Privacy Policy

Atlantis Eyecare is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. In order to provide you with relevant information, respond to your requests, and increase the benefits you receive from our web site, we sometimes request that you provide us with data about yourself. We have prepared this Privacy Notice to disclose and describe our information gathering and dissemination practices for this web site. This Notice applies to all Atlantis Eyecare web sites that display or link to this Privacy Notice. You should also note that Atlantis Eyecare maintains the same privacy practices with respect to data that is collected off-line and this Notice may be relied upon with respect to those methods of data collection and use.

Collection and Use of Personally Identifiable Information
In general, you may visit this web site without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information. Atlantis Eyecare collects domain information from your visit to customize and improve your experience on our web site.

This web site may collect certain information from your visit, including the date and time of your access, the pages you have accessed, the name of the Internet Service Provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address by which you are accessing the Internet, and the Internet address from which you linked to our site, if applicable. We use this information to better understand how our web site is being used so that we can improve its quality and make it more beneficial to our users.

Some portions of this web site may request that you give us personally identifiable information, which is information that enables us to identify you, such as your name, email or other address. Some of the ways in which we may collect information from you are:

• Event registrations for webcasts, seminars, conferences, etc.
  
• Product support registration
  
• Education registration
  
• Subscription to newsletters or other Atlantis Eyecare content-related notifications
  
• Product purchases or trials
  
• White paper or other downloads
  
• Sweepstakes or contests

It is our intent to inform you before we collect personally identifiable information, and tell you what we intend to do with the information. You will have the option of not providing the information, in which case you may still be able to access other portions of this web site, although you may not be able to access certain programs or services. In certain portions of this web site, we also may enable you to "opt out" of certain uses of your information, or elect not to receive future communications or services.

The information we collect about you or your computer will be used to operate our web site and to provide customer support, respond to your requests or process any transactions you have authorized. It may also be used to verify your identity, send you information or contact you in relation to a Atlantis Eyecare product or service that you are using or that we believe may be of interest to you. In certain instances, we may make your information available to third parties with whom we have a relationship by which that third party is providing services on our behalf. We will only provide those third parties with information that is necessary for them to perform the services and we require that those third parties first agree in writing to maintain the confidentiality of the information provided to them and we prohibit them from using that information for any purpose other than to provide the services on our behalf. We may also disclose the information to our business partners, for marketing and other purposes which we believe may be beneficial to you.

Atlantis Eyecare is a global company with customers and partners in over 140 countries worldwide. Accordingly, the information we collect may be used, stored and processed in the United States or in any other country in which Atlantis Eyecare does business. By providing the information via the web site, you are consenting to the transfer of the information outside of your country.

Atlantis Eyecare may disclose personally identifiable information that it collects on the web site if required to do so by law or when necessary in order to protect the rights of Atlantis Eyecare or its employees.

Data Security

Atlantis Eyecare's intent is to strictly protect the security of your personal information; honor your choice for its intended use; and carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure information we collect online, including the use of encryption when collecting or transferring sensitive data such as credit card information.

Business Relationships

This web site contains links to other web sites. Atlantis Eyecare is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.

Atlantis Eyecare uses pixels, transparent GIF files and other methods to help manage online advertising. The GIF files are provided by our ad management partner, DoubleClick. These files enable DoubleClick to recognize a unique cookie on your Web browser, which in turn enables us to learn which advertisements bring users to our web site. The cookie was placed by us, or by another advertiser who works with DoubleClick. With this technology, the information that we collect and share is anonymous and not personally identifiable. It does not contain your name, address, telephone number, or email address. Visit DoubleClick for more information, including information about how to opt out of these technologies.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Portions of this web site use cookies to help ensure the integrity of the registration process and to help provide personalized service and deliver content specific to your interests. A "cookie" is a small amount of data transferred to your browser and read by the Web server that placed it there. It works as a sort of identification card, recording your preferences and previously entered information. By using cookies, the information you previously provided can be retrieved on your next visit to the web site so that your navigation time is reduced and your use of the web site is simplified. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie. Web beacons may be used to deliver the cookie and to compile statistics about our web site, such as how many people visited a particular page or clicked on certain links. While your particular use of the site will not be revealed, Atlantis Eyecare may share aggregated statistics about the use of the web site with third parties.

You can set your browser to decline cookies if you prefer. If you do so, you may not be able to get the benefit of some of the features of this web site or other web sites that you visit.

Public Forums

Portions of this web site make chat rooms, forums, blogs, message boards, and/or news groups available to visitors. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and exercise caution when deciding to disclose any personal information.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions or comments about our privacy statement or practices, please contact us via email at Privacy Help Line @ Atlantis Eyecare with the words "PRIVACY POLICY" in the subject line.

Atlantis Eyecare may modify or update this privacy statement from time to time at any time without prior notice. You can check the "Last Updated" date below to see when the policy was last changed. We encourage you to check this policy often so that you can continue to be aware of how we are protecting your personally identifiable information. Your continued use of the web site constitutes your consent to the contents of this privacy notice, as it may be modified from time to time.