This Site and our business change constantly. As a result, at times it may be necessary for Megazyme International to make changes to this Privacy Statement and Consent. Megazyme International reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Statement and Consent at any time and from time to time without prior notice. Please review this Statement periodically, and especially before you provide any Personal Data. This Privacy Statement and Consent was last updated on October 13, 2004. Your continued use of the Site after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Statement and Consent shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Statement and Consent.

Welcome to www.Megazyme.com (the “Site”). This Site is operated by Megazyme International (“Megazyme International” or “we” or “us”) and has been created to provide our customers the information, products and other initiatives developed and/or offered by Megazyme International and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, the “Megazyme International Services”). You are important to Megazyme International and, as described in this Privacy Statement and Consent, we will take appropriate measures to protect your privacy as you use this Site. This Privacy Statement and Consent sets forth Megazyme International’s approach with respect to information that is collected from users of this Site. This Site is intended for users worldwide.

“Aggregated Data” includes customer demographics, interests and behaviour based on Personal Data and other information provided to us, which is compiled and analyzed on an aggregate and anonymous basis.

"Personal Data" includes all information that enables an individual to be identified, including, by way of example, the individual’s name and e-mail address.

“Public Information” includes information posted to any public areas of the Site, such as comment areas.

"Unsolicited Information" includes any ideas for new products or modifications to existing products and other unsolicited communications. Personal Data included in Unsolicited Information will be handled in the manner set forth in this Privacy Statement and Consent.

"User Data" includes all information passively collected from users of the Site that does not identify a particular individual, including, by way of example, statistical information on Site usage.

The terms "you", "your" and "yours" when used in this Privacy Statement and Consent means any user of this Site.

Information That You Give Megazyme International: We collect Personal Data such as your name, date of birth, e-mail or mailing address from you when you voluntarily choose to register for or use certain Megazyme International services at this Site. We use the Personal Data that we collect in an effort to provide you with a superior customer experience on the Site and to improve and market Megazyme International products and services. Megazyme International may store such Personal Data itself or it may be stored in databases owned and maintained by Megazyme International’s affiliates, agents or service providers. Megazyme International retains its rights to these databases and the information contained in them.

In some instances we contract with outside parties to collect and maintain our information collection servers and to perform technology and related services. We seek to provide any such third parties with only the information they need to perform their specific function and we require them to protect your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Statement and Consent.

Passively Collected User Data:When you interact with Megazyme International through this Site, we receive and store certain "User Data". Such User Data, which is collected passively using various technologies, is not used to specifically identify you. Megazyme International may store such User Data itself or it may be stored in databases owned and maintained by Megazyme International’s affiliates, agents or service providers. Megazyme International retains all rights to these databases and the information contained in them.

This Site will use such User Data together with data provided by other parties and pool it with other information to track, for example, the total number of visitors to our Site, the number of visitors to each page of our Site, the keywords visitors used to find our Site and the domain names of our visitors' Internet service providers. We also may disclose User Data in order to describe our services to current and prospective business partners, and to other third parties for other lawful purposes. It is important to note that no Personal Data is available or used in this process.

Aggregated Data: In an ongoing effort to better understand and serve our users, Megazyme International often conducts research on Aggregated Data. Megazyme International may share this Aggregated Data with government agencies, its affiliates, agents and business partners. This aggregated information does not identify you personally. Megazyme International also may disclose Aggregated Data in order to describe our services to current and prospective business partners, and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.

Cookies: In operating this Site, we may use a technology called "cookies." A cookie is a piece of information that the computer that hosts our Site gives to your computer (actually to your browser) when you access a Website. Our cookies help provide additional functionality to the Site and allow us to analyze Site usage more accurately. For instance, our Site may set a cookie on your browser that eliminates any need for you to remember and then enter a password more than once during a visit to the Site. In all cases in which we use cookies, we will not collect Personal Data through the use of such technology. On most web browsers, you will find a “Help” section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how you may turn cookies off. We recommend that you leave cookies turned on because they allow you to take advantage of some of the Site’s features.

By voluntarily providing us with your Personal Data, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Statement and Consent. Due to the nature of the Internet if you are visiting this Site from a country other than the Republic of Ireland, your communications will inevitably result in the transfer of information across international boundaries. By visiting this website you consent to these transfers. If you provide Personal Data to this Site, you acknowledge and agree that such Personal Data may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of Megazyme International and the affiliates, agents and service providers referred to herein located in the Republic of Ireland, other counties within Ireland and other countries.

You can use this Site without providing your Personal Data, although doing so may limit your ability to obtain certain information or to use other valuable Megazyme International products and services, including, for example, informational newsletters and responses to specific inquiries you may have. Where no Personal Data is legally required or is necessary for a particular service (for example, to contact you in response to your request), the use of a pseudonym is accepted.

We keep your Personal Data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or to comply with any applicable legal reporting or document retention requirements. We will take reasonable steps to update, correct or, upon your request, delete your Personal Data in our possession that you have previously submitted via this Site. In order to request an update, with respect to your Personal Data, please contact us as provided below. If at any time you wish not to receive further communications, you may also follow the unsubscribe procedure included in our communication.

Access to Information

Megazyme International permits a reasonable right of access and review of Personal Data held by Megazyme International by the individual to whom the Personal Data relates; however, to guard against fraudulent requests for access, Megazyme International will require information which it determines is sufficient to allow it to confirm the identity of the person making the request before granting access or making corrections. Megazyme International will endeavour to provide the information in question within a reasonable time and may charge an appropriate cost (e.g. photocopying, mail charges) to the individual making the request. Megazyme International reserves the right not to change any Personal Data but will append alternative text the individual concerned believes is appropriate.

In addition, in certain circumstances, Megazyme International may decline to provide access to Personal Data, including where Megazyme International determines that the information requested:

In addition, in certain circumstances, Megazyme International may decline to provide access to Personal Data, including where Megazyme International determines that the information requested:

1. May disclose: The Personal Data of another individual or of a deceased individual; or Trade secrets or other business confidential information;
2. Is subject to attorney-client or litigation privilege or a professional privilege or obligation;
3. Is not readily retrievable and the burden or cost of providing would be disproportionate to the nature or value of the information;
4. Does not exist, is not held, or cannot be found by Megazyme International;
5. Could reasonably result in serious harm to the treatment or recovery of the individual concerned, serious emotional harm to the individual or another individual, or serious bodily harm to another individual; or
6. May harm or interfere with law enforcement activities or other investigative or regulatory functions of a body authorized by statute to perform such functions.

Please note that although after receiving a request to update, correct or delete information, we will make reasonable efforts to effect such a change promptly, it is not always possible to complete the process before another communication is distributed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Even if you have requested removal of your Personal Data from our lists, Megazyme International reserves the right to retain it in our files in some limited circumstances such as when such Personal Data may be necessary to honour your request to opt out of further communications, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems or as provided in our Terms and Conditions. If Megazyme International is required to retain any portion of the Personal Data for such purposes, Megazyme International shall use reasonable efforts to limit such Personal Data to what is necessary to accomplish the particular purpose. Further, you acknowledge that due to technical constraints and the fact that we back up our systems, Personal Data may continue to reside in our systems even after deletion. Therefore, you should not expect that your Personal Data would be completely removed from our systems in response to your request. 

Megazyme International considers your information to be a vital part of our relationship with you. Megazyme International will share information including Personal Data with its subsidiaries and affiliates that have also agreed to be bound by this Privacy Statement and Consent. In addition, Megazyme International, like many businesses, sometimes hires other companies to perform certain business-related functions. Examples include mailing information, maintaining databases and processing payments. When we retain another non-affiliated company to perform a function of this nature, we seek to provide them with only the information that they need to perform their specific functions, and we require them to protect your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Statement and Consent and Megazyme International's restrictions.

In addition, if you input Personal Data on a co-branded registration page, relating, for example, to a contest co-sponsored by both Megazyme International and a partner company, then your Personal Data will be available both to Megazyme International and to such partner company. While Megazyme International will only use such Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Statement and Consent, such partner company's use of your Personal Data will be subject to the privacy policy of that company and Megazyme International cannot be responsible for their use of your information. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of such partner company before providing information on any such co-sponsored page or promotion.

There are also a limited number of circumstances in which we may share your Personal Data and other information in our possession with certain additional third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:

Legal Requirements:Megazyme International may disclose your Personal Data, User Data and other information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) comply with a legal obligation, (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Megazyme International or its affiliates, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public, or (d) protect against legal liability.

Business Transfers, Combinations and Related Activities: As we develop our business, we might sell, buy, restructure or reorganize businesses or assets. In the event of any sale, merger, reorganization, restructuring, dissolution or similar event involving our business or assets, Personal Data may be part of the transferred assets.

Megazyme International is the parent company of a large international group of companies. In light of this fact, we may, from time to time transfer your Personal Data to one of our databases in another country as provided above under the heading Transfer of Your Data Abroad.

Public and Unsolicited Information

This Privacy Statement and Consent shall not apply to Public Information you provide to Megazyme International through this Site or through any other means. If you include Personal Data in such Public Information, we will use such Personal Data only as provided herein, but we caution you that, because such information (including your Personal Data) was made available in a forum accessible by the public, the use and disclosure of information by others accessing the Site is not monitored or controlled in any way by Megazyme International nor are their activities governed by this Privacy Statement and Consent.

In addition, if you submit unsolicited Personal Data we will use it, as provided herein, however, the other information included in such unsolicited submission is not covered by this Privacy Statement and Consent.

Please note that, as set forth above, this Privacy Statement and Consent does not apply to the providing or use of certain Personal Data other than through the Site nor to the providing or use of Personal Data of past or present employees of, or consultants engaged by, Megazyme International and/or its subsidiaries, for employment or benefits administration purposes, both of which are governed by Megazyme International policies designed for those respective purposes.

Links to Other Websites

This Privacy Statement and Consent applies only to this Site. This Site may frame or contain references or links to other Megazyme International websites as well as other websites not operated or controlled by Megazyme International (the “Third Party Sites”) none of which sites are governed by the policies and procedures we describe here. The links from this Site do not imply Megazyme International’s review or endorsement of the Third Party Sites. We suggest that you contact those sites directly for information on their privacy, security, data collection and distribution policies.

Megazyme International uses the Personal Data you provide for our business purposes in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Statement and Consent.

• If you provide Personal Data for a certain reason, that Personal Data will be available to us for use in connection with the reason for which it was provided or for a consistent purpose, including, if applicable, processing an order placed by you or informing you that the product is no longer available. For instance, if you contact us by e-mail, we may use the Personal Data you provide to respond to you; or if you contact us about a job listing, the information you provide to us may be used to consider you for the position. We may also combine Personal Data that you have provided to us with information obtained by us from other parties.
• Megazyme International and its affiliates also may use your Personal Data, User Data and other information collected through the Site to help us improve the content and functionality of the Site, to better understand our customers and markets, to improve our products and services and to effect and facilitate sales.
• Megazyme International and its affiliates may use this information to contact you, electronically, through telemarketing or otherwise, in the future to tell you about, and to offer for sale, products or services we believe will be of interest to you. If we do so, each communication we send you will contain instructions permitting you to "opt out" of receiving future communications.

The Megazyme Site encrypts your credit card details and other personal information using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. SSL, approved as a protocol standard by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), is primarily used to guarantee secure transfer of sensitive data over the Internet. When you register your customer profile or conduct an e-commerce transaction on the Megazyme Site, your browser will display a security lock icon in the bottom pane to verify that you are in SSL mode, as shown below.

Please also feel free to contact us if you have any questions about Megazyme International’s Privacy Statement and Consent or the information practices of this Site.

You may contact us as follows:

Megazyme International Ireland Ltd.,
Bray Business Park, Bray,
Co. Wicklow, Ireland.

Tel: +353-1-2861220