Privacy Policy

We at Instron are committed to data privacy and data protection. This privacy policy explains our information practices. Should you have questions or concerns regarding this policy, please contact us at web@instron.com

This web site is administered by Instron. We want you to feel secure when visiting our site and are committed to maintaining your privacy when doing so. The information below provides an overview of how we protect your privacy whenever you are on this website.

This website collects information in two ways: indirectly (for example, through cookies) and/or directly (for example, when you provide information on various response forms). This information includes your Internet address so that we can track unique visits to our website for analytic purposes.

Your membership on this website is connected to your membership on Instron’s website. In addition to the information contained in this policy, this website is also covered by the privacy policy found on Instron’s website. Please review Instron’s Privacy Policy for information on how your membership information is protected.

We are committed to achieve a high level of customer satisfaction. In order to better serve you, we use surveys and similar methods to proactively seek feedback from our user base. Some feedback methods are anonymous, some are not. In each case, however, you will exactly know what type of information is stored in our system.

Like most websites we utilize log files to analyze usage patterns and performance of our site. This information is not linked to personally identifiable information.

If you are logged in to the website and you access information that requires login, we may keep a log of what you access. We reserve the right to contact you in regards to the resource you access. For example, you may receive an email or a phone call asking if you have any questions about a particular document that you downloaded from our website.

You will not find any third-party advertising on this website. We do not use tools on our website that are commonly referred to as ‘adware’ or ‘spyware’.

Instron does not knowingly collect data from children nor do we market to children anywhere.

A cookie is a piece of data placed on your computer by a website. There are two types of cookies, session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie is automatically deleted once the browsing session ends. This website uses session cookies to store settings within a session to enable you to login and to improve your browsing experience. Persistent cookies are used to store user preferences or login credentials. For example, using the ‘remember me’ of the login feature places a persistent cookie on your computer, which enables the website to log you in automatically the next time you return to it. You have control over whether or not your web browser allows storing cookies on your computer. If you do allow storing persistent cookies, you can delete them anytime. We recommend you always enable cookies for the best browsing experience. Disabling session cookies will prevent you from logging in to the website.

The main reason why we store personally identifiable information on our website is so that you have to provide your contact information only once. We use this information to reply to your requests submitted via this website. We may contact you regarding products and services that you have expressed interest in. If you un-register, we delete your contact information from our website.

We share the information collected on the website only within Instron. We always treat personally identifiable information as confidential and share it only with those employees that need the information to better serve you. We never share personally identifiable information collected on this website with any third party. Though we make every effort to preserve your privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our website.

We take appropriate steps to maintain the security of your data at Instron. The open nature of the Internet is such that data may flow over networks without security measures and may be accessed and used by people other than those for whom the data is intended. There’s not much we or anyone else can do about this, suffice it to say we aim to apply appropriate levels of security at all times.

Yes. You login to the website. On the ‘My Profile’ page you can view and modify the information stored about you. You can also un-register from this website.

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will

This website contains links to other web sites. Please be aware that Instron is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy policies of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this website.

Put simply, we value your trust in us. So we really want to maintain your privacy and work with you to ensure that this site and the information and services we provide to you are a valuable resource for you. For any more information about this site or your visit, please contact us via web@instron.com