Philips Products, Inc is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Philips Products, Inc Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Philips Products, Inc website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Philips Products, Inc collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Philips Products, Inc also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Philips Products, Inc. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Philips Products, Inc for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Philips Products, Inc Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Philips Products, Inc public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Philips Products, Inc does not read any of your private online communications.

Philips Products, Inc encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Philips Products, Inc so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Philips Products, Inc is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Philips Products, Inc and Philips Products, Inc family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Philips Products, Inc collects and uses your personal information to operate the Philips Products, Inc Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Philips Products, Inc also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Philips Products, Inc and its affiliates. Philips Products, Inc may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Philips Products, Inc does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Philips Products, Inc may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Philips Products, Inc may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Philips Products, Inc, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Philips Products, Inc does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Philips Products, Inc keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Philips Products, Inc, in order to determine what Philips Products, Inc services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Philips Products, Inc to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Philips Products, Inc Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Philips Products, Inc or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Philips Products, Inc; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Philips Products, Inc, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Philips Products, Inc Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a 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. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Philips Products, Inc pages, or register with Philips Products, Inc site or services, a cookie helps Philips Products, Inc to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Philips Products, Inc Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Philips Products, Inc 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 the Philips Products, Inc services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Philips Products, Inc secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Philips Products, Inc secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Philips Products, Inc will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Philips Products, Inc encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Philips Products, Inc is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Philips Products, Inc welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Philips Products, Inc has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Philips Products, Inc at scott.alwine@philipsproducts.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.