Linking Policy

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

LINKS FROM GHC SPECIATLY BRANDS, LLC'S LAB SAFETY SUPPLY WEB SITE
Relevancy
Links from the LSS.com Web site must be related to the purposes and objectives of GHC Specialty Brands, LLC 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 GHC Specialty Brands, LLC and our customers.

In general, GHC Specialty Brands, LLC 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 GHC Specialty Brands, LLC customers
Access to commercial partners or subsidiaries of GHC Specialty Brands, LLC

GHC Specialty Brands, LLC does not link to commercial organizations that sell directly to the consumer or that do not use GHC Specialty Brands, LLC in their distribution chain.

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

GHC Specialty Brands, LLC 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 GHC Specialty Brands, LLC 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 GHC SPECIALTY BRANDS, LLC

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 GHC Specialty Brands, LLC. GHC Specialty Brands, LLC 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 GHC Specialty Brands, LLC is reciprocity of a link back to GHC Specialty Brands, LLC's LSS Web site. For more information on linking to LSS.com, see our Linking Agreement.