BD Privacy Statement and Consent to Use of Data
PRIVACY STATEMENT AND CONSENT TO USE OF DATA
IMPORTANT
Acknowledgement of Our Canadian Privacy Statement
By using this Canadian Site, you acknowledge that you have reviewed the terms of our Canadian Privacy Statement and Consent to Use of Data (the "Privacy Statement and Consent") and consent to the collection, use, disclosure and transfer of your Personal Data and User Data in accordance therewith. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not provide any Personal Data through this Canadian Site. This Privacy Statement and Consent forms part of our
Canadian Terms and Conditions of Use
and such shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario. You agree that any dispute arising out of your use of this web site shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Province of Ontario, and you irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction. Please note that this Privacy Statement and Consent does not apply to the providing or use of Personal Data other than through the Canadian Site, nor to the providing or use of Personal Data of past or present employees of, or consultants engaged by, Becton, Dickinson and Company and/or its subsidiaries, for employment or benefits administration purposes, both of which are governed by BD Policies designed for those respective purposes.
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Changes to BD's Privacy Statement and Consent
This Canadian Site and our business change constantly. As a result, at times it may be necessary for BD to make changes to this Privacy Statement and Consent. BD reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Statement and Consent at any time and from time to time without prior notice. Please review this Statement periodically, and especially before you provide any Personal Data. This Privacy Statement and Consent was last updated on October 29, 2004. Your continued use of the Canadian Site after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Statement and Consent shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Statement and Consent.
Welcome to (the "Site"). This Canadian Site is operated by Becton Dickinson Canada Inc. ("BD - Canada"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Becton, Dickinson and Company (collectively, "BD" or "we" or "us") and has been created to provide our customers the information, products and other initiatives developed and/or offered by BD and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, the "BD Services"). You are important to BD and, as described in this Privacy Statement and Consent, we will take appropriate measures to protect your privacy as you use this Canadian Site. This Privacy Statement and Consent sets forth
BD
s approach with respect to information that is collected from users of this Canadian Site. This Canadian Site is intended for users in Canada.
What follows is a table of contents listing the areas covered by our Privacy Statement and Consent. Please read our entire Privacy Statement and Consent carefully. Should you have any questions about this Statement or about our data collection, storage and use practices, please contact us as provided
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If you are under the age of eighteen, please do not provide us any personal information on this Canadian Site.
This Canadian Site is not directed at children and most of the services offered on this Canadian Site are designed for individuals who are 18 years of age or older. We recognize the need to provide additional privacy protections for children who use the Internet. Should an individual whom we know to be under 18 send personal information to us, we will not retain such information except that, in certain instances, we will use that information to satisfy our obligations to follow up on product comments or complaints and we will respond directly to the individual to inform him or her that we do not accept personal information from persons under 18. In addition, although again not required by the Act, If you are aware that a person under 18 has provided personal information to us, please contact us as provided
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"Aggregated Data" includes customer demographics, interests and behavior based on Personal Data and other information provided to us which is compiled and analyzed on an aggregate and anonymous basis.
"Personal Data" includes all information that enables an individual to be identified or is about that individual, including, by way of example, the individual's name and e-mail address.
"Public Information" includes information posted to any public areas of the Canadian Site, such as bulletin boards, chat rooms and comment areas. Please refer to our discussion of "Public and Unsolicited Information" contained in our
Terms and Conditions
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"Unsolicited Information" includes any ideas for new products or modifications to existing products and other unsolicited communications. Personal Data included in Unsolicited Information will be handled in the manner set forth in this Privacy Statement and Consent; however please refer to our discussion of "Public and Unsolicited Information" contained in our
Terms and Conditions
.
"User Data" includes all information passively collected from users of the Canadian Site that is not Personal Data, including, by way of example, statistical information on Canadian Site usage.
The terms "you", "your" and "yours" when used in this Privacy Statement and Consent means any user of this Canadian Site.
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What Information Do We Collect?
Information That You Give Us:
We collect Personal Data such as your name, date of birth, e-mail or mailing address from you when you voluntarily choose to register for or use certain BD Services at this Canadian Site. We use the Personal Data that we collect in an effort to provide you with a superior customer experience on the Canadian Site and to improve and market BD Services. BD may store such Personal Data itself or it may be stored in databases owned and maintained by BD's affiliates, agents or service providers. BD retains its rights to these databases and the information contained in them.
If you register with BD or use certain other of the personalized options we offer, we will create a profile that includes your name, mailing address, e-mail address, and other information that you provide that is pertinent to your specific situation. We may combine such information with data gathered from other sources. For instance, if incorrect postal codes are received, we may use third party software to correct them. We also may collect e-mail or other addresses from prospect lists of other companies, for example, in connection with a joint marketing effort. When we do so, (1) we acknowledge in our correspondence how the recipient was added to our list and (2) we provide a means for recipients to opt out of further communications from us. In addition we may ask you for Personal Data if you enter an educational program, contest or promotion sponsored by BD. When you contact BD we may keep a record of that correspondence and may occasionally ask you to complete surveys for sales and research purposes.
In some instances we contract with outside parties to collect and maintain our information collection servers and to perform technology and related services. We seek to provide any such third parties with only the information they need to perform their specific function and we require them to protect your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Statement and Consent.
Wherever BD collects Personal Data we will provide a link to this Privacy Statement and Consent.
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Personally Non-Identifiable Information:
Passively Collected User Data:
When you interact with BD through this Canadian Site, we receive and store certain "User Data". Such User Data, which is collected passively using various technologies, is not used to specifically identify you. BD may store such User Data itself or it may be stored in databases owned and maintained by BD's affiliates, agents or service providers. BD retains all rights to these databases and the information contained in them.
This Canadian Site will use such User Data together with data provided by other parties and pool it with other information to track, for example, the total number of visitors to our Canadian Site, the number of visitors to each page of our Canadian Site, the keywords visitors used to find our Canadian Site and the domain names of our visitors' Internet service providers. We also may disclose User Data in order to describe our services to current and prospective business partners, and to other third parties for other lawful purposes. It is important to note that no Personal Data is available or used in this process.
Aggregated Data:
In an ongoing effort to better understand and serve our users, BD often conducts research on Aggregated Data. BD may share this Aggregated Data with government agencies, its affiliates, agents and business partners. This aggregated information does not identify you personally. BD also may disclose Aggregated Data in order to describe our services to current and prospective business partners, and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.
Cookies:
In operating this Canadian Site, we may use a technology called "cookies." A cookie is a piece of information that the computer that hosts our Canadian Site gives to your computer (actually to your browser) when you access a Web site. Our cookies help provide additional functionality to the Canadian Site and allow us to analyze Canadian Site usage more accurately. For instance, our Canadian Site may set a cookie on your browser that eliminates any need for you to remember and then enter a password more than once during a visit to the Canadian Site. In all cases in which we use cookies, we will not collect Personal Data through the use of such technology. On most web browsers, you will find a "help" section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how you may turn cookies off. We recommend that you leave cookies turned on because they allow you to take advantage of some of the Canadian Site's features.
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Transfer of Your Data Abroad
By voluntarily providing us with your Personal Data, you are consenting to our collection, use, disclosure and transfer of it in accordance with this Privacy Statement and Consent.
DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE INTERNET IF YOU ARE VISITING THIS CANADIAN SITE FROM A COUNTRY OTHER THAN CANADA, YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WILL INEVITABLY RESULT IN THE TRANSFER OF INFORMATION ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES. BY VISITING THIS WEB SITE YOU CONSENT TO THESE TRANSFERS.
If you provide Personal Data to this Canadian Site, you acknowledge and agree that such Personal Data may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of BD and the affiliates, agents and service providers referred to herein located in Canada, the United States and in other countries.
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You can use this Canadian Site without providing your Personal Data, although doing so may limit your ability to obtain certain information or to use other valuable BD Services, including, for example, informational newsletters and responses to specific inquiries you may have. Where no Personal Data is legally required or is necessary for a particular service (for example, to contact you in response to your request), the use of a pseudonym is accepted.
We keep your Personal Data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or to comply with any applicable legal reporting or document retention requirements. We will take reasonable steps to update, correct or, upon your request, delete your Personal Data in our possession that you have previously submitted via this Canadian Site. In order to request an update, with respect to your Personal Data, please contact us as provided
below
.
If at any time you wish not to receive further communications, you may also follow the unsubscribe procedure included in our communication. If you request the deletion of your Personal Data, some or all BD Services may no longer be available to you.
Access.
BD permits a reasonable right of access and review of Personal Data held by BD by the individual to whom the Personal Data relates upon written request; however, to guard against fraudulent requests for access, BD will require information which it determines is sufficient to allow it to confirm the identity of the person making the request before granting access or making corrections. BD will endeavor to provide the information in question within a reasonable time and may charge an appropriate cost (e.g. photocopying, mail charges) to the individual making the request, subject to applicable law. BD will inform the individual of the approximate cost prior to providing the Personal Data. BD reserves the right not to change any Personal Data but will append alternative text the individual concerned believes is appropriate.
In addition, in certain circumstances and subject to applicable law, BD may decline to provide access to Personal Data, including where BD determines that the information requested:
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(a) May disclose:
a. The Personal Data of another individual or of a deceased individual; or
b. Trade secrets or other business confidential information;
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(b) Is subject to attorney-client or litigation privilege or a professional privilege or obligation;
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(c) Is not readily retrievable and the burden or cost of providing would be disproportionate to the nature or value of the information;
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(d) Does not exist, is not held, or cannot be found by BD;
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(e) Could reasonably result in serious harm to the treatment or recovery of the individual concerned, serious emotional harm to the individual or another individual, or serious bodily harm to another individual; or
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(f) May harm or interfere with law enforcement activities or other investigative or regulatory functions of a body authorized by statute to perform such functions.
Please note that although after receiving a request to update, correct or delete information, we will make reasonable efforts to effect such a change promptly, it is not always possible to complete the process before another communication is distributed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Even if you have requested removal of your Personal Data from our lists, BD reserves the right to retain it in our files in some limited circumstances such as when such Personal Data may be necessary to honor your request to opt out of further communications, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems or as provided in our
Terms and Conditions
. If BD is required to retain any portion of the Personal Data for such purposes, BD shall use reasonable efforts to limit such Personal Data to what is necessary to accomplish the particular purpose. Further, you acknowledge that due to technical constraints and the fact that we back up our systems, Personal Data may continue to reside in our systems even after deletion. Therefore, you should not expect that your Personal Data will be completely removed from our systems in response to your request.
BD will not respond to repetitious or vexatious requests for access. In determining whether a request is repetitious or vexatious, it will consider such factors as the frequency with which information is updated, the purpose for which the information is used, and the nature of the information.
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How Do We Use Your Personal Data and Other Information?
BD uses the Personal Data you provide for our business purposes in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Statement and Consent.
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If you provide Personal Data for a certain reason, that Personal Data will be available to us for use in connection with the reason for which it was provided or for a consistent purpose, including, if applicable, processing an order placed by you or informing you that the product is no longer available. For instance, if you contact us by e-mail, we may use the Personal Data you provide to respond to you; or if you contact us about a job listing, the information you provide to us may be used to consider you for the position. We may also combine Personal Data that you have provided to us with information obtained by us from other parties.
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BD and its affiliates also may use your Personal Data, User Data and other information collected through the Canadian Site to help us improve the content and functionality of the Canadian Site, to better understand our customers and markets, to improve our products and services and to effect and facilitate sales.
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BD and its affiliates may use this information to contact you, electronically, through telemarketing or otherwise, in the future to tell you about, and to offer for sale, products or services we believe will be of interest to you. If we do so, each communication we send you will contain instructions permitting you to "opt out" of receiving future communications.
If at any time you wish not to receive any future communications or to have your name deleted from our mailing lists, you may follow the "unsubscribe" procedure included with our communication. In addition, you may e-mail us at privacy@bd.com. See How to Contact BD below.
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Do We Share the Information that We Receive?
BD considers your information to be a vital part of our relationship with you. BD will share information including Personal Data with its subsidiaries and affiliates that have also agreed to be bound by this Privacy Statement and Consent. In addition, BD, like many businesses, sometimes hires other companies to perform certain business-related functions. Examples include mailing information, maintaining databases and processing payments. When we retain another non-affiliated company to perform a function of this nature, we seek to provide them with only the information that they need to perform their specific functions, and we require them to protect your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Statement and Consent and BD's restrictions.
In addition, if you input Personal Data on a co-branded registration page, relating, for example, to a contest co-sponsored by both BD and a partner company, then your Personal Data will be available both to BD and to such partner company. While BD will only use such Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Statement and Consent, such partner company's use of your Personal Data will be subject to the privacy policy of that company and BD cannot be responsible for their use of your information. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of such partner company before providing information on any such co-sponsored page or promotion.
There are also a limited number of circumstances in which we may share your Personal Data and other information in our possession with certain additional third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:
Legal Requirements:
BD may use and disclose your Personal Data, User Data and other information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) comply with a legal obligation, (b) protect and defend the rights or property of BD or its affiliates, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Canadian Site or the public, or (d) protect against legal liability.
Business Transfers, Combinations and Related Activities:
As we develop our business, we might sell, buy, restructure or reorganize businesses or assets. In the event of any sale, merger, reorganization, restructuring, dissolution or similar event involving our business or assets, Personal Data may be part of the transferred assets.
BD is the parent company of a large international group of companies. In light of this fact, we may, from time to time transfer your Personal Data to one of our databases in another country as provided above under the heading
Transfer of Your Data Abroad
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Public and Unsolicited Information
This Privacy Statement and Consent shall not apply to Public Information you provide to BD through this Canadian Site or through any other means. If you include Personal Data in such Public Information, we will use such Personal Data only as provided herein, but we caution you that, because such information (including your Personal Data) was made available in a forum accessible by the public, the use and disclosure of information by others accessing the Canadian Site is not monitored or controlled in any way by BD nor are their activities governed by this Privacy Statement and Consent.
In addition, if you submit unsolicited Personal Data we will use it as provided herein, however, the other information included in such unsolicited submission is not covered by this Privacy Statement and Consent. Please refer to our discussion of "Public and Unsolicited Information" contained in our Canadian Site
Terms and Conditions.
Please note that, as set forth above, this Privacy Statement and Consent does not apply to the providing or use of certain Personal Data other than through the Canadian Site nor to the providing or use of Personal Data of past or present employees of, or consultants engaged by, Becton, Dickinson and Company and/or its subsidiaries, for employment or benefits administration purposes, both of which are governed by BD Policies designed for those respective purposes.
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This Privacy Statement and Consent applies only to this Canadian Site. This Canadian Site may frame or contain references or links to other BD web sites as well as other web sites not operated or controlled by BD (the "Third Party Sites") none of which sites are governed by the policies and procedures we describe here. The links from this Canadian Site do not imply BD's review or endorsement of the Third Party Sites. We suggest that you contact those sites directly for information on their privacy, security, data collection and distribution policies.
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BD takes reasonable steps to protect any Personal Data you provide to us and to protect such information from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, modification or destruction. Unless otherwise stated on the relevant page of the Canadian Site, BD uses general security standards but has not taken additional action to secure data provided to its sites, and such transmissions are subject to normal Internet security risks. As noted, no Internet or e-mail transmission is ever fully secure or error free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from this Canadian Site may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us. Please keep this in mind when disclosing any Personal Data to BD or to any other party via the Internet. Moreover, when you use passwords, ID numbers, or other special access features on this Canadian Site, it is your responsibility to safeguard them, in this respect please refer to the
Terms and Conditions of Canadian Site
Use.
Security Capabilities and Policy for Transmission of Credit Card Information Security
In addition to the protections described above, BD takes the following steps to protect the credit card information you input into our e-commerce websites. BD protects the credit card information you submit to our websites during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software technology, which encrypts the information you input. Further, BD deploys and maintains reasonable physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your sensitive credit card related information. Credit card transactions are processed through a contractual agreement between BD and a third party vendor who supports the aforementioned security and privacy standards.
Please also feel free to contact us if you have any questions about BD’s Privacy Statement and Consent or the information practices of this Site.
You may contact us as follows:
Becton, Dickinson and Company
1 Becton Drive
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417-1880
Attention: Privacy Officer
Reference: Canadian Site
privacy@bd.com
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