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PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT CAREFULLY.
Privacy
is very important to us. We also understand that privacy
is very important to you. This Privacy Statement tells
you how we protect and use information that we gather
through this Teratech web site. This web site and this
Privacy Statement are intended for a U.S. audience.
We may change this Privacy Statement at any time and
for any reason. Significant changes to the Privacy Statement
are discussed below in the Section called "Changes
to the Privacy Statement." We encourage you to review
this Privacy Statement each time you visit the web site.
By using this web site, you agree to the terms of the most
recent version of this Privacy Statement. Please read our Terms
of Use to understand the general rules about your use
of this web site. Except as written in any other disclaimers,
policies, terms of use, or other notices on this web site,
this Privacy Statement and the Terms of Use are the complete
agreement between you and Teratech with respect to your
use of this web site. You may be subject to additional
terms that may apply when you access particular services
or materials on certain areas in this web site, or by following
a link from this web site.
What information do we gather?
Introduction
The information we receive, and how we use it, depends on what you do when
visiting our web site. We collect and use your non-personal information (information
that is not identifiable to you personally) differently than your personal
information.
What Is non-personal information?
Non-personal information is information we collect through this web site that
does not identify you as an individual person. It may include information such
as the following:
- the type of web browser software you use (for example, Netscape Navigator
or Internet Explorer)
- the name of the domain from which you access the Internet
- the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to
our web site
- the date and time you access our web site
- which pages you have visited on our web site
- personal information that has been de-identified
If you visit our web site to read or download information,
such as information about a health condition or about one of our products,
we may collect certain non-personal information about you from your computer.
This information is collected from your computer's web browser: If you only
read or download information on our web site, we do not collect or learn your
name, e-mail address, home address, or other personal information about you.
We may place a text file called a cookie in the browser files of your computer
when you visit. The cookie may be stored on your computer's hard drive. The
information that we collect using cookies is non-personal information. You
are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but some parts
of our web site may not work properly for you if you do so. We will not allow
third parties to place cookies on our web site.
What does Teratech do
with non-personal information?
Because non-personal information cannot identify you or be tied to you in
any way, there are no restrictions on the ways that we can use or share non-personal
information. We are always looking for ways to better serve you and improve
this web site. We will use non-personal information from you to help us make
this web site more useful to visitors. We also will use non-personal information
for other business purposes. For example, we may use non-personal information
or aggregate de-identified personal information to:
- create reports for internal use to develop programs, products, services
or content
- customize the information or services that are of interest to you
- share it with or sell it to third parties
- provide aggregated "traffic statistics" and "response rates" to
third parties
What Is personal information?
Personal information is information we collect through this web site that
we can use to specifically identify you, such as your:
- name
- address
- telephone number
- e-mail address
In some places on this web site you have the opportunity to
send us personal information about yourself. For example, you may fill out
a registration form, a survey, or an e-mail form.
You also may choose to allow
us to personalize your visits to the web site, in which case we will ask
you for certain personal information to make your visits to our web site more
helpful to you. When this information is combined with the non-personal information
that we collect through cookies (described above), we will be able to tell
that you have visited our web site before and can personalize your access
to our web site, for example, by telling you about new features that may be
of interest to you.
How does Teratech keep and use personal information?
We
may keep and use personal information we collect from you through this web
site to provide you with access to this web site. In addition, we may keep
and use your personal information:
- to respond to your requests
- to personalize your access to our web site, for example,
by telling you about new features that may be of interest to you
- to develop records, including records of your personal
information
- to contact you with information that might be of interest
to you, including information about clinical trials and about products and
services of ours and of others
- for analytical purposes and to research, develop and improve
programs, products, services and content
- to remove your personal identifiers (your name, e-mail
address, etc). In this case, you would no longer be identified as a single
unique individual. Once we have de-identified information, it is non-personal
information and we may treat it like other non-personal information.
- to enforce this Privacy Statement and other rules about
your use of this web site
- to protect our rights or property
- to protect someone's
health, safety or welfare
- to comply with a law or regulation, court order or other
legal process
Does Teratech ever share personal information with
third parties?
Teratech will not share your personal information
collected from this web site with an unrelated third party without your permission,
except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Statement.
In the ordinary course of business, we will share some personal information
with companies that we hire to perform services or functions on our behalf.
For example, we may use different vendors or suppliers to ship you products
that you order on our web site. In these cases, we provide the vendor with
information to process your order such as your name and mailing address. In
all cases in which we share your personal information with a third party, we
will not authorize them to keep, disclose or use your information with others
except for the purpose of providing the services we asked them to provide.
We will not sell, exchange or publish your personal information,
except in conjunction with a corporate sale, merger, dissolution, or acquisition.
We
may be legally compelled to release your personal information in response
to a court order, subpoena, search warrant, law or regulation. We may cooperate
with law enforcement authorities in investigating and prosecuting web site
visitors who violate our rules or engage in behavior which is harmful to
other visitors (or illegal).
We may disclose your personal information to third parties if we feel that
the disclosure is necessary to:
- enforce this Privacy Statement and the other rules about
your use of this web site
- protect our rights or property
- protect someone's health, safety or welfare
- comply with a law or regulation, court order or other legal process
Please note: In addition to the ways that
we may keep, disclose, and use information described in this Privacy Statement,
we also may keep, disclose, and use personally identifiable information that
you give us through this web site in ways that we believe are consistent with
FDA and other governmental guidance, directions, regulations, and laws.
What
about privacy on other web sites?
This web site may contain links
to other web sites. Some of those web sites may be operated by Teratech,
and some may be operated by third parties. We provide the links for your
convenience, but we do not review, control, or monitor the privacy practices
of web sites operated by others. This Privacy Statement does not apply
to any other web site, even the other Teratech web sites. We are not responsible
for the performance of web sites operated by third parties or for your
business dealings with them. Therefore, whenever you leave this web site we
recommend that you review each web site's privacy practices and make your
own conclusions regarding the adequacy of these practices.
Does Teratech ever communicate directly with visitors
to this web site?
We may contact you periodically by e-mail, mail
or telephone to provide information regarding programs, products, services
and content that may be of interest to you. In addition, some of the features
on this web site allow you to communicate with us using an online form. If
your communication requests a response from us, we will send you a response
via e-mail. The e-mail response or confirmation may include your personal
information, including personal information about your health, your name,
address, etc. We cannot guarantee that our e-mails to you will be secure
from unauthorized interception.
Are there special rules about children's privacy?
We
care about protecting the online privacy of children. We will not intentionally
collect any personal information (such as a child's name or e-mail address)
from children under the age of 13. If you think that we have collected personal
information from a child under the age of 13, please contact us.
What about web site security?
We take reasonable
steps to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized
access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. You should keep in mind that
no Internet transmission is ever 100% secure or error-free. In particular,
e-mail sent to or from this site may not be secure, and you should therefore
take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail
How to contact Teratech.
If you have questions
or comments about this Privacy Statement, please use the Contact feature
or contact us at:
Teratech Corporation
77 Terrace Hall Ave.
Burlington, MA 01803
781-270-4143
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