Privacy

When you register on our website, we collect certain information for our records, including your email address, name, company name, street address and phone number.

When you visit our website, we automatically collect information about the website that referred you to us, your IP address, browser type and language, and access times.

We may also collect navigational information including viewed pages, clicked links and other actions taken in connection with the site.

You can change information that you provided to us on registration by accessing the Your Details section of the website. You cannot change your password without re-registering.

Science Photo Library will not share your information with any third parties, except with our distributors where appropriate.

We collect and use your personal information to process your transactions, to provide customer service, to improve our products and services and to display content that is customised to your interests and preferences. We may also send you marketing communications we think you will find of interest.

We may share your personal information with service providers who perform services on our behalf eg. companies who assist us in direct marketing. Those companies are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information and are prohibited from using it for any other purpose.

We may need to disclose information about you if we were required to do so by law; in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective proceedings; in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights; and to the purchaser or prospective purchaser of any business or asset which we are, or are contemplating, selling.

If you would rather not receive marketing communications from us, you can click on the appropriate box on the registration form. Or if you change your mind at a later date, you can edit Your Details and choose to opt out from communication sent to you by email and/or mail by ticking the appropriate box.

Alternatively, you can unsubscribe from specific emails by clicking on the link at the bottom of the email "Please click here to manage your email subscription". On Your Email Preferences page you can choose which emails to receive. If you leave all the boxes empty, you will get unsubscribed from all marketing emails.

You will, however, continue to receive transactional communications from us relating to invoices, order confirmations, if applicable.

When you log your computer's hard drive and you will be automatically logged in every time you visit our homepage. If you do not tick this box, then we will not plant a cookie on your computer, and you will need to login every time you use the site.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies.

In some cases, our third-party service providers may use cookies on our sites. We have no access to or control over these cookies. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by Science Photo Library only, and does not cover the use of cookies by third parties.

In addition to cookies, our third-party service providers may use other technologies, including single-pixel gifs (also known as web beacons) on our website and in email communications. These tiny electronic images assist us in determining how many users have visited certain pages or opened email messages only.

The security of your personal information is important to us. We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure (password- and firewall- protected) servers.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies.

You are responsible for keeping your password and user details confidential. We will not ask you for your password.