PRIVACY POLICY

Thank you for visiting the website of Biosite Incorporated (“Biosite”) located at www.Biosite.com (the “Site”). Biosite is concerned about personal privacy and is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to its website. This Privacy Policy identifies the personally identifiable information that Biosite collects about you at this Site and describes how Biosite uses and protects such information.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THE TERMS BELOW, YOU SHOULD NOT USE THIS SITE. BY USING THIS SITE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

Information Acquired

Biosite does not collect any personally identifiable information for you, the visitor to the Site, without your knowledge. The only personally identifiable information that Biosite may collect about you as a result of your visit of the Site is limited to such information that you may voluntarily submit to Biosite by filling out one or more registration forms found on the Site, such as the registration form for the "TRIAGE® IN TOUCH" Newsletter. The information requested in such registration form may include, but is not limited to:

  • name
  • name of your healthcare institution
  • occupation and title
  • e-mail address
  • address
  • telephone and/or fax numbers
  • information concerning your past purchases of Biosite products
  • information concerning your use of Biosite products

Biosite may also from time to time request additional information that is helpful or necessary to running the Site and providing products, services and information.

Use of Information

Biosite uses your personally identifiable information for purposes that include, but may not be limited to, the following:

  • to perform statistical analyses measuring relative interest in the various products and services offered by Biosite
  • to send you notifications of special offers, new offerings, products or other services targeted to your interests
  • to contact you when reasonably necessary
  • to provide and display content according to user preferences
  • to track usage patterns

Use of Cookies

Biosite uses “cookies” to facilitate your use of the Site, and to keep track of you as you move through our Site. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that your browser stores on your computer on behalf of a Web site that you have visited. Only the site that sets up cookies can access it. Biosite will not and cannot use cookies to retrieve personal information from your computer. We will use cookies to enhance your experience at the Site, and to give you better, more personalized service when you return to the Site. We will not use cookies to examine your behavior before or after leaving the Site. Biosite will use this information for internal purposes only, we will not share it with others. You can check your browser to learn how to set your browser to inform you when you receive a cookie.

Disclosure of Information

Except as described in this paragraph, Biosite will not transfer any personally identifiable information about you to any third party. Biosite does reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as it believes is reasonably necessary to comply with any law, regulation or court order. In addition, Biosite may also disclose such information to third party service providers who Biosite employs to provide services on its behalf (such as marketing and information gathering services). Biosite may transfer to, or share your personally identifiable information with, such business partners or service providers only to the extent the disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to enable such business partners or service providers to fulfill their obligations to Biosite or otherwise improve the services offered by the Site. Lastly, Biosite may disclose your personally identifiable information upon a transfer or sale to another entity of all or substantially all of Biosite’s assets or stock in Biosite’s line of business to which this Privacy Policy relates or upon any other corporate reorganization.

Security Measures

Biosite employs procedural and technological measures, consistent with legal requirements and the demands of customer service, reasonably designed to protect your personally identifiable information from loss, misuse or unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. Where reasonably practical, Biosite uses encryption, firewalls and other security technology to help prevent unauthorized access to your personally identifiable information.

Web Site Links

The Site contains links to third-party web sites that may be framed within our Site, but that are not under our control. Some of these third party web sites are operated by third parties with whom Biosite has made arrangements to help facilitate access to financial and stock information and other information, such as press releases and investor conference webcasts, that may be of interest to investors in Biosite. External sites linked in the Site are not under the control of Biosite and Biosite is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, nor does Biosite undertake to review, approve, correct or update the contents of any linked site. Biosite provides these links only as a convenience and does not monitor, endorse, warrant, or make any other representations with respect to the linked sites. Biosite is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of any linked sites or for use of personally identifiable information collected directly or indirectly by third parties, including Biosite’s business partners, as a result of your use of such linked sites.

Policy Changes

Due to the Internet’s rapidly evolving nature, Biosite may need to update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If so, Biosite will post its updated policy on this site. Biosite encourages you to review this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes.

Questions

If you have questions about our privacy policy, please contact us by sending an email to legal@Biosite.com. If you have any technical questions regarding our site or are experiencing any problems using our site, please contact us by sending an email to webmaster@Biosite.com.