Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting our website. This privacy policy outlines what information we collect online and how we use it. We’re a small business entity that endeavors to treats its customers like business partners. We are committed to protecting your privacy and security as far as possible when you access Woods End owned and operated websites. This policy explains what we do with your information online, and what you can expect from Woods End. By using this site, you indicate your acceptance of Woods End’s Online Privacy Policy.

Web Developer Certification

Woods End’s web developer promotes principles of disclosure and informed consent. Woods End wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy and has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed by web consultants.

Cookies

Some of our pages may use “cookie” technology to measure activity at our website and to customize information to your own interests. A cookie is an element of data that a website can send to your browser to store on your hard drive. The use of cookies is considered an industry standard and you will find them at most major websites. Woods End does not necessarily agree with all the techniques and methods employed or incorporated into website technology and we will be the first to drop outdated or abusive technologies and unnecessary procedures and processes to collect information about our clients and site users. Cookies are considered to allow web machinery to tailor our site to your preferences and permit you to navigate certain parts of our site without having to re-enter information you provided on a previous visit. If you prefer not to take advantage of these conveniences, most browsers allow you to decline cookies. You are free to decline our cookies but if you do, you may not be able to take advantage of these conveniences or they will simply respond in a slower fashion.

Collection and Use of Personally Identifiable

Information in some limited instances, Woods End may request or collect information online that identifies your organization, such as by name, e-mail or postal address, or telephone number. This is likely to occur under limited circumstances, such as when you:

• submit information through an online contact form
• place an order through our online store
• communicate with us by e-mail
• or respond to our surveys

Again, you are not required to provide this information but if you choose not to, some portions of our website may not be accessible to you. We usually offer something back to you if you are responding to a survey and this will be stated at the outset. You should be aware that we may have to disclose your information if forced to do so by law, provided that law is appropriately interpreted, or in rare cases of the good faith belief that such action is reasonably necessary to comply with a legal process, to respond to claims, or to protect the rights, property or safety of our employees, clients, or the public.

Storage and Security

The information you provide on this website is saved indefinitely and may be stored on one or more databases directly or indirectly maintained by Woods End. The information is stored in a manner appropriate to the nature of the data, and is used for the purposes described in this online privacy policy.

Links to Other Websites

Woods End has made no special effort to include links to sites that may be of interest to you. We find links to be unreliable as they may change from time to time without our awareness. We do not control the sites to which we link and assume no responsibility for their content or their privacy policies.

Questions or Concerns

If you have any questions or concerns about this online privacy policy, or believe Woods End has not adhered to it, please let us know by sending an e-mail to office@woodsend.com. What kinds of security procedures are in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of your information? The Woods End Network has security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your user data under our control. Only authorized employees have access to the information you provide us and strict rules on Woods End Network employees who have access either to the databases that store user information or to the servers that host our services. While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration to data will not occur, we make every effort to prevent such unfortunate occurrences. Any other particularly sensitive information, such as your credit card number collected for a commerce transactions at Woodsend/Solvita.com Shop Sites or to purchase premium services from Woods End, is encrypted prior to transmission.

You are ultimately responsible for the security of your Woods End Client ID and password. Please take care when using and storing them. Woods End recommends that you do not divulge your password to anyone. You should log out of your browser at the end of each computer session to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence, especially if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet cafe.

Changes to This Policy

By using this site, you agree to the terms and conditions of our online privacy policy. Please do not use this site if you do not agree to them. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, but will post changes on our website if we do. We encourage you to review the terms of this privacy policy whenever you visit this website.

The Woods End Privacy Policy was last updated on August 22, 2024

Woods End Laboratories/Solvita
150 Whitten Road
Augusta, ME 04330 USA
+1-207-293-2457

Inquiries: office@woodsend.com