CSHL Press Privacy Policy

This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for www.cshlpress.com. The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHL Press) Web site is committed to protecting consumer privacy on-line. We believe that greater protection of personal privacy on the Web will not only protect consumers, but also increase consumer confidence and ultimately their participation in on-line activities. We intend to give you as much control as possible over your personal information. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. We may change it from time to time to address new issues and reflect changes on our Web site, and as the need arises. All changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted here. Please refer to this Privacy Policy regularly. This Web site has agreed to notify users of:

• What personally identifiable information of yours or third-party personal identification is collected from you through the Web site.


• What organization is collecting the information.


• How the information is used.


• With whom the information may be shared.


• What choices are available regarding collection, use, and distribution of the information.


• What kinds of security procedures are in place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of information under the control of CSHL Press.

If you think that our company is not abiding by its posted Privacy Policy, please contact us via our website www.cshlpress.com, e-mail cshpress@cshl.edu, or by mail at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 500 Sunnyside Boulevard, Woodbury NY 11797-2924

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press is the sole owner of the information collected on this Website. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to other organizations in any manner different from what is disclosed in this statement. CSHL Press collects information from our users at several different points on our Website.

The types of personal information that we collect will depend on how you use www.cshlpress.com. When you register to use www.cshlpress.com, details are collected such as your name, address, and E-mail address. Some of this information is essential to accurately identify who is using the service and as such is mandatory. Other types of information are collected to help us profile who is using the services and what their interests are. Information of this type is often optional—you need only fill it in if you wish to do so.
The personal information provided to us during registration is used for identification purposes and will assist you to subscribe to www.cshlpress.com services. In addition, the information gathered from your use of www.cshlpress.com enables us to provide better services that are tailored to your needs.

• We keep your information secure during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts the information that you input.
• To register/sign-in to your CSHL Press account, please visit: https://cshlpress.org/login.tpl. When finished browsing or making a purchase on the website, please be sure to close your browser to protect your credentials. You will be automatically logged-out of your account when closing your browser.

All information is strictly confidential. The CSHL Press www.cshlpress.com Web site is required by law not to reveal, disclose, sell, distribute, rent, license, share, or pass on to any third parties, other than those who are contracted to www.cshlpress.com, any personal information unless we have your express consent to do so. Exceptions to this include:
Where there are reasonable grounds to believe that disclosure is necessary to prevent a threat to life or health.
Where http://www.cshlpress.com is required to provide information in response to subpoenas or warrants or other legal process.
Please be careful and responsible when using the Internet and http://www.cshlpress.com.

This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that CSHL Press is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users when they leave our Web site to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

From time to time, our Web site may request information from you via surveys. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary, and you can choose whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address) and demographic information (such as zip code and age level). Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this Web site.

This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When you submit sensitive information via the Web site, your information is protected both online and offline.
If you have any questions about the security at our Web site, please contact us via our website www.cshlpress.com, e-mail cshpress@cshl.edu, or by mail at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 500 Sunnyside Boulevard, Woodbury NY 11797-2924.

If your personally identifiable information (such as your zip code) changes, or if you no longer desire our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update, or remove your personal data. Should you want to delete your account, please contact us via our website www.cshlpress.com, e-mail cshpress@cshl.edu, or by mail at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 500 Sunnyside Boulevard, Woodbury NY 11797-2924.

If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post notice of those changes on our Home Page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify you by way of an E-mail. You will have a choice as to whether we use your information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the Privacy Policy under which the information was collected.
We use E-mail links located on the Home page to allow you to contact us directly with any questions or comments. We read every message sent in and try to reply promptly to every one. We then either file your comments to improve on our Web site, features, and programs or review and discard the messages.