Privacy Policy

Welcome

Welcome to www.do-surgery.com. This site is owned by DePuy International Ltd (‘we’). This Privacy Policy (together with our Terms and Conditions) is designed to tell you about our practices regarding the processing of any personal data that we collect from you, or that you provide to us. Please be sure to read carefully this entire Privacy Policy before using, or submitting information, to this site. This site is intended for use by healthcare professionals in Europe,the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.

For the purpose of the UK’s Data Protection Act 1998, the data controller is DePuy International Ltd and DePuy Institute.

Your Consent & Registration

By clicking on the “Register” button to submit registration information, you:

• agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy;
• consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy; and
• consent to the combining of anonymous and personally identifiable information whenever you use the site as a registered visitor.

Registering on Do-Surgery.com helps us communicate with you better and permits you to participate in the following: educational videos and animations, surgical case studies, live webcast events, “Ask the Expert” message boards and other interactive features. When you register with this site you will be asked to provide a valid email address and select a password. You may check, update or correct registration information you enter here by using your email address and password to access such information.

Using this site as a registered user enables information that is passively collected while you navigate the site to be associated with personally identifiable information actively collected from you via the site.

About Children

We will do our best to assess any possible risks for users (and in particular, for children) from third parties when they use any interactive service provided on our site, and we will decide in each case whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service (including what kind of moderation to use) in the light of those risks.

However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any interactive service we provide on our site, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any interactive service by a user in contravention of our content standards, whether the service is moderated or not.

The use of any of our interactive services by a minor is subject to the consent of their parent or guardian. We advise parents who permit their children to use an interactive service that it is important that they communicate with their children about their safety online, as moderation is not foolproof. Minors who are using any interactive service should be made aware of the potential risks to them.

Where we do moderate an interactive service, we will normally provide you with a means of contacting the moderator, should a concern or difficulty arise.’

Information We May Collect From You

We may collect and process the following data about you:

1. personally identifiable information (e.g. your name, contact details, your picture) that you provide in order for you to benefit from the specified features, such as site registration, to receive information about educational opportunities, for events or alerts, newsletter subscriptions, or to participate in live webcast events, “Ask the Expert” message boards and other interactive features, or to participate in a particular activity (such as user feedback surveys). You will be informed what information is required and what information is optional;
2. if you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence;
3. we may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them;
4. details of your visits to our site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblog, and other communication data and the resources you access.

Passive Information Collection

As you navigate through this site, certain anonymous information can be passively collected (that is, gathered without your actively providing the information) using various technologies and means, such as Internet Protocol addresses, cookies, Internet tags, and navigational data collection (log files, server logs, clickstream). Your Internet browser automatically transmits to this site some of this anonymous information, such as the URL of the Web site you just came from and the Internet Protocol (IP) address and the browser version your computer is currently using. This site may also collect anonymous information from your computer through cookies and Internet tags or web beacons. You may set your browser to notify you when a cookie is sent or to refuse cookies altogether, but certain features of this site might not work without cookies. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.

This site may use and combine such passively collected anonymous information to provide better service to site visitors, customize the site based on your preferences, compile and analyze statistics and trends, and otherwise administer and improve the site for your use. Such information is not combined with personally identifiable information collected elsewhere on the site unless you have consented.

A "cookie" is a bit of information that a Web site sends to your Web browser that helps the site remember information about you and your preferences.

"Session" cookies are temporary bits of information that are used to improve navigation, block visitors from providing information where inappropriate (the site "remembers" previous entries of age or country of origin that were outside the specified parameters and blocks subsequent changes), and collect aggregate statistical information on the site. They are erased once you exit your Web browser or otherwise turn off your computer.

"Persistent" cookies are more permanent bits of information that are placed on the hard drive of your computer and stay there unless you delete the cookie. Persistent cookies store information on your computer for a number of purposes, such as retrieving certain information you have previously provided (e.g. passwords), helping to determine what areas of the Web site visitors find most valuable, and customizing the Web site based on your preferences on an ongoing basis. Persistent cookies placed by this site on your computer may hold personally identifiable information, but only if you have registered or have otherwise consented to the retention of personally identifiable information you have provided at the site. Otherwise, our site's server only knows that an unidentified visitor with your cookie has returned to the site. You can set your browser to accept all cookies, to reject all cookies, or to notify you whenever a cookie is offered so that you can decide each time whether to accept it. To learn more about cookies and how to specify your preferences, please search for "cookie" in the "Help" portion of your browser.

A site may use Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. An IP Address is a number assigned to your computer by your Internet service provider so you can access the Internet and is generally considered to be non-personally identifiable information, because in most cases an IP address is dynamic (changing each time you connect to the Internet) rather than static (unique to a particular user's computer). We use your IP address to diagnose problems with our server, report aggregate information, determine the fastest route for your computer to use in connecting to our site, and administer and improve the site.

"Internet tags" (also known as single-pixel GIFs, clear GIFs, invisible GIFs, and 1-by-1 GIFs) are smaller than cookies and tell the Web site server information such as the IP address and browser type related to the visitor's computer. These tags indicate how many times a page is opened and which information is consulted.

"Navigational data" ("log files," "server logs," and "clickstream" data) are used for system management, to improve the content of the site, market research purposes, and to communicate information to visitors.

Where We Store Your Personal Data

The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside your country of residence (including outside the European Economic Area, “EEA”), which may not have equivalent laws and rules regarding personally identifiable information, and you consent to such a transfer.

It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for our group of companies. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Use and Disclosure of Information

Except as otherwise stated, we may use your information to improve the content of the site and ensure that it is presented in the most effective manner for you and your computer, to customize the site to your preferences, to communicate information to you (if you have requested it) via this site, mail or email, for site registration, to enable you to benefit from the interactive features of the site and to notify you about changes to our service.

If you provide personally identifiable information to this site, we may combine such information with other actively collected information unless we specify otherwise at the point of collection.

We may disclose personally identifiable information you provide via this site to any member of our group, which means [our subsidiaries], our ultimate holding company, Johnson & Johnson, and its subsidiaries worldwide, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006. Such companies agree to treat your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and use it for the same purposes.

We also may disclose personally identifiable information you provide via this site to third parties that are not Johnson & Johnson affiliates, but only:
1. to contractors we use to support our business (such as fulfillment services, technical support, delivery services, and financial institutions), in which case we will require such third parties to agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy and use it for the same purposes;
2. in connection with the sale, assignment, or other transfer of the business of this site to which the information relates, in which case we will require any such buyer to agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy and use it or the same purposes; or
3. to respond to law enforcement requests or where required by applicable laws, court orders, or government regulations.

Access to Information, Correction and Deletion

The Data Protection Act 1998 (the “Act”) gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.

To keep personally identifiable information that you provide via this site accurate, current, and complete, please contact us as specified below and we will take appropriate steps to update or correct such information in our possession, to delete your information from our contact list or unsubscribe your existing user profile.

Security

The owners of this website take reasonable steps to protect personally identifiable information as you transmit it to our site and to protect such information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure or error-free. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send us via e-mail. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password, which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Links to Other Web Sites

This site may contain links or references to other Web sites. If you follow a link to any of these Web sites, please be aware that we do not control other Web sites and that, in any case, this Privacy Policy does not apply to those Web sites. Please note that these Web sites may have their own Privacy Policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every Web site you visit before you submit any person data.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the information practices of this site, please contact us as follows:

DePuy Institute c/o DePuy International Ltd
Number One
White Rose Office Park
Millshaw Park Lane
Leeds
ENGLAND
LS11 0BG

Email: do-surgery@its.jnj.com (this email inbox is regularly monitored)
Web: via our Contact Us form

Changes to This Privacy Policy

If this Privacy Policy changes, the revised policy will be posted on this site and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back periodically and especially before you provide any personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy was last updated on April 13th 2011.