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GREENCASTONLINE.COM PRIVACY
STATEMENT
AND CONSENT TO USE OF PERSONAL
INFORMATION
Introduction. GreenCastOnline is committed to
respecting the personal privacy of individuals who use the GreenCastOnline.com
Web site. This Privacy Statement
describes GreenCastOnline's current policies and practices with regard to
personal information collected by GreenCastOnline through this Site.
About GreenCastOnline.com. GreenCastOnline.com (this "Site") is
owned and operated by Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. ("Syngenta CP" or
"GreenCastOnline"). Syngenta CP is
a United States subsidiary of Syngenta Corporation.
Definitions. The terms "you" and "your" refer to you,
individually. The term "personal
information" means information about an identifiable individual, such as, the
name, age, e-mail address or mailing address of the individual.
Notification of Changes to This
Privacy Statement. GreenCastOnline is continually
improving and adding new functionality and features to this Site and improving
and adding to its existing services and programs. Because these ongoing
improvements, changes in the law and changes in technology may require changes
to this Agreement, GreenCastOnline reserves the right to update or modify this
Agreement at any time without prior notice. GreenCastOnline will do so by posting an
updated or modified version of this Agreement on this Site. Your use of this Site following any such
change constitutes your and your company's agreement to follow and be bound by
the terms and conditions of the Agreement as changed. For this reason, we encourage you to
review this Agreement regularly.
You may review this Agreement at any time by clicking on the button
marked "Terms and Conditions" at the bottom of each page of this Web Site. You may review the Privacy Statement,
which is part of this Agreement, by clicking on the button marked "Privacy
Statement" at the bottom of the Registration and My Profile pages of this
site.
This Privacy Statement was last
revised on March 28, 2002.
Your Consent. This Privacy Statement is included in
and part of the User Agreement. By
agreeing to the terms of the GreenCastOnline User Agreement (on your own behalf
or as an agent for your company) and using this Site, you are consenting to the
collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as set forth in this
Privacy Statement. Your
continued use of this Site constitutes your continuing consent to the terms of
this Privacy Statement, as from time to time amended.
What Personal Information Is
Collected Through GreenCastOnline.com.
GreenCastOnline collects the
personal information you supply when you use this Site, for example, the
information you provide when you register to use this Site, when you download
software, or when you personalize this Site to meet your specific needs. This information includes, for example,
your name, the name of your company, your or your company's mailing address,
your e-mail address, and information about your interests.
Click-Stream Data. GreenCastOnline uses technology to track
your use of this Site, for example, which pages you view and which links you
use. If you use a link on this Site
to access information provided to us by third-parties, this technology tells us
how you use these resources. This
information about your use of this Site and the resources available through this
Site is called "click-stream data."
Click-stream data helps us determine what is important to you, and what
is not. It helps us decide what
content and features to add and what to discard. It also helps us determine whether our
Site is easy to use or whether we need to redesign certain pages and links. Click-stream data does not identify you
personally, but it can be linked to your user name and password. If GreenCastOnline links any
click-stream data to your personal name we will treat it as personal
information.
Other Information Collected By
GreenCastOnline. When you access GreenCastOnline.com, we
collect the following information and other information of a similar
nature: the name of your Internet
service provider, its IP address, and the name of its server; your operating
system (Windows, MacIntosh, Unix, and so on); and your browser type (Netscape,
Internet Explorer, and so on). This
information does not identify you personally or your company and is not linked
to your username or password.
GreenCastOnline uses this information to improve our Site and make it
more compatible with the technology used by our visitors.
GreenCastOnline.com
shares some web site traffic information about website visitors who have clicked
on an online banner with a reputable third-party advertising company for the
purpose of targeting future campaigns and upgrading visitor information used in
reporting statistics. For this purpose, we and our third-party advertising
company note some of the pages you visit on our web site through the use of
pixel tags (also called clear gifs). The information collected by our
third-party advertising company through the use of these pixel tags is not
personally identifiable.
How Does GreenCastOnline Use Your
Personal Information. GreenCastOnline uses the personal
information you supply to provide the information, services and products you
request and to personalize this Site to meet your specific needs. For example, we use address information
to provide local weather information to you. We use information about your business
to provide news articles that will be of interest to you. We use your e-mail address to respond to
your comments and questions. We use
name, contact, and other information to identify you personally and determine
your legal capacity and authority to enter into binding contracts, such as the
User Agreement or a software license.
GreenCastOnline also uses the
personal information collected through this Site to improve the content and
functionality of this Site, to better understand our customers and markets, to
improve our products and services and to market our products and services to our
customers and potential customers, including those who are registered users of
this Site. From time to time, we
may contact you with offers and information about agricultural products and
services we believe will be of interest to you. If you do not want us to contact you for
such purposes, please notify us.
Disclosure of Personal
Information.
GreenCastOnline shares personal information collected through this Site with its
affiliates, who may use the information in the same ways as GreenCastOnline may
use the information. For example,
although GreenCastOnline.com is owned by a United States subsidiary of Syngenta
Corporation, many of our users live in Canada. We, therefore, share personal
information about our Canadian users with Syngenta's Canadian subsidiaries, who
use the information in accordance with this Privacy Statement. If you do not want Syngenta to share
your personal information with its affiliates, please notify us.
Both GreenCastOnline and its
affiliates share personal information collected through this Site with third
party vendors who act for or on behalf of GreenCastOnline and/or its affiliates,
for example, companies that provide support services to us or that help us
market our products and services.
These companies may need information about you in order to perform their
functions. These companies are not
authorized to use the information we share with them for any other
purpose.
In addition, there may be some
other, limited circumstances in which GreenCastOnline or its affiliates may
share or transfer the information in their databases to an unrelated third
party, for example, to comply with a legal requirement, for the administration
of justice, to protect your or your company's vital interests, or in the event
of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event.
Where appropriate, before disclosing
personal information to a third party, GreenCastOnline will contractually
require the third party to take adequate precautions to protect that data
against unauthorized use or disclosure.
Data Integrity and Security. GreenCastOnline.com
strives to maintain the reliability,
accuracy, completeness and currency of personal information in our databases and
to protect the security of our databases.
We keep your personal information only for as long as reasonably
necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or to comply with any
applicable legal or ethical reporting or document retention requirements. Our servers and our databases are
protected by industry standard security technology, such as industry standard
firewalls and password protection.
The employees who have access to personal information have been trained
to handle such data properly and in accordance with our security protocols. Although we cannot guarantee against any
loss, misuse, unauthorized disclosure, alteration or destruction of data, we try
to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.
Data Access and Corrections. If you wish to access or correct
personal information collected through this Site, please write our data
protection officer at: Syngenta Crop Protection 410 Swing Road, Greensboro,
NC 27419. Please provide enough information to
permit us to identify your personal information. We will respond to your requests in a
prompt and proper manner. If we can
accommodate your request without incurring significant expense, we will attempt
to do so. GreenCastOnline does not
charge for complying with a correction request; however, for all other requests,
GreenCastOnline may charge a small fee to cover its costs. Requests to correct or delete personal
data are subject to any applicable legal and ethical reporting or document
retention obligations imposed on GreenCastOnline.
Children. GreenCastOnline does not knowingly
collect personal data from children under the age of eighteen. If you are under eighteen, please do not
give us any personal data. If you
have reason to believe that a child has provided personal data to
GreenCastOnline, please contact us, and
we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.
Link to Other Sites. This Privacy Statement applies only
to GreenCastOnline.com. Syngenta
Corporation and its affiliates operate many different types of Web sites for
different purposes and in different countries where different laws may
apply. If you visit another
Syngenta Corporation Web site, please take a moment to review the privacy
statement posted on that site to learn what personal information may be
collected through that site and how it is processed.
GreenCastOnline.com contains
hyperlinks to Web sites that are not operated by GreenCastOnline.com or one of
its affiliates. These hyperlinks
are provided for your reference and convenience only and do not imply any
endorsement of the activities of these third-party Web sites or any association
with their operators.
GreenCastOnline.com does not control these Web sites and is not
responsible for their data practices.
We urge you to review the privacy policy posted on any Site you visit
before using the Site or providing any personal information about
yourself.
Transfer of Data Abroad. Syngenta Corporation is a global
enterprise. Syngenta Corporation
and its affiliates have facilities and databases in different countries.
Syngenta Corporation and its affiliates may, from time to time, transfer your
personal data to a database belonging to Syngenta Corporation, an affiliate or a
third-party in another country. Where appropriate, before disclosing personal
information to a third party, Syngenta contractually requires the third party to
take adequate precautions to protect that data.
Of course, the Internet is made up
of a large number of international connections. If you are visiting this Web Site from a
country other than the country in which our server is located (currently, the
United States of America), the various communications will necessarily result in
the transmission of information across international boundaries.
Governing Law. This privacy policy forms part of
the GreenCastOnline.com User Agreement and as such shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Questions About Our Privacy
Policy. If you have any questions about this
privacy statement or concerns about the way GreenCastOnline.com processes your
personal information, please write our data protection officer
at:
Syngenta Crop
Protection
410 Swing Road
Greensboro, NC 27419
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