This privacy statement describes how EnteroMedics will
protect, gather, and use information from this web site.
We may change this privacy statement at any time by posting
changes on this web site.
Personal Information
Personal information is information
that identifies you individually, such as your name, address,
email address, company name, birth date, medical device
serial number, phone number, or other information that
is specific to you. Some pages on this web site may provide
online contact forms that require personal information.
EnteroMedics
keeps and uses the personal information collected about
you on the contact form to respond to your questions and
comments. In addition, we may use this
information for:
- Internal company reports, based on personal
information, relating to promotion, research, and web
site content
- Tracking web site usage so we can improve
site content and functionality
- Formulating personalized
web site access based on your site use and areas of interest
- Contacting you about our
products or services or those of others that may be of
interest to you
- Learning about our customers and markets
If we remove all the personal information that identifies
you, we will treat the remaining information as non-personal.
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Non-Personal
Information
Non-personal information is information that
does not identify you individually. Non-personal information
is information we collect from your computer, such as your
web browser, the date and time of your web site visit,
the web address from which you accessed our site, the number
of visitors to the site, the pages viewed, and the length
of time on the web site.
EnteroMedics
uses non-personal information to collect general information
about our site visitors. Non-personal information is used
by EnteroMedics and is shared with
third parties to:
- Improve our products, services, and web
site content
- Generate information about site visitors so
we can make this web site more useful
- Personalize information
and services when you return to our site
Cookies are a particular
type of non-personal information. These
are small data files that are sent to your browser and
placed on your computer's hard drive when you visit a web
site. One example is when a site uses a “shopping
cart” to record your purchases. You can set your browser
to accept or decline cookies. Some sections of our web
site may not work properly if you decline cookies. We use
cookies for contact with you, such as maintaining a connection
while you are moving through a series of web pages.
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Disclosure
of Personal Information
EnteroMedics and our affiliates
will not share personal information collected through this
web site with unrelated third parties, except as provided
in this privacy policy. EnteroMedics and our affiliates
may share personal information with companies that we hire
to perform services for us, where they need your personal
information to perform the service. These companies are
not authorized to keep or use your personal information
for any other purpose.
EnteroMedics and our affiliates also
may share your personal information to comply with legal
requirements, such as reporting to government agencies.
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Children's
Privacy
EnteroMedics does not intentionally collect personal
information from children under age 13. If you think that
a child has provided us with personal information, please email
us. We will use reasonable efforts to delete this
information.
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Links
to Other Web Sites
This privacy policy does not apply to
web sites of other organizations to which this site links.
These links are provided for your convenience. If EnteroMedics
does not control a web site we are not responsible for
its operation or content. We suggest that you review the
privacy policy for each web site you visit.
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Security
EnteroMedics
takes reasonable steps to protect personal information
from loss and misuse. Please keep in mind that no Internet
transmission is 100% secure. Some email sent to or from
this site may not be secure. Please consider this when
sending information to us by email.
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Contact
EnteroMedics
If you have any questions or comments about
this privacy policy, please email us.
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CAUTION: Investigational device. Limited by Federal law
to investigational use.
