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.
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