This Intervet, Inc. ("Intervet") Privacy Policy
has been developed as an extension of our commitment to combine quality products
and services with the highest level of integrity in dealing with our customers.
This Policy guides how we collect, store and use information about customers
and prospects, and it will be periodically assessed against new technologies,
business practices and our customers' changing needs.
Intervet may, from time to time, modify this Privacy Policy to reflect legal,
technological and other developments. In that event, the changes will appear
at this location.
Our Policy recognizes that Personally-Identifiable Information includes, for
example, e-mail addresses, billable information, employment status and "click
stream" data that tracks user activity on a Web site or online service.
Intervet is committed to using all reasonable efforts to abide by its Privacy
Policy, as stated below:
1. Collection.
First, and foremost, we do not sell or provide your information to entities
outside Intervet or its affiliated companies (see "external distribution" below.) Personally-Identifiable
Information will only be collected to the extent that Intervet deems reasonably
necessary to serve a legitimate business purpose.
When you send us Personally-Identifiable Information, (i.e. in an electronic
mail message containing a question or comment), or by filling out a form that
e-mails us this information, we use this information to respond to your request
or inquiry for our products, programs, services and offerings, and to offer
you other products, programs or services that we believe may be of interest
to you. Intervet may on occasion combine information we receive online with
outside records to enhance our ability to market to you those products or services
that may be of interest to you.
We may also forward your e-mail to other Intervet employees or employees of
Intervet affiliates who are best able to answer your questions. We sometimes
use this information to communicate with you, such as to notify you when new
resources are available, when we make changes to online or print products and
services, and/or fulfill a request by you for an online newsletter.
If your browser accepts cookies, we may use a cookie to determine if you
are a repeat or new visitor, or to understand how many different visitors come
to, and use, our site. We sometimes use the non-Personally Identifiable Information
that we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable
us to personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this information
in aggregate form to analyze site usage, as well as to offer you products, programs,
or services.
Please be aware that if you disclose Personally-Identifiable Information on
Web site message boards or chat areas, that information may be collected and
used by third parties without our knowledge and may result in unsolicited communications
from third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of Intervet, and
neither Intervet nor its affiliates will be responsible for any such activity.
2. Links to Other Sites.
The documents posted on this Web site may contain hypertext links or pointers
to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations.
These links and pointers are provided for the convenience of our Web site visitors.
Intervet does not control or guarantee the accuracy, timeliness, or completeness
of any linked information from non-Intervet sites.
The inclusion of links or pointers to Web sites is not intended to assign importance
to those sites or the information contained therein, nor is it intended to endorse
or recommend any views expressed, or products or services offered on these sites.
The non-Intervet sites may also have their own privacy policies and practices.
While Intervet will employ commercially reasonable procedures to help ensure
that your information is only used for authorized purposes as described above,
Intervet cannot make any guarantees with respect to the actions or policies
of such third parties.
3. External Distribution.
Intervet does not share any information we receive with any outside parties,
except for the following: 1) When required by law, in connection with legal
proceedings and investigations of crimes or other wrongdoing, and 2) For Onward
Transfers (see below.)
4. Onward Transfer.
Sharing Personally-Identifiable Information with an entity working on behalf
of Intervet or transferring Personally-Identifiable Information in conjunction
with the sale or similar transfer of a business unit is considered an Onward
Transfer.
Whenever Intervet permits a third-party outside of Intervet to access Personally-Identifiable
Information through Onward Transfer, commercially reasonable procedures will
be followed to help ensure that the information is used only for authorized
purposes and by authorized persons in a manner consistent with the choices customers
and prospects have made under this Policy, and that the security, integrity
and privacy of the information is maintained.
5. Protection of Information.
We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with
generally accepted industry standards to protect your personal information from
unauthorized access or use. We restrict access to your personal and account
information to those employees who need to know that information in order to
provide products and services to you. All employees are required to protect
and maintain the confidentiality of your information in accordance with our
policies and procedures.
If we use a third-part to host our Web site and/or data, the third-party organization
is required to ensure site security by employing industry-standard methods to
monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change
information, or otherwise cause damage. Unauthorized attempts to upload information
or change information on Intervet Inc. servers, or servers used on behalf of
Intervet by a third-party organization, are strictly prohibited and may be punishable
by law, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National
Information Infrastructure Protection Act.
6. Choice: Opt-Out from Distribution Lists.
Customers and prospects may choose to refuse permission for use of their name,
address or other Personally-Identifiable Information to be used in Distribution
Lists maintained by Intervet Inc. for the purpose of contacting you with products,
services, offerings or other communications.
7. Cookies.
What is a "Cookie"? A cookie is a small piece of information that
is sent to your browser, along with a Web page, when you access a Web site.
There are two kinds of cookies: a "session" cookie and a "persistent"
cookie. A session cookie is a line of text that is stored temporarily in your
computer's RAM. Because a session cookie is never written to a drive, it is
destroyed as soon as you close your browser. A persistent cookie is a more permanent
line of text that gets saved by your browser to a file on your hard drive. Depending
on your browser settings, you may receive notification that a given site is
requesting cookie information, possibly with an expiration date. Persistent
cookies have an expiration date in the future. Session cookies have no date
associated with them.
Intervet's Use of Cookies. The Web site will create a session cookie whenever
you log onto our sites. The session cookie is destroyed when you leave the site,
or after 20 minutes of inactivity. Intervet does not create any persistent cookies.
8. Questions?
If you have questions about Intervet's Privacy Policy, please Contact Us, and we will be happy to assist you.