This Intervet, Inc. ("Intervet") Privacy
Policy has been developed as an extension of our commitment to combine
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, billable 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 or its affiliated companies (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 or employees
of Intervet affiliates 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 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, and neither Intervet nor its affiliates will be responsible
for any such activity.
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 reasonable 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 (see below.)
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
reasonable 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 generally accepted 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-part 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 Inc.
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 Inc. for the purpose
of contacting you with products, services, offerings or other communications.
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. |
