Intervet's Privacy Policy has been developed as an extension
of our commitment to combine the finest quality products
and services with the highest level of integrity in dealing
with our customers. This Policy guides how we collect, store
and use information about customers and prospects, and it
will be periodically assessed against new technologies, business
practices and our customers' changing needs.
Intervet may, from time to time, modify
this Privacy Policy to reflect legal, technological and other
developments. In that event, the changes will appear at this
location.
Our Policy recognizes that Personally-Identifiable
Information includes, for example, e-mail addresses,
billing information, employment status and "click
stream" data that tracks user activity on a Web site
or online service.
Intervet is committed to using all reasonable
efforts to abide by its Privacy Policy, as stated below:
1. Collection.
First, and foremost, we do not sell or
provide your information to entities outside Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health
(see "external distribution" below.) Personally-Identifiable
Information will only be collected to the extent that Intervet
deems reasonably necessary to serve a legitimate business
purpose.
When you send us Personally-Identifiable
Information, (i.e. in an electronic mail message containing
a question or comment), or by filling out a form that e-mails
us this information, we use this information to respond to
your request or inquiry for our products, programs, services
and offerings, and to offer you other products, programs
or services that we believe may be of interest to you. Intervet
may on occasion combine information we receive online with
outside records to enhance our ability to market to you those
products or services that may be of interest to you.
We may also forward your e-mail to other
Intervet employees, who are best able to answer your questions.
We sometimes use this information to communicate with you,
such as to notify you when new resources are available, when
we make changes to online or print products and services,
and/or to fulfill a request by you for an online newsletter.
If your browser accepts cookies, we may
use a cookie to determine if you are
a repeat or new visitor, or to understand how many different
visitors come to, and use, our site. We sometimes use the
non-personally identifiable information that we collect to
improve the design and content of our site and to enable
us to personalize your Internet experience. We also may use
this information in aggregate form to analyze site usage,
as well as to offer you products, programs, or services.
Please be aware that if you disclose Personally-Identifiable
Information on Web site message boards or chat areas, that
information may be collected and used by third parties without
our knowledge and may result in unsolicited communications
from third parties. Such activities are beyond the control
of Intervet.
2. Links to Other Sites.
The documents posted on this Web site
may contain hypertext links or pointers to information created
and maintained by other public and private organizations.
These links and pointers are provided for the convenience
of our Web site visitors. Intervet does not control or guarantee
the accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of any linked information
from non-Intervet sites.
The inclusion of links or pointers to
Web sites is not intended to assign importance to those sites
or the information contained therein, nor is it intended
to endorse or recommend any views expressed, or products
or services offered on these sites.
The non-Intervet sites may also have their
own privacy policies and practices. While Intervet will employ
commercially appropriate procedures to help ensure that your
information is only used for authorized purposes as described
above, Intervet cannot make any guarantees with respect to
the actions or policies of such third parties.
3. External Distribution
Intervet does not share any information
we receive with any outside parties, except for the following:
1) When required by law, in connection with legal proceedings
and investigations of crimes or other wrongdoing, and 2)
For Onward Transfers.
4. Onward Transfer.
Sharing Personally-Identifiable Information
with an entity working on behalf of Intervet or transferring
Personally-Identifiable Information in conjunction with the
sale or similar transfer of a business unit is considered
an Onward Transfer.
Whenever Intervet permits a third-party
outside of Intervet to access Personally-Identifiable Information
through Onward Transfer, commercially appropriate procedures
will be followed to help ensure that the information is
used only for authorized purposes and by authorized persons
in a manner consistent with the choices customers and prospects
have made under this Policy, and that the security, integrity
and privacy of the information is maintained.
5. Protection of Information.
We maintain physical, electronic, and
procedural safeguards that comply with industry standards
to protect your personal information from unauthorized access
or use. We restrict access to your personal and account information
to those employees who need to know that information in order
to provide products and services to you. All employees are
required to protect and maintain the confidentiality of your
information in accordance with our policies and procedures.
If we use a third-party to host our Web
site and/or data, the third-party organization is required
to ensure site security by employing industry-standard methods
to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts
to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information
on Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health servers, or servers used on behalf of Intervet
by a third-party organization, are strictly prohibited and
may be punishable by law, including the Computer Fraud and
Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure
Protection Act.
6. Choice: Opt-Out from Distribution
Lists
Customers and prospects may choose to
refuse permission for use of their name, address or other
Personally-Identifiable Information to be used in Distribution
Lists maintained by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health for the purpose of contacting
you with products, services, offerings or other communication.
If you wish to "opt-out" and
be removed from distribution lists of our messages concerning
products, services and offerings, please Click
Here. Please include your name and address in the e-mail
text box. Please do not change the Header Information in
the e-mail.
7. Cookies.
What is a "Cookie"? A cookie
is a small piece of information that is sent to your browser,
along with a Web page, when you access a Web site. There
are two kinds of cookies: a "session" cookie and
a "persistent" cookie. A session cookie is a line
of text that is stored temporarily in your computer's RAM.
Because a session cookie is never written to a drive, it
is destroyed as soon as you close your browser. A persistent
cookie is a more permanent line of text that gets saved by
your browser to a file on your hard drive. Depending on your
browser settings, you may receive notification that a given
site is requesting cookie information, possibly with an expiration
date. Persistent cookies have an expiration date in the future.
Session cookies have no date associated with them.
Intervet's Use of Cookies. The Web site
will create a session cookie whenever you log onto our sites.
The session cookie is destroyed when you leave the site,
or after 20 minutes of inactivity. Intervet does not create
any persistent cookies.
8. Questions?
If you have questions about Intervet's
Privacy Policy, please Contact
Us, and we will be happy to assist you. |