Privacy Policy

We at UTEK Corporation (referred to as "UTEK," "us," or "we") value our visitors privacy and are committed to safeguarding the information they provide us. Each time you visit our website (this site), our web server recognizes your domain name and e-mail address, where possible. We collect the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us by e-mail. The information that we collect is used for internal review, unless otherwise disclosed. Below is information regarding UTEK's commitment to protect the privacy of our visitors to ensure the integrity of our company.

Types of Information Collected

In order to better provide you with our numerous services, we collect two types of information about our users: personal identifying information and non-personal identifying information.Our primary goal in collecting information from you is to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience while using this site.

Personal Identifying Information:This refers to information that lets us know the specifics of who you are.When you engage in certain activities on this site, such as registering for a membership, submitting content and/or posting content in discussion forums or other public and non-public areas, entering a contest or sweepstakes, filling out a survey, or sending us feedback, we may ask you to provide certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form.It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities; however, we may ask that you provide us personal information, such as your first and last name, mailing address (including zip code), e-mail address, employer, job title and department, telephone and facsimile numbers, and other personal identifying information. When paying for membership or submitting content and/or posting content in discussion forums or other public and non-public areas, you may be asked to provide a credit card number. Depending upon the activity, some of the information we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and some as voluntary.If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity.

Non-Personal Identifying Information:This refers to information that does not by itself identify a specific individual.We gather certain information about you based upon where you visit on this site in several ways.This information is compiled and analyzed on both an individual and an aggregated basis.This information may include the website’s Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) that you just came from, which URL you next go to, what browser you are using, and/or your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address.A URL is the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web. An IP address is an identifier for a computer or device on a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (“TCP/IP”) network, such as the World Wide Web. Networks like the Web use the TCP/IP protocol to route information based on the IP address of the destination. In other words, an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web, allowing Web servers to locate and identify your computer.Computers require IP addresses in order for users to communicate on the Internet.

Personal Identifying Information

We intend to give you reasonable control over your personal identifying information. In general, you can visit UTEK on the Web without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. There are times, however, when we may need personal identifying information from you. It is our intent to let you know before we collect personal identifying information from you on the Internet.We will not collect personal identifying information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us.

If you choose to give us personal identifying information on the Internet that we or our business partners may need ( to correspond with you, for example), it is our intent to let you know how we will use such information. If you tell us that you do not wish to have this information used as a basis for further contact with you, we will respect your wishes.

You may change any of your personal identifying information in your account online at any time by linking to your account. We encourage you to promptly update your personal identifying information if it changes. You may ask to have the information on your account deleted or removed; however, because we keep track of past transactions, you cannot delete information associated with past transactions on this site.In addition, it may be impossible to completely delete your information without some residual information because of backups.

Non-Personal Identifying Information

In addition, we may also collect, or our third-party ad server and/or content server may collect, certain non-personal identifying information.This information is ultimately stored in the form of store categories, and, in some cases, specific URLs.We use your IP address to diagnose problems with our servers, software, to administer this site, and to gather demographic information.Our third-party ad servers will also provide us with summary, but not individual, reports that will tell us how many ads were presented and clicked upon at this site.

Release of Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identifying information to others. We only use your personal identifying information to operate this site and to deliver our services.For example, we must release your credit card information to the card-issuing bank to confirm payment for services purchased on this site.

Occasionally, we may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide personal identifying information to the appropriate governmental authorities.We will disclose personal identifying information upon receipt of a court order or subpoena or to cooperate with a law enforcement investigation.We fully cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who use our services for illegal activities.We reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we in good faith believe to be unlawful.We may also provide non-personal identifying information about our customers’ sales, traffic patterns, and related site information to third-party advertisers, but these statistics do not include any personal identifying information.

User Choices on Collection and Use of Information

We may, from time to time, send you e-mail regarding our services.In addition, if you indicated upon registration that you are interested in receiving offers or information from us and our partners, we may occasionally send you direct mail about products and services that we feel may be of interest to you. Only UTEK (or agents working on behalf of UTEK and under confidentiality agreements) will send you these direct mailings and only if you indicated that you do not object to these offers.If you do not want to receive such mailings, simply tell us when you give us your personal identifying information.Or, at any time, you can easily edit your account information to no longer receive such offers and mailings.

You also have choices with respect to cookies, as described below.By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies.If you choose to reject all cookies, some parts of this site may not work properly.

Security of Information

If we collect information about you, we will not knowingly disclose personal identifying information about you to third parties without first obtaining your consent. Although we take steps to safeguard your personal identifying information, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.As a result, while we strive to protect your personal identifying information, you acknowledge that (a) there are security and privacy limitations of the Internet which are beyond our control; (b) the security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this site cannot be guaranteed; and (c) any such information and data may be viewed or tampered with in transit by a third party.

Cookies

When you use this site we will store cookies on your computer in order to facilitate and customize your use of this site.A cookie is a small data text file, which a website stores on your computer’s hard drive (if your Web browser permits) that can later be retrieved to identify you to us.Our cookies store randomly assigned user identification numbers, the country where you are located, and your first name to welcome you back to our site.The cookies make your use of this site easier, make the site run more smoothly, and help us to maintain a secure website.You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but some parts of this site may not work properly in that case.

We may use an outside ad serving company to display banner advertisements on this site. As part of their service, they will place a separate cookie on your computer.We will not provide any third-party ad server with any of your personal identifying information or information about your purchases.We and our third-party ad server will collect and use non-personal identifying information about you, such as your IP address, browser type, the server your computer is logged onto, the area code and zip code associated with your server, and whether you responded to a particular ad.Other advertisers may also place banner ads on this site in the same manner as above, but we will not disclose any personal identifying information to them.

Links to Other sites
Our site contains links to other sites, including third parties and companies whose trademarks may appear on this site, and those other sites may have privacy policies that may differ from ours. Visitors using such links should consult the privacy policies associated with those links and sites. Please keep in mind that whenever you give out personal identifying information online, for example, via message boards or chat rooms, the information can be collected, intercepted, and used by people you do not know. Our policies do not extend to anything that is inherent in the operation of the Internet, and therefore beyond our control. We take no responsibility for information collected by third parties.

Amendments to Our Privacy Policy
We may, from time to time, amend our Privacy Policy, and reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of our Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time. If we do, then we will post such amendments on this site so that you will always have access to our most recent Privacy Policy. Such amendments shall be effective immediately upon posting.

Acknowledgment and Acceptance of Our Privacy Policy
By using this site, you indicate your agreement to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy, do not use this site. Your continued use of this site following any amendments to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of such amendments.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

In an effort to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, we will not knowingly collect personal identifying information from persons under the age of 18. By providing personal identifying information about yourself, including, but not limited to, your name and e-mail address, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and that you agree to comply with our Privacy Policy.

Questions

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us by sending a letter to:

UTEK Corporation

Attn: Edward Weisberg

2109 East Palm Avenue

Tampa, Florida 33605

You may also contact us by e-mail at eweisberg@utekcorp.com.