Your Story, Your Privacy
Our pet diabetes submission form on www.petdiabetesmonth.com
provides an opportunity for you to share very special information with Merck Animal
Health and the pet diabetes community. We thank you, and want you to know we take
privacy seriously. We also want you to understand how we will use, share and protect
this information.
How will Merck Animal Health Use My Pet Diabetes Story Information?
To submit your story, you have voluntarily completed a form that includes your name,
email address, country, if your pet is a dog or a cat, types of diabetes management,
and your written story.
Merck Animal Health may use some or all of the information you share with us, but
we will use it only for this program unless you give us permission to use it for
other purposes, or if we are legally required to use it for other purposes. For
example, we may use the information you provide us to tell your story on
www.petdiabetesmonth.com or other Merck Animal Health or MSD Animal Health
websites; social networking; social media platforms; in a video; and/or in brochure,
direct mail or other marketing materials.
Before we accept your story, we ask you to give Merck Animal Health permission to
collect, store and use your story and information in a manner consistent with this
Privacy Statement. For example, Merck Animal Health will review your story and the
information you submit. We may post all or part of your submission, and will notify
you if your story is posted. Merck Animal Health may or may not publish your story
submission. Not all stories will be utilized and published.
Changed Your Mind About Posting Your Story?
Send us an e-mail at PetDiabetesStory@moganmyers.com
and request that you want your entry removed or modified. Once a deletion or modification
request has been received, Merck Animal Health will remove your story and information
as quickly as is practical. Merck Animal Health reserves the right not to repost
a story that has been deleted at your request.
Do We Share Your Story With Anyone Else?
When you submit your story, your information is automatically transferred from the
form to our database. Our policies require third parties who work for us, such as
our agencies, to take reasonable steps to appropriately protect personal information
they manage for us.
This privacy statement applies only to Merck Animal Health and others working for
Merck Animal Health.
For How Long Will Merck Animal Health Retain Your Story and Information?
The story you submit will remain in the database for up 24 months from March 2014.
Protection of Children’s Privacy
The Pet Diabetes Month story submission form is not intended for use by anyone under
the age of 18. Only parents and legal guardians, and those who have permission from
parents or legal guardians, 18 years of age or older are permitted to provide information
about a diabetic pet story and other information.
Questions or Concerns about Privacy?
For questions or concerns about your privacy, visit the Merck Animal Health Privacy
Commitment web page at: or contact the
Merck Animal Health Privacy Office at
merck_privacy_office@merck.com or write to:
Merck Animal Health Privacy Office Merck Animal Health & Co., Inc.
WS3B-85
One Merck Animal Health Drive
Whitehouse Station,
NJ 08889-0100
Please indicate if you agree or disagree with this information to provide your diabetic
pet story:
-