Nalco Company and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies
("Nalco") welcome our customers, commercial visitors, business associates, investors and
other interested parties to the Nalco Web site ("Web site" or "Site"), and encourage you to read this Privacy
Policy and our Legal Terms and Conditions applicable to your usage of this Site. While
Nalco is the commercial operator of this Site, Nalco uses service providers to assist in
providing software, content and hosting for our Sites. By using this Site (which is
located in the United States) or other Nalco sites accessible through this Site, you agree
to be bound by this Privacy Policy, and agree that Nalco may collect, process, transfer,
use and disclose your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy.
Information Collection and Use
Nalco respects the privacy of visitors to our
Web site and is committed to maintaining all reasonable precautions to assure the privacy
and security of this Web site. During your use of this Web site, personally identifiable
information may be collected and processed by Nalco. In general, Nalco collects personal
contact information (such as name, company, address, telephone number and e-mail address),
which you knowingly provide, for use in our commercial relationship. At times during
your visit to this Site or other related Nalco Web sites, Nalco may ask you to provide
additional information online in order to better serve you. Nalco will only use this
information, which will be stored in the United States, (i) to provide access to
specific sections of our Site, and (ii) to support your commercial relationship with us,
such as fulfilling orders and requests for product information. Nalco also collects
information in an aggregated form to measure number of visits, average time spent on the
Site, pages viewed, and other relevant statistics. This Site is intended to be used by
Nalco customers, commercial visitors, business associates, investors and other interested
parties for their business purposes, and is not intended for individuals under 18 years
of age.
Other Data
In addition, certain online technical
applications require the entry of business and technical data. By providing the
requested information, you are consenting to the processing and storage of such
information by Nalco. Unless advised that you want this information removed from
Nalco's server, the information may be retained by Nalco and used for future commercial
communications. Nalco will take all reasonable precautions to assure that no such
information will be provided or divulged to other third party personnel, except, if
applicable, those third party personnel performing Site hosting, maintenance and related
Site service activities.
Cookies
Nalco may also use Web site "cookies" to help
you use our services more easily and to help us continuously improve our Web site.
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored on your computer that help
you move more quickly through a Web site by recording information from your last visit
to a Site. Some of the Web pages of this Site use cookies to better serve your needs
during return visits to this Site. Your browser can be set to notify you when a cookie
is received so that you may choose whether to accept it. For these purposes Nalco may
use a technology product called WebTrendsLive from the NetIQ Corporation. More details
on NetIQ's Privacy Policy can be obtained at their Web site by clicking on the following
link: webtrendslive
privacy policy.
Nalco takes reasonable precautions to keep
all information obtained from our online visitors secure against unauthorized access and
use, and Nalco periodically reviews our security measures in an effort to ensure your
privacy. Nalco will not, without your permission, give, sell or provide to others for a
fee any information that you provide to us, except as set forth herein. Nalco will
always ask for and obtain your permission before sharing your information with anyone
other than Nalco Company subsidiaries and affiliates, unless Nalco believes in good faith
that the law requires disclosure, or in conjunction with the sale of
the business to which your individual online profile relates.
Links to Other Web sites
Our Web site may contain "links" to Web sites
owned and operated by third parties. By accessing these links, which are provided for
your convenience, you will leave our Site and will be subject to the privacy practices
of the other Web site. This Nalco Privacy Policy does not apply to any personal
information you provide to unrelated third parties.
Data Retention
Data will be retained during the time period
that you are authorized to use this Web site, including any Nalco tools accessible
through this Site. Upon termination of such authorization, your personal data related
to use of this Web site will be removed.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Nalco reserves the right to modify this
Privacy Policy from time to time in order that it accurately reflects the regulatory
environment and our data collection principles. Appropriate public notice will be given
concerning such modifications.
If you wish to verify any voluntary
information collected about you, or if you wish to be removed from our Web site
database, please contact us at webmaster@nalco.com.
