LINGVITAE WEB SITE PRIVACY POLICY
LingVitae AS respects the privacy of all individuals who visit our Web site, and has created this following privacy statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to maintaining our visitors’ privacy. The policy is intended to explain how LingVitae uses personal and other information obtained by or provided to LingVitae from Web site users and visitors. Personal information includes, but is not limited to, name, street, postal and e-mail addresses, billing information, click-through activity, and any other personal information provided. As a general matter, each time a visitor or user enters the LingVitae Web site, LingVitae’s Web site hosting company’s server collects basic technical information, including the visitor’s domain name, e.g., aol.com; referral data, e.g., the last URL a user visited prior to entering www.lingvitae.com; and browser and platform type, e.g., Netscape browser or a Macintosh platform. LingVitae also tracks and aggregates visitor activity in an analysis of general traffic flow. This information may be aggregated into group data, which then may be shared on an aggregated basis with third parties but, unless otherwise provided for in this policy, LingVitae will not disclose individual identity or personal identifiable data without permission. Use of www.lingvitae.com is free and does not require that you register with us. Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information, i.e. name and email address. We use this contact information from the registration form to send the user information about our company and to contact you if necessary to facilitate your entry into our database. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings (see the choice/opt-out section below). We also ask for information such as job title and location to better understand the types of visitors to www.lingvitae.com so that we can provide relevant content for our users. We share only aggregate summaries of this data with our business partners and will not disclose any specific user information or email addresses with anyone outside the company. Our online surveys ask visitors for contact information, i.e. their email address. Specific survey responses are kept confidential and only aggregate summaries are shared with business partners and third parties. We run contests on our site from time to time in which we ask entrants for contact information, i.e. their email address. We use contact data from our contests to send users information about our company. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings (see the choice/opt-out section below). We also ask for information such as job title and location to better understand the types of visitors to www.lingvitae.com so that we can provide relevant content for our users. Address information collected for the contests will be used to ship any prizes or premiums. LingVitae does not sell or give away any personal information you supply and we take responsible security measures to protect the information.

COOKIES
LingVitae utilizes cookies on its Web site so that visitors may permanently store their contact information on their own computer in the contact information fields of the profile page. These cookies will help ease the interaction with the LingVitae Web site. Only the name, mailing address, and e-mail, phone, and fax contact information will be stored on the customer’s desktop.

LINGVITAE MAILING LISTS
LingVitae does not rent its mailing lists to third parties. LingVitae does not partner with or have special relationships with ad server companies. LingVitae will not otherwise use or disclose personal information without the visitor’s consent except (i.) as described in this privacy policy, or (ii.) as required by law, court order, or as requested by other government or law enforcement authority.

CHANGE IN TERMS OF PRIVACY POLICY
LingVitae reserves the right to alter its privacy policies. Any changes made to this policy will be posted on this page of LingVitae’s Web site. Please refer to the Web site periodically to familiarize your self with any policy changes.

SECURITY
Upon written request, LingVitae will provide site visitors with a copy of all information LingVitae has collected specific to the requesting party. LingVitae uses industry-standard encryption technologies to transfer and receive certain data from the LingVitae Web site. When LingVitae transfers and receives certain personalized information, LingVitae redirects visitors to a secure server connection beforehand, and notifies the user of this repositioning through data displayed on the web pages(s) in question. The actual determination of which information is deemed personalized rests with LingVitae. At this time there are no services on www.lingvitae.com that would require your credit card number, social security number, or other such identifying information.

WEB SITE LINKS
LingVitae’s Web site contains links to other sites on the World Wide Web. LingVitae does not control and is not responsible for the privacy, user practices, or content of such other Websites.

JURISDICTION
Any dispute or claim arising out of the use of the LingVitae Web site shall be resolved according to Norwegian law without reference to conflict of law principles. By agreeing to these terms and conditions and using the LingVitae Web site, the user consents to the exercise of personal jurisdiction over user by the courts of Oslo, Norway. Any legal action in connection with this agreement shall be brought or maintained only in the courts of Oslo, Norway.

REVISIONS
LingVitae reserves the right to revise these policies at any time without prior notice to the User. It is the User’s responsibility to periodically review these policies.

CHOICE/OPT-OUT
This site gives users the following options for removing their personal information from our data base or to not receive future communications from LingVitae. You can send email to customer@lingvitae.com You can send mail to the postal address provided below. This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided. Email customer@lingvitae.com You can send mail to the postal address provided below.

CONTACTING THE WEB SITE
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:
LingVitae AS
P.O. Box 335, Skoyen
N-0213 Oslo Norway
Tel: + 47 23 29 43 80
Fax: +47 23 29 43 70
Email: webmaster@lingvitae.com