Privacy Policy

This website is the responsibility of Stellar Scientific.

 

Stellar Scientific, can be contacted by mail at 2833 Smith Ave. Box #256 Baltimore, MD 21209, Attention: Web Dept.; or by e-mail at customerservice@stellarscientific.com.

 

The web server on which this website is housed is owned and maintained by Big Commerce.  The following policies apply to our domain www.stellarscientific.com.

 

Stellar Scientific, is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any other Web sites that are hyperlinked to or from www.stellarscientific.com

 

Personal Privacy on Stellar Scientific.com

 

Note: Stellar Scientific does not do e-commerce with customers outside of the USA and Canada. Nevertheless, we have revised some language to make it as easy as possible to understand what data we collect, when it is collected and for how long we keep it. 

 

Visitors from the EU and elsewhere can still browse our website. Please select the cookies you authorize for your visit by clicking the orange tab at the top right of any page

 

Your shopping experience with Stellar Scientific:

 

You can browse Stellarscientific.com without disclosing any information about yourself. However, to receive access to the site's advanced features and services, we ask that you register by providing certain personal and/or company information.

 

If you wish to order products on this website or create a shopping cart to assess costs, you will be asked for contact information that includes: your name, phone number and e-mail address, shipping address, billing address and method of payment (credit card number).

 

Any information that is shared in the process of creating an account is securely stored by our shopping platform provider; Big Commerce. By saving this information you are able to quickly log in and access purchase and payment history which makes the shopping experience much easier and fluid. 

 

Stellar Scientific shares data needed to process your order with our vendor and shipping partners (UPS, FedEx and DHL). 

 

All pages on this web site have encryption protection (https) so your entire browsing experience with Stellar Scientific is secure. However, some pages to which you link from this site may not be encrypted.

 

When you use our website, we do allow cookies to be set as strictly necessary to allow for the shopping cart to function and to order volume to be tracked as part of the order process. We do flow aggregate order volume and sales data to Google Analytics in order to evaluate our marketing efforts.

 

By using our website, you agree to allow these cookie functions. You may always shop online and order with our support staff by phone if you prefer a different level of privacy security.

 

Website Traffic Monitoring

We are using Google Analytics cookie sets and scripting to track activity on our website. The information collected is not personally identifiable. We use this information to measure activity and for use in our own business marketing programs.

We do make every effort to retain the shortest time period of for user event and data retention that Google Analytics allows which is 14 months. If we change our data retention policy we will post it here

Any information provided to us by site visitors in purchase orders, registration forms, and surveys will be used for authorized purposes only. We do not sell or otherwise provide any of this information to mailing list companies or other similar database organizations. 

 

We strongly suggest that visitors sign-up to receive our newsletter (email blast) and other notifications which are designed to inform our partners of the latest deals and specials. 

 

Session tracking and "cookies"

 

The product selection and ordering process requires that each Web page recognize your entire visit to the site - a technology known as a "session tracking." One way to accomplish session tracking is to save "cookies" to your computer. Our site, Stellarscientific.com may use cookies, or functionally equivalent technology, to accomplish session tracking.

 

Session tracking through the use of cookies allows you to place products in your shopping cart while browsing for other products and enables you to avoid re-entering data on multiple pages.

 

Using these cookies help to make your visit to stellarscientific.com more efficient and more convenient. Stellar Scientific does not use cookies or the information obtained through cookies for any purpose unrelated to your activities on stellarscientific.com.

For our own website marketing use, we use cookies to track visitor data. This data we use for marketing does not contain any personally identifiable information. We use first party cookies and third party cookies from Google. Some videos embedded in our pages use a cookie to anonymously gather statistics on how you got there and what videos you visited.

Once you accept cookies via tab on the top right of a page, you will be asked to select cookies every 180 days. You may be asked to set a cookie preference again on visiting our blog.

If you are receiving ad emails from Google in your Gmail inbox with our ad content and do not want them, you can choose to opt out of this type of advertising by visiting the Google Ads Preferences Manager. You can also choose to opt out of third-party vendor's use of these cookies by visiting Google's Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

To remove your consent for our cookies you need only click to remove your consent in the “Cookie Settings” approval box on the top right of a page.

How to Control Cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish - for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functions may not work.

Data Security

 

This site uses Secure Socket Layer encryption in the transmission of all information. All pages on this Web site have encryption protection (HTTPS). However, some pages to which you link from this site may not be encrypted. Although no systems or safeguards can be guaranteed as foolproof, our databases are protected from unauthorized access by firewalls, passwords and other mechanisms.

 

Registration

 

You can browse our Web site and online catalog without disclosing any personal information. However, if you wish to access more advanced features and services within our Web site, we ask that you register by providing certain personal information. This information may include but is not limited to your name, Stellar Scientific, account information, telephone number, e-mail address and credit card number. Stellar Scientific, uses this information to give you access to the following benefits:

 

  • View your special pricing online

  • View the current status of your orders

  • Use the Shopping and/or Quote Cart

  • Enforce purchasing controls required by your employer (if applicable)

 

The information you provide when you register is used only for the above purposes and to determine site activity and usage trends. You may also choose to receive promotional literature via e-mail or postal mail. We do not sell or otherwise provide this information to mailing list companies or other similar database organizations. 

 

If you wish to be removed from our database, you can call 410-764-2225, or e-mail us at customerservice@stellarscientific.com. If you tell us that you do not wish to have this information used as a basis for further contact with you, we will respect your wishes.

 

Ordering

 

If you wish to order products on stellarscientific.com, you will be asked for Contact Information (your name, phone number and e-mail address), your Shipping Address, Billing Address and Method of Payment (either a valid Stellar Scientific Account Number or a Credit Card Number). All pages on this Web site have encryption protection (HTTPS). However, some pages to which you link from this site may not be encrypted.

 

We store all personal data in a private database that is not connected to the Internet. The Billing Address and Method of Payment is used only by Stellar Scientific to secure payment for your order. Your Contact Information and Shipping Address may be shared with a product's manufacturer, if the product is shipped directly from the manufacturer. Order information will not be used for unauthorized purposes.

 

New Features and Promotional Information

 

Occasionally, Stellar Scientific, LLC may wish to inform you of new features of the site, special product promotions, contests or other marketing programs.

 

If you have registered, you will be offered these announcements via e-mail or postal mail. You will be given the ability to activate or deactivate the transmission of these announcements to you.

 

Certain areas of the site will inform you of how to take advantage of any contests, promotions, publications, and special benefits, which may be offered from time to time. These areas may require you to provide personal information, such as but not limited to your name, address, contact information and/or purchasing history. 

 

Contacting Stellar Scientific

 

Certain areas of the site can be used to request information such as product catalogs, ordering information, customer service or technical help. This site also has survey forms that solicit feedback to help us better serve your needs. Any personal information you submit for these purposes will be used only to provide you with the information you request. Stellar Scientific will not sell or otherwise provide e-mail addresses or personal information to mailing list companies or other similar database organizations. However, we may occasionally include your e-mail address in a request to a product's manufacturer to respond to you directly. Please contact us if you do not wish to have this information used as a basis for further contact with you.

 

Contacts from Stellar Scientific

 

Stellar Scientific may need to contact you for sales information, customer service or technical support. Please contact us if you do not wish us to continue contacting you for any of these purposes. Stellar Scientific reserves the right to contact site visitors regarding their account status and changes to any relevant agreements or policies. Stellar Scientific reserves the right to change this policy at any time by notifying visitors of the existence and location of the new or revised privacy policy.

 

Questions or Comments

 

If you have any questions regarding the use of any information we obtain about customers, or if you believe Stellar Scientific, Inc. has not adhered to these principles, please notify us by phone at 410-764-2225, or by e-mail at customerservice@stellarscientific.com.