Privacy Policy

Personal Information is defined under the Act and includes information from which the identity of the person to whom it relates is apparent or reasonably ascertainable.  We collect Personal Information from you when you visit our website and extranet site, including when you register as a member by completing a registration form, when you  subscribe to newsletters, request information from us using the form provided for that purpose, through the recording of your IP address,  and every time you e-mail us your details. 

We do not seek to collect Sensitive Information from you, as that term is defined in the Act, including information about your health or medical history, ethnic origin, political or religious beliefs, trade union or professional association membership, sexual preferences or criminal record.

We use Personal Information collected via this website and our extranet site for the purposes listed below.  If you choose not to provide us with Personal Information, we may not be able to do any of these things, either in part or in who

• providing and improving our services;
• responding to your requests;
• servicing your account;  
• providing you with products, services or information you may request;
• communicating with you;
• direct marketing, including informing you about existing and new products and services that may be of interest to you, by us and our distributors and other third parties where you opt-in to receive direct marketing information from them; and 
• improving our website and extranet site.

The Personal Information we collect shall be used solely for the purposes for which it was provided by you and collected by us, as listed above, unless specified otherwise at the time such Personal Information is collected.

You may opt-out of receiving communications from us at any time.  If you have subscribed to our service and wish to stop receiving marketing information about our products and services, you may do so by sending us an email at info@nullstago.com.

You may also opt-in and opt-out of receiving communications from our distributors and other third parties.  If you opt-in to receive communications from our distributors and other third parties’, you consent to us providing your Personal Information to these distributors and third parties, so that they may communicate directly with you.  If you wish to stop receiving communications from any of our distributors, or other third parties you must communicate with them directly.

Personal Information we collect will be disclosed to our distributors and clients only.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Privacy Policy, and in addition to disclosure to our clients and distributors, we will disclose Personal Information in the following limited circumstances:

• employees, third-party processors and third-party service providers: We will disclose Personal Information to our employees, contractors, distributors, dealers, vendors and suppliers of us or who process Personal Information on our behalf, participate with us in the provision or operation of this website or our extranet site, or provide you with our services;
  

• by law, to protect rights and to comply with our policies:  we will disclose Personal Information if required to do so by law, or in response to a subpoena or court order, or we believe in our sole discretion that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect against fraud, to protect the property or other rights of us or other users, third parties or the public at large; and\

• business transfers, bankruptcy:  we reserve the right to transfer all Personal Information in our possession to a successor entity in the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or other sale of all or a portion of our assets.  Other than to the extent ordered by a bankruptcy or other court, the use and disclosure of all transferred Personal Information will be subject to this Privacy Policy, or to a new privacy policy if you are given notice of that new privacy policy and you accept it.

We may also use and disclose information, including Personal Information, gathered from users of this website and our extranet site in the aggregate (so that no individuals are identified), for marketing and strategic development purposes.

Our website and extranet site contain links to other third party websites which are outside our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy.   This Privacy Policy does not apply to information, including Personal Information provided by you to third party websites or gathered by the third parties that operate those websites.  If you access other websites using the links provided, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to your discretion, to protect your privacy.

We hereby inform you that by connecting to our website and for extranet site, Personal Information may be collected, used and disclosed as set out in this Privacy Policy.  We will take reasonable steps to ensure that this Personal Information is accurate, complete and up-to-date.

In accordance with the Act, you have a right to access and update any Personal Information that we may store about you. To exercise this right, please use the options provided to you on the website or the extranet site or contact the Website administrator at the following address: info@nullstago.com.

info@nullstago.comIn certain circumstances, we will not inform you of what Personal Information we hold about you, including where: (i) it would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of other individuals; (ii) the information relates to legal proceedings involving you; (iii) the information would reveal our commercially sensitive decision making processes; or (iv) we are prevented by law from disclosing the information or providing access.

Given that the Internet is a global environment, using the Internet to collect and process Personal Information necessarily involves the transmission of Personal Information on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing this website and extranet site and communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge and consent to our transfer of your Personal Information out of Australia for the purposes of operating the website and the extranet and the other purposes set out in clause 2 above.

We take reasonable precautions to protect all Personal Information collected through this website and our extranet site, including the prevention of unauthorized access to, modification and disclosure of your Personal Information, in accordance with strict data protection standards.  However, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of the Personal Information.  Any unauthorized access to or use of this website or information collected and maintained by this website should be immediately brought to our attention by sending us an email at info@nullstago.com.

We will destroy or permanently de-identify stored Personal Information that is no longer needed for any primary or secondary purpose for which we originally collected it from you.

By using our website and for extranet site, you consent to the collection and use of your personal data by Diagnostica Stago S.A.S.  If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post the changes on this website and extranet site. If you do not agree to these changes, please do not continue to use the website and extranet site. If material changes are made to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by e-mail or by placing a prominent notice on the website and extranet site.    

This Privacy Policy is effective as of and was last updated on 7th December 2010.