DDD Ltd Online Privacy Statement
Thank you for visiting a Dendron website or interacting with us via e-mail.
At Dendron, we understand that protecting the privacy of visitors to our websites
is very important and the information we gain, that's why we have taken the necessary
steps to meet worldwide data privacy requirements. We treat your "personal data"
according to the laws of the EU, UK and other applicable local laws which regulate
the storage, process, access and transfer of personal data. Dendron websites that
display this privacy policy ("policy") and that ask for any information from you
are committed to collecting, maintaining, and securing personal information about
you in accordance with this policy, as well as applicable laws, rules and regulations.
This policy applies to personal information (as defined below) collected from Dendron
online resources and communications (such as websites, e-mail, and other online
tools) that display a link to this policy. This policy does not apply to personal
information collected from offline resources and communications, except in cases
where such personal information is consolidated with personal information collected
by Dendron online. This policy also does not apply to third-party online resources
to which Dendron's websites may link, where Dendron does not control the content
or the privacy practices of such resources.
We only collect personally identifiable information about you if you choose to give
it to us. We do not share any of your personally identifiable information with third
parties for their own marketing use unless you explicitly give us permission to
do so. Please review this Privacy Statement to learn more about how we collect,
use, share and protect information online.
- Information Collected
- Your Choices
- Security
- Use of Data
- Data Sharing and Transfer
- Links to Other Sites
- Online competitions
- Privacy Statement for Children
- Additional Information on Web Sites
- Updates to Privacy Statement
- How to Contact Dendron
Information Collected
There are two general methods that Dendron uses to collect personal information
online:
Information We Get
- Personal information: You can visit our websites without providing any personal
information. We may collect your personally identifiable information (such as name,
address, telephone number, e-mail address or other identifying information) only
when you choose to submit it to us. We may also collect health information about
you that you provide by responding to our questions or surveys.
- Aggregate information: In some cases we also remove personal identifiers from
data you provide to us and maintain it in aggregate form. We may combine this data
with other information to produce anonymous, aggregated statistical information
(e.g. number of visitors, originating domain name of the Internet Service Provider),
helpful to us in improving our products and services.
Automatically Collected Information
We automatically receive certain types of information whenever you interact with
us on our sites and in some e-mails we may send each other. Automatic technologies
we use may include, for example, Web server logs/IP addresses, cookies and Web beacons.
Web Server Logs/IP Addresses. An IP address is a number assigned to your computer
whenever you access the Internet. All computer identification on the Internet is
conducted with IP addresses, which allow computers and servers to recognise and
communicate with each other. Dendron collects IP addresses to conduct system administration
and report aggregate information to affiliates, business partners and/or vendors
to conduct site analysis and website performance review.
Cookies. A cookie is a piece of information that is placed automatically on your
computer's hard drive when you access certain websites. The cookie uniquely identifies
your browser to the server. Cookies allow us to store information on the server
to help make the Web experience better for you and to conduct site analysis and
website performance review. Most Web browsers are set up to accept cookies, although
you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is
being sent. Note, however, that some portions of our sites may not work properly
if you refuse cookies.
Web Beacons. On certain Web pages or e-mails, Dendron may utilise a common Internet
technology called a "Web beacon" (also known as an "action tag" or "clear GIF technology.")
Web beacons help analyse the effectiveness of websites by measuring, for example,
the number of visitors to a site or how many visitors clicked on key elements of
a site.
Web beacons, cookies and other tracking technologies do not automatically obtain
personally identifiable information about you. Only if you voluntarily submit personally
identifiable information, such as by registering or sending e-mails, can these automatic
tracking technologies be used to provide further information about your use of the
websites and/or interactive e-mails to improve their usefulness to you.
Your Choices
You have several choices regarding your use of our websites. You could decide not
to submit any personally identifiable information at all by not entering it into
any forms or data fields on our sites and not using any available personalised services.
If you choose to submit personal data, you have the right to see and correct your
data at any time by accessing the application. Certain sites may ask for your permission
for certain uses of your information and you can agree to or decline those uses.
If you opt-in for particular services or communications, such as an e-newsletter,
you will be able to unsubscribe at any time by following the instructions included
in each communication. If you decide to unsubscribe from a service or communication,
we will work to remove your information promptly, although we may require additional
information before we can process your request.
As described above, if you wish to prevent cookies from tracking you anonymously
as you navigate our sites, you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to
indicate when a cookie is being sent.
Security
Dendron uses technology and security precautions, rules and other procedures to
protect your personal data from unauthorised access, improper use, disclosure, loss
or destruction. To ensure the confidentiality of your data, Dendron uses industry
standard firewalls and password protection. It is, however, your personal responsibility
to ensure that the computer you are using is adequately secured and protected against
malicious software, such as trojans, computer viruses and worm programs. You are
aware of the fact that without adequate security measures (e.g. secure web browser
configuration, up-to-date antivirus software, personal firewall software, no usage
of software from dubious sources) there is a risk that the data and passwords you
use to protect access to your data, could be disclosed to unauthorised third parties.
Use of Data
Dendron, including the subsidiaries, divisions and groups worldwide and/or the companies
we hire to perform services on our behalf will use any personally identifiable information
you choose to give us to comply with your requests. We will retain control of and
responsibility for the use of this information, we will ensure that appropriate
protections are in place to require the data processor in that country to maintain
protections on the data that are equivalent to those that apply in the country in
which you live.
The information, which is also used for different HR purposes (Performance Management,
Succession decisions or Development actions), will be helpful for us to better understand
your needs and how we can improve our products and services. It helps us also to
personalise certain communications with you about services and promotions that you
might find interesting. For example, we may analyse the gender or age of visitors
to sites about a particular medication or disease state, and we may use that analysis
of aggregate data internally or share it with others.
Data Sharing and Transfer
Dendron shares personally identifiable data about you with various outside companies
or agents working on our behalf to help fulfil business transactions, such as providing
customer services, sending marketing communications about our products, services
and offers, and doing technological maintenance. We may also share personally identifiable
data with our company's subsidiaries and affiliates. All these companies and agents
are required to comply with the terms of our privacy policies.
We may also disclose personally identifiable information for these purposes:
(a) in connection with the sale, assignment or other transfer of the business of
the site to which the data relates;
(b) to respond to appropriate requests of legitimate government agencies or where
required by applicable laws, court orders, or government regulations; or
(c) where needed for corporate audits or to investigate or respond to a complaint
or security threat.
No Third-Party Direct Marketing Use. We will not sell or otherwise transfer the
personally identifiable information you provide to us at our Web sites to any third
parties for their own direct marketing use unless we provide clear notice to you
and obtain your explicit consent for your data to be shared in this manner.
E-mail a Friend or Colleague. On some Dendron sites, you can choose to send a link
or a message to a friend or colleague referring them to a Dendron website. E-mail
addresses you may provide for a friend will be used to send your friend information
on your behalf and will not be collected or used by Dendron or other third parties
for additional purposes.
Links to Other Sites
Our sites contain links to a number of websites that may offer useful information
to our visitors. This Privacy Statement does not apply to those sites, and we recommend
communicating to them directly for information on their privacy policies.
Online competitions
On some of our websites we will run competitions, for all competitions that we run
the terms and conditions are clearly shown for your viewing.
Privacy Statement for Children
Our websites are directed at an adult audience. We do not collect any personally
identifiable information from anyone we know to be under the age of 16 without the
prior, verifiable consent of his or her legal representative. Such legal representative
has the right, upon request, to view the information provided by the child and/or
to require that it be deleted.
Additional Information on Websites
If a website has particular provisions relating to privacy that differ from those
stated here, those provisions will be disclosed to you on the page on which personally
identifiable information is collected.
Updates to Privacy Statement
From time to time, Dendron may revise this online Privacy Statement. Any such changes
to this Privacy Statement will be promptly communicated on this page. Continued
use of our sites after receiving notice of a change in our Privacy Statement indicates
your consent to the use of newly submitted information in accordance with the amended
Dendron Privacy Statement. The effective date of this Privacy Statement is 1st June
2009.
How to Contact Dendron
For questions or if you wish Dendron to amend or delete your profile, please contact
us in writing (by post), as follows:
Dendron
DDD Limited
94 Rickmansworth Road
Watford
Herts
WD18 7JJ
Registration in England No: 122029
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, this Privacy Statement applies to Dendron websites.
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