Privacy Policy
Genzyme Europe BV (“Genzyme”) respects individual privacy and values
the confidence of its customers, partners, patients and employees.
This
Privacy Policy and Notice of Information Practices set forth Genzyme’s
practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information
that you may provide through this site. Genzyme Europe BV is a Dutch
legal entity; therefore the Dutch Personal Data Protection Act [Wet
bescherming persoonsgegevens (Wbp)] applies. Please read this entire
privacy policy before using this site or submitting information to
Genzyme through this site.
By using this site and whenever
you submit information through this site to Genzyme, you agree with the
terms of Genzyme’s Privacy Policy and Notice of Information Practices
written below.
Privacy Policy and Notice of Information Practices
Data Collection
Genzyme
only collects personally identifiable data such as your name, address,
telephone number or email address when you voluntarily submit it to
Genzyme. This information may be used by Genzyme personnel as a means
to contact you to obtain more information, to improve this site, or it
might be used to provide you with information that you have requested
or additional information which Genzyme believes may be of interest to
you. The data will not be transferred outside the company without your
prior consent, but may be used within Genzyme or by a company acting on
behalf of Genzyme.
Genzyme maintains the data collected in an
electronic database of voluntarily submitted personal identifiable
information. Genzyme and companies acting on behalf of Genzyme may
exchange such information with each other or with you over the internet
or intranet systems for the purposes of obtaining information as
described above.
While Genzyme makes every reasonable effort to
protect the information collected through its websites, please be aware
that there is always some risk involved when submitting data over the
Internet. We cannot guarantee that our website is 100% safe from
illegal tampering or “hacking.” Any data transmitted over the Internet
may be at risk; however, once it is received at Genzyme and entered
into its database, it has the same protection that Genzyme extends to
its own confidential information.
We register the total number
of visitors to our website, the number of visitors to each page of the
website, and the domain names of our visitors’ Internet service
providers. No personally identifiable information is gathered in this
process.
Updating Your Information
If at any time you wish to stop receiving emails or other communications from us
please notify us.
You
may request access to personal data about you that Genzyme holds and
you may have the opportunity to request a correction or amendment to
your personal data. Please contact us at
Privacy.GZEuropeBV@genzyme.com.
As
a reminder to you when exchanging emails, any email that you send or
receive on your employer’s email system may be subject to certain
rights of your employer. Consequently, your employer has the ability to
review your personal information sent via email.
Links to Third Party Sites
As
a convenience to our visitors, our site currently contains links to a
number of other (non-)Genzyme sites, which we believe may offer useful
information or facilitate recruitment. The privacy policy presented
here does not apply to those sites. You should contact these sites
directly for information on their privacy policies, confidentiality
agreements and data collection/distribution procedures.
Cookies
We
collect information about your usage of our site through cookies and
similar technology. There are two types of cookies: session cookies
(non persistent cookies) and persistent cookies. Session cookies
temporarily store non-personally identifiable information about your
visit to our website in your computer’s memory. The cookie is deleted
as soon as you close your browser. Persistent or permanent cookies will
uniquely identify your browser and will permanently save in your
computer’s memory information requested by the website. A cookie does
not collect or keep your name or other personal identifying
information, but when you return to our site, the cookie allows us to
bring you the content and features likely to be of greatest interest to
you based on your previous activities on our site. Your Web browser can
be set to allow you to control whether you will accept cookies, reject
cookies, or to notify you each time a cookie is sent to you. If your
browser is set to reject cookies, sites like ours that are
cookie-enabled will not recognize you when you return to the site and
some site functionality may be lost.
On some of our websites, we
also use pixels, or transparent GIF files, to help manage online
advertising. These GIF files are provided by our ad management partner,
DoubleClick. These files enable DoubleClick to recognize a unique
cookie on your Web browser, which in turn enables us to learn which
advertisements bring users to our website. The cookie was placed by us,
or by another advertiser who works with DoubleClick. With both cookies
and Spotlight technology, the information that we collect and share is
anonymous and not personally identifiable. It does not contain your
name, address, telephone number, or email address. For more information
about DoubleClick, including information about how to opt out of these
technologies, go to
http://www.doubleclick.net/us/corporate/privacy.
In
Genzyme sites that require passwords, you are giving us explicit
permission to use a “persistent cookie,” which is a small data file
that is generated when you enter your assigned user id and password and
access the site. This file is saved in you computer’s memory, and
enables your browser to access each page that is in the
password-protected area.
Please note that linked non-Genzyme
sites may also use cookies. Genzyme cannot control the use of cookies
by these non-Genzyme sites. In addition, when you link from a Genzyme
website to another website, that site may have the ability to recognize
that you have come from a Genzyme site. If you do not want any other
websites to know that you have been on this website, we recommend that
you do not use the links provided in our site.
Privacy Policy Updates
Any changes to the Genzyme Internet privacy policy will be posted on this page.
This privacy policy was last updated: 31/03/2009.