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General
Baxter Healthcare Corporation Division respects the privacy
of every individual who visits this website. This Privacy Statement
outlines the information Baxter may collect about you and how
we will use that information. This Statement will also instruct
you on how you can verify the accuracy of your Personally Identifiable
Information submitted to Baxter through our websites and how
you can request that we delete your Personally Identifiable Information
from our databases.
Personally Identifiable Information
When you visit this website, we will not collect any Personally
Identifiable Information about you (such as your name, address,
telephone number, or e-mail address) unless you provide it to
us voluntarily. In addition, visitors may be invited to submit
names, e-mail addresses or addresses of friends in connection
with certain promotions, such as offers of product samples or
information or the sending of messages through some of our websites.
If you opt not to provide us with Personally Identifiable Information
no material consequences will result, although you may be unable
to participate in certain promotions, or receive product information,
offered through this website.
Use of Personally Identifiable Information
By providing us with your Personally Identifiable Information
you agree to the use of this information as described in this
section. Baxter may store and process your Personally Identifiable
Information to better understand your needs and how we may improve
our products and services, and we may use your Personally Identifiable
Information to contact you. We may also enhance or merge Personally
Identifiable Information with data obtained from third parties
for the same purposes. Baxter will not give or sell your Personally
Identifiable Information to any outside organization for the
organization's own use without your consent. Your information
may be shared with agents or contractors of Baxter in connection
with services that these individuals or entities perform for
Baxter.
Security
Baxter is committed to keeping secure the data you provide
us and will take reasonable precautions to protect your Personally
Identifiable Information from loss, misuse or alteration. Agents
or contractors of Baxter who have access to your Personally Identifiable
Information in connection with providing services for Baxter
are required to keep the information confidential and are not
permitted to use this information for any other purpose than
to carry out the services they are performing for Baxter.
Children
In offering this website Baxter has no intention of collecting
any Personally Identifiable Information from children below 18
years and will immediately destroy any such information. Where
appropriate, Baxter will specifically instruct children not to
submit such information. If a child has provided us with Personally
Identifiable Information, a parent or guardian of that child
may contact us at the e-mail address or address listed at the
bottom of this Privacy Statement if they would like this information
deleted from our records. We will use reasonable efforts to delete
the child's information from our databases.
Non-Personally-Identifiable Information Collected
Automatically
In some cases, we may collect information about you that
is not personally identifiable. Examples of this type of information
include the type of internet browser or computer operating system
you are using and the domain name of the website from which you
linked to our site or advertisement.
Information We May Place Automatically On Your
Computer's Hard Drive
When you view this website or advertisements, we may store
some information on your computer. This information will be in
the form of a "cookie" or similar file and it will
help us in many ways. For example, cookies allow us to tailor
a website to better match your interests and preferences. Most
internet browsers enable you to erase cookies from your computer
hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a
cookie is stored. Please refer to your browser instructions or
help screen to learn more about these functions.
Web Beacons
Our web pages contain electronic images (called a "single-pixel
gif" or "Web beacon") that allow us to count page
views or to access our cookies. In general, any electronic image
viewed as part of a Web page, including an ad banner, can act
as a Web beacon. Web beacons are typically very small, 1 by 1
pixel size, banner like files, but their presence can be easily
seen within Internet Explorer by clicking on "View" and
then on "Source." Web beacons are so small in order
not to use valuable space on the computer screen that is better
used to display helpful content. We also may include Web beacons
in HTML-formatted newsletters containing graphics that we send
to opt-in subscribers in order to count how many newsletters
have been read. In addition, some advertising networks that serve
ads on our Web sites may use Web beacons within in their clearly
visible banner advertisements. Our Web beacons do not collect,
gather, monitor or share any personal information about our Web
site visitors. They are just the technique we use to compile
our anonymous, aggregated statistics about Web site usage.
Contacting Us Regarding Your Personally Identifiable
Information
If you have submitted Personally Identifiable Information
through a Baxter website or interactive advertisement and would
like that information deleted from our records, please contact
us at immunedisease@baxter.com or send a letter to Baxter Healthcare
Corporation, One Baxter Parkway, Deerfield, IL 60015. We will
use reasonable efforts to delete your information from our files.
You may also contact us via e-mail or mail at the above addresses
to request the Personally Identifiable Information that Baxter
has collected about you through this website. Baxter will use
reasonable efforts to supply you with this information and correct
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