Privacy Policy

Security Notice

The goldenhelix.com website is provided as a customer service by the Golden Helix® bioinformatics company.

Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

Your use of this system is subject to monitoring at all times. For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Privacy Notice

Your privacy is important to Golden Helix. Because we gather certain types of information about visitors to Golden Helix's site, we want you to fully understand our online information gathering practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file containing a unique identification number that is transferred from a website to the hard drive of your computer. This unique number identifies your web browser - but not you - to Golden Helix computers whenever you visit goldenhelix.com. A cookie will not provide personally identifiable information about you, such as your name and address. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information you provide to the website. A cookie can't read information off your hard disk or contained in files such as cookies from other websites.

The use of cookies is now an industry standard, and cookies are currently used on most major websites. Most web browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can reset your browser to notify you when you have received a cookie. You can also set your browser to refuse to accept cookies altogether. While Golden Helix does not require you to use cookies, keep in mind that certain services may not function properly if you set your browser to refuse all cookies.

To keep the playing field level, we want you to know that there are internet tools that are designed to let you visit websites incognito. Many such tools are built into your web browser. There is also third party software available, such as www.anonymizer.com. We do not advise against or recommend any of these tools; we only offer them for your education.

What Site Visitor Information Does GoldenHelix.com Collect?

The information we learn from visitors helps us continually improve our information offering and the ease of use of our site. The types of information we collect is usually defined as being either anonymous or personally identifiable.

Anonymous information refers to data that cannot be tied back to a specific individual. Golden Helix collects some information each time a visitor comes to our site, so we can improve the overall quality of the visitor's online experience. For example, Golden Helix collects the visitor's IP address, browser, and platform type (e.g., a Chrome browser on a Windows platform). Gathering this data helps us to learn what browsers we need to support. Other anonymous information helps us determine what sections of the website are most popular and how many visitors come to our site(s). You do not have to register with Golden Helix before we can collect this anonymous information.

Personally identifiable information refers to data that tells us specifically who you are (e.g., your name and postal address). You are only required to provide such information if you want to take advantage of optional services or content provided through our website(s).

Golden Helix collects personal information in the following ways from different parts of its website(s):

Your Request(s) for Information: You are sharing personally identifiable information, including your name, e-mail and mailing address, with us when you request information regarding products or services, including requesting product pricing or an evaluation of the software. You are also sharing personally identifiable information with us when you request to access certain content from our website or register for a webcast.

Other Registration: You may be asked for personal information when registering for specific services. For example, if you subscribe to an e-mail newsletter, you will be asked to provide your e-mail address.

Software Access: In order to access and use certain Golden Helix software products, you will be asked to create a login account and register using your personal information.

You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to download, use, or upgrade our software, or access certain content from our Web Site. The information you provide us is used to help us respond to information requests, help in downloading, improving our scientific information offering, and customer support follow-up.

Additionally, if you receive e-mail communications from Golden Helix, we sometimes receive a confirmation when you open e-mail from Golden Helix to help us make e-mails more useful and interesting. If you do not want to receive promotional e-mail or other mail from us, please follow the process to "opt-out" indicated below.

Golden Helix's Use of Personal Information

Golden Helix will only use the personal information you have provided to register, license and electronically deliver software; respond to information requests; or to notify you about important product updates, technical support items, and special offers that should be of interest to you.

We do not sell, rent or lease your personal information to others. Golden Helix reserves the right to disclose any pertinent customer information to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

To gain access to personal information about you collected online, and to keep it accurate, complete and current, or to request deletion, you may contact us using any method convenient to you. Where offered, you also may update personal information about you online or inside the software by modifying information that you previously have entered into forms or data fields on our websites.

In some cases, where we are required to retain information by law or regulation, or to continue to manage a service you have requested, or to ensure that we honor your preferences, or for other necessary business purposes, we may not be able to delete certain personal information about you. Where permitted by law, your ability to access and correct personal information may be limited where access and correction would: inhibit Golden Helix's ability to comply with a legal or ethical obligation, inhibit Golden Helix's ability to investigate, make or defend legal claims, result in disclosure of personal information about a third party, result in breach of a contract or disclosure of trade secrets or other proprietary business information belonging to Golden Helix or a third party.

Opt-Out Process

Golden Helix values your privacy and our marketing practices follow applicable legislation, including CAN-SPAM Act (USA), European Union Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications, and CASL (Canada).

At any time you may "opt-out" of having your information used for purposes not directly related to our site or not directly related to your business transaction(s) with Golden Helix, including if you wish to not receive unsolicited e-mail marketing materials from us. To "opt-out", you may contact us using any of the following methods:

E-mail:

[email protected]

Phone:

1-406-585-8137

Mail:

Golden Helix Inc, 1487 N 14th Ave, Bozeman, MT 59715 – USA

When you contact us, you must include the e-mail address(es) you wish to "opt-out". We will process all requests to "opt-out" within 10-days of receipt.

If you have received a promotional e-mail from us, you may also click the 'unsubscribe' link located in the e-mail, in addition to contacting us in the methods indicated above.

Even if you have chosen to "opt-out" of promotional e-mails, you may still receive occasional e-mails from Golden Helix if you have a business relationship. These e-mails may include applicable software updates and support notices, e-mails regarding the renewal of your software, or e-mails directly relating to your current business transaction.

Acceptance of Terms

You signify your assent to this Privacy Statement and any future changes to the Privacy Statement by using the Golden Helix website.

Disclaimer Notice

You signify your assent to this Privacy Statement and any future changes to the Privacy Statement by using the Golden Helix website.

Information presented on goldenhelix.com is provided as a customer service and may not be distributed or copied unless appropriate byline, photo or image credits are given.

The goldenhelix.com administrative personnel do not have any authority, responsibility or ability to maintain servers outside the goldenhelix.com domain. Any links provided on our website are for information purposes only and should not be construed as an endorsement or agreement by or with Golden Helix, Inc. As with all internet sites, if you decide to visit any third-party sites linked to goldenhelix.com, you do so at your own risk.

Parts of the website may be restricted to Golden Helix, Inc. personnel only. You may use any link that is not locked to you. If the area is locked, you will receive an "access denied" error when attempting to follow the link.

Contact Us

Golden Helix welcomes your suggestions that we may use to make our website easier to use or make the contents more relevant to our customers. If you have any questions or comments about the information presented, please contact us.

We embed a Facebook widget to allow you to see number of likes/shares/recommends and “like/share/recommend” our webpages. This widget may collect your IP address, your web browser User Agent, store and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the widget, including correlating your Facebook account with whatever action you take within the widget (such as “liking/sharing/recommending” our webpage), if you are logged in to Facebook. For more information about how this data may be used, please see Facebook’s data privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update

We use a Twitter Tweet widget at our website. As a result, our website makes requests to Twitter’s servers for you to be able to tweet our webpages using your Twitter account. These requests make your IP address visible to Twitter, who may use it in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy#update

We use a Linkedin Share widget at our website to allow you to share our webpages on Linkedin. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy