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Albeck
Medical
has a long-standing commitment to safeguarding the
privacy of information entrusted to us. The privacy
principles and procedures set forth below are intended to
tell you how we collect, use, and distribute user
information via our primary public website (www.Albeck
Medical.com).
This statement
also applies generally to all websites operated by Albeck
Medical
(and its affiliates). This statement does not cover
information collected from sources other than Albeck Medical websites.
Specific
Albeck Medical Sites and Services - Albeck Medical
offers a wide variety of services, and operates through a
number of websites. Many of these have their own privacy
statements that describe the specific data collection and
use practices of the particular product, service, or site.
We encourage you to review the privacy statements for those
sites, services and products that you use. Unless
more-specifically addressed (or to the extent otherwise
provided) in those other privacy statements, the terms of
this General Privacy Statement govern your interaction with
Albeck Medical.
Types and
Uses of Personal Information - If you use this website,
personally identifiable information about you may be
collected and processed by Albeck Medical employees. In
general, we only collect such information (such as your
name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and type of
business) when you knowingly provide it to us. Additionally,
Albeck Medical may automatically collect or process
personally identifiable data (such as your Internet domain
or IP address) as part of the operation of this website or
during the course of your activities on or use of this
website. In nearly all cases this data may be collected or
processed by, and transferred to, Albeck Medical
facilities in the United States and in other countries where
Albeck Medical does business; the data is then subject to
the legal systems of those countries. By using this website
(which resides in part on servers located in the United
States), you unambiguously consent to any collection,
processing, transfer or use of any personal data. If you do
not consent to any collection, processing, transfer or use
of such information, please discontinue use of this website.
Sharing with
Other Albeck Medical Companies - We share much of our
data, including personally identifiable information about
you, with our affiliates throughout the world. To the extent
that these entities have access to your information, they
will follow privacy practices no less protective than our
practices described in this document, to the extent allowed
by applicable law.
How Personal
Information Is Shared With Third-Parties - Without the
user's consent, Albeck Medical will not sell, trade, or
disclose the user's personally identifiable information to
third parties that want to market products to the user.
However, Albeck Medical may disclose information to third
parties assisting us in carrying out a transaction or
providing a service for you (e.g., packaging, sending and
delivering purchases and information to you, clearing credit
card transactions, or performing statistical analyses of our
services), or in connection with merger and acquisition
discussions. Additionally, Albeck Medical may disclose
information when required by subpoena, search warrant, or
other legal process, or in response to activities that are
unlawful or a violation of Albeck Medical rules for use of
the website, or to protect and defend the rights or property
of Albeck Medical.
Security
Measures - Albeck Medical has implemented
technological and operational security processes to protect
your personally identifiable information from loss, misuse,
alteration or unintentional destruction. While no security
measure can guarantee against compromise, Albeck Medical
regularly reviews and updates its security measures in an
effort to provide appropriate security for all information
held by Albeck Medical.
Modifications
to Statement - Albeck Medical reserves the right to
change, modify, or update this statement at any time without
notice. We indicate the date of the current statement below,
so you know when it was last updated.
Access and
Accuracy - Albeck Medical wants to maintain only
accurate information about users of the site. You can
request individual information that has been gathered about
you by contacting Albeck Medical . Upon receipt of
appropriate identification information, Albeck Medical
will provide you with access to the personally identifiable
information that it maintains about your use of Albeck
Medical websites or which you have supplied to Albeck
Medical via a Albeck Medical website. If you find
factual inaccuracies, please notify Albeck Medical so that
they may be corrected.
Data
Retention - Albeck Medical will not retain your
personal information longer than is necessary for the
purpose it was collected.
Children
- Albeck Medical takes children's privacy seriously.
Albeck Medical asks children under the age of 13 not to
send any personally identifiable information to Albeck
Medical
websites without the consent of their parents or
guardians. Albeck Medical encourages all parents and
guardians to instruct their children in the safe and
responsible use of personal information on the Internet.
Albeck Medical will not knowingly collect, use, or
disclose to third parties any personal information collected
from children, and we are committed to complying with
applicable laws and requirements, such as the United States'
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Linked
Websites - We provide links to third party sites. Since
we do not control these websites, we encourage you to review
the privacy statement posted on these (and all) third party
sites. Albeck Medical is not responsible for the privacy
statements or practices of sites and services controlled by
other companies or organizations.
Use of
Cookies - Albeck Medical may use "cookies" in
connection with operation of its websites. Cookies are small
pieces of information that are stored on your computer by
the Albeck Medical website server. Cookies are used for
record-keeping purposes-the stored information can be
retrieved by the Albeck Medical website server when you
return to the website. This allows Albeck Medical to
personalize or regulate the use of the site, and also
permits Albeck Medical to automate the access and
data-entry functions of the site (e.g., login information),
to store on-line ordering information for purchases you may
make while visiting the site, and to tailor the appearance
or presentation of the site to your preferences or
interests. In general, we do not use cookies to track the
navigational habits of identified users without the user's
consent. If you visit our sites to read or download content,
much of the information we do collect is statistical only
(e.g., the domain from which you access the Internet, the
date and time you access our site, and the Internet address
of the website from which you linked directly to our site)
and not personally identifiable. We use this information
about the number of visitors and their use of the sites in
aggregate form to make our sites more useful and attractive
to you.
The use of
cookies is common in the industry, and they are used at most
major websites. Cookies will not be used to pass any
information from your computer except the specific
information placed into the cookie from one participating
Albeck Medical website when the cookie is retrieved by
another participating Albeck Medical web site. You may
wish to adjust your Web browser to inform you whenever a
cookie is to be used, or to reject all cookies
automatically.
However, if you
elect not to accept cookies, some parts of the website may
not function properly or permit access. For more information
on cookies, see http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq.htm and
http://www.privacychoices.com
Contact Information - Customers should direct comments or
questions regarding this statement to their Albeck Medical
representative; employees to their Personnel representative;
all other inquiries should be directed via this form.
Last updated: January, 2009 Version 1.0
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