to all account holders and are not subscription-based. Such emails are considered part of Syndesus’ service to the users of its website.

9. CONDITIONS OF USE, NOTICES, AND REVISIONS

By visiting this website, you accept that your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this notice and our conditions of use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the state of Illinois. If you have any concerns about privacy issues, please contact us as directed in this Policy.

This Privacy Policy applies only to Syndesus’ websites and not to any third parties that may be accessed through hyperlinks on this website. Syndesus reserves the right to occasionally update this Policy. At such time, Syndesus will also revise the “last updated” date at the end of the Policy. For material changes to this Policy, Syndesus will notify you by placing a prominent notice on the website. We recommend that you periodically review this Policy.

10. CONTACT INFORMATION

Syndesus welcomes feedback regarding this Policy. If at any time you believe that this website has not adhered to this privacy policy, please contact Syndesus and we will use all commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and correct the problem. All emails should be sent to: [email protected]

Last updated: November 23rd, 2021