Privacy Policy and Cookies
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This site is owned by Shire plc. This online privacy policy is
designed to tell you about our practices regarding collection, use, and
disclosure of information that you may provide via this site or that we
acquire from your use of the site. There are terms and conditions associated
with your usage and viewing of this site.
View these terms and conditions here.
Your Consent
By using this Shire site, you signify you consent to the collection, use and
disclosure of the information that you provide to the site or that we secure
from your use of the site. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not
use this site. We reserve the right, at our discretion and where permitted
by law, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at any
time with or without notice. Please check this page periodically for
changes. Your continued use of our sites following the posting of changes to
these terms will mean you accept those changes.
About Children
Generally, we do not knowingly collect information from children on this
site. We encourage parents to talk to their children and supervise their use
of the Internet and the information they disclose to Web sites. In some
cases, there are treatments that pertain to children, and while this site is
not intended for use by minors, you may have the opportunity to provide
personal information about a child. Such information will only be used to
provide the requested services, and for no other purposes.
About This Site
In our effort to bring you up-to-date and accurate product and resource
information, we use various expert sources and studies to develop site
content. As a result, you may find slight differences in statistics and/or
percentages across various articles—because different sources can view data
differently.
Information We Collect and How We Collect It
You can visit our site and view most of the content anonymously; however, we
may collect information from you. The information we gather on our site
falls into three categories: (1) personally identifiable information you
supply, (2) aggregate information collected as you navigate through our
site, and (3) publicly or commercially available information.
Personally Identifiable Information Collection
Like many Web sites, this site actively collects information from its
visitors both by asking you specific questions (for example, such as a
registration) and by permitting you to communicate directly with us via
e-mail, feedback forms, and/or chat rooms. Some of the information that you
submit may be personally identifiable information (that is, information that
can be uniquely identified with you, such as your full name, address, e-mail
address, phone number, and so on). Some areas of this site may require you
to submit treatment and/or demographic information in order for you to
benefit from the specialized features (such as newsletter subscriptions,
tips/pointers, etc.) or to participate in a particular activity (such as
promotions). You will be informed at each information collection point what
information is required and what information is optional.
Social Media
Generally, online social media resources are interactive tools that enable
you to collaborate and share information with others. Social media resources
include but are not limited to social networks, discussion boards, bulletin
boards, blogs, wikis, and referral functions to share web site content and
tools with a friend or colleague. Shire may collect personal information
from you to enable you to use online social media resources we may
occasionally offer to you. Shire may also enable you to use these social
media resources to post or share personal information with others. When
using social media resources, you should take into careful consideration
what information about yourself you choose to share with others. Shire
provides additional notice and choices about how personal information is
collected, used and disclosed on our Web sites and other online resources
that offer social media.
Mobile Computing
In addition to the uses described above for the Shire websites, some Shire
Web sites and online resources are specifically designed to be compatible
and used on mobile computing devices. Mobile versions of Shire Web sites may
require that you log in with a user account for that Web site. Information
about your use of the mobile version of the Web site will be associated with
your user account. Further, some of our Web sites and online resources may
enable you to download an application, widget or other tool that you can use
on your mobile or other computing device. Some of these tools may store
information on your mobile or other device. These tools may transmit
personal information to Shire to enable you to access your user account and
to enable Shire to track use of these tools. Some of these tools may enable
you to e-mail reports and other information from the tool. Shire may use
personal or non-identifiable information transmitted to Shire to enhance
these tools, to develop new tools, for quality improvement and as otherwise
described in this Policy or in other notices Shire provides.
Other Information Collection, Including the Use of
Cookies and Similar Technology
As you navigate through a Web site, certain information can be passively
collected (that is, gathered without your actively providing the
information) using various technologies and means, such as navigational data
collection. This site may use Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. An IP
address is a number assigned to your computer by your Internet service
provider so you can access the Internet. We use your IP address to diagnose
problems with our server, report aggregate non-personally identifiable
information, determine the fastest route to your computer in connecting to
our site, and administer and improve the site.
We also collect information about your use of our site through cookies and
similar technology. A “cookie” is a bit of information that a Web site sends
to your computer that helps the site remember information about you and your
preferences and recognize you as a return visitor to the site. Cookies, by
themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address or other personally
identifiable information. However, we may combine this information with
other information collected from or about you in order to help customize
content.
“Web beacons” (also known as Internet tabs, single-pixel GIFs/PNGs, clear
GIFs/PNGs, invisible GIFs/PNGs, and 1-by-1 GIFs/PNGs) are smaller than
cookies and tell the Web site server information such as the IP address and
browser type related to the visitor’s computer. This site may at times use
Web Beacons.
“Navigational data” (“log files,” “server logs,” and “clickstream” data) are
used for system management, to improve the content of the site, for market
research purposes, and to communicate information to visitors. This site may
at times use navigational data.
Publicly/Commercially Available Information Collection
Publicly or commercially available information is defined as information
that an individual makes or permits to be made available to the public, or
is legally available through an independent list broker or other third
party, and/or is legally obtained and accessed from, amongst other sources:
government records that are available to the public, journalistic reports,
or information that is required by law to be available. We may collect
publicly available information or purchase commercially available
information about you from third parties.
Use and Disclosure of Information
Except as otherwise stated, we may use your information to improve the
content of our site, to customize the site to your preferences, to
communicate information to you (if you have requested it), for our marketing
and research purposes, to respond to access requests or to otherwise protect
Shire’s legal and business interests and rights, and for the other purposes
specified in this online privacy policy. If you provide personally
identifiable information to this site, we may combine such information with
other actively and passively collected information.
We may disclose your personally identifiable information to our affiliates
worldwide that agree to treat it in accordance with this online privacy
policy. In addition, we may disclose your personally identifiable
information to third parties located in countries outside of the one in
which you reside that may have laws and regulations different than your own,
but only (i) to contractors we use to support our business (e.g. fulfilment
services, technical support, delivery services, market research providers,
and financial institutions), in which case we will require such third
parties to agree to treat it in accordance with this online privacy policy;
or (ii) where required by applicable laws, court orders, or government
regulations; or (iii) to otherwise protect Shire’s legal and business
interests.
Length of Personal Information Retention
Personal information will be stored as long as the information is required
to fulfil Shire’s legitimate business needs or the purposes for which the
information was collected, or until an individual whose data is involved
requests that we delete that information (unless its retention is required
by law).
Access and Correction
To keep your personally identifiable information accurate, current and
complete, please contact us as specified below. We will take reasonable
steps to update or correct or to remove personally identifiable information
in our possession that you have previously submitted via this site or that
we have acquired from other sources.
Security
We take commercially reasonable steps to protect your personally
identifiable information as you transmit your information from your computer
to our site and to protect such information from loss, misuse, unauthorized
access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. You should keep in mind that
no Internet transmission is ever 100% secure or error-free. In particular,
e-mail sent to or from this site may not be secure, and you should therefore
take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail.
Moreover, where you use passwords, ID numbers, or other special access
features on this site, it is your responsibility to safeguard them.
Notification Procedures
In the event of an incident or security breach resulting in your personally
identifiable information being accessed, lost, or stolen by an unauthorized
third party, Shire will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to (i)
notify you to the extent required by law; and (ii) identify the personally
identifiable information that was accessed/disclosed using the contact
information you have provided to us or by any other reasonable means.
Links to Other Web Sites
This site may contain links or references to other Web sites. Please be
aware that Shire does not control other Web sites and that this online
privacy policy does not apply to those Web sites. We encourage you to read
the privacy policy of every Web site you visit. We are not responsible for,
nor do we endorse, the contents of these other Web sites. If you in any way
rely on information obtained from any such Web sites, you do so at your own
risk.
How to Contact Us / Accountability
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this online privacy
policy or about the information practices of this site, or would like to
have your information removed from our files, please contact us:
corpcomms@shire.com.
Last revised date: 25 July 2011