Privacy policy

There are many different ways you can use our services – to search for and share information, to communicate with other people or to create new content. When you share information with us, for example, by creating and submitting experimental data, we can make those services even better – to show you more relevant search results and ads, to help you connect with people or to make sharing with others quicker and easier. As you use our services, we want you to be clear concerning how we’re using information and the ways in which you can protect your privacy.

Our Privacy Policy

=Membership= If you intend to upload or download information information using this site, first you MUST become a Member. In becoming a Member, you will be expected to disclose particular information about yourself. This information is meant to help other establish trust in the content that you provide by seeing your credentials. By using our website, you promise that the information about you is truthful, current, accurate, not misleading, or otherwise deceptive. Should LabScene suspect that the information you post is untrue or incomplete, we have the right to take away your membership. You may visit our site anonymously, but doing so limits your ability to contribute. If you wish to be a member, please know the following:

False identity
You may not use a fictitious name to register with LabScene.

Passwords/Identity Theft
You may not use a false name or impersonate another person.

Username and Passwords
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password; you are also fully responsible for all activities that occur under them. You agree to immediately notify LabScene of any unauthorized use of your username or password or any other breach of security of which you become aware.

=Illegal activities/Compliance with laws= LabScene is committed to maintaining a service for and on behalf of individuals who honor their legal obligations. We only wish to work with individuals who have every intention of using this site for a lawful purpose and in a lawful manner. Accordingly, you agree to comply with all the applicable laws, statutes, and regulations regarding the use of this service.

=Membership Suspension= LabScene reserves the right to temporarily or indefinitely suspend, or even terminate your membership if we cannot verify or authenticate any of the identification information you provide to us upon registration; we can also terminate your membership if we believe that your actions may be illegal or could cause financial loss or legal liability to us. We may also choose to suspend or terminate your account if we suspect that you have engaged in any kind of fraudulent activity in connection with the LabScene site.

=Presumption of Third Party Clearance= By posting your work, you commit that you have already cleared any ownership rights that other persons or corporate entities may have in your submission.

= Information we get from your use of our services. =

We use the information we collect from all of our services to provide, maintain, protect and improve them, to develop new ones, and to protect LabScene and our users. We also use this information to offer you tailored content – like giving you more relevant search results and ads.

We may use the name you provide for your LabScene Profile across all of the services we offer that require a Labscene Account. In addition, we may replace past names associated with your LabScene Account so that you are represented consistently across all our services. If other users already have your email, or other information that identifies you, we may show them your publicly visible LabScene Profile information, such as your name and photo.

When you contact Labscene, we may keep a record of your communication to help solve any issues you might be facing. We may use your email address to inform you about our services, such as letting you know about upcoming changes or improvements.

We use information collected from cookies and other technologies, like pixel tags, to improve your user experience and the overall quality of our services. For example, by saving your language preferences, we’ll be able to have our services appear in the language you prefer. When showing you tailored ads, we will not associate a cookie or anonymous identifier with sensitive categories, such as those based on race, religion, sexual orientation or health.

We may combine personal information from one service with information, including personal information, from other Labscene services – for example to make it easier to share things with people you know. We will not combine DoubleClick cookie information with personally identifiable information unless we have your opt-in consent.

We will ask for your consent before using information for a purpose other than those that are set out in this Privacy Policy.

Google processes personal information on our servers in many countries around the world. We may process your personal information on a server located outside the country where you live. When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your real name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number or credit card information.

Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to you based on visits to your site or your visits to other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

In what ways might we use your information?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used for the following purposes:


 * 1) To personalize your experience so we can respond to your individual needs.


 * 1) To improve our website based upon feedback that you provide us about our website offerings.


 * 1) To improve customer service we’ll need to access your information to respond to your customer service requests and support needs.


 * 1) To process transactions

Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested.


 * 1) To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature, should LabScene decide to implement any such contests or promotions.


 * 1) To send periodic information and any questions pertaining to your order, we’ll need your email address.

=How do we protect your information?=

We use diverse security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.

We do not sell, trade, or transfer your personally identifiable information to any outside parties. That having been said, there are some trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, that may need access to your information (they have agreed to keep this information confidential). Although it is not likely, there may come a time when LabScene may be required to release your information, for example, if law enforcement asks or circumstances require us to comply with their demands. We might also be required to divulge information to state authorities, or other third parties that assist us in protecting our site, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety. General, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

=Third party links= Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

=Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance= We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act). We do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.

=Online Privacy Policy Only= This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through LabScene’s website, and not to information collected offline.

= Transparency and choice =

People have different privacy concerns. Our goal is to be clear about what information we collect, so that you can make meaningful choices about how it is used. Please check your user profile preferences for these options.

You may also set your browser to block all cookies, including cookies associated with our services, or to indicate when a cookie is being set by us. However, it’s important to remember that many of our services may not function properly if your cookies are disabled. For example, we may not remember your language preferences.

= Information you share =

Many of our services let you share information with others. Remember that when you share information publicly, it may be indexable by search engines. Our services provide you with different options on sharing and removing your content.

= Accessing and updating your personal information =

Whenever you use our services, we aim to provide you with access to your personal information. If that information is wrong, we strive to give you ways to update it quickly or to delete it – unless we have to keep that information for legitimate business or legal purposes. When updating your personal information, we may ask you to verify your identity before we can act on your request.

We may reject requests that are unreasonably repetitive, require disproportionate technical effort (for example, developing a new system or fundamentally changing an existing practice), risk the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes).

Where we can provide information access and correction, we will do so for free, except where it would require a disproportionate effort. We aim to maintain our services in a manner that protects information from accidental or malicious destruction. Because of this, after you delete information from our services, we may not immediately delete residual copies from our active servers and may not remove information from our backup systems.

= Information security =

We work hard to protect Labscene and our users from unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of information we hold.