United States Filter Corporation (“Siemens”) respects your right to privacy protection while using this web site. We have created this privacy policy in order to explain what information we gather from your visit to this web site and how such information may be used.

1. COLLECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION:

As a general policy, Siemens does not request or collect personally-identifiable information on this web site. However, if you wish to utilize this site's on-line "tools", obtain information about Siemens or to register on a mailing list, you will be asked to provide certain personal contact information (such as your name, mailing address, or e-mail address) in order to process your request. Such information is intended only for Siemens (and/or one or more of its affiliates) who is responsible for its processing.

Certain non-personal information may be recorded by the standard operation of Siemens’s Internet servers. In order to help administer this web site and enhance your online experience, the servers may gather information pertaining to the type of browser or operating system being used or your IP address.

Siemens will not give, sell, or otherwise transfer e-mail addresses supplied to this site to any other party (other than to affiliate or successor companies of Siemens and/or its affiliates or to a vendor who assists any of the foregoing companies in providing e-mail communications) for the purposes of initiating, or enabling others to initiate, electronic mail messages.

2. LINKS TO OTHER SITES:

This web site offers links to other web sites that may collect personally-identifiable information. Your use of, and provision of personally-identifiable information to, such other sites are subject to the terms of use and privacy policies of such other sites. Siemens is not responsible for the privacy policies and practices or content of such sites.

3. SECURITY:

Security for all personally-identifiable information is important to us. We strive to take reasonable technical measures to prevent loss or unintended use of information transmitted to us at the time of collection or storage.

 4. USE OF COOKIES:

Cookies are pieces of information that a web site transfers to an individual's computer hard drive for identification purposes. This information may be used for customization the next time you visit this web site. Your web browser may permit you to be notified when you are receiving a cookie, giving you the choice to accept it or not. By not accepting cookies, some pages of this web site, which use cookies, may not fully function and you may not be able to access certain information on this web site.

No personally-identifiable information is contained in the aforementioned cookies. 

5. USE OF IP ADDRESSES:

An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet service provider whenever you are surfing the Web. Whenever you request pages from our web site, our servers log your IP address. Siemens collects IP addresses for the purposes of its system administration and to analyze the use of this web site. We do not link IP addresses to any information that is personally identifiable, which means that your session will be logged, but you remain anonymous to us. We may use your IP address in cooperation with your Internet service provider to identify you if we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our Terms of Use agreement, protect our services or customers, or comply with applicable laws and regulations.

6. REVISION OF THIS POLICY:

Siemens reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, alter, or otherwise revise this Privacy Policy at any time without notice and you agree to be bound by such modifications, alterations, and revisions. Notification of revisions is limited to the actual posting of the revised Privacy Policy on this site.