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Privacy Policy and
Use of Personal Information
This Web Site Privacy Policy (Policy) (together
with our terms of use and any other documents referred to on
it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect
from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.
BMR does not collect personally identifiable information about
you (including, but not limited to, your name, address, telephone
number, and email address) unless you provide it to us voluntarily.
This Policy applies to all information submitted to BMR via
its web site located at www.bmr.com and any information received
from product or warranty registration cards, or provided to
a customer service representative over the phone. Please read
the following carefully to understand BMR’s view and practices
regarding your personal data and how BMR will treat it.
All personal information, which you provide
on this site, will be kept confidential. BMR and certain service
providers that provide services to BMR in relation to the site
will have access to such information and BMR will obtain undertakings
from such service providers to keep such information confidential.
BMR will not sell, rent, or release your name, e-mail address,
or any other personal details to a third party (excluding associated
companies of BMR). We will not disclose any of your personal
information unless you authorise us to do so, the law requires
it, or to protect the rights or property of BMR. We may, however,
transfer personal information to a third party in the event
of a disposal of all or part of our business as may, in our
opinion, be required for an effective transfer of the business.
However we will ensure that any such transferees will comply
with provisions no less onerous than those of our current privacy
policy with regard to your personal data.
At BMR, we recognise that our clients expect privacy and security
for the non-public information they provide to us. If you choose
to submit personally identifiable information to us via this
web site, we will use your information in accordance with this
Policy.
BMR does not wish to collect personal information
from children under 13 years of age. If we become aware that
a user under the age of 13 has submitted information or is attempting
to submit information, we will notify the user that he or she
is not eligible to submit information to us. We will then expunge
from our records that user's personally identifiable information.
What information may BMR collect from you?
In order to accommodate your product inquiries,
delivery and other requests, we may collect and process the
following data about you:
We may ask you to submit your first and last
name, telephone number, regular mail and email addresses.
f you contact us, we may keep a record of that
correspondence. BMR may also ask you to complete surveys that
we use for research purposes, although you are not obliged to
respond to them. Details of transactions you carry out through
our site and of the fulfilment of your orders may also be collected
and processed/ Although we may share the above information with
affiliates and third party service providers (as further described
below), we will not sell or rent your personally identifiable
information to non-affiliated third parties.
Do we use cookies and other
tracking mechanisms?
When you visit this web site, information about your browser
type, operating system, IP address, and the domain name from
which you access this site (e.g., yahoo.com) are collected.
This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions
and patterns, and does not identify any individual. In addition,
we may collect information about your browsing behaviour, such
as the number of times you have visited the site, the date you
visited the site, and the amount of time you spent viewing the
site. Cookies are bits of computer code that are placed on your
computer and that can be accessed by our computer when you visit
this web site. Cookies help us to improve our site and to deliver
a better and more personalised service. The cookies that are
placed on your computer have unlimited duration. We do not match
cookies with your personally identifiable information, nor do
we use clear gifs (otherwise known as "web bugs" or
"web beacons").
To whom do we disclose
your information?
Subject to applicable law, we and our service providers disclose
your personal information: To our affiliates, including our
parent Bio-Medical Research and its subsidiary companies; To
unaffiliated third parties that are under contract to perform
services for or on behalf of BMR, and are required to uphold
and maintain BMR's policies with respect to privacy and the
treatment of your personally identifiable information (e.g.,
vendors maintaining BMR's computer databases or performing fulfilment
activities for BMR relating solely to products and services
provided by BMR and its affiliates); and to other persons as
required by applicable law or regulation.
How can your information
be changed or deleted?
If you believe your information is incorrect or incomplete,
please let us know and we will correct or update it promptly.
You may contact us by sending an email to enquiries@bmr.ie In
order to stop receiving electronic communications from us, you
may unsubscribe to our newsletters and other notification services
by following the unsubscribe directions included at the end
of each email we send. How will we notify you if this Policy
changes? We will post any material changes to this Policy at
least thirty (30) days prior to the changes taking effect. If
we do make material changes to this policy, a notice will appear
on this web site. After the changes take effect, all current
and new information will be subject to the terms of the revised
Policy.
BMR maintains physical, electronic, and procedural
safeguards to protect your personally identifiable information.
Except as described in this policy, BMR will not use your personally
identifiable information for any other purpose unless we first
obtain your express authorisation. BMR will take all steps reasonably
necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in
accordance with this privacy policy. Unfortunately, the transmission
of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although
BMR will do its best to protect your personal data, we cannot
guarantee the security of your data transmitted to its site;
any transmission is at your own risk. Once BMR has received
your information, it will use strict procedures and security
features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
If you have questions concerning this policy, please contact
your local Customer Care Call Centre, or via email at to enquiries@bmr.ie
Last revised as of March 2006
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