Effective as of 1st July 2009
Merck Canada Inc. (“MERCK”) is committed to ensure the protection of the personal information that you provide us with.
This Statement explains how we use the information which we collect about you when you register for a website from MERCK.
The information we collect and how we use it. Your user name and password will allow you to access MERCK websites especially aimed at or available exclusively to physicians. It will also give you access to other personalized MERCK services. When you first register on our websites and when you register for one of our services, you must complete each and every mandatory field to obtain access to the website such as your name, graduation year, postal code, e-mail address and specialty. You may also provide other information regarding your areas of interest and telephone number, which are not mandatory.
Consistent with the purposes identified and standards set within this Statement and other applicable privacy notices that have been provided, MERCK collects Personal Information online that you have shared with MERCK as necessary to allow us to process your registration, to validate your professional license and to provide you with customized content, including articles relating to your fields of interest and various conferences and training opportunities, as well as using it to develop and improve our services. We would also like to contact you to provide you with information about services on this website, updates and also about MERCK's pharmaceutical business, other MERCK services, information and products which we think may be of interest to you. We may also send you surveys and market research surveys. You will be able to manage and decide which information you want to receive by visiting the Email Subscription page. If you do not choose to receive Emails from MERCK, we will continue to communicate with you by Email for the sole purposes of informing you about the services on this website and about your subscription.
Except as provided for below, MERCK will not share your personal information with any unaffiliated third parties without your consent.
MERCK analyzes Personal Information collected online to identify and offer additional services and information that we believe you might find interesting. MERCK evaluates use of some online resources and communications with non-identifiable information only. MERCK also may use Personal Information to audit its online resources for authorized access and security.
Consistent with the purposes identified and standards set within this Statement and other applicable privacy notices that have been provided, MERCK may also consolidates and uses personal information that individuals share with MERCK through various services and channels.
If we are unable to confirm that you are a member in good standing of your Corporation in Canada with the information you have provided in your registration form, we will contact you to obtain additional information. If we do not obtain the necessary information within 5 days, we will cancel your registration to this website.
Your personal information will be used, processed and retained by MERCK or one of MERCK's affiliates. Your information will be available to MERCK and may also be available to MERCK's affiliates or companies working as agents on behalf of MERCK (such as companies that collect and process your information, invite you to participate in scientific and/or professional programs as well as to deliver to you educational and scientific material on behalf of MERCK, as well as companies that fulfill requests for more information about our products or other services). MERCK has sought assurances by contract from these companies that they will only use this information at MERCK’s direction, in a manner that is consistent with this Statement and our Privacy Policy as well as with the permission you gave, if applicable. These companies are also required to sign a confidentiality agreement that prohibits them from sharing, selling, or in any way providing this information to anyone else.
Updating your personal information. You may gain access to your personal information collected online to keep it accurate, complete and current. To do so, you may contact the Chief Privacy Officer at:
Chief Privacy Officer
Phone: (514) 428-3675
Facsimile: (514) 428-4944
E-mail: Canada_privacy@merck.com
You may update personal information you have provided about yourself online at any time, by modifying information that you have previously entered in the registration form via the 'edit profile' function found on our websites.
If you wish to cancel your registration to this website or any other MERCK’s website, you can also contact our Chief Privacy Officer.
MERCK uses cookies to be able to identify you and to provide you with easier access to our websites. The cookies will be activated when you register. You must accept the cookies to access the website.
Server logs capture certain non-personally identifying data, such as the time and date of a web visit, the browser and operating system being used, your IP address or domain name of your ISP, and the web URL you linked from. This information is used in aggregate form to help us plan system enhancements when necessary and to provide content which is compatible with our visitors' web browsing systems.
Our content services may provide links to other web sites over which we have no control. The information practices of these linked web sites are not covered by this Statement and you should check these sites carefully to find out how they use your personal information.
We also invite you to read MERCK’s Online Privacy Policy which applies to all MERCK websites, including those that are not especially aimed at or available exclusively to physicians.
