Effective Date: October 1, 2008
Purpose
of the Privacy Statement. Bristol-Myers Squibb respects
the privacy of visitors to this Web site and understands that
information about you, your health, and your health care is
sensitive. Except as provided in the Transfer of Control section
of this Web sites Internet Privacy Statement, Bristol-Myers
Squibb will not sell or rent your personally identifiable
information.
Bristol-Myers
Squibb developed this Internet Privacy Statement to provide
information about our practices regarding the collection,
use, and disclosure of information that you may provide when
you visit this Web site.
We
encourage you to read this Internet Privacy Statement before
using this Web site or submitting information. By using this
Web site, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to
the terms of the Internet Privacy Statement.
Policy on Use of Social Security Numbers. Bristol-Myers Squibb has a policy which provides for the proper use and protection of Social Security numbers obtained in the course of doing business by Bristol-Myers Squibb. Such policy protects the confidentiality of Social Security numbers, prohibits unlawful disclosure of Social Security numbers, and limits access to Social Security numbers. This policy applies to all methods of collection of Social Security numbers, including Social Security numbers obtained by oral, written and electronic means.
Information
Voluntarily Provided by Users. You can visit much
of the Web site without telling us who you are or providing
us with other personally identifiable information. Some areas
of the Web site allow you to contact us to ask questions or
provide comments. When you communicate with us and request
a response, we ask for your name and contact information.
We intend to let you know how we will use such information
before we collect it from you; if you tell us that you do
not want us to use this information to make further contact
with you beyond fulfilling your requests, we will respect
your wishes.
Some
areas of the Web site may also require that you submit information
in order to access specific content, features, interactive
tools, services or participate in a particular activity. For
example, to create an online account or to subscribe to a
newsletter, we may ask for your name, contact information,
and perhaps additional information so we can tailor our response
to your request.
In
addition, when you access certain interactive tools or services,
you may be asked to provide personally identifiable information.
You may always choose not to provide the required information,
but then you may not be able to participate in the particular
activity that requires the information.
Use
and Disclosure of Your Personally Identifiable Information
That You Provide Voluntarily. We may personalize and customize
this Web site for certain visitors.
If
you provide information about yourself via a contact form,
you may find it customized with references to products and/or
services that we believe may be of interest to you, based
on your previous interactions and information you have provided
to us.
If
you do provide us with personally identifiable information,
such as your name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone
number, or other information such as your education level,
or personal medical information, you agree that we may contact
you through a variety of means such as postal mail, phone,
or e-mail to provide you with information we believe may be
of interest to you unless you opt out of this service by contacting
us as indicated below.
If
you opt-in to the Bristol-Myers Squibb program, we may share
your information with one of our other Bristol-Myers Squibb
companies who might invite you to participate in one of their
programs.
If
you do not opt out of this service, we may also share this
information with providers of services to Bristol-Myers Squibb
who help Bristol-Myers Squibb to develop programs and provide
services that may be of interest to you, or for information
processing, mailing, and/or Internet-based delivery purposes.
Except
as provided in the Transfer of Control section, Bristol-Myers
Squibb will not sell or rent your personally identifiable
information. In addition, as stated in the Transfer of Control
section, your personally identifiable information may be shared
with actual or potential parties to a contemplated transaction
where we decide to reorganize or divest part or all of a business
or a line of our business, without obtaining your consent
or any further notice to you. In such circumstances, we will
seek written assurances that personally identifiable information
submitted through this web site will be protected appropriately.
Use
and Disclosure of Non-Personally Identifiable Information.
Bristol-Myers Squibb will not treat as confidential any
information that you provide that is not personally identifiable,
such as questions, comments, ideas, or suggestions. You should
be aware that Bristol-Myers Squibb will be free to disclose
through any means and use for any purpose such information
in its sole discretion.
By
providing such information to Bristol-Myers Squibb, you understand
and agree that no relationship has been created between Bristol-Myers
Squibb and you, and Bristol-Myers Squibb has no obligation
to you whatsoever regarding that information.
Update
and Correction of Personally Identifiable Information. You
may contact us to update or correct much of your personally
identifiable information that you provide to us through the
Web site other than the limited information described below
under the Regulatory Requirements section, or to opt-out from
our mailings and other services that you may have signed up
for. To do so, please contact us at (877) 274-0626.
Security.
We take reasonable precautions to maintain the protection
of personally identifiable information collected through this
Web site and used in accordance with this Privacy Statement.
In addition to technical safeguards, we also use physical
controls and procedures to safeguard your personally identifiable
information. However, we cannot guarantee that it is completely
secure from people who might attempt to evade our security
measures or intercept transmissions over the Internet.
Use
of Cookies. We may store some information on your computer
using a technique your browser supports called "cookies".
The cookies are used for a variety of purposes, including
but not limited to helping you login (e.g., remembering your
user name if you register or login), remembering some of your
customized user preferences, to help us better understand
how people use our Web site, to collect anonymous traffic
data, and to help us improve our Web site. In some cases,
this information will help us tailor content to your interests
or help us avoid asking for the same information when you
revisit our Web site. The cookies set by our Web sites are
used only by our Web sites. With respect to collecting anonymous
traffic data, we may use third parties to collect such data
on our behalf. To disable or limit the use of cookies, please
refer to the options provided by your Internet browser. If
you do so, however, some pages on this Web site may not work
properly.
Web
Beacons. A
Web Beacon is a clear GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) image
or pixel tag (also known as a "Web beacon") that
companies place on their Web sites to allow an Internet advertising
or audience measurement company to help them analyze their
advertising campaigns and general usage patterns of visitors
to their Web sites. Bristol-Myers Squibb uses Web beacons
on some of its Web sites. Subject to the transfer of control
situation described below, Bristol-Myers Squibb will not sell
or rent your personally identifiable information.
Web
Server Logging and IP Addresses. With or without cookies,
our Web site keeps track of usage data, such as the source
address that a page request is coming from (i.e., your IP
address, domain name), date and time of the page request,
the referring Web site (if any), and other parameters in the
URL (e.g., search criteria). We use this data to better understand
Web site usage on the whole and to determine which areas of
our Web site users prefer (e.g., based on the number of visits
to those areas). This information is stored in log files and
is used by Bristol-Myers Squibb for statistical reporting
Transfer
of Control. Circumstances
may arise where we decide to reorganize or divest part or
all of our business or of a line of our business, including
our information databases and Web sites, through a sale, divestiture,
merger, acquisition, or other means of transfer. In any such
circumstance, personally identifiable information may be shared
with, sold, transferred, rented, licensed or otherwise provided
or made available by us or on our behalf to actual or potential
parties to, and in connection with, the contemplated transaction
(without your consent or any further notice to you). In such
circumstances, we will seek written assurances that personally
identifiable information submitted through this Web site will
be protected appropriately.
Regulatory
Requirements. If
you contact us regarding your experience with using any of
our products, we may use the information you provide in submitting
reports to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and as otherwise
required of us by law or governmental audit. We may also use
the information to contact your healthcare professional to
follow up regarding an unexpected event involving the use
of any one of our products. You understand that in order to
comply with the law, Bristol-Myers Squibb may not be permitted
to comply with your request to amend or remove personally
identifiable information that was provided to Bristol-Myers
Squibb by a healthcare professional or a consumer regarding
an adverse event or reaction involving medicine, medical products
or medical devices.
Law
Enforcement. In
rare situations, we may be required by court order or other
legal or regulatory process, or as otherwise required by law
to divulge personally identifiable information to law enforcement
authorities, the courts, or regulatory authorities. Bristol-Myers
Squibb will cooperate in responding to such requests, in accordance
with the regulatory or legal process, and will take appropriate
measures to ensure that the requester understands the sensitive
nature of any health-related personally identifiable information
they receive.
Privacy
Policies Governing Linked Web Sites. As
a convenience to our visitors, the Web site contains links
to other Web sites that may offer useful information. The
Internet Privacy Statement described here does not apply to
your use of those other Web sites. Before using the linked
Web sites, please review their Internet privacy statements
to understand how they use and protect personally identifiable
information.
Changes
in Our Privacy Statement. Bristol-Myers
Squibb may at any time revise this privacy statement by updating
this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should
therefore periodically visit this page to review the most
current privacy statement.
Online
Privacy for Children. We are committed to protecting the
privacy of children. We do not intend to collect personally
identifiable information from children under 18 years old.
If a child has provided us with personally identifiable information,
the parent or guardian of that child may contact us at (877)
274-0626.
Questions.
If you have any questions about the Web sites Internet
Privacy Statement or other aspects of privacy on our Web site,
please contact us at (877) 274-0626.
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