Boehringer Ingelheim
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Online
Privacy Policy
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("BIPI"), its affiliates
and subsidiaries, are committed to protecting the privacy, accuracy and
reliability of any Personal Information you choose to provide through our
website. In order to maximize your visit to this BIPI website and to provide
you with valuable health and disease state information, we may ask you for
certain Personal Information. To ensure that your Personal Information is kept
confidential and secure, we have developed information privacy practices that
are described in detail in this policy. BIPI maintains your Personal
Information in strict adherence with this policy.
This privacy policy covers the following topics:
Collection
of Personal Information
Disclosure
of Personal Information
Personal
Information: Access and Correction
Collection
and Use of Non-Personal Information
Changes
to Policy and Questions
Please read this privacy policy carefully. By using this site, you agree
to the terms of this policy. If you do not agree with these terms, please do
not disclose any Personal Information through this site. This privacy policy
may change from time to time, so please check back often. Should you have any
questions about this policy or our data collection and use practices, please
write to us at the address provided at the end of this Online Privacy Policy.
Collection of Personal Information
It is not necessary to provide any information that identifies you
(hereinafter referred to as "Personal Information") to use this
website. In general, you can visit our website without telling us who you are
or revealing any Personal Information.
If you want, however, to access certain features offered through this
site, it may be necessary to provide Personal Information, such as your name,
address, and telephone number, and possibly other information. If you do not
want to give us any Personal Information, you can choose not to use these
features of our website. The choice is yours. We are only interested in
offering you convenient online services that match your interests and needs.
We use your Personal Information for three general reasons. First,
we use Personal Information to provide you with the services that you request. Second, we may use your Personal Information to send
you information about Spiriva® HandiHaler® (tiotropium
bromide inhalation powder) ("SPIRIVA"). Third,
we may use your information in aggregate form to help us evaluate and improve
our SPIRIVA web site and other SPIRIVA related services or communications.
If you register for announcements or for information about SPIRIVA, you
can always choose not to be contacted or to "opt-out" of further
contact or solicitations from BIPI and Pfizer.
Disclosure of Personal Information
BIPI’s responsibility to keep your information private is taken very
seriously. Accordingly, BIPI shares your Personal Information in only the
following circumstances:
BIPI Affiliates and Subsidiaries: BIPI may disclose your Personal
Information to its corporate affiliates and subsidiaries. Any Personal
Information provided to affiliated entities or subsidiaries will be treated in
accordance with this privacy policy.
BIPI Operations and Maintenance Contractors: BIPI may share your Personal
Information with third party contractors as is necessary to respond to your
requests for products and information, unless you have opted-out of receiving
information. Third-party contractors may access your Personal Information to
send you this information on behalf of BIPI. BIPI also may hire third-party
technology providers to host this website and to store your Personal Information.
Legal Authorities. BIPI may disclose Personal
Information when required by law or legal process; when necessary to protect
and defend the rights or property of BIPI or when necessary to protect the
personal safety of BIPI website users and customers.
Aggregate Information. Aggregate information does not
contain any Personal Information about our users. From time to time, BIPI may
share aggregate, non-personal information about website usage with third
parties, including government agencies and advertisers.
Collection and Use of Non-Personal
Information
BIPI also collects information that, alone, cannot be used to identify
you (referred to as "non-personal information") through this
website. We may use this non-personal
information in aggregate form for product and service development, for market
analysis and may provide it to third parties. Examples of types of non-personal
information that we may collect include gender, age, survey responses, IP
addresses, and data stored in cookie files and captured by pixel tags. We
describe IP addresses and cookies, and other tracking technology in more detail
below:
Internet Protocol Addresses. An Internet Protocol (IP) address is
a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet.
This number does not identify your name, e-mail address or other Personal
Information. If you request information from this website, our server will
enter your IP address into a log. We use this information to measure site
traffic, to help us to understand how people are using our website and to
hopefully improve your online experience.
Cookies and Other Tracking
Technology. This website may gather certain non-personal information through the use
of "cookies", web logs, and pixel tags/web beacons to identify a
visitor as the visitor navigates the website.
Your web browser allows us to put information, including session-based
IDs and/or persistent cookies, on your computer’s hard drive in order to
recognize your computer.
"Cookies"
are small text files that recognize repeat visitors, facilitate ongoing access
to some sites, and allow sites to understand how and when pages are visited and
by how many people. Visitors who are concerned about the use of cookie
technology may opt to enable a feature in their browser software that will
erase cookies, block all cookies, or warn the user before cookies are stored or
exchanged. Please be aware however, that some parts of this website may no
longer function properly if cookies are disabled.
Sometimes we work with third parties to put cookies on your hard
drive. Before we enter into arrangements
with third parties, however, we require these third parties to enter into an
agreement with us that they will comply with our Privacy Policy.
Usually cookies contain
no personally identifiable information. However, if you have provided us with
personal information, we may correlate this information with the cookies or
other tracking technology placed on your computer by our web site in order to
offer an improved website experience for you.
We also may use
tracking technologies such as pixel tags.
Pixel tags, also known as web beacons, function similarly to
cookies. A pixel tag is an invisible,
one pixel-sized piece of code which transmits certain information to our servers. They are placed on key pages, tools, and
areas of our website. When a visitor
requests/visits/clicks on anything that includes a pixel tag, the information
about the visitor’s action is recorded in a web log. This is done in order to track a visitor’s
usage across various web pages on our website.
We may also use pixel tags in our HTML-based e-mails in order to
determine if e-mails were opened and replied to or forwarded. This information
will be used only in aggregate for research to improve site content and
usability. You
can disable pixel tags by changing your browser settings or through
commercially available software packages.
This website and any accompanying services offered are not directed at children
who are under 18 years of age. It is BIPI’s policy to require that individuals
requesting information on our products be 18 years of age or older.
Should we receive Personal Information from a person who we know is
under 18, we will automatically delete such information from our database. The
information will not be used for any purpose.
As a convenience to our visitors, BIPI sites may contain links to a
number of sites that we believe may offer useful information. When you click on
one of these links, you will be transferred from the BIPI website and be
connected to the website of the organization or company that you selected. The
BIPI privacy policy is no longer applicable when you leave our site by way of
link. Each of these linked sites maintains its own independent privacy policies
and procedures, which you should consult before providing any of your Personal
Information.
Changes to Policy and Questions
BIPI reserves the right to modify, add or remove portions of this privacy
statement at its discretion. If we decide to change this policy, we will post
those changes at this site. If you have any questions about our policy, this
website or its offerings, you may write to us via the following address:
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
Attn: Public Affairs
P.O. Box
900 Ridgebury Road
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