IMS Health is committed to protecting the online privacy of our visitors' personally identifiable information. To better protect your privacy online, we provide this statement explaining our online information practices at this Web site.
What Information We Collect and How We Use It
We may collect the following types of personally identifiable information at this web site: name, address, e-mail, and telephone number. We also may collect additional information, including credit card and other billing information, when you register to purchase products and services available through our network of web sites.
We use this information to enable you to purchase our products and services on-line, to enable delivery of products and services to you on-line, to process payments for purchase of products and services on-line, to respond to your requests, including to provide you our product and service updates, to enable you to participate in surveys or questionnaires posted on our web site, and to provide you with opportunities to learn about other products, programs, or services that we believe may be of interest to you. Generally speaking, we do not share personally identifiable information with unrelated third parties who are not covered by this privacy statement without your prior permission.
E-mail
IMS and/or its affiliates occasionally send e-mail and promotional notifications to users of its network of sites, products and services. IMS may also engage third party vendors to act on our behalf and administer our e-mail services, which would require disclosure of the e-mail address you provided to IMS to such vendors, acting on our instructions. We may use this information in the aggregate to analyze the effectiveness of our e-mail and promotional notifications and site usage, either personally, or through our third party e-mail provider. If you wish to discontinue receipt of e-mail or promotional notifications from IMS, please contact us Area Marketing.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
We may collect certain non-personally identifiable information about our visitors when you visit many of our web pages, such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows 2000 or Mac OS), and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink). We use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to better personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage.
Legal Process and Outside Parties
We may disclose personal information we maintain in response to legal proceedings, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. In certain countries in which we operate, there may be legislation which requires IMS to provide personal information to third parties in order for the completion of a business transaction, for example, taxation reporting with respect to Goods and Services Tax or Value Added Tax. When required by local law to do so, IMS will disclose personal information in such circumstances. We also may transfer information about you if we are acquired by or merged with another company.
Cookies
To enhance your experience with our site, we may use "cookies." Cookies are text files that may be stored in your computer's browser (i.e. in memory for the duration of the active session) or on the user's hard drive by the software we use on our network of sites to store your preferences and perform other administrative functions. We use cookies to understand site usage and to improve the user experience, create personalized offerings, and improve the content and offerings on our network of sites. Some of our software vendors use cookies for purposes that may be different from those stated in our Privacy Statement, and our Privacy Statement does not cover our software vendors' collection and use of your information by way of cookies in connection with our network of websites. For more information on the use of cookies on our network of websites, please e-mail us at webmaster@imshealth.com, identify the application, product or service you wish to know more about, and a link to that software vendor's privacy notice will be provided.
Links
Our network of sites contain links to other Web sites whose information practices may be different from ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties. Our Privacy Statement does not cover activities occurring at other Web sites.
Security
We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent against unauthorized access to the information that we collect online.
Terms of Use
This Privacy Statement is part of, and subject to, the Terms and Conditions applicable to products, services and activities available through www.imshealth.com.
Restrictions on Use of Information
Except as otherwise provided in this statement, the information we collect on this web site will not, without your consent, be shared with third parties other than our affiliates and controlled subsidiaries.
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding this statement or would like more information on our privacy practices, please contact us at privacyofficer@au.imshealth.com