Terms of Use

 Copyright

 
Our Commitment to Privacy

Medical Device Market Research, LLC (MDMR) is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy as a visitor to our Web site. We take the issue of privacy very seriously and value the trust you place in us each time you use our services and access this Web site. This Privacy Statement describes the practices and policies we have put into place to safeguard your personal information that may be gathered and used as you visit our Web site.

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.

The policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically. If you have any questions about our privacy policies, we encourage you to contact us using any of the methods outlined at the end of our Privacy Statement.

Medical Device Market Research, LLC collects and uses your personal information to respond to your requests for information, products and services. Unless we have your express consent, your personal information will only be used or shared to fulfill your request as outlined in this privacy statement.

No information is automatically collected at this Web site.

The following information is collected with your permission at this Web site:

• Survey information including personal identification information
• Personal information/identification gathered through user site registration
• The names and e-mail addresses of those who use a feedback form
• The e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail

The information we gather with your permission during your visit to our Web site is used in the following ways:

• Monitor, review, measure, and analyze Web site utilization
• Modify and enhance the Web site
• Improve the content and design of our Web site
• Respond to your requests
• Monitor and improve our customer service efforts
• Contact panel members to inform of upcoming studies

The personally identifiable information gathered during your visit to this Web site is not shared with any organization for any purpose. We do not rent, sell, exchange or in some way provide personally identifiable information to any third-party organization.

Opt-out of Transfer of Information
Individuals may notify us that they wish to opt-out and prevent the transfer of their personally identifiable information by:

• FAX: (262) 247-4307
• E-mail: admin@mdmr.net

How to Access and Correct Personal Information
Consumers can access and request correction to this information by:

• Writing to us at the contact address
• FAX: (262) 247-4307

Many Web sites now use "cookies" to provide useful features to their visitors by providing customizable and personalized services.

A 'cookie' is a small data file that a Web site may send to your browser and that your browser may then store on your system. We use session cookies to simulate a continuous connection - cookies let us "remember" information about your preferences and passwords and allow you to move within our Service without reintroducing yourself. We also use cookies to allow you to access areas of our Web site that are limited to registered users, such as the My Account. We do NOT, however, use cookies to track the navigational habits of identified visitors. Furthermore, we do NOT allow other companies (third parties) to set cookies via our Web site.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually refuse cookies, or selectively accept cookies, by adjusting the preferences in your browser. If you turn cookies off, there may be some features of our site that will not be available to you and some Web pages may not display properly. You can find information about how you can adjust your cookie setting at the following Web sites:

Microsoft Internet Explorer: http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm and
Netscape Navigator: http://www.netscape.com/legal_notices/cookies.html.

Your browser software can be set to reject all cookies, or to ask you if you would like to accept or decline a cookie from a particular site before it is set. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies in the Help section of the toolbar. You should know, however, that if you reject a cookie, certain functions and conveniences of a site may not work properly.

Web Beacons

MDMR Web site does NOT use electronic images known as Web beacons, or clear GIFs to monitor the activity of our Web site. Used in combination with cookies, a Web beacon is an often-transparent graphic image, usually no larger than 1 pixel x 1 pixel, which is placed on a Web site or in an e-mail that is used to monitor the behavior of the user visiting the Web site or opening the e-mail. (To learn more about Web beacons, visit Webopedia).

MDMR does NOT use third party advertising companies to provide advertisements or allow third party advertisers to track your browsing activities on our Web site.

Access to some of the features on this Web site requires registration,and the disclosure of some personal information, which may include:

• This site offers a specialized registration process for panel members and clients.

Security of Communications

We recognize that many people are concerned about the privacy and protection of information as it is transmitted over the Internet. You should keep in mind that the possibility exists for unauthorized individuals to intercept any email message you send over the Internet. In some cases, information can be encrypted (scrambled or encoded) to make it very difficult to read if it is intercepted during communication. Certain technology and practices allow Web sites to provide an increased level of security for your personal and health-related information when appropriate.

We use the following practices on our Web site to enhance the level of security for communication and the transmission of personal information:

• We always use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving consumer data exchanged with our site
• We have taken reasonable steps to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of personally identifiable information that you may provide.
• We are not responsible for the privacy of e-mail messages except those stored in our system.

Web sites often provide a number of links that offer direct access to other useful or interesting web sites holding potential value to site visitors. Inclusion of the other sites by links does not imply any endorsement of the material or information on the other sites. Users are encouraged to review the privacy policy of each linked site before sharing personal and health-related information.

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future, we have the following practices:

• We will contact you before we use your data for these new purposes to notify you of the policy change and to provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses
• We will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.

If you have questions about our privacy policy, or feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, please contact us.

This privacy statement was last modified on June 9, 2005.