PRIVACY POLICY

   Last Updated: June 22, 2005

THIS PRIVACY POLICY APPLIES TO PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION COLLECTED BY OCIMUM BIOSOLUTIONS (“OCIMUM”) THROUGH THIS WEBSITE. ALTHOUGH THIS WEBSITE PROVIDES LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES, THEY ARE NOT COVERED BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY. OCIMUM ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PRIVACY OR SECURITY OF INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO ANY THIRD PARTY THROUGH LINKED WEBSITES OR ANY OTHER MEANS.

BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE REVIEWED AND UNDERSTOOD THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY TO YOUR FULL SATISFACTION, THAT YOU ACCEPT AND ARE SUBJECT TO THESE TERMS, AND THAT OCIMUM IS PERMITTED TO USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AS SET FORTH BELOW.

At Ocimum Biosolutions (“Ocimum”), we are firmly committed to respecting the privacy of our customers and ocimumbio.com website (“Site”) visitors.

Collection of your Personal Information

When we need information, we shall ask you for the same that personally identifies you (“Personal information”) or allows us to contact you to provide a service or carry out a transaction that you have requested, such as, receiving information about Ocimum products and services, subscribing to e-mail newsletters, or when downloading Ocimum products. The personal information that we collect may include your name, title, company or organization name, work e-mail, work phone, work or home address, information about your job function, and information about your company.

The Site may also collect certain information about your visit, such as the name of the Internet service provider and the IP address through which you access the Internet, the date and time you access the Site, the pages that you access while at the Site and the internet address of the website from which you linked directly to the Site.

Use of your Personal Information

The personal information collected on this Site will be used to provide the service(s) or carry out the transaction(s) which you have requested or authorized. It may also be used to offer or furnish additional products and services, personalize the types of information you receive from Ocimum, assess trends in the use of our Site or purchases of products or services, develop content and functionality that helps us serve our customers' needs, and improve the service and products we provide. Ocimum will not use your personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection without first attempting to notify you via the last e-mail address we have in our records.

Information submitted by you will only be used by Ocimum or its Distributor to contact you in your country.

We will occasionally email you information about our new products and services, upgrades and new versions and special offers applicable to you. Each e-mail communication includes an unsubscribe link allowing you to stop delivery of that type of communication.

Resumes submitted by job applicants can be viewed by our human resources department personnel, hiring managers, employees who will be interviewing the candidate, and the administrative assistants to these individuals for applicant screening and hiring purposes, and for general human resources purposes.

We never rent, lend or sell this information to a third party.

Data Integrity

If you open an account on our website to purchase a product or obtain a product trial/demo or to request product information or subscribe to our newsletter, please provide us with a complete and accurate information. We will take reasonable steps to see that the personal information in our systems is relevant for its intended use, accurate, complete and current.

Use of Cookies

We use cookies on this Site to ensure the integrity of the registration process and to personalize the Site. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize a web page, or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of delivering relevant content, eases site navigation, and so on. When you return to the Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the site's features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of this or other Web sites you visit.

Changes to this Policy

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time. Please check this policy when you use the Site to ensure that you are aware of any changes in our privacy practices. Our Privacy Policy will indicate the date it was last updated. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.

Contact Points

Ocimum welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. If you have any questions concerning this Privacy Policy, or you desire to contact Ocimum for any reason, please mail: hyd@ocimumbio.com or write: Ocimum Biosolutions, 6th Floor, Reliance Classic, Road No.1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500 034, Andhra Pradesh, India. (Attention: Legal Officer).