PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy Policy & Disclaimer

This website and its affiliated micro-sites are owned and published by THE XCHANGE
MARKETPLACE

1.Your Personal Information and How We
Collect It

We collect information you provide to us through our websites and to affiliated micro-sites that
are owned and operated by The XCHANGE MARKETPLACE.. We collect your information
when you register for an account, purchase a product, submit and inquiry, subscribe to a
newsletter or email, download digital materials (e.g. infographics, ebooks, white papers etc.),
sign-up for a webinar or otherwise communicate with us through our websites.
The data we collect from you can include personal information. Personal information is data that
can be used to identify an individual (such as first and last name, e-mail address, address,
telephone number etc.). Furthermore, to ensure that you have a genuine interest in our content,
products and services, we may also ask for work-related information such as your job title, your
company name, technologies you use, your area of work or industry, the type of business you
work for or own, and your scientific interests. We do this to ensure that we are providing you
with information that is relevant to you and your field of study or work. At no point will we ask for
any “sensitive” information such as religious beliefs, political affiliation, racial or ethnic origin or
any other information that does not pertain to your activity or interest in the sciences.
The XCHANGE MARKETPLACE may also collect the following information from you based on your
interaction with our website:

● Subscription: When you subscribe to THE XCHANGE MARKETPLACE, we required that you
provide us with certain information in exchange for the services that we provide to you. The
information requested was necessary in order to protect the integrity of the THE XCHANGE
MARKETPLACE, to identify who uses our system, to provide you with a customized
experience, and to reduce any instances of fraudulent activity.

● Ad Submission: When you submit a classified advertisement to THE XCHANGE
MARKETPLACE, we identify the ad as yours and record the information and images you
submit with the advertisement. We record any changes you make to the ad and keep all
changes on file. We also record the statistics associated with the advertisement such as (but
not limited to) hits, views, inquiries, and fees.

● Service / Parts Mail Server: If you have chosen to subscribe to the Service Connect, you will
receive occasional messages from other users wishing to communicate their immediate
need for parts and service for specific items. Any requests you submit via the Service / Parts
Mail Server will be recorded.

● THE XCHANGE MARKETPLACE Message Center:

If you wish to contact dealers,
manufacturers, distributors, laboratories, or other companies via our The XCHANGE
MARKETPLACE Message Center to obtain service, or purchase laboratory equipment or
supplies, your message submitted via the will be recorded and any details you provide will be
sent to applicable third parties.

● Payment System:

If you provide payment to THE XCHANGE MARKETPLACE for
XCHANGE MARKETPLACE services, XCHANGE MARKETPLACE will record specific
information to help validate the payment request. If you pay by credit card, we will not record
the credit card number you use. We will record the addressing information on the credit card
as well as the approval or non-approval codes sent back from our credit card processor. If
you pay by bank check or money order, we will retain a copy of your payment instrument for
our records for a period of up to three years.

● Other Correspondence:

If you send personal correspondence, such as e-mail, letters,
documents, or if third parties send us correspondence about your activities which pertain to
the XCHANGE MARKETPLACE website, we may collect this information in your XCHANGE
MARKETPLACE file.
Information We Collect
To optimize our website, match content to your needs and deliver a more personalized user
experience, XCHANGE MARKETPLACE also automatically collects information regarding your use
of our websites. When visiting our brands online, we log information about your visit and also use
tracking mechanisms such as cookies, pixels and scripts to collect information about your interaction
with our websites or emails. These can be used to provide you with additional information that is
relevant to your work or scientific areas of interest.
Cookies are digital text files placed on your computer. Using cookies is a common practice. We
may place cookies on your computer to allow us to recognize you on our websites when you visit us,
to measure online traffic, to present you with relevant products or services, or to customize your
experience. We use session cookies to make navigating our website easier, and they expire when
you close your browser. Additionally, tracking cookies are used to help us understand how you use
our websites, they enhance your user experience, and they remain on your computer or device for
an extended period of time. For more details, please see our cookie policy.
Your browser may include settings that allow you to block cookies or be notified when cookies are
being used. Please be aware that if you block or remove cookies, certain features and functions of
our websites may be unavailable or may not operate optimally.
Pixels are small graphic images placed in web pages and e-mail messages. They may be used to
count the number of visitors to our websites, to monitor how users navigate our websites, or to verify how many articles or links were viewed.
Scripts are used to collect information about your interactions with our websites. They are
temporarily downloaded on your computer from our server, or the server of a third-party we work
with. They are active while you are connected to our websites, and are deleted or deactivated
thereafter. We do not install or download any software to your computer as part of your user
experience.
Information from Other Sources
We may also collect or purchase information from other scientific industry sources, such as
scientific organizations, research conferences, academic institutions, scientific directories, etc.
Your personal information is only collected and stored in our databases if it is publicly available
and there is a clear link between your area of work and the content, products, and services we
offer.We may also combine this information with information we have already collected about
you in order to understand your needs better and provide you with a better user experience.
If you are a resident of the European Union or the United States and all the information we have
collected about you is from third-party scientific sources, we will only communicate with you on a
trial basis with a limited number of attempts before we remove your information from our
database. We will also only contact you about scientific content and topics that you have shown
interest in or about scientific products you have purchased in the past that have been deemed
relevant to you and your industry, job, scientific interests or area of work. If we see that you have
not engaged with our communications or digital content, we will remove your personal
information from our database. If you do engage with our communications and digital content
before the end of our trial period, we will consider you an active contact for as long as you
continue to engage with our content and our websites in the future, or until you choose to
unsubscribe from future communications. We offer a means of unsubscribing on every
communication that we send to you and through our privacy policy. If you would like to know
more about how we engage with you, please contact us.
Known Canadian residents may be contacted if they have provided their personal information
through our websites, affiliated micro-sites, over the phone or at an event or conference where
they have expressed consent to be contacted by THE XCHANGE MARKETPLACE and its
affiliated brands.
Canadian residents may be contacted, as allowed by law, if they have met one or more of the
following conditions of implied consent: having an existing business relationship (EBR) based
on a previous commercial transaction with the recipient; or having an existing non-business
relationship based on, for example, membership in your club, or if the recipient participated as a
volunteer for your charitable organization; persons who make their email address publicly
available by publishing it on a website may be contacted if it is not accompanied by a statement
indicating they do not want to receive commercial electronic messages at that address. If the
statement is not present, the message must relate to the recipient's business role, functions or
duties in an official or business capacity.

2.Your Personal Information and How You
Share It

Our websites may include features, such as message boards or comment sections, that allow
you to freely submit your personal information that can be viewed by others. We and others can
store, display, reproduce, publish, distribute, or otherwise use such information in any format,
and there is no guarantee that we will attribute the content to you. Keep in mind that if you post
information on our websites, others can access and share that information with third-parties as
well.

3.Your Use of the THE XCHANGE
MARKETPLACE Communication Tools

You may not use any XCHANGE MARKETPLACE communication tool to send spam, harassing
messages, or any other content which would violate this policy or the THE XCHANGE
MARKETPLACE User Agreement. The XCHANGE MARKETPLACE Communication tools have
been created to help facilitate the exchange of used and surplus scientific equipment on the
THE XCHANGE MARKETPLACE system. Any use contrary to this end is prohibited by THE
XCHANGE MARKETPLACE and will result in the suspension of these THE XCHANGE
MARKETPLACE privileges.