Privacy PolicyTransgenomic’s Privacy Policy for Personal InformationTransgenomic makes reasonable efforts to protect your personal information. Transgenomic’s privacy program employs data security measures and internal controls to ensure that your personal data remains secure. With respect to personal information about individuals (“data subjects”) located in European Union (EU) countries, Transgenomic also adheres to a self-regulatory program that complies with the safe harbor privacy principles set forth in the July 2000 agreement between the EU and the United States Department of Commerce. For more information about the Safe Harbor Program generally, please go to http://www.export.gov/safeharbor Uses of Information Transgenomic collects, processes, and stores personal information for the following purposes: - determining, evaluating, and implementing employment-related actions and obligations.
- designing, evaluating, and administering compensation, benefits, and other human resources programs.
- designing, evaluating, and implementing employment-related education and training programs.
- monitoring and evaluating employee conduct and performance.
- maintaining plant and employee security, and health and safety.
- collecting and storing customer information.
- making data subjects' names, images, and other items of business-contact information available by means of website posting, business cards, brochures, and other promotional media to our present and potential customers, suppliers, contractors, joint venture partners, other business associates, and employees.
- maintaining business records relating to past, present, and potential customers, suppliers, contractors, joint venture partners, other business associates, and employees.
- conducting auditing, accounting,financial, and economic analyses.
- facilitating business communications, negotiations, transactions, conferences, and compliance with contractual and legal obligations.
If Transgenomic intends to use personal information about EU data subjects for reasons that are not consistent with the above, the affected data subject will be given the opportunity to opt-out of that use or transfer. Sensitive information (e.g. medical or health condition, racial or ethnic origin) will not be used or transferred for purposes inconsistent with the above unless the data subject expressly agrees to such use or transfer. Disclosure of information Unless legally obliged to do so, Transgenomic will not pass personal information held about EU data subjects to any unaffiliated party without notifying the affected data subject of the intention to do so, and where necessary obtaining their consent. In addition, the company may transfer personal information to a third party acting as its agent (e.g., consultants, tax advisors and preparers, accountants, auditors, lawyers, financial services and benefit vendors) if the third party confirms that it provides the same level of protection required by the safe harbor principles. In such case, notice and choice are not provided to the data subject unless the company intends the agent to use personal information for a purpose incompatible with the purpose for which it was collected. Notice and choice are provided to data subjects if the personal information is transferred to a third party who is not an agent of the company. Complaints Individuals with complaints or safe harbor issues should contact Transgenomic Human Resources at humanrescources@transgenomic.com in the first instance for information on the company's internal complaints procedures. If an EU data subject is not satisfied with the resolution of the complaint following completion of the company's internal procedures, he/she may also contact the Data Protection Authority in the country where they are located at http://forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/secureida/safeharbor/home or at www.dataprotection.gov.uk for data subjects in the UK, at www.cnif.fr for data subjects in France, at http://www.garanteprivacy.it/garante/navig/jsp/index.jsp for Italy, http://www.privacy.fgov.be/ for Belgium and at http://www.bfd.bund.de/ for Germany. Please note that implementation of this privacy policy may vary from country to country within the EU. Data subjects located there can always contact Human Resources or their relevant Data Protection Authorities for further information. Transgenomic is committed to working with and adhering to the relevant and competent Data Protection Authorities in the country where EU data subjects are located to achieve prompt resolution of any issues. The company agrees to be bound by any determination made as a result of any subsequent investigations carried out by EU Authorities. |