Revised April 9, 2010
This privacy policy applies to the www.sjm.com Web site and describes St. Jude Medical’s privacy practices regarding the use of this Web site by visitors located within the United States. We operate multiple Web sites for different purposes in countries where laws that may apply differ from United States laws. This privacy policy describes how we protect, gather and use information from this Web site. Please review this privacy policy periodically since it could change at any time. We will post these changes on this Web site, which will take effect once posted. You will not be provided individual notice of these changes.
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Personal Information
Personal information means information that identifies you individually, including your name, postal address, e-mail address, company name, birth date, medical device serial number, phone number, or other specific types of personal information. Some pages on this Web site provide online contact forms that require personal information.
Use of Personal Information
We collect, keep, and use personal information to register and track patients who have certain St. Jude Medical devices implanted. We are required to track these devices in accordance with the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and Food and Drug Administration regulations. In the United States, no patient consent or authorization is required to disclose information to medical device manufacturers for tracking purposes, in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
We also keep and use the personal information collected about you on the contact form to respond to your questions and comments.
We may use this personal information to:
- Contact you about our products or services or those of others that may be of interest to you
- Learn about our customers and their needs
- Learn about our markets
Non-personal Information
Non-personal information means information that does not allow someone to identify you individually. We collect non-personal information from your computer, including your Web browser, the date and time of your Web site visit, the Web address from which you accessed this Web site, the number of visitors to this Web site, the pages viewed, and the length of time on this Web site.
Use of Non-personal Information
St. Jude Medical uses non-personal information to collect general information about visitors to this Web site.
We may use this non-personal information to:
- Track Web site usage so we can improve Web site content and functionality
- Formulate personalized Web site access based on your Web site use and areas of interest
We also may use non-personal information and share this with third parties to:
- Improve the content of this Web site
- Improve our products and services
- Generate information about visitors to this Web site so we can make this Web site more useful and valuable
- Personalize information and services for visitors that return to this Web site
Choice and Access to Personal Information
We want to keep personal information accurate. To correct or update your personal information, please Contact Us to request this change.
Disclosure of Personal Information
St. Jude Medical and our affiliates will not share personal information collected through this Web site with unrelated third parties, except as stated in this privacy policy.
St. Jude Medical and our affiliates may share personal information with companies and organizations that we hire to perform services for us, like mailing or data processing, which may be located throughout the world. These companies and organizations are not authorized to keep or use personal information for any other purpose.
St. Jude Medical and our affiliates also may share personal information to comply with legal requirements, like law, regulation, warrant, subpoena, court order, or with a regulator or law enforcement agency or personnel, or in connection with a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, acquisition, dissolution, or similar event.
Opt-out Choices
To opt-out of receiving communications from St. Jude Medical (except for communications necessary for your use of this Web site) or any consent previously granted for a specific purpose concerning personal information, contact us at privacy@sjm.com to request the change.
Children's Privacy
St. Jude Medical does not intentionally collect personal information from children under age 13. If we discover that a child has provided us with personal information online through this Web site, we will take reasonable steps to delete this information. If you believe we may have accidentally received personal information from a child under age 13, please immediately contact us at privacy@sjm.com.
Links to Other Web Sites
This Web site may link to Web sites of other companies or organizations. These links are provided for your convenience. This privacy policy does not apply to these links. St. Jude Medical does not control these Web sites and is not responsible for their operation or content. Please review the privacy policy for each Web site you visit.
Cookies
Cookies are small data files that are sent to your Web browser and placed on your computer's hard drive when you visit a Web site. Cookies may be used to collect non-personal data on this Web site to improve the quality of our service and help us better understand how our visitors interact with us. Cookies store your preferences and other information on your computer and save you time on subsequent visits by eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information. You can set your Web browser to accept or decline cookies. Some sections of our Web site may not work properly if you decline cookies.
Security
St. Jude Medical takes reasonable steps to protect personal information from loss and misuse. No Internet transmission is 100% secure. Some e-mail sent to or from this Web site may not be secure. Please consider this when sending information to us by e-mail.
Contact St. Jude Medical
If you have any questions or comments about this privacy policy, please contact us.