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Introduction
Wyeth, with its pharmaceutical and over-the-counter divisions, is
a leader in the research and development, manufacturing and marketing
of a broad range of health care products. Wyeth is committed to respecting
your privacy online, and we have created this privacy policy (the
"Privacy Policy") to give you a clear understanding of how our Web
Site operates, and how personal information is treated. We have a
clear Privacy Policy: we collect no personally identifiable information
unless you voluntarily supply it. This privacy statement explains
under what circumstances we gather your individual information, how
we use it, and who may access that information.
This Privacy Policy may be revised periodically. We recommend that
you read our Privacy Policy whenever you visit this Site so that you
are aware of any changes. Please note that our Privacy Policy applies
only to online activities.
Type of Information Collected
When you visit our Web Site, we do not collect any personally identifiable
information without your consent. We may collect and store information
from you that you voluntarily choose to give us or enter on our Web
Site, including, but not limited to, "personally identifiable information"
such as your name, address, e-mail address, and phone number. Our
primary purpose in collecting and processing your personally identifiable
information is to provide you with the services you request or to
personalize product information and offers for you. We may also use
your personally identifiable information to provide you with additional
information about our products and services and to send you information
on other products and services that may be of interest to you. If
so, we will state this in the area of our Web Site where we collect
information for these purposes.
Security and Use of Information
We are dedicated to the security of your personally identifiable
information and we take commercially reasonable precautions to maintain
that protection. If you need to provide personal information to access
features or services, we will clearly disclose how the information
will be used.
We do not sell, trade or rent your personally identifiable information
to others. However, we may share your personally identifiable information
with other Wyeth businesses or affiliates, our agents, contractors
or business partners located in the United States and/or any other
country, in order that they may perform services for us. For example,
your personally identifiable information may be shared (i) with contractors
we use to support our business (e.g. fulfillment services, technical
support, delivery services, and financial institutions), or, (ii)
in connection with the sale, assignment, or other transfer of the
business of this site to which the information relates, or (iii) where
required by applicable laws, court orders, or government regulations.
In addition, since we conduct research on users' demographics, interests
and behaviors based upon information provided to us during use of
our Web Sites, we may combine your information with information collected
from other individuals to produce anonymous, aggregated statistical
information. Aggregated data does not include personally identifiable
information. We use this demographic information, such as the percentage
of male or female visitors, or the percentage of visitors within certain
age brackets, to improve the content of our site. We also may share
this anonymous, aggregated information, which does not identify particular
individuals or associate particular individuals with illnesses or
conditions, with partners or other third parties.
As our company changes and grows, we might sell or buy companies,
subsidiaries, or assets. In such transactions, customer information
generally is one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the
event that Wyeth or substantially all of its assets are acquired,
customer information will, of course, be one of the transferred assets.
For online ordering, Wyeth has implemented SSL technology to protect
your personally identifiable information. This technology encrypts
your information prior to transmission over the Internet. While Wyeth
has implemented SSL technology for online ordering purposes, we cannot
guarantee the privacy of transmissions (including, e-mail communications)
to and from our Web Sites.
Wyeth also uses physical and managerial procedures to attempt to
safeguard your personally identifiable information, however we cannot
guarantee that it is completely secure from people who might attempt
to evade security measures or intercept transmissions over the Internet.
Please be aware that advertisers or third-party web sites that have
links on our Web Sites may collect personally identifiable information
from you. The information practices of those sites linked to us either
through advertisements or other hyperlinks are not covered by this
Privacy Policy. We suggest that when linking to another site, you
always read such site's privacy policy before volunteering any personally
identifiable information on that site.
Our Retention of Your Personally Identifiable Data
Once you have provided personally identifiable information to Wyeth,
we will store and maintain the information you have volunteered for
so long as you have not directed us otherwise, or for so long as we
are required by law. Our retention of your data allows us to continue
providing you with highly personalized services without interruption.
Choice
Wyeth believes that choice is one of the most important privacy principles.
You have the choice not to submit any personally identifiable information
to us (although under such circumstances you would be unable to participate
in all aspects of our Web Site).
ALikewise, should you prefer not to receive email communications
from us, even after you have provided us with your contact information,
you need do nothing; on the enrollment page where you registered for
email distribution (or other service), an "opt-in" mechanism is provided,
meaning that you will not receive email from that service unless you
click the box stating that you would like to receive such email. If,
after you have elected to receive the particular email distributions,
you decide you would like to be removed from the distribution list,
each email message we send you will provide a link to unsubscribe
from the email list for that particular service or distribution.
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of information that a web site places on
an individual computer's hard drive. Cookies remember certain information
that a web site can then use to make communication between your browser
and the site more efficient. Cookies are standard technology in the
Internet industry and may be used by some Wyeth Web Sites. Wyeth will
only be able to read those cookies that we place on your hard drive;
we cannot access or read any other information.
We use cookies to better tailor our services to your needs. We may
also use cookies on an aggregate basis to track Site navigation and
traffic trends. This aggregated and anonymous information will help
us to improve Site content, and may be shared with partners or other
third parties. Visitors always have the option of disabling cookies
via their browser preferences.
The use of advertising cookies sent by third-party servers is also
common in the Internet industry. Wyeth has no control over, and cannot
protect against, the practices or policies of other web sites.
Clickstream Data
A "clickstream" or "clickstream data" reflect the specific web pages
visited by an individual user, and, importantly, the manner or traffic
pattern by which a user moves from one web page to another. We track
such information only within our Web Site; we specifically do not
track any clickstream activity outside of the Wyeth Web pages.
We track and use this information to understand how our users' habits
are similar to or different from one another and specifically to personalize
the content, banner ads and promotions that you and other users will
see on our Web Site.
Clickstream data does not contain or reveal any personally identifiable
information about the user.
IP Addresses
An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a number that is automatically
assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider (ISP)
whenever you log onto the Internet. Like other Internet sites, Wyeth
may use IP addresses to collect aggregate and anonymous information
about the number of visitors and site usage. To guarantee your privacy,
your IP address is not linked with personal information about you.
Wyeth does reserve the right, however, to use IP addresses to identify
individuals who threaten our Site, service or customers.
Surveys and Contests
From time to time, we may ask for personally identifiable information
when you complete a survey or enter a contest. In these instances,
we will clearly describe the purpose for collecting such information,
as well as intended uses.
Use of Content
No information presented herein is intended as a substitute for medical
advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. Use of this online
service is subject to the Terms & Conditions.
Leaving Wyeth
As a resource to our visitors, we provide links to other web sites.
We try to carefully choose those sites that we believe are useful
and meet our high standards. However, we do not guarantee the standards
of every web site to which we link, nor are we responsible for the
content of non-Wyeth sites. Links to external web sites are provided
only for convenience and/or for informational purposes, and in no
way constitute an endorsement.
Your Consent
By using our Web Site, you consent to the collection and use of information
as set forth in this Privacy Policy. You also acknowledge our right
to change this policy, without prior notification, and our commitment
to post any such changes on this page so that you are fully informed
of the types of information we collect, how we use it, and under what
circumstances, if any, it is disclosed.
Copyright ®2002 Wyeth. All rights Reserved.
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