Version I
Effective May 10, 2010
BTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("BTA") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how BTA protects the privacy and security of the personally identifiable information of users of this website (the "Website"). At BTA, we understand that health is a very personal, private subject, and we want you to feel as comfortable as possible visiting this Website and using its services.
Acceptance of Privacy Policy
By using the Website, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use this Website. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean that you accept those changes.
What This Privacy Policy Covers
This policy covers how BTA treats personal information that it collects and receives through this Website, including information that you provide in online surveys. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable, like your name, address, e-mail address or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available.
Information Collection and Use
BTA collects personal information when you complete a registration form or an online survey regarding your medical condition or your use of WELLBUTRIN XL®. The personal information that we collect through the Website may include your name, mailing address, e-mail address, age, medical condition, and information regarding treatments that you are using.
BTA uses your personal information to provide you, upon request, with information regarding WELLBUTRIN XL® and other BTA products and services or other communications that may be relevant to your medical condition.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
BTA does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies, except when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
Disclosures to Third Parties Assisting In Our Operations
We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with BTA under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to assist BTA in its operations. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information.
Aggregate Information
BTA may provide information about you that does not allow you to be identified or contacted ("Aggregate Information") to third parties. For example, we might inform third parties about general information derived from aggregated responses to our online surveys, such as how many survey respondents have used a particular treatment for cold sores or genital herpes. When aggregate health information is provided, we pool it from many individual records and strip it of any data that could be used to identify an individual before it is used.
Disclosures Under Special Circumstances
We may provide information about you to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process or governmental regulations, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims. We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of BTA’s Terms of Use, or as otherwise required by law.
In addition, we may share any information, including your personal information with any third-party, without your consent or approval and without notice to you as incident to a corporate sale, merger, acquisition, or in the unlikely event of an insolvency, reorganization, dissolution, bankruptcy or similar event.
Links
This Website may contain links to other websites. BTA is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. To ensure the protection of your privacy, always review the privacy policy of the websites you visit by linking from this Website.
Security
We understand that storing our data in a secure manner is essential. BTA stores general and personally identifiable data using industry standard physical, technical and administrative safeguards to secure data against foreseeable risks, such as unauthorized use, access, disclosure, destruction or modification.
Your Privacy Choices
When you complete registration or a survey, you will be given the option of receiving recurring informational/promotional e-mail from BTA and third parties working with BTA. You may opt-out from receiving this e-mail when you provide the information or follow the instructions as mentioned in the e-mail or included in each program we send you.
Cookies
BTA may place a "cookie" on the browser of your computer. Cookies are files of information that a website transfers to your computer for record-keeping purposes. The use of cookies is common among Internet businesses to provide useful features to website users. The cookie itself does not contain any personally identifying information, but may be used to tell when your computer has accessed the BTA website. Your Web browser can be set to allow you to control whether you will accept cookies, reject cookies, or to notify you each time a cookie is sent to you. If your browser is set to reject cookies, this Website will not recognize you when you return to the Website, and some Website functionality will be lost. The Help section of your browser will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting cookies.
Children
BTA is committed to protecting the privacy of children. This Website is not intended for minors. No information should be submitted to our Website by users under the age of 13, and we do not collect information from any user we have reason to believe is a child under the age of 13. In addition, you must be 18 years of age or older to submit registration or survey information.
Your Ability to Edit and Delete Your Information
You can edit or delete your personal information that is maintained by BTA at any time by submitting a written request by mail or e-mail to the contact person listed below.
Confidentiality
We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
Notification of Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time as we add new features and services, as laws change, and as industry privacy and security best practices evolve. We display a version number and a date on the policy in the upper right corner of this Privacy Policy so that it will be easier for you to know when there has been a change. If we make any change to this Privacy Policy regarding use or disclosure of personally identifiable information, we will provide advance notice on this Website. Small changes or changes that do not significantly affect individual privacy interests may be made at any time and without prior notice.
Questions and Suggestions
If you have questions or suggestions regarding this Privacy Policy, please e-mail us at WellbutrinXLPrivacyOfficer@Biovail.com or contact us at:
BTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Attn: Privacy Officer
700 Route 202/206 North
Bridgewater, NJ 08807