Western Scientific recognizes and respects the importance our customers place on privacy and security. To assure our customers a safe and confidential shopping experience, Western Scientific Medical uses Verisigns Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to protect the security of your online order information. The SSL technology is active on the credit card and personal information pages within our website. Verisign encrypts and keeps your credit card info safe by processing your card and only routing payment to Vitality Medical. Your credit card information is never stored or visible to Western Scientific Medical when you purchase online.

To check or verify the security of your connection, click on the Verisign logo found on the center of our home page. When navigating through our website you will also notice a closed lock or unbroken key at the lower left-hand corner of your browser window after accessing the customer credit card entry pages. If you see a closed lock or an unbroken key (depending on your browser), then SSL is active and the server is secure. You can also double-check by looking at the URL address line of your browser. When accessing the credit card entry page or customer data form you will notice the first characters of the site address will change from “http” to “https”. The https change in the IP address denotes a secure IP address.

Some browsers and firewalls do not permit communication through secure servers. If you access Vitality Medical through an insecure connection you will not be able to place an order online. If you cannot access our shopping cart, please print out our order form and place your order by phone at 1-713-668-6979.

How does Western Scientific Medical use my information?

When you make a purchase from Western Scientific Medical, we use the information you provide to us (name, address, phone, etc.) to process your order. We do not share or sale this information to third parties. All information is considered private and confidential and is used only to help us serve you better and improve your shopping experience while online with Western Scientific Medical. All credit card numbers are routed through Verisign and are never visible to Western Scientific Medical for online purchases.

Use of Cookies:

Western Scientific Medical uses a browser feature known as a cookie. A cookie is a simple file that stores your personalized information on your hard drive so you don’t have to reenter it a second time when revisiting our website. Cookies help to improve and personalize your shopping experience by increasing our web pages responsiveness and decreasing time between downloading as you browse or surf through our website.

Prizes

We run special prize promotions on our site in which we ask visitors for contact information (typically the customer's email address) and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level).

We use contact data from our promotions to send users material from Vitality Medical. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary (i.e. When someone wins a contest.) Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor our visitor's experience at our site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.