This is the Privacy Statement and Policy (“Privacy Statement”) Agriculture & Applied Sciences Consultants. and its affiliates (“AASC”). At AASC we understand that your privacy is important. AASC is committed to protecting your privacy and personal information you provide or as you access and use materials on aascbahamas.com (the “Site”), including other websites or apps that post a link to this Privacy Statement. In addition, information that you submit to AASC in response to an email request for information or other outreach from AASC, or through AASC’s employment application processes, will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Statement. This Privacy Policy was last updated on April 4, 2012.

AASC may, at its discretion, amend this Privacy Statement from time to time. To ensure you are able to remain informed about the information we collect and how we use it, material changes to our statement will be reflected here. This Site may contain links to external sites which are not governed by this Privacy Statement. AASC does not take responsibility for the privacy practices of any third-party sites to which we link. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any such sites before you submit information there.

Please read this Privacy Statement carefully. By browsing our website and expressly consenting where required (for instance, when submitting your application), you agree to be bound by this Privacy Statement.

What type of information do we collect?

AASC collects information from you when you create your account for the Site, request copies of publications, subscribe to email newsletters and press releases, seek additional information regarding our services or employment opportunities, databases, or register for AASC-sponsored events. If you do not provide such information, you will not be able to create an account for the Site, request copies of publications, subscribe to email newsletters and press releases, or seek additional information regarding our services or employment opportunities.

In addition, AASC also may conduct user surveys on the Web or use technologies to provide AASC with information on a number of areas, such as user identity, user viewing habits, whether or not users found what they were searching for, whether the Site content is relevant to user needs, and the like.

How do we use your personal information?

The purposes and uses of your personal information will depend on the use of the Site and the personal information provided. This includes using your personal information:

1. To safeguard the legitimate interests pursued by AASC which includes: Informing you about updates to the service and notifying you about other products and services offered by AASC that may be of interest to you, including information regarding publications and events, tailoring your experience at the Site with relevant AASC materials, understanding the Site’s user population, identifying subject areas of interest and determining whether the Site is designed to work with the computer settings of a majority of our visitors, measuring and improving the effectiveness of AASC marketing programs across different channels and improving our web content and navigation.

2. On the basis of your consent. To the extent to which you have granted us consent to the processing of personal information for specific purposes (for example, your application form to join our consultants’ network) the lawfulness of such processing is based on your consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time.

3. For compliance with a legal obligation. This includes anti-fraud and anti-money laundering measures as well as tax and national insurance requirements.

We will not sell, share, rent or otherwise make available your personal information to other parties, except that we may disclose the information to third parties who perform services on our behalf and have a need to access the information in connection with those services. Any third parties will only process this information to the extent to which and within the limits that AASC itself is permitted to process that data. In addition, AASC may disclose your contact information in response to inquiries by bonafide rights owners in connection with allegations of infringement of copyright or other proprietary rights arising from information that you have posted on the Site or otherwise provided to AASC.

The third parties with whom we may need to share personal information to help us provide services and products to you and to run our Website include; our affiliates; our advisors; our third-party service providers who process the information on our behalf to help run some of our internal business operations including email distribution, IT services, and marketing, and events services; our business partners for publications and events co-organized by AASC and; and law enforcement bodies in order to comply with any legal obligation or court order

AASC may use cookies on this Site and in our communications with you to keep track of your visit to our Site and our communications with you. A “cookie” is a small amount of data sent from a Web server to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Other tracking technologies work similarly to cookies and place a small amount of data on your devices to monitor your website activity to allow us to collect information about how you use our Site and our services. With most internet browsers, you can erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored on your computer. Once you have given your consent to use cookies, we shall store a cookie on your computer or device to remember this for next time. If you wish to withdraw consent at any time you will need to delete our cookies using your web browser’s settings. Please be advised that certain sections or functionalities of the Site may be inaccessible to you if your browser does not accept cookies. We use the following types of cookies:

Advertising Cookies are used by us or third-party providers to analyze how the Site and our services are used, including the following types.

Functional Cookies are used to store choices and preferences, providing a convenient browsing experience.

Required Cookies are required to operate this site.

By continuing to browse or use our Sites and services, you agree that we can store, and access cookies and other tracking technologies as described herein. To view a detailed list of cookies used on AASC.com, click here.

If at any time, you prefer not to receive further communications from us in any or all forms you will have the ability to unsubscribe from such communications by means of a link provided in every e-mail that is sent to you by us. When subscribing to AASC e-mail newsletters, you are given the opportunity to select which promotions, news, and information you would like to receive at the time of signing up, and you will have the opportunity to unsubscribe from such communications.

AASC has in place appropriate technological and operational security processes designed to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Only authorized employees and contractors will have access to any data provided by you, and that access is limited by need. Each employee or contractor having access to any personally identifiable information is obligated to maintain its confidentiality. Although we take steps that are generally accepted as industry standards to protect your personally identifiable information, AASC cannot guarantee that your personally identifiable information will not become accessible to unauthorized persons and AASC cannot be responsible for any actions resulting from a breach of security when information is supplied over the internet or any public computer network.

AASC retains your personal information for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected. We may retain your personal information for longer if it may be the subject of a legal claim or may otherwise be relevant for future litigation.

This website contains links to other Web sites not operated by AASC.

AASC is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any non-AASC websites to which we link from the Site. We are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide whilst visiting other websites and sites not governed by our Privacy Statement. We cannot control the content or security of such websites. We cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage incurred by a user as a result of visiting such websites. No links are intended to be, nor should be construed as an endorsement of any kind by us of that other website.

AASC complies with all applicable privacy laws and regulations. AASC may be compelled to surrender personal user or customer information to legal authorities if presented with a court subpoena or similar legal or administrative order, or as required or permitted by the laws, rules, and regulations of any nation, or other applicable jurisdiction. Also, in the event of a violation of the terms and conditions of use of the Site or a violation of any restrictions on the use of materials provided in or through the Site, we may disclose personal user information to our affected business partners or legal authorities.

In accordance with applicable data protection laws, you have a right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you and details of how we use that information. If any of the information held about you is incorrect or out of date, you have the right to amend or rectify it, please follow the process outlined below and we will amend our records where appropriate. You also have the right to require us to erase your personal data, stop processing your personal data, restrict the processing of your personal information, the right of portability of your personal information, and/or to withdraw your consent to the processing. This may not apply if there are other legal justifications to continue processing. If you think we may have incorrect personal information or would like a copy of the personal information we hold on you, or to exercise any other data protection right, please contact us. Please note that we need you to prove who you are before we can provide you with any information. You also have a right to lodge a complaint with relevant supervisory authority.

AASC understands the importance of protecting children’ss privacy, particularly in their online interactions. This Site is not designed for and does not intentionally target or solicit children 18 years of age and younger.

Your access to and use of the Site are subject to this Privacy Statement and certain other terms and conditions, contained in our Terms and Conditions of Use.