PRIVACY POLICY

    Bioaqua International Inc. ("Company" or "We") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

    This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website www.theBioaqua.com (the "Website") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing that information.

    This policy applies to information we collect:

    • on the Website;
    • in e-mail, text and other electronic messages between you and the Website; and
    • through any mobile and desktop applications you download from the Website, which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and the Website.

    It does not apply to information collected by:

    • Company offline or through any other means; 
    • any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

    Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use the Website. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time in Company’s sole discretion. Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

    INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND HOW WE COLLECT IT

    We collect several types of information from and about users of the Website, including information:

    • by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address or telephone number ("personal information");
    • that is about you but individually does not identify you, such as behavior and usage details on the Website; and/or
    • about your internet connection and the equipment you use to access our Website.

    We collect this information:

    • Directly from you when you provide it to us.
    • Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.

    INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO US

    The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

    • information that you provide by filling in forms on the Website. We may also ask you for information when you enter a contest or promotion sponsored by us, and when you report a problem with the Website;
    • records and copies of your correspondence (including e-mail addresses), if you contact us;
    • your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes;
    • details of transactions you carry out through the Website and of the fulfillment of your orders; and
    • your search queries on the Website.

    You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, "posted") on public areas of the Website, or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, "User Contributions"). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Website with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

    USAGE DETAILS, IP ADDRESSES, COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES

    As you navigate through and interact with the Website, we may automatically collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, including:

    • details of your visits to the Website, including traffic data, location data, logs and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website; and
    • information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type.

    The information we collect automatically is statistical data, and does not identify any individual. It helps us to improve the Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service by enabling us to:

    • estimate our audience size and usage patterns;
    • store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests;
    • speed up your searches; and
    • recognize you when you return to the Website.

    The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

    • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
    • Web Beacons. Pages of our the Website and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an e-mail, and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

    THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISER USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES.

    Some advertisements on the Website are served by third-party advertisers, ad networks and ad servers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about our users. This may include information about users' behavior on this and other websites to serve them interested-based (behavioral) advertising. We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement, you should contact the responsible advertiser directly.

    HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

    We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

    • to present the Website and its contents to you;
    • to provide you with information, products or services that you request from us;
    • to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;
    • to provide you with notices about your account;
    • to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection;
    • to notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it;
    • to allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website;
    • in any other way we may describe when you provide the information; and
    • for any other lawful purpose.

    We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers' target audiences. Even though we do not disclose your personal information for these purposes without your consent, if you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.

    DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

    We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

    We may disclose personal information that we collect or that you provide as described in this privacy policy:

    • to our subsidiaries and affiliates;
    • to contractors, service providers and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them;
    • to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of Company's assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Company about the Website users is among the assets transferred;
    • to third parties to market their products or services to you;
    • to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it; and
    • for any other lawful purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.

    We may also disclose your personal information:

    • To comply with any court order, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
    • To enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions [Hyperlink to Terms and Conditions] and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
    • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Company, our customers or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

    CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

    By signing up on the Website and providing your personal information, you are expressly consenting to receive communications from us and from anyone that we may provide your personal information. If you do not agree to these terms, then please do not use the Website. You may choose to stop receiving our newsletter or marketing emails from us by following the unsubscribe instructions included in these emails, or contact us at support@thebioaqua.com.

    DATA SECURITY

    We have implemented certain measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration and disclosure, the safety and security of your information also depends on you.

    Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to the Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

    CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

    It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you by e-mail to the e-mail address specified in your account or through a notice on the Website home page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable e-mail address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

    CONTACT INFORMATION

    To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: support@thebioaqua.com.

    May 5, 2017