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Welcome to SupplierWorldWide.com, your online global trade directory. All services available on SupplierWorldWide.com are subject to this privacy policy. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for SupplierWorldWide.com.

1. What information of yours does SupplierWorldWide.com collect?
2. What are "cookies" and how does SupplierWorldWide.com use them?
3. How does SupplierWorldWide.com use the information?
4. With whom does SupplierWorldWide.com share this information that is collected?
5. How can you access, edit, or delete your information?
6. How can you opt-out?
7. What types of security procedures are in place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information?

8. Refund Policy

Please note that the SupplierWorldWide.com Site contains links to other sites, and while we endeavor to ensure that these other sites' privacy policies conform to our own, SupplierWorldWide.com cannot represent or guarantee that they do so. So bear in mind that sites that are linked to from the SupplierWorldWide.com Site may have privacy policies that differ from that of SupplierWorldWide.com.

1. What information of yours does SupplierWorldWide.com collect?

SupplierWorldWide.com collects two kinds of information from you. “Anonymous Information” and “identifiable Information”.

Anonymous Information refers to information that cannot be traced back to an identifiable specific

individual. Each time a visitor comes to SupplierWorldWide.com, information is collected that is necessary to improve the overall quality of the visitor’s online experience. SupplierWorldWide.com collects the visitor’s IP address (e.g. whether the user is logged on from a .ca, .com, .gov or .edu domain), referral data (e.g. the address of the last URL a user visited prior to clicking through SupplierWorldWide.com, and a browser platform type (e.g. a Netscape browser on a Macintosh platform).

SupplierWorldWide.com also collects aggregate search terms from its search services for internal reporting, and targeted advertising. SupplierWorldWide.com collects this user information for purposes of product monitoring, product improvement, and targeted advertising.

In addition to Anonymous Information, SupplierWorldWide.com also collects Identifiable Information.

Identifiable Information refers to information that tells us specifically who is using SupplierWorldWide.com, such as your name and postal code. Registration on SupplierWorldWide.com requires users to provide contact information (like your name and email address) to be used in our public global trade directory, accessible by any potential buyers and sellers visiting SupplierWorldWide.com. When necessary, customer contact information is used to contact the customer.

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2. What are “cookies” and how does SupplierWorldWide.com use them?

A cookie is a small text file containing a unique identification number that is transferred from a website to the hard drive of your computer so that the web site may identify you and allow you to move within SupplierWorldWide.com without having to sign in each time. This unique number identifies your browser – but not you – to the SupplierWorldWide.com computers whenever you visit SupplierWorldWide.com.

A cookie will NOT let a web site know any Identifiable Information about you, such as your real name or address. Since cookies are only text files, they cannot run on your computer, search your computer for other information or transmit any information to anyone.

Cookies on SupplierWorldWide.com are used to remember who you are through your browser settings, to measure traffic patterns, to estimate audience size, and for displaying advertisements.

Cookies are now an industry standard, and you will find them used on most major web sites. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can reset your browser either to notify you when you have received a cookies, or to refuse to accept a cookie. SupplierWorldWide.com does not require you to use cookies to use all of the functionality available on the site.

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3. How does SupplierWorldWide.com use the information?

Any Identifiable Information you provide SupplierWorldWide.com during registration for the services on SupplierWorldWide.com is maintained and accessible only for the purposes of the SupplierWorldWide.com Site unless specifically stated otherwise. SupplierWorldWide.com collects Identifiable Information for use in the global trade directory to allow potential buyers and sellers to contact you. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in the global trade directory and classified ads are public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal information.

SupplierWorldWide.com also uses the anonymous, aggregate data to perform statistical analyses of the collective characteristics and behavior of our registered users and visitors, to measure user demographics and interests regarding specific areas of the SupplierWorldWide.com Site, to describe our services to third parties such as prospective business partners and advertisers and to analyze how and where best to use our resources. Without such data, we would be unable to identify the most popular areas of SupplierWorldWide.com, and we would be unable change and update the content and services appropriately. No Identifiable Information will be disclosed during these activities.

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4. With whom does SupplierWorldWide.com share this information that is collected?

Identifiable Information collected is made available free of charge to potential buyers and sellers.

Login specific information including username and password are not disclosed to the public or any users visiting SupplierWorldWide.com.

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5. How can you access, edit, or delete your information?

SupplierWorldWide.com provides its registered users the ability to access and edit the identifiable information in their user profiles from any computer with an Internet connection. Currently, to access and edit your identifiable information, you will need to login to your account at SupplierWorldWide.com.

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6. How can you opt-out?

You can opt-out of providing optional Identifiable Information and from receiving information on SupplierWorldWide.com Site updates and new services, as well as direct email offers from selected SupplierWorldWide.com Site partners and sponsors. This is done at the point of initial collection of information and during the editing or updating process. The process to opt out of most SupplierWorldWide.com Site email materials is the same as the process for editing user information profiles described above. In addition, all such email materials have easy-to-follow unsubscribe directions posted at the bottom of the email. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at SupplierWorldWide.com.

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7. What types of security procedures are in place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information?

SupplierWorldWide.com has implemented strict security measures to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of your information. In all cases, your information is retained in secure facilities, protected from unauthorized access.

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8. Refund Policy

Within 30 days of registration, if you are not completely satisfied with your SupplierWorldWide.com listing, please contact support@supplierworldwide.com for a full refund.

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