Privacy Statement

Privacy Policy

The website you have entered is operated by or on behalf of Novartis Consumer Health Canada Inc. Novartis Consumer Health Canada Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines the type of information that is collected by Novartis Consumer Health Canada Inc. on this web site, and how we use and protect it. This policy also tells you what to do if you do not want your Personal Information collected when you visit our website, and how you can change or delete information you have already provided to us.

Your Consent to this Privacy Policy

By using our website, you signify that you agree with the terms of our current Privacy Policy as posted in this area of the site. If you do not agree with any term in this policy, please do not use the site.

Collection of Personal Information

As used in this Privacy Policy, « Personal Information » means personally-identifiable information such as your name, street address, telephone number, screen name and e-mail address.

Throughout our site, you may be asked for personal information so that you can register for a sweepstakes or contest, request information or mailings, fill out a survey or for a variety of other reasons. Please be assured that Novartis Consumer Health Canada Inc. will not collect any Personal Information from this site unless and until you provide this information to us voluntarily. If you don't want us to have access to your Personal Information, please do not provide it while using our site.

When you provide us with Personal Information, you are authorizing us to use that information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy, including your right to limit our use of the Personal Information.

Other information we may collect

Novartis Consumer Health Canada Inc. may collect other information about you during your visit to our site, but this information will not be linked to your Personal Information (that is, it is collected only in the aggregate in connection with all the users of our site, and will not be linked to you personally.) Such information may include:

1. Information about your computer, such as your IP addresss (a number assigned to your computer whenever you surf the Internet),the type of Internet browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using, and the domain name of the website from which you linked to our site.
2. Information about the areas you visit on our website

« Cookies »

« Cookies » are files or pieces of information that may be stored in your computer's hard drive when you visit a website. Novartis Consumer Health Canada Inc. uses cookies to show us how and when a user visits areas within our site so that we can see which areas are popular and which may need improvement. We also use cookies to help speed up your future activities at our site because the computer will remember that you have already provided Personal Information to us. Novartis Consumer Health Canada Inc. does not share Personal Information obtained through cookies with any third parties.

Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you'd prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent.

How We Use Personal Information

We Do Not Share With Third Parties

Novartis Consumer Health Canada Inc. does not share any Personal Information with any third parties, except for outside contractors who will first have to sign a confidentiality agreement with us.

Mailings and Other Contact

Novartis Consumer Health Canada Inc. will not use your Personal Information to send you any mailings or to otherwise contact you unless you have expressly authorized us to do so. In addition, at any time you may let us know that you wish to discontinue such mailings or contact (see « Who to contact » below.)

Children

Novartis will not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal data from a minor under the age of 15, without obtaining prior consent from a person with parental responsibility (e.g., a parent or guardian) through direct off-line contact. We will provide the parent with (i) notice of the specific types of personal data being collected from the minor, and (ii) the opportunity to object to any further collection, use, or storage of such information.

Security of Information

We use state-of-the-art technology to keep your Personal Information as secure as possible. Access to your Personal Information is permitted among our employees only on a need-to-know basis, and any outside contractors with access to such information must first sign a confidentiality agreement with us.

Changes in our Policy

Novartis Consumer Health Canada Inc. reserves the right to change or remove this Privacy Policy at our discretion. Whenever we make any alteration to this Privacy Policy, we will post the changes here and will alert visitors to this site to the change for a period of time with a banner on our home page. We encourage you to visit this area frequently to stay informed.

Who to Contact

Please write to us at Novartis Consumer Health Canada Inc., 2233 Argentia Road, Suite 205, West Tower, Mississauga, Ontario L5N 2X7 if you have any comments or questions about this Privacy Policy, or to do any of the following:

1. To see Personal Information you have already sent us so that you can correct or update it
2. To ask that we delete your Personal Information from our records
3. To correct or update Personal Information that your child under age 15 has sent us
4. To ask that we delete from our records Personal Information that your child under age 15 has sent us
5. To ask that we not send you mailings or otherwise contact you
6. To report any violations of the Privacy Policy