USA Privacy Policy

Please read this privacy statement carefully.

Privacy is very important to Baylis Medical Technologies Inc. (“Baylis”, “we”, “us” or “our”). We also understand that privacy is very important to you. This Privacy Statement tells you how we protect and use information that we gather through www.baylismedtech.com, this Baylis website based in the U.S (the “Website”). Please note that Baylis and our affiliates also operate other websites. This Privacy Statement only applies to this Website and does not apply to other Baylis websites. You should review the privacy statement posted on other Baylis websites when you visit them. This Website and this Privacy Statement are intended for a U.S. audience.

This Privacy Statement was last revised on May 4, 2018. We may change this Privacy Statement at any time and for any reason. The current Privacy Statement will always be posted on this webpage. Significant changes to the Privacy Statement are discussed below in the Section called “Changes to the Privacy Statement.” We encourage you to review this Privacy Statement each time you visit the Website.

By accessing or using this Website, you agree to be bound by the most recent version of this Privacy Statement and consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in accordance with its terms. Please read our Terms of Use to understand the general rules about your use of this Website. Except as written in any other disclaimers, policies, terms of use, or other notices on this Website, this Privacy Statement and the Terms of Use are the complete agreement between you and Baylis with respect to your use of this Website. You may be subject to additional terms that may apply when you access particular services or materials on certain areas in this Website, or by following a link from this Website.

Introduction

The information we receive, and how we use it, depends on what you do when visiting our Website. We collect and use your non-personal information (information that is not identifiable to you personally) differently than your personal information.

What is non-personal information?

Non-personal information is information we collect through this Website that does not identify you as an individual person. It may include information such as the following:

the type of web browser software you use (for example, Internet Explorer)
the name of the domain from which you access the Internet
the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our Website
the date and time you access our Website
which pages you have visited on our Website (note: U.S. healthcare providers, please see the “uses of personal information” described below)
the search terms you use
the links on which you click
personal information that has been made non-personal or anonymized (i.e., aggregated statistical information that no longer reflects or references an individually identifiable user)

If you visit our Website to read or download information, such as information about a health condition or about one of our products, we may collect certain non-personal information about you from your computer. This information is collected from your computer’s web browser: If you only read or download information on our Website, we do not collect or learn your name, e-mail address, home address, or other personal information about you.

Cookies: We may place a text file called a cookie in the browser files of your computer when you visit. The cookie may be stored on your computer’s hard drive. The information that we collect using cookies is non-personal information. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but some parts of our Website may not work properly for you if you do so. We will not allow third parties other than those companies that we hire to perform services or functions on our behalf to place cookies on our Website. Please refer to your browser Help instructions to learn more about cookies. And see below for an explanation of our use of cookies as well as how to opt out of our use of cookies.

Choices about online tracking and opt-out options

For more information on third-party advertising-related cookies, including instructions on setting preferences and opting out of third-party targeting cookies, visit the Network Advertising Initiative site.

EU visitors can find general information and opt-out resources at youronlinechoices.eu and US visitors can visit aboutads.info.

As noted above, you may also configure your own browser settings to block or manage cookies. Please refer to your browser’s Help function.

What is personal information?

Personal information is any information about an identifiable individual. Personal information we may collect from you through this Website includes your:

name
telephone number
e-mail address
medical device serial number
personal health information
date of birth
for U.S. healthcare providers, a National Provider Identifier# (NPI) and/or a state license number
IP (Internet Protocol) address when such address is associated to a specific user

In some places on this Website you have the opportunity to send us personal information about yourself, to elect to receive particular information, or to participate in an activity. For example, you may fill out a registration form, a survey, or an e-mail form and you may elect to receive educational material about our products and therapies.

You also may choose to allow us to personalize your visits to the Website, in which case we will ask you for certain personal information to make your visits to our Website more helpful to you. When this information is combined with the non-personal information that we collect through cookies (described above), we will be able to tell that you have visited our Website before and can personalize your access to our Website, for example, by telling you about new features that may be of interest to you.

What does Baylis do with non-personal information?

Because non-personal information cannot identify you or be tied to you in any way, there are no restrictions on the ways that we can use or share non-personal information. We are always looking for ways to better serve you and improve this Website. We will use non-personal information from you to help us make this Website more useful to visitors. We also will use non-personal information for other business purposes. For example, we may use non-personal information or aggregate non-personal information to:

create reports for internal use to develop programs, products, services or content
customize the information or services that are of interest to you
share it with or sell it to third parties
provide aggregated information on how visitors use our site, such as “traffic statistics” and “response rates,” to third parties

Cookies: Baylis may use third-party tracking and advertising providers to act on Baylis’ behalf to track and analyze your usage of our sites through the use of cookies, pixel tags/web beacons, and similar technologies. These third parties may collect, and share with us, as we may request, website usage information about visits to our sites, measure and research the effectiveness of our advertisements, and track page usage and paths followed during visits through our sites. Also, these third-party providers may place our Internet banner advertisements on other sites that you visit, and track use of our Internet banner advertisements and other links from our marketing partners’ sites to our sites.

The information collected on Baylis’ behalf by these third parties does not contain your name, address, email address, or any other personally identifiable information.

Baylis will be enabling the following Cookies on this Website:

“website-region” – is used to store and remember website region that was selected by user.
“cookies-accepted” – is used to store the acceptable of cookie usage for visitors coming from European countries
“sid” – is used to store “user session id” to retain information provided by the user during the process of registering for Medical Education courses.

How does Baylis keep and use personal information?

We may keep and use personal information we collect from you through this Website only as necessary to provide you with access to this Website and for the following purposes:

to respond to your requests
to personalize your access to our Website, for example, by telling you about new features that may be of interest to you
to develop records, including records of your personal information that you have given us permission to have (e.g. via submitting inquiries through the Contact Us form, or registration via the Medical Education registration form and survey). This information will be captured by customer relationship management (CRM) software for the purpose of facilitating further communications and customer account management between you and Baylis Medical Technologies employees
to contact you with information that might be of interest to you, including information about clinical trials and about products and services of ours and of others
for analytical purposes and to research, develop and improve programs, products, services and content
for U.S. healthcare providers, to link your name, National Provider Identifier (NPI), state license number, and/or your IP address to web pages you visit, for compliance, marketing, and sales activities
to remove your personal identifiers (your name, e-mail address, social security number, etc.). In this case, you would no longer be identified as a single unique individual. Once we have de-identified information, it is non-personal information and we may treat it like other non-personal information.
to enforce this Privacy Statement and other rules about your use of this Website
to protect our rights or property
to protect someone’s health, safety or welfare
to comply with a law or regulation, court order or other legal process

Does Baylis ever share personal information with third parties?

Baylis will not share your personal information collected from this Website with an unrelated third-party without your permission, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Statement.

In the ordinary course of business, we will share some personal information with companies that we hire to perform services or functions on our behalf. For example, we may use different vendors or suppliers to ship you products that you order on our Website. In these cases, we provide the vendor with information to process your order such as your name and mailing address. In all cases in which we share your personal information with a third-party, we will not authorize them to collect, use or disclose your information with others except for the purpose of providing the services we asked them to provide. We will not sell, exchange or publish your personal information, except in conjunction with a corporate sale, merger, dissolution, or acquisition.

We may be legally compelled to release your personal information in response to a court order, subpoena, search warrant, law or regulation. We may cooperate with law enforcement authorities in investigating and prosecuting Website visitors who violate our rules or engage in behavior which is harmful to other visitors (or illegal).

We may disclose your personal information to third parties if we feel that the disclosure is necessary to:

enforce this Privacy Statement and the other rules about your use of this Website
protect our rights or property
protect someone’s health, safety or welfare
comply with a law or regulation, court order or other legal process

Please note: In addition to the ways that we may collect, keep, disclose, and use information described in this Privacy Statement, we also may keep, disclose, and use personal information that you give us through this Website in ways that we believe are consistent with FDA and other governmental guidance, directions, regulations, and laws.

What happens if the privacy statement changes?

If we decide to make a significant change to our Privacy Statement, we will post a notice on the homepage of our Website for a period of time after the change is made. Significant changes are also described below. Your continued use of this Website following a change to this Privacy Statement means that you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Statement.

What about privacy on other websites?

This Website may contain links to other websites (“Linked Site”). Some of those Linked Sites may be operated by Baylis, and some may be operated by third parties. We provide the links for your convenience, but we do not review, control, or monitor the privacy practices of Linked Sites operated by others. This Privacy Statement does not apply to any other website, even the other Baylis websites. We are not responsible for the performance of Linked Sites operated by third parties or for your business dealings with them. Therefore, whenever you leave this Website we recommend that you review each Linked Site’s privacy practices and make your own conclusions regarding the adequacy of these practices.

Does Baylis ever communicate directly with visitors to this website?

We may contact you periodically by e-mail, mail or telephone if you have opted-in to receive information regarding programs, products, services and content that may be of interest to you. In addition, some of the features on this Website allow you to communicate with us using an online form. If your communication requests a response from us, we will send you a response via e-mail. The e-mail response or confirmation may include your personal information, including personal information about your health, your name, address, etc. We cannot guarantee that our e-mails to you will be secure from unauthorized interception.

Are there special rules about children's privacy?

We care about protecting the online privacy of children. We will not intentionally collect any personal information (such as a child’s name or e-mail address) from children under the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence (a “Minor”). If you are a parent/guardian and you think that we have collected personal information from a Minor, please contact us.

What about website security?

Security is very important to us. We also understand that security is important to you. We take reasonable physical, technical and organizational steps to protect your personal 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 Website may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail.

For California Residents

This notice for California residents supplements the information contained in this Privacy Statement and applies solely to residents of the State of California. This notice complies with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), you have certain rights in relation to some of your personal data, including the right to certain disclosures and explanations of rights. This section explains your rights under California law.

California 'Do Not Track' disclosures

California law (CalOPPA) requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser ‘Do Not Track (DNT) signals’. Because there currently is not an industry or legal standard for recognizing or honoring DNT signals, we do not honor Do Not Track requests at this time.

California consumer privacy act of 2018

Categories of Personal Information We Collect

Baylis collects information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California consumer or household (“personal information”). We may have collected the following categories of personal information from consumers through our websites, apps, services, devices, or other services within the twelve (12) months preceding the effective date of this Privacy Statement:

Identifiers such as:
- Name
- Address
- Unique personal identifier (e.g., device ID, online identifier)
- Internet Protocol address
- Email address
- Account name
- Driver’s license number, or
- Other similar identifiers
Characteristics of protected classifications under California/federal law (e.g., age, sex, etc.)
Financial information, including credit card numbers
Biometric information (fingerprint, face, or other data that contain identifying information)
Commercial information (e.g., purchase history)
Internet or other electronic network activity information (e.g., browsing history, interaction with our website, etc.)
Geolocation data
Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information (e.g., call recordings)
Professional, employment-related, or other similar information

“Personal information” under the California Consumer Privacy Act does not include information that is:

Publicly available from government records,
De-identified or aggregated consumer information,
Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data, or
Certain personal or financial information covered under certain sector-specific privacy laws

Categories of Sources of Personal Information

We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:

Directly from consumers’ interactions with us, including with our devices, applications, websites, services, and representatives
Publicly available sources
Customers, including health care providers and insurance providers
Organizations with whom we partner to provide services to consumers

Use or Disclosure of Personal Information

In the past 12 months, we have used or disclosed the personal information we collect for our operational purposes and for one or more of the following business purposes:

To provide products and services to consumers
To respond to consumer requests
To improve and personalize consumer access to and experience on our website, for example, by telling consumers about new features, products, or services that may be of interest to them
To develop records, including records of consumers’ personal information
To contact consumers with information that might be of interest to them, including, to the extent permitted by law, information about clinical trials and educational and marketing communications about products and services of ours and of others
For analytical purposes and to research, develop, and improve programs, products, services and content
For activities to monitor and maintain the quality or safety of our products and services
For activities described to consumers when collecting their personal information or as otherwise permitted under CCPA
For U.S. healthcare providers, to link name, National Provider Identifier (NPI), state license number, and/or IP address to web pages they visit, for compliance, marketing, and sales activities
To conduct audits and perform troubleshooting activities of our websites, products, and services
To detect and protect against security incidents and deceptive, malicious, or fraudulent activity
To ensure our website, products, apps, and services function as intended, including debugging and repairing
To comply with a law or regulation, court order or other legal process

How We Share Personal Information

Baylis will not share consumers’ personal information with an unrelated third party without permission, except as described below. Baylis may share personal information with any member of our corporate group, including subsidiaries, affiliates, and other companies in which we have an ownership or economic interest for purposes that are consistent with those identified in our Privacy Statement. Baylis may share or transfer personal information as part of a transaction, such as a merger or acquisition, under which a third party acquires or full or partial ownership of a Baylis affiliate, subsidiary, or business.

In the ordinary course of business, we will share some personal information with companies, such as service providers or cookie tracking software, that we hire to perform services or functions on our behalf. Some companies performing services on our behalf may collect personal information for us. In all cases in which we share consumers’ personal information with a third party vendor, we ensure that they are compliant with the California Consumer Privacy Act, and will only allow them to keep, disclose, or use consumers’ information to provide the services we asked them to provide.

We may be required to release consumers’ personal information in response to a court order, subpoena, search warrant, law, or regulation. We may cooperate with law enforcement authorities in investigating and prosecuting users who violate our rules or engage in behavior which is harmful to other users or illegal. In addition, we may keep, disclose, and use consumers’ personal information in order to comply with U.S. FDA and other governmental guidance, directions, regulations, and laws.

Disclosure of Personal Information

We do not sell personal information of California consumers.

We may, however, disclose personal information if:

You instruct us to disclose your personal information, or
We use or share your personal information pursuant to a written contract with a service provider that is necessary to perform a business purpose, where our contract prevents the provider from using, keeping, or disclosing that information for any purpose other than the reason supplied in the contract

Your Rights under California Law

1. Right to Access. If you are a California consumer, you have the right to ask us to send you the following information up to two times in a twelve-month period:

The categories of personal data we have collected about you.
The categories of sources from which we collected the personal data.
Our business or commercial purpose for collecting personal data.
The categories of third parties with whom we share personal data.
What categories of personal data we disclose about you for business purposes.
What categories of personal data we sell or exchange for consideration about you.
The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.

You can exercise this right by emailing us at compliance@baylismedtech.com with the subject line:

[DD-MM-YYYY] Data Access Request [First Name Last Name].

We ask that you specify what type of information you wish us to send you, referring to the above list.

2. Right to Delete. If you are a California consumer, you have the right to ask us to delete the personal data about you we have collected. We may deny the request if the information is necessary to:

Complete a transaction, including providing a requested or reasonably anticipated good or service, or fulfill a contract between the consumer and Baylis;
Detect and protect against security incidents, malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or take against those responsible for such activity;
Debug to identify and repair errors impairing intended functionality;
Exercise free speech or another right provided for by law;
Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
Engage in research in the public interest adhering to applicable ethics and privacy laws where the consumer has provided informed consent;
Enable solely internal uses reasonably aligned with the consumer’s expectations based on the consumer’s relationship with Baylis;
Comply with a legal obligation; or
Otherwise use the information internally in a lawful manner compatible with the context in which the information was provided.

You can exercise this right by emailing us at compliance@baylismedtech.com with the subject line:

[DD-MM-YYYY] Data Deletion Request [First Name Last Name].

3. Right to Opt-out. If a business sells personal information to third parties, California consumers have the right, at any time, to opt out of the sale or disclosure of their personal information to third parties. Baylis does not sell personal information to third parties.

You can exercise this right by emailing us at compliance@baylismedtech.com with the subject line:

[DD-MM-YYYY] Opt Out Request [First Name Last Name].

4. Right to non-discrimination. The CCPA grants California consumers the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights. If you exercise your privacy rights, we will not discriminate against you, for example, by denying you access to our online services or charging you different rates or prices for the same online services, unless that difference is reasonably related to the value provided by your data.

Your request will be confirmed within ten days of receipt and we will respond within 45 days. If we need more than 45 days, we will notify you that your request is being delayed.

We can only respond to your request if it is verifiable. This means we are obligated to take reasonable steps to verify your identity or your authorized agent’s authority and your right to access the information you request. In the process of verifying your request, we may contact you to ask for additional information that will help us do so, including government-issued IDs containing your name and address, utility bills containing that same information, and/or unique identifiers like usernames. We will only use that additional information in the verification process, and not for any other purpose. Once we have received and verified the requested information from you, we will contact you with our response to your request, including any data, if applicable. If we do not hear from you or are unable to verify your identity for the request, we will contact you to inform you that we cannot process your request because we cannot verify your identity.

How to contact Baylis

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Statement, please direct your inquiries to our Legal Department using the Contact Us form on our Website.