Privacy Policy

Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc is committed to protecting the privacy of customers and visitors to our site. Below is our policy regarding management of consumer information. It is in two parts, the first is an informal and expanded description of the policy, the second is formal description provided by IBM's P3P Policy Editor.

Informal description of our privacy policy

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The full formal text of our privacy policy is available on the Web here. If you have questions about this policy please contact us.

You may also use e-mail or call us at 808-263-0583.

Browsing Information We Collect

When you browse our web site we do not collect personal information about you such as your name, address, phone number, or e-mail address. We do obtain non-personal identifiable information such as what page you arrived at, the Internet Service Provider you use to connect to the Internet (your IP address), your browser type, or the type of computer operating system you use (Macintosh or Windows, for example). This information is stored in a log file for the purpose of analyzing what pages are accessed when you visit our site. If you contact us about a problem while using this site, we can also use this information to help solve the problem. You may use this site without any cookies, athough your product or image selections will not be saved or stored. You may throw out any cookies on your computer that were asked for by this site at any time without any risk. The information you create on this site, such as creating a light box or purchasing a product, will be kept on our site, not on your computer.

What We Do With This Information

Cookies

Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc. (as well as most sites on the Internet) uses "cookies" to assist your activities on this web site. A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, which is sent to your browser from a web site's computers. We create a browser session-only cookie for your current web session to keep track of light box selections or customer logins. A cookie is placed on your computer that informs us that your computer has come to this site previously. You may delete this cookie at any time. We cannot use these cookies to personally identify you in any way. Personal information is only available from logging in to our site to use the light box or the shopping area.

Information while Browsing

While using our light box or shopping area, a session-only cookie ID is created and tracks movements. Your IP address is stored for authentication and verification. This is standard in all on-line applications that need to keep track of your personal selections. Unless you register for a light box, ask for a price quote, or purchase a product, your personal selections will be lost within 20 minutes of leaving our site, as these session-only cookies will "time out" and your selections will disappear.

Information while Shopping

While shopping on our online store, another session ID is created and tracks movements. Your IP address is stored for authentication and verification. This is standard in all shopping cart programs. When you complete an order form in our shopping area, your information is written to a secure file. If you create a personal account for shopping, your information and your password are protected. Your credit card information for payment is requested via SSL, an encrypted transaction method, and is stored in a different secure file than your contact information. Your credit card number is removed from the server when the transaction is complete.

Storage of Information

When you complete a registration form in our light box application, your information is written to a secure file on our server. You can use this information yourself to retrieve light box selections you have previously kept, by logging into your saved light box. You may alter contact information as well.

When you complete an order form in our shopping area, your information is written to a secure file. You may also alter your contact information for a new order by typing in your email address and password. Your credit card information for payment is requested via SSL, an encrypted transaction method, and is stored in a different secure file than your contact information. Credit card information is always encrypted while on our site. Your credit card number is removed from the server when the transaction is complete.

Transfer of Information to Third Parties

At the conclusion of your light box quote request, or your shopping session, your name, address, telephone number and email address, along with your quote or order details are kept on file in order to reference your information and order. If you place an order for one of our products, only your name, address, and the items ordered will be sent to our manufacturer and shipper, no other information leaves Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc. Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc. will not sell or disclose any information to third parties. All information submitted will remain strictly confidential.

Formal description of our privacy policy

(provided by IBM's P3P Policy Editor)

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Our homepage on the Web is located at: http://denniskunkel.com/index.php.

The full text of our privacy policy is available on the Web at: http://denniskunkel.com/w3c/PrivacyPolicy.html.

This policy does not tell users where they can go to exercise their opt-in or opt-out options. We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy. You may contact us by mail at the following address:

Dennis Kunkel
P.O. Box 2008
Kailua, HI 96734 
United States

You may contact us by e-mail at kunkel (at) denniskunkel.com. You may call us at 808-263-0583.

Data Collection

P3P policies declare the data they collect in groups (also referred to as "statements"). This policy contains 3 data groups. The data practices of each group will be explained separately.

Group "Shopping_Activities"

We collect the following information:

• User's Name
• Third Party's Name
• Third Party's Home Contact Information
• Physical contact information
• Online contact information
• Unique identifiers
• Purchase information
• Financial information
• Navigation and click-stream data
• Interactive data
• HTTP cookies
• Name on mailing address
• Home street address
• City
• State or Province
• Postal Code
• Country Name
• Telephone Number
• Home e-mail address

This data will be used for the following purposes:

• Completion and support of the current activity.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected: This is for us to be able to deliver physical products to buyers at home or at their choice of another address.

Group "Light_Box_Activities"

We collect the following information:

• Click-stream data
• HTTP protocol elements
• User's interaction with a page or resource
• Search terms
• Transaction history
• User's Name
• User's Business Contact Information
• Organization Name
• Online contact information
• Unique identifiers
• Computer information
• Navigation and click-stream data
• Interactive data
• HTTP cookies

This data will be used for the following purposes:

• Completion and support of the current activity.
• Web site and system administration.
• One-time tailoring.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected: This area is for clients to create, save and retrieve information they have collected on our site. We use this information to respond to requests for quotes on various types of image use.

Group "Administration"

We collect the following information:

• URI of requested resource
• Request date
• Request time
• User agent information
• Transaction history
• Unique identifiers
• Full IP address
• HTTP request method
• Response status code

This data will be used for the following purposes:

• Completion and support of the current activity.
• Web site and system administration.
• Research and development.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected: This data is only used to ensure the site functions properly, to note errors in delivery of content, and to fix such errors.

Cookies

Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.

Our site makes use of cookies. Cookies are used for the following purposes:

• Site administration
• Completing the user's current activity
• User targeting

Policy Evaluation

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 will evaluate this policy's compact policy whenever it is used with a cookie. The actions IE will take depend on what privacy level the user has selected in their browser (Low, Medium, Medium High, or High; the default is Medium. In addition, IE will examine whether the cookie's policy is considered satisfactory or unsatisfactory, whether the cookie is a session cookie or a persistent cookie, and whether the cookie is used in a first-party or third-party context. This section will attempt to evaluate this policy's compact policy against Microsoft's stated behavior for IE6.

Note: this evaluation is currently experimental and should not be considered a substitute for testing with a real Web browser.

Satisfactory policy: this compact policy is considered satisfactory according to the rules defined by Internet Explorer 6. IE6 will accept cookies accompanied by this policy under the High, Medium High, Medium, Low, and Accept All Cookies settings.