Privacy Policy
Welcome
Welcome to www.mipinfo.com! This site is owned
by Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. This Privacy Policy is designed to tell you about our practices regarding
collection, use, and disclosure of information that you may provide via this site. Please be sure to read this entire Privacy
Policy before using or submitting information to this site. This site
is intended for use by residents of the United States.
Your Consent
By using this site, you agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy. Whenever you submit information via this site, you consent to the
collection, use, and disclosure of that information in accordance with this
Privacy Policy.
About Children
This site is not intended for children under the age of 13. We will not
knowingly collect information from site visitors in this age group. We
encourage parents to talk to their children about their use of the
Internet and the information they disclose to Web sites.
Information You Provide
Some areas of this site may ask you to submit personally identifiable information
in order for you to benefit from the specified features (such as newsletter subscriptions,
tips/pointers, order processing, or resume submission) or to participate in a particular
activity (such as sweepstakes or other promotions). You will be informed what information
is required and what information is optional.
Passive Information Collection
As you navigate through this site, certain anonymous information
can be passively collected (that is, gathered without your actively
providing the information) using various technologies and means, such as
Internet Protocol addresses, cookies, Internet tags, and navigational data
collection (log files, server logs, clickstream). Your Internet browser
automatically transmits to this site some of this anonymous information,
such as the URL of the Web site you just came from and the Internet Protocol
(IP) address and the browser version your computer is currently using.
This site may also collect anonymous information from your computer
through cookies and Internet tags or web beacons. You may set your
browser to notify you when a cookie is sent or to refuse cookies
altogether, but certain features of this site might not work without
cookies.
This site may use and combine such passively collected anonymous information
to provide better service to site visitors, customize the site based on your
preferences, compile and analyze statistics and trends, and otherwise administer
and improve the site for your use. Such information is not combined with personally
identifiable information collected elsewhere on the site unless you have consented.
A "cookie" is a bit of information that a
Web site sends to your Web browser that helps the site remember information
about you and your preferences.
"Session" cookies are temporary bits of information that are used to improve
navigation, block visitors from providing information where inappropriate
(the site "remembers" previous entries of age or country of origin that were
outside the specified parameters and blocks subsequent changes), and collect
aggregate statistical information on the site. They are erased once you exit
your Web browser or otherwise turn off your computer.
"Persistent" cookies are more permanent bits of information that are
placed on the hard drive of your computer and stay there unless you delete the
cookie. Persistent cookies store information on your computer for a
number of purposes, such as retrieving certain information you have previously
provided (e.g., passwords), helping to determine what areas of the Web site
visitors find most valuable, and customizing the Web site based on your preferences
on an ongoing basis. Persistent cookies placed by this site on your computer may
hold personally identifiable information, but only if you have registered or
have otherwise consented to the retention of personally identifiable information
you have provided at the site. Otherwise, our site's server only knows that an
unidentified visitor with your cookie has returned to the site.
You can set your browser to accept all cookies, to reject all cookies, or to
notify you whenever a cookie is offered so that you can decide each time whether
to accept it. To learn more about cookies and how to specify your preferences,
please search for "cookie" in the "Help" portion of your browser.
A site may use Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. An IP Address is a number assigned to your computer
by your Internet service provider so you can access the Internet and is
generally considered to be non-personally identifiable information, because in
most cases an IP address is dynamic (changing each time you connect to the Internet)
rather than static (unique to a particular user's computer). We use your IP address to diagnose problems
with our server, report aggregate information, determine the fastest route for
your computer to use in connecting to our site, and administer and improve the
site.
"Internet tags" (also known as single-pixel GIFs, clear GIFs, invisible GIFs, and
1-by-1 GIFs) are smaller than cookies and tell the Web site server information
such as the IP address and browser type related to the visitor's computer. Tags have been placed both on online
advertisements that bring people to the site and on different pages of the
site. These tags indicate how many times a page is opened and which information
is consulted.
"Navigational data"("log files," "server logs," and
"clickstream" data) are used for system management, to improve the content of
the site, market research purposes, and to communicate information to
visitors.
Use and Disclosure of Information
Except as otherwise stated, we may use your information to improve the content of our
site, to customize the site to your preferences, to communicate information to
you (if you have requested it), for our marketing and research purposes, and
for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.
If you provide personally identifiable information to this site, we may combine
such information with other actively collected information unless we specify
otherwise at the point of collection. We may disclose personally identifiable information
you provide via this site to other Johnson & Johnson affiliates worldwide that
agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy and use it for the same
purposes. We also may disclose personally identifiable information you provide
via this site to third parties that are not Johnson & Johnson affiliates, but
only:
- to contractors we use to support our business (such as
fulfillment services, technical support, delivery services, and
financial institutions), in which case we will require such third
parties to agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy
Policy and use it for the same purposes;
- in connection with the sale, assignment, or other transfer of
the business of this site to which the information relates, in
which case we will require any such buyer to agree to treat it in
accordance with this Privacy Policy and use it or the same purposes; or
- to respond to law enforcement requests or where required by applicable
laws, court orders, or government regulations.
The collection, use, and disclosure of information contemplated in this Privacy Policy may involve
a transfer of the information to jurisdictions located outside your country of
residence that may not have equivalent laws and rules regarding personally identifiable
information. In these cases, you will be asked to consent to such transfers
and disclosures in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Access, Correction and Deletion
To keep personally identifiable information that you provide via this site accurate, current, and complete,
please contact us as specified below and we will take appropriate steps to update or correct such information in our
possession, or to delete your information from our contact list.
Security
We take reasonable steps to protect your personally identifiable information as you transmit
your information from your computer to our site and to protect such
information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration,
or destruction. You should keep in mind that no Internet transmission
is ever 100% secure or error-free. In particular, e-mail
sent to or from this site may not be secure, and you should
therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to
us via e-mail. Moreover, where you use passwords, ID numbers, or other
special access features on this site, it is your responsibility to
safeguard them.
Links to Other Web Sites
This site may contain links or references to other Web sites. Please be aware that we do not control other Web
sites and that, in any case, this Privacy Policy does not apply to those Web
sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every Web site you visit.
Other Terms
Your use of this site is subject to our
Legal Notice.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this
Privacy Policy or the information practices of this site, please contact
us as follows:
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
Attention: eMarketing Manager
4545 Creek Road
Cincinnati, OH 45242
1-800-USE-ENDO
eesweb@eesus.jnj.com
Changes to This Privacy Policy
If this Privacy Policy changes, the revised policy will be posted on
this site. Please check back periodically and especially before you
provide any personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy was
last updated on 2/17/2005.
