Privacy, Security, and Fraud policy: 1.  Email and Data Privacy:  Your email address and other contact information will never be sold or knowingly given to advertisers or third parties*; the only exception to this is appropriate law enforcement agencies in the event such data are required by them.  In the event that any item in our catalog must be sent directly to you by an outside company, your shipping address and phone number may be given to the supplier and freight carrier in order that the shipment can get to you. 2.  Cookies, Spyware, and Invasive Applets:  Our website does not utilize any type of "spyware" or other invasive applets. The only information we obtain is that which you, the customer, enter when making a purchase, signing up for the Newsletter, or otherwise contacting us. Please note that your real name and complete, verifiable address are required for security purposes when making a credit card purchase.  The only use of cookies on this site is for the automated shopping cart to remember what items you've chosen.  We do not take information from these for any purpose but to process your order and / or verify its validity. The Company (see Definitions as outlined in Terms of Use) shall not be responsible for cookies or other tracking techniques used by third-party sites.  We cannot control what other companies do, although we are in principle opposed to the use of tracking or data mining instruments to invade the privacy of individuals. The credit card information that you enter when making purchases in our shopping cart is transmitted via secure means (128-bit SSL encryption). This information is not revealed to any third parties** outside the Company and its payment processor / payment gateway.  It is not used in any way other than to process your transaction(s). Our shopping cart service provider is SecureNetShop; they are certified by Thawte, Inc.   The Company has no control over the policies and data-use practices of any third parties with which it deals;  however, the Company will not knowingly sell or offer customer data to any third party outside the confines of normal order processing and fraud investigation, unless a law enforcement agency requires such information. 3.  Fraudulent Websites and other Criminal Activity:  The Company disclaims any and all responsibility for the activities of persons or entities not in its direct control, including but not limited to criminal activity.  The Company conducts Internet business through its website at http://www.crscientific.com/.  Any outside website purporting to be CR Scientific but having a different web address should be reported immediately to us.  As much as the Company would like to see spammers, scammers, and identity thieves defeated once and for all, it is unfortunately not within the scope or ability of the Company to track down and thwart these criminals.   It is up to the User to learn to avoid fraudulent websites, "phishing" scams, and other criminal tactics which may happen in connection with Internet access. Because there are criminals and other dishonest individuals who are able to use various forms of electronic communication, emails purporting to originate from the Company are not guaranteed to be authentic;  they may in fact originate from parties intending to deceive and defraud.  Malicious computer programs (viruses, etc.) can also falsify the originating email address.   In any event, the User must not give out passwords, banking, or credit card information via email.  CR Scientific will not ask for passwords or other sensitive information via email. Though every reasonable attempt is made to maintain customers' data security, the Company disclaims any responsibility for consequences that may arise from  security breach or data theft.  No electronic network, even the most sophisticated one known, is 100% safe from cracking or data theft. *Every reasonable effort is made to protect your data.  However, we disclaim any and all responsibility for the effects of viruses, worms, spyware, trojan horses, network intrusions, theft, fire, flood, and other unwanted or unexpected events. **It is the customer's responsibility to make sure his or her computer is free of viruses, spyware, or trojan horses that could compromise security at that end.  The best way to do this is get a virus scan / security suite program from one of the well-known manufacturers.   Run a full system scan periodically and make sure your virus definitions are up to date.  Also clean your system regularly with a comphrehensive spyware remover such as Spybot Search and Destroy (by Patrick Kolla) and / or AdAware (by LavaSoft).

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