Privacy Statement
This Privacy Statement discloses the privacy practices for CapsuleEndoscopy.org website (the "website" or "Site") owned, operated, licensed or controlled by Given Imaging Ltd. ("Given Imaging").
If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Statement, please contact the Given Imaging Marketing Communications Department.
Your Privacy
Given Imaging has adopted information management guidelines that define our customer relationships. These guidelines disclose the privacy policies for the Given Imaging website. All privacy issues related to this website are covered in this Privacy Statement.
What information does Given Imaging gather or track about you?
Registration: When you become a registered user of the Given Imaging website, Given Imaging requires that you supply your full name, street address, telephone number, email address, and other information as stated in the registration page. Furthermore, the users of the website must agree to the applicable Terms of Use.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information: Given Imaging may also gather non-personally identifiable information, which may be used by Given Imaging or shared with third parties. This information does not personally identify you but may be helpful for improving the services we offer. Generally this information is collected through "traffic data" and may entail the use of "cookies", "IP addresses", or other numeric codes used to identify a computer.
Cookies: "Cookies" are small text files, which are stored on the hard drive of a user's computer. The Given Imaging.com website may use cookies for various reasons. Cookies enable us to provide you with a better experience by allowing us to understand what areas of the website are of interest to our visitors. These cookies do not track individual information. If you choose to disable cookies in your browser, you can still access most of the website.
IP Addresses: Given Imaging also logs IP addresses for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. (Your IP address indicates the location of your computer on the Internet.) We do not log IP addresses to track your session, nor do we link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. Log files include browser type, IP address, and pages visited.
"Tell A Friend" If you would like to forward information about CapsuleEndoscopy.org to a friend, or forward a news article to an associate, Given Imaging provides a tool for it, but does not store any information about the friend or associate.
What does Given Imaging do with the information it gathers or tracks?
Statistical Analysis: Given Imaging may perform statistical analysis of website user behavior in order to measure interest in the various areas of our website, including for website development purposes. Personal information about you as an individual subscriber or registrant will not be provided to any third party, except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, as described in our Terms of Use.
Email: Using the email addresses provided at registration. Given Imaging may periodically send to subscribed users promotional email about products and services offered by Given Imaging. If you do not wish to continue receiving such email, please see the section below on "Opting Out, Corrections and Cancellations".
Data Security: Given Imaging considers security of the functions and content on the website to be of the utmost importance. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have put in place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures that we believe are appropriate to protect the information we collect online. Given Imaging uses a web host service provider to host this website, and you should consult the privacy statement of such web host service provider for further information on its privacy practices.
With whom does Given Imaging share the information it gathers or tracks?
Given Imaging may share the information it gathers in a compiled format with its affiliates and in some cases with third parties. However, we do not release personal information about you as an individual to third parties, except when we have your permission or unless required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) comply with the law or comply with a legal process served on Given Imaging; (2) protect and defend the legitimate business interests, rights or property of Given Imaging, its users, customers, sponsors or affiliates; or (3) act in an emergency to protect the personal safety of our guests or the public. Given Imaging will provide you all of your personal information provided at registration upon request. This information will only be sent to the email address on file for the subscriber associated with it.
Letters to Given Imaging: If you send Given Imaging personal correspondence, such as emails or letters, or if other users or third parties send correspondence to Given Imaging about your activities or postings on the Given Imaging website, Given Imaging may collect such information into a file specific to you. For more information, please review our Terms of Use or contact Given Imaging using our Contact Us feature on the home page. Unless agreed to otherwise by Given Imaging in writing all submissions become property of Given Imaging.
Opting-Out, Corrections and Cancellations Upon request, Given Imaging will (a) remove you and your personal information from our database, thereby canceling your subscription; (b) correct personal information that you state is erroneous; or (c) permit you to "Opt Out" of further email messages of a promotional nature (but not for administrative notifications concerning the website and it policies) while still allowing access to the website. To request a correction or cancellation, use our "Contact Us" feature on the home page.
How are third-party links used on the site?
In an attempt to provide you with increased value, we may include third party links on our website. We would like to emphasize that Given Imaging is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of websites to which it may link or websites that link to the CapsuleEndoscopy.org website. Because their privacy practices may differ form ours, we encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked websites.
How are changes to our privacy policy communicated?
If we are going to use your personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify you via the email address that you have provided to us or by other means that are reasonable under the circumstances. You will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our online privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice for a period of at least 60 days on our website (which may be within this Privacy Statement) notifying users of the change. In some cases, when we post such a notice we will also email users who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.
Does the Privacy Statement apply to information collected offline?
This online Privacy Statement applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.