THE MICROSCOPE DEPOT

PRIVACY STATEMENT SUMMARY

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2003

WE DO NOT, NOR WILL WE EVER, GIVE OR SELL YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO ANYONE OUTSIDE OF OUR COMPANY. WE HATE SPAM AND WE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ITS PROLIFERATION!

WE DO NOT STORE YOUR SENSITIVE FINANCIAL INFORMATION SUCH AS YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER ON OUR SERVERS. IF YOU CHOOSE TO ORDER PRODUCTS USING YOUR CREDIT CARD, THIS INFORMATION WILL BE TEMPORARILY STORED ON THE SERVERS OF OUR SHOPPING CART SERVICE, SPARKPAY, IN A 256-BIT ENCRYPTED FORMAT.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT "IDENTITY THEFT" AND "SPAM" ARE GROWING CONCERNS OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR SOCIETY, AND WE WILL PROTECT ANY INFORMATION GIVEN TO US WITH THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF INTEGRITY AND SECURITY.

PRIVACY STATEMENT DETAILS

The Microscope Depot has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: Microscope-Depot.com.

This site is hosted by Microscope-Depot.com web servers. The shopping cart service is provided by SPARKPAY. Microscope-Depot.com will automatically collect order information but may only use this information in the aggregate.

Your IP address is used to help identify you and your shopping cart.

Our site uses cookies to keep track of your shopping cart.

Our shopping cart's registration form requires users to give us contact information (like name and email address). We may use customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information about our company. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary.

This site contains links to other sites. Microscope-Depot.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Our site may use an order form for customers to request information, products, and services. We collect visitor's contact information (like email addresses) and financial information (like account or credit card information). Financial information will be stored only for a temporary period of time. Contact information from the order form is used to send orders and information about our company to our customers. The customer's contact information is also used to get in touch with the visitor when necessary. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services.

Security

The Microscope Depot does not store sensitive Customer information such as credit card information on its servers. Our shopping cart service, SparkPay, uses 256 encryption to temporarily collect and store sensitive Customer data such as credit cart numbers. This data is never sent in emails or stored in an unencrypted format.

Notification of Changes

Whenever material changes are made to our privacy policy they will be specified on this page.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact us by clicking here.