Last Modified: 20th August 2021BSCN LLC (“BSCNews”, also referred to as “we”, “us” or “our” in this Privacy Policy) respects the privacy of individuals using and visiting the websites and applications we own or operate.

This Privacy Policy describes the types of personal information we may collect from individuals (“you” or “your”) or that you may provide when you visit our website at //www.bacillariophyta.com (our "Website") or use our mobile application (the “Mobile Application,” and together with the Website, the “Platform”).  This Privacy Policy also describes our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that personal information.  Personal information includes information that relates to or is reasonably capable of being associated with a specific, identifiable individual.  This Privacy Policy operates in conjunction with our [Terms of Use]. By using the Platform, you authorize BSCNews to collect and use your personal information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy).  Your continued use of the Platform after we post such changes will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy to the extent permitted by law. 

Personal Information We Collect About You 

Personal Information You Voluntarily Provide to Us.  We collect personal information you voluntarily provide to BSCNews when you visit our Website, subscribe to our newsletter, submit a job application through the Website, download and use our Mobile Application, or otherwise interact with us via our Platform.  The personal information we collect on or through our Platform may include name, employer, job title, employer address, e-mail address and phone number. 

Automatic Data Collection Technologies.  Additionally, as you navigate through and interact with our Platform, we may use automatic data collection technologies (such as cookies and web beacons) to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including details of your visits to our Platform, logs, and the resources that you access and use on the Platform.  

We use Google Analytics to manage and improve the performance and design of our Platform and for monitoring, auditing, research and reporting.  Google Analytics gathers information from Platform users using cookies and other automatic collection technologies.  Google will process this information on our behalf to evaluate use of our Platform, compile reports on Platform activity, and provide us with other information relating to Platform and internet use.  You can read about how Google uses data gathered for these purposes .  For information on opting-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, visit .  

How We Use Your Data 

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, for the following purposes:

• To manage and improve our Platform and deliver its contents to you.
• To provide you with information that you request from us.
• To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it, such as evaluating job applications.
• To notify you about changes to our Platform or any services we may offer or provide though it.
• In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
• For any other purpose with your consent.

We retain your personal information as required to accomplish the purposes for which it was collected or as necessary to resolve disputes, enforce contracts, and/or comply with our legal obligations, unless we have obtained your consent to use for another or similar purpose.

Disclosure of Your Personal Information

We may disclose your personal information as follows:

• To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and achieve the purposes described above and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them. 
• To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of BSCNews’ assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by BSCNews about our Platform users is among the assets transferred.
• With your consent. 
• To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
• If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of BSCNews, our customers, or others. 

We do not share your personal information for third parties to market to you, or for any other purpose that is not related to BSCNews’ legitimate purposes.

European Users 

If you are located outside of the United States, you acknowledge and agree that your personal information may be processed outside of the country in which you are a resident and in countries that are not subject to an adequacy decision by the European Commission and which may not provide for the same level of data protection as the European Economic Area (EEA).  In such cases, BSCNews will ensure that we or the recipient of your personal information offer an adequate level of protection and that such transfers are made consistent with applicable law.  If you are located in the EEA, you have certain statutory rights in relation to your personal information.  Subject to any exemptions provided by law, you may have the right to request access to, as well as to seek to update, delete, correct, or restrict or object to the processing of your personal information.  As explained elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, we process personal information in various ways depending upon your use of our Platform.  

You may contact us at [email protected] with any questions or complaints. You also have the right to complain to the data protection authority in the country where you reside, work, or where an alleged infringement of data protection laws has taken place. 

Children Under the Age of 13 

Our Platform is not intended for children under 13 years of age.  We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.  If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.  If you believe we might have any personal information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at [email protected].

Links and Third-Party Websites 

Our Platform may provide links to other websites operated by third-parties that are outside our control.  Such third-party websites are not covered by this Privacy Policy.  The ability to access information of third parties from the Platform, or links to other websites or locations, is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of, and  BSCNews is not liable for, such third parties or their content, products, services, software or other materials.  The use of external websites including any information or content found on such websites is subject to and governed by the terms and conditions of such websites.  We encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on any third-party website you visit.

Material Changes to Our Privacy Policy

The “Last Modified” date, above, indicates the most recent date that any material changes were made to this Privacy Policy.  Personal information you provide us is governed by the Privacy Policy in effect on the date your information was submitted to BSCNews, so you should check for updates each time information is submitted to us.  We will not use your personal information except as provided in the Privacy Policy then in effect, unless you have specifically agreed to any later changes.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about anything contained in this Privacy Policy, including how your personal information is used, you may contact us at [email protected].