PRIVACY STATEMENT
Effective date: This policy was last updated on
November 9, 2006.
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, we take your
privacy seriously. In general, you can visit
Thermo Fisher Scientific on the Web without
identifying yourself or revealing any personal
information. Once you choose to provide us
personally identifiable information (any
information by which you can be identified), you
can be assured that it will only be used to
support your relationship with Thermo Fisher
Scientific.
Thermo Fisher Scientific provides this Online
Privacy Statement to make you aware of our
privacy policy and practices and of the choices
you can make about the way your information is
collected and used.
Within the Thermo Fisher Scientific web site,
you can order products or services, make
requests, and register to receive materials. The
types of personal information collected at these
pages may include your name, your company name,
address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail
address, contact and billing information
(including shipping address and end-user),
transaction, and/or credit card information.
In order to tailor our subsequent communications
to you and continuously improve our products and
services, we may also ask you to voluntarily
provide us with information regarding the
analytical instrumentation in your laboratory,
industry, experience with our products, and
contact preferences.
When information is collected from you, we
generally let you know at the time of collection
how we will use it – typically only to respond
to your inquiry or to process your request or to
better understand your needs and provide you
with better service. Specifically, we use your
information to help you complete a transaction,
to communicate back to you, to update you on
services and benefits, and to personalize our
web site for you. Credit card numbers are used
only for payment processing and are not retained
for other purposes.
However, we may need to share your information
with our subsidiaries or with other companies
that we have hired to provide the services that
you requested. These companies - our vendors -
are contractually bound to use personal
information we share with them only to perform
the services we have hired them to provide. We
do not share, sell, or lease personal
information about you to any third-parties for
their marketing use. From time to time, we may
also use your information to contact you for
market research or to provide you with marketing
information we think would be of particular
interest. At a minimum, we will always give you
the option of receiving such direct marketing or
market research contact.
Thermo Fisher Scientific will not use or share
the personally identifiable information provided
to us online in ways unrelated to the uses
described above. Thermo Fisher Scientific will
make every effort to apply local country laws
and policies where they differ from those in the
United States, if any.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is committed to
ensuring the security of your information. To
prevent unauthorized access or disclosure,
maintain data accuracy, and ensure the
appropriate use of information, we have put in
place appropriate physical, electronic, and
managerial procedures to safeguard and secure
the information we collect online. For example,
we use encryption when collecting or
transferring sensitive data such as credit card
information.
Thermo Fisher Scientific's web site may contain
links to other sites; such as, Thermo Fisher
Scientific distributors and sales affiliates.
While we try to link only to sites that share
our high standards and respect for privacy, we
are not responsible for the content, security,
or privacy practices employed by other sites.
You are solely responsible for evaluating the
privacy practices employed by those sites.
If you have comments or questions about our
privacy policy, please visit the contact us
page, select "contact your service rep" and then
select "other" from the list of subject areas.
An e-mail will be dispatched to a member of the
Thermo Fisher Scientific staff, and someone will
respond to you shortly.
Please check this privacy policy periodically to
inform yourself of any changes. We reserve the
right to modify or supplement this privacy
policy from time to time without notice to you.