Linking Policy

OBJECTIVE OF THIS POLICY
To describe and explain the Lab Safety Supply (LSS) policy on linking from Lab Safety Supply's Web site (LSS.com or LabSafety.com) to other sites, and to recommend a procedure for organizations wishing to link to the LSS Web site.

LINKS FROM THE LAB SAFETY SUPPLY WEB SITE
Relevancy
Links from the Lab Safety Supply Web site must be related to the purposes and objectives of LSS to meet customer demand while providing distinguished customer service, and to become the preeminent company in our field. Links related to other relevant technical sites may be established where it is shown to be beneficial to LSS and our customers.

In general, LSS will provide links to the following areas of interest. These may be national or international:

• Professional Organizations
• Government and Agencies
• Safety, Health, and Science Related Sites
• MSDS Resources
• News Online
• Commercial Resources

LINKS TO COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Links to a commercial organization may be added from time to time to provide customers with:

• Contact information
• Product or technical descriptions
• Information or services useful to LSS customers
• Access to commercial partners or subsidiaries of LSS

LSS does not link to commercial organizations that sell directly to the consumer or that do not use LSS in their distribution chain.

Other than where a specific reference is made to a commercial arrangement between LSS and a commercial organization, LSS is not by virtue of a link endorsing or giving its endorsement to a particular organization, product or service.

LSS makes no guarantees, and offers no warranties or indemnities, for the quality, currency, accuracy or truthfulness of any information and/or services accessed by a link to an external organization.

LINKS NOT PERMITTED

These include sites:

• In conflict with, or harmful to, the interests of LSS and its members
• Which breach others' right to privacy and confidentiality
• That promote or incite illegal, fraudulent or other unlawful activities
• Which are slanderous, libelous and/or defamatory
• Which are offensive, obscene and pornographic
• Which promote or incite violence, hatred and harassment based on sex, race and disability
• Which promote or incite breaches of "Netiquette" and are designed to annoy, abuse or torment users of the Internet

REQUEST FOR LINK FROM LAB SAFETY SUPPLY (LSS)

To get a link placed on the LSS Web site, please contact the webmaster at webmaster@labsafety.com. In your contact message, please explain how the proposed link related to this policy and ensure that a return contact name and address is included.

If, on the face of it, a proposed link meets the criteria enunciated in this policy it may still be declined at the discretion of LSS. LSS is the final arbitrator of links. If a link is approved, the administrators of the target site will be informedand the link established.

A condition precedent to a link being established by LSS is reciprocity of a link back to the LSS Web site. For more information on linking to LSS, see our Linking Agreement.