I. The Information Helsinn May Collect And How It Will be Used
A. Personal Data
Most of our services do not require any form of registration, allowing you to visit our site without the need to provide us with your personal data. Helsinn collects personal data (information that can be used to identify you, such as name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address) only when it is asked for and/or you voluntarily submit it to us on this Site. We may use your personal data to respond to your requests; improve our level of service and the content of our Site; provide you with helpful information, product news, and updates; notify you of new Helsinn products and services; seek your views on our products and services; and for our own internal purposes. Helsinn also collects data that does not identify you directly, but which offers some information about your interests and activities that could be used to make inferences about you and, in some cases, identify you indirectly:
a). Cookies
Helsinn web sites may use "cookies" - small text files that are placed on your computer by a web server. Cookies help provide additional functionality to the Site or analyze usage of the Site more accurately. For instance, a web server may set a cookie that remembers your computer so that any special settings or preferences you select may be retained when you revisit the Site. Helsinn does not directly link cookies with personal data that you may submit.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored, if you prefer. Please refer to your web browser's instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of this Site.
Our Site may use "web beacons" - small strings of programming code that deliver a graphic image on a web page or e-mail message for the purposes of transferring data back to us. Web beacons may be used to allow Helsinn, or third parties acting on behalf of Helsinn, to communicate with cookies stored on your computer. The information collected via web beacons may also contain IP addresses, described below, as well as information concerning how a visitor responds to an e-mail message (such as, the time the e-mail is opened). Helsinn may use information collected through web beacons for a variety of purposes, including, but not limited to, site traffic reporting, unique visitor counts, and content optimization.
b). Internet Protocol ("IP") Addresses
An IP address is a set of numbers that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you log on to your Internet Service Provider or through your organization's local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). When you log on to a web site, your computer is automatically identified by the IP address assigned to it.
Helsinn, or third party companies acting on behalf of Helsinn, may collect IP addresses for the purposes of maintaining communications with visitors as they move about the Site and enhancing their user experience. We do not ordinarily use this information to develop a personal profile of our visitors and the log files are regularly purged. Therefore, each visit to this Site will be logged, but the visitor normally remains anonymous to us.
B. Non-Personal Data
Helsinn also collects non-personal data and uses them in aggregate form to track data such as the total number of visits to our web sites, the number of visitors to each page of our web sites, and the domain names of our visitors' Internet Service Providers. We use this information to understand how our visitors use our Site so that we may improve it and the services we offer.
C. How Helsinn Protects Your Personal Data
Helsinn will keep your personal data in accordance with any applicable legal or ethic reporting or documentation retention requirements. Some of the personal data collected by Helsinn can be stored or processed on servers in other jurisdictions, which may have different data protection laws from the jurisdiction where you live. Helsinn will ensure that appropriate measures are in place to give your personal data the same protection as applicable in your residence country.
Helsinn is committed to protecting the security of your personal data. Helsinn takes commercially reasonable steps to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, unauthorized alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, misuse, and all other unlawful forms of processing. To help protect the information that you provide your personal data is kept behind firewalls that meet or exceed industry standards. Nonetheless, we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse, or alteration of data will not occur.
D. Sharing Information With Third Parties
Any disclosure of users' personal data to third parties will only be carried out with the explicit consent of Helsinn and accordingly to this Privacy Policy and any applicable legal requirement.
a). Helsinn's affiliates worldwide
Helsinn may give access to your personal data to its affiliates in other countries that agree to treat them in accordance with this Privacy Policy and with any applicable Swiss and foreign data protection regulation.
b). Business Partners
Helsinn contracts with select business partners to market and distribute products in certain areas. These business partners may, from time to time, have access to your personal data to enable them to provide services to Helsinn or directly to customers. For example, Helsinn may share your personal data with a business partner in order to respond to product inquiries that you make on this Site. All business partners are bound by contract to respect this Privacy Policy and to guarantee the security and confidentiality of your personal data. All business partners are prohibited from using the information for purposes other than the provision of Helsinn products or services.
c). Contractors, Agents, and Vendors
Select third parties are used to provide Helsinn with support services in connection with its Site. These third parties may, from time to time, have access to your personal data to enable them to provide services to Helsinn. All companies providing such services are contractually required by Helsinn to meet the same standards of data protection as Helsinn and are prohibited from using your personal data for their own purposes.
d). Legal and Business Transfers
In addition to what exposed above, Helsinn may disclose your personal data in the following circumstances:
- when we have reason to believe, in good faith, that disclosing your personal data is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to you, or otherwise injuring or interfering with Helsinn's rights, property, or operations, other users of this site, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities;
- when we believe, in good faith, that disclosure is required by law;
- in response to a demand by law enforcement authorities in connection with a criminal investigation;
- in response to a request by civil or administrative authorities in connection with a pending civil case or administrative investigation;
- in the event of a merger, acquisition, sale of assets, joint venture, or any other transaction that results in a change in control or ownership of Helsinn or any of its affiliates, in whole or in part; or
- in the event of a corporate reorganization, bankruptcy, insolvency proceeding, or similar circumstance, if permitted by and done in accordance with applicable law.