MERCK/SCHERING-PLOUGH’S ONLINE PRIVACY COMMITMENT TO YOU   Merck/Schering-Plough1 offers web sites designed to provide you with health and medical resources and services, as well as information about our products. Respect for the privacy of personal information about you is very important to us. Merck/Schering-Plough web sites that display this policy are committed to collecting, maintaining and securing personal information about you in strict accordance with this policy. This policy applies only to information collected from Merck/Schering-Plough online resources that display a link to this policy. Please read this privacy policy carefully. Should you have any questions about this policy or our data collection, use and disclosure practices, please contact us at the address below. How does this Privacy Policy define “personal information?” How does Merck/Schering-Plough collect personal information? Why does Merck/Schering-Plough collect personal information? What choices do I have about how Merck/Schering-Plough collects, uses and discloses personal information about me? Who will have access to personal information about me? Does Merck/Schering-Plough share personal information? How does Merck/Schering-Plough secure personal information? How does Merck/Schering-Plough protect the privacy of children? How may I access and correct personal information about me? How will I know whether Merck/Schering-Plough has updated this policy? What is Merck/Schering-Plough’s contact address?   How does this Privacy Policy define “personal information?” The term “personal information” as used throughout this Privacy Policy, applies to any information or set of information that identifies or that is used by or on behalf of Merck/Schering-Plough to identify an individual. How does Merck/Schering-Plough collect personal information? There are two ways in which Merck/Schering-Plough may collect personal information about you. (1) Information that you provide: Merck/Schering-Plough actively collects personal information and other data that you may enter into a form or data field on our web sites. Personal information that Merck/Schering-Plough actively collects may include, but not be limited to, contact information (such as your name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, user ID and password), date of birth, professional credentials, hobbies and interests. Where permitted by law, Merck/Schering-Plough may also collect health information about you that you provide by responding to our questions and surveys. (2) Information collected from your computer or other electronic device: After you have entered personal information into a form or data field on our web sites, these sites may also collect additional personal information about you and your preferences through the use of tracking technologies. If you have not entered any personal information into a form or data field on our web sites, Merck/Schering-Plough may use tracking technologies only to obtain data that will not be used to identify you, such as data that demonstrate which web pages and services are preferred by the majority of our web site visitors. If you want to prevent passive data collection, please refer to your choices as described below. Why does Merck/Schering-Plough collect personal information? Merck/Schering-Plough collects personal information online to enable individuals to register for, customize and personalize certain web sites, to provide products and services that individuals have requested, and to learn more about and respond to the preferences of individuals and groups of customers. Merck/Schering-Plough also combines personal information that individuals share with Merck/Schering-Plough through different online services in order to enhance the quality of the services that it provides to you. What choices do I have about how Merck/Schering-Plough collects, uses and discloses personal information about me? You have four categories of choices. These include: (1) No active collection: You may choose not to provide any personal information to Merck/Schering-Plough by electing not to enter any personal information into a form or data field on our web sites, and by not using any personalized services on our web sites. (2) Limitations on tracking: If you are concerned about the use of cookie technology, please read our section above on "Information collected from your computer or other electronic device" to understand the limited ways that Merck/Schering-Plough collects personal information via tracking technologies, such as cookies. In some cases, we may use cookies to provide an enriched and customized experience for visitors to our web sites. If you decide that you want to limit the use of cookies, we may be unable to tailor or optimally facilitate your web experiences. To disable or limit the use of cookies, please refer to the options provided by your Internet browser. (3) Limitations on uses and disclosures: Some of our web sites may request your permission to use and disclose personal information about you in order to provide additional products and services to you. You may elect to limit the use of personal information about you either by opting to do so through mechanisms provided at the time that you enter that information, or by sending a request to the address below. (4) Enhancing our services: As stated above, Merck/Schering-Plough also combines personal information that individuals share through different online services in order to enhance the quality of the services that it provides to you. If you prefer that Merck/Schering-Plough not combine personal information about you, please send a request to the address below. Who will have access to personal information about me? Personal information about you will be accessible by the Merck/Schering-Plough business, or those working on behalf of the Merck/Schering-Plough business, to which you provided the information. Personal information about you may also be accessible to Merck & Co., Inc. in the U.S., its subsidiaries and affiliates internationally, the Schering-Plough Corporation in the U.S., and its subsidiaries and affliates internationally, in order for these companies to carry out services on behalf of Merck/Schering-Plough. These companies will only collect, use and disclose personal information in a manner that is consistent with this policy and other applicable privacy notices. Does Merck/Schering-Plough share personal information? We do not sell personal information about you; however, personal information may also be shared with other individuals or organizations acting solely at the direction of Merck/Schering-Plough. Personal information shared with any of these companies, individuals or organizations will be used and disclosed in a manner that is consistent with this policy. Except where required by law, personal information about you will not otherwise be shared without your permission. How does Merck/Schering-Plough secure personal information? Merck/Schering-Plough will take reasonable precautions to protect personal information as you transmit that information from your computer to our web sites and servers, as well as to protect personal information in its possession from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. It is your responsibility to secure your copies of your passwords and related access codes for our web sites. How does Merck/Schering-Plough protect the privacy of children? Merck/Schering-Plough's web sites are not intended for individuals under the age of 18, and we will not knowingly collect personal information from visitors to our sites who are under the age of 18. For more information about protecting the privacy of children online in the United States see http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/index.html. How may I access and correct personal information about me? To keep personal information about you accurate, complete and current, you may contact us at the address below. Where offered, you may also update personal information about you online by modifying information that you have entered previously into a form or data field on our web sites. How will I know whether Merck/Schering-Plough has updated this policy? Merck/Schering-Plough periodically may update this policy. Merck/Schering-Plough reserves the right to modify, add or remove portions of this policy at its discretion. If we decide to change this policy, we will post those changes on our web sites so you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we will disclose it to anyone. If we ever make material changes to this policy, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you of the changes. What is Merck/Schering-Plough’s contact address? Should you have any questions about this policy or Merck/Schering-Plough's data collection and use practices, you may contact Merck/Schering-Plough at the following address. When you contact us, please note the name of the web site or other online resource to which you provided the information, as well as the nature of the information that you provided. We will use reasonable efforts to promptly respond to any requests, questions or concerns you may have regarding Merck/Schering-Plough's use of personal information about you. Merck/Schering-Plough Attn: Privacy Office WS3B-85 P.O. 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