Privacy Policy

Thank you for visitng BaxterBioScienceGrants.com, which is owned by Baxter Healthcare Corporation. Before using this Site - and particularly before submitting personally identifiable information via this Site - you should read this entire Policy.

SCOPE OF POLICY

Please be aware that this Policy applies only to this Site. Within this Site, you may see links or references to other websites, which are not covered by this Policy and are likely to have different information practices. We therefore encourage you to read the privacy policy of each website you visit. We provide these references and links for your convenience; they should not be construed as an endorsement of such sites, their content, or their information practices. You are solely responsible for any interactions you may have with such websites.

ACTIVE INFORMATION COLLECTION

This Site collects information from its visitors in two ways: actively and passively. Active information collection refers to instances in which we gather information from you when you fill it in and send it to us, such as by completing a registration form, signing up for an electronic newsletter, or sending us a message via an e-mail reply mechanism provided by this Site. Active information collection can include both personally identifiable information (e.g., your full name or email address) and nonpersonally identifiable information (e.g., if we were to ask for your first name and a list of the top three things you like about our Site). Passive information collection refers to instances in which we collect information from you that you have not actively provided (please see the next section of this Policy for a summary of our passive information collection practices).

PASSIVE INFORMATION COLLECTION

We may use special technologies to passively collect information while you are visiting our Site (that is, you do not actively provide this information). These technologies allow us to collect certain kinds of nonpersonally identifiable information, including your Internet domain name, the type of web browser you use, the operating system you use, the date and time you visit the Site, the specific pages you visit on the Site, and address of the website you visited prior to entering this Site. We do not link this passively collected nonpersonally identifiable information with personally identifiable information you have actively provided elsewhere on this Site. We reserve the right to share with third parties, including our business partners and advertisers, the anonymous aggregated information that we have passively collected via this Site.
Below we have summarized the primary means of passive information collection at our Site.

  • COOKIES

    This Site uses cookies, which are small text files that store nonpersonally identifiable information about you, either temporarily in connection with your Internet Protocol (IP) address (known as a temporary or session cookie, and deleted once you close your browser window) or more permanently on the hard drive of your computer (known as a permanent or persistent cookie).

  • 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 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.

WHAT WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION

The personally identifiable information we collect from you will only be used and disclosed in accordance with this Policy or as specifically disclosed to you at the time you provide the information. We will not sell, lease, transfer, share, or otherwise permit access to your personally identifiable information with any third parties other than as described in this Policy. Baxter may share your information with independent contractors or consultants who provide technical, administrative or market research support to Baxter. We reserve the right to sell, lease, transfer, or otherwise share without restriction aggregated, deidentified, and other nonpersonally identifiable information regarding Site usage, traffic patterns, demographics, and other statistics about our Site or those from whom we collect information via this Site. We reserve the right to use or disclose personal information provided via this site as necessary to respond to your requests, comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal process, and law enforcement inquiries, as required by litigation, to take precautions against liability, and protect the security and integrity of the site and the safety of its users. Information collected from this site will be held on a server in the United States.

OPTING OUT

We do not seek to collect personally identifiable information from you that you do not want collected. Toward that end, we indicate, at all active information collection points, whether requested information is required or optional. We also attempt to tell you, at the point of collection and in this Policy, what the consequences will be (e.g., inability to access important functions of the Site, less tailoring of information to match your interests, etc.) if you do not provide the required or optional information. When you submit personally identifiable information via this Site, whether such information is required or optional, you consent to its disclosure and use in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you ever decide that you do not wish to receive information from us regarding our products and services, you may opt out of receiving this information by contacting us by e-mail at biosciencegrants@baxter.com .

FEEDBACK INFORMATION

We welcome your comments, feedback and inquiries regarding this Site our services, and our programs. This Site posts a Contact Us form for you to use in submitting comments, questions and inquiries; we will typically ask you to provide personally identifiable information, such as your name and e-mail address. We use the information to, follow up with you regarding your comments, improve our products and services, and better understand our customers' needs. The required information on the feedback form will be indicated.

CONTACT US / ENFORCEMENT OF PRIVACY POLICY

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns or complaints about this Policy, or the information practices of this Site, send us e-mail at biosciencegrants@baxter.com, send us mail at

Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Bioscience Division, Global Clinical and Medical Affairs
Attn: Grants Coordinator
One Baxter Way
Westlake Village, CA 91362

or call us at (805) 372-3315. We will take reasonable steps to respond to your inquiry and remedy problems you bring to our attention.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time and in our sole discretion. If we do change the Policy, the new Policy will be posted here, along with its revision date, and all information collected following the posting of such changes will be subject to the new Policy. We want you to know, however, that before we use or disclose your previously collected personally identifiable information in a materially different manner from that to which you agreed, we will first secure your affirmative consent for such use or disclosure. Absent such consent, we will use your personally identifiable information in accordance with the Policy in effect at the time we collected the information. In the event that you do not consent to the terms and conditions of the new Policy, we will either continue to use your personally identifiable information in accordance with the Policy in effect at the time we collected the information, or remove your profile from our records. We encourage you to check this Policy periodically and - at a minimum - before each instance in which you provide personally identifiable information via this Site.

Last modified: June 16, 2009