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連結到第三方網站本網站可能提供連結或參考到第三方網站。默沙東並不會審核或控制任何這樣的第三方網站的內容。默沙東也不會以任何方式認同或對第三方網站內或透過第三方網站所提供的商品或服務的準確性、內容、操作或標準負責。任何第三方網站的連結只是為使用本網站的人員提供便利，並且是出於他們本身的意願想要瀏覽這些第三方網站。您進一步承認且同意默沙東對就使用或依賴第三方網站所提供的內容、商品或服務所導致或產生與之相關的任何損害或損失，無須承擔直接或間接的責任。

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隱私政策

默沙東對您的網上隱私承諾我們明白並尊重隱私對您的重要性。我們僅以我們告訴您的方式使用和分享您在網上提供的個人資料。我們保障您在網上提供的個人資料，以防止它被用使用及被共享以作其他用途。有關更多詳細資料，請閱讀我們以下的互聯網隱私政策或與我們聯絡。美國默沙東藥廠有限公司(“默沙東”) 所提供的網上資訊旨在提供健康，醫療和產品相關的資料和服務，以及企業，財務消息和就業資料。此外，我們的一些網站可以讓合資格的專業人員訂購我們的藥物和疫苗產品、申請補助或為臨床研究作出貢獻。您的個人資料隱私對我們非常重要。載有此隱私政策(“政策”)的默沙東網站致力於依循本政策以及適用法例、規定和法規，來收集、維護和保護您的個人資料。此政策適用於載有此政策連結的默沙東網上資源和通信(如網站，電子郵件和其他在線工具)收集的個人資料(如下所述)。此政策不適用於從線下資源和通信中收集的個人資料，除非此類個人資料與默沙東網上收集的個人資料合併。此政策也不適用於默沙東網站可能鏈接到的第三方網上資源，此類資源的內容或隱私慣例不受默沙東監控。請仔細閱讀本政策。如您對本政策或我們收集、使用和披露數據的做法有任何疑問，請通過以下的地址與我們聯繫。

在本隱私政策中如何定義“個人資料”?

本政策中使用的“個人資料”一詞適用於任何能夠識別個人身份，或被默沙東用於識別個人的信息或一組信息。

默沙東如何在網上收集個人資料?

默沙東通過網站和其他網上資源收集個人資料。默沙東還會與其他在線服務供應商合作提供網上資源，默沙東可能會從中收集到應用此類資源用戶的個人資料。這些在線合作受合同約束，並會適當保護個人資料。用戶可以在不透露任何個人資料的情況下使用我們大部份的網站。默沙東使用兩種方法在網上收集個人資料：

(1)由您提供的資料默沙東會收集您在我們網站上的表格或數據列中輸入的個人資料和其他數據。此類資料可能包括但不限於聯絡資料(例如您的姓名，郵寄地址，電郵地址，電話號碼，用戶名稱和密碼)，出生日期，專業資格，興趣喜好等。默沙東也可能透過你對我們問題的回答和調查收集您提供有關自己的健康資料。

(2)從您的電腦或其他電子設備收集的資料我們一些網站和其他在線資源使用追蹤技術(如Cookies)提供額外功能，使您能更有效地運用這些資源。默沙東使用的是不能夠讓默沙東識別您個人身份的追蹤技術，例如精確追踪用戶數量或轉介到我們在線資源的網站，或記住您曾經識別過自己為醫護人員或某國家的居民。在某些情況下，默沙東可能使用能夠識別您個人身份的追蹤技術，但這情況只會發生在您將個人資料輸入到我們網站上的表格或數據列後，或者在基於與你在線下進行的其他資料驗證，而註冊您使用我們的網上資源並給與你相關的用戶名稱及密碼後。我們可能會使用追蹤技術記錄您的個人偏好和選擇，例如您輸入在我們網站數據列中的個人資料、您在問卷中提供的答案，或您經常到訪的網站部分。您可以選擇是否希望默沙東使用追蹤技術記住您，和/或向您提供其他個人化服務。如果您想通過追蹤技術來限制數據收集，請參考下面所述的選擇。

什麼是COOKIES?

Cookie是載有少量資料的檔案，由網頁伺服器發送到您電腦儲存互聯網瀏覽檔案的硬盤。Cookies使網站能夠在您的電腦上存儲少量信息，並在稍後檢索該信息。默沙東使用兩種類型的Cookies：會話Cookies (session cookies) ，即在關閉互聯網瀏覽器或電腦時會從電腦內存中刪除的臨時Cookies；和永久性Cookies (persistent cookies) ，即是在這Cookies失效日前或你主動刪除它們前，會永久儲存在您電腦的 Cookies。

為什麼默沙東收集，使用和披露個人資料?

默沙東在網上收集個人資料，因為這是使用戶能夠註冊，定制和個人化默沙東的某些在線資源和通信所必需的。默沙東使用在網上收集的個人資料提供用戶要求的產品，服務和功能；例如有關默沙東業務的教育文獻和相關資料，電子郵件程式，工具，測驗，問卷調查和調查。默沙東分析在網上收集的個人資料，以識別及提供我們認為您可能感興趣的額外服務和促銷活動。默沙東只評估一些不可識別信息的網上資源及通信的使用情況。默沙東也可能使用個人資料來為其網上資源的授權使用和安全進行審核。

默沙東會否合併個人資料?

根據本政策中定立的目標和標準以及其他適用的隱私聲明，某些情況下，默沙東會合併使用用戶通過各種服務和途徑與默沙東分享的個人資料，例如電話，調查，網站和其他在線資源和通信，以提高我們服務質素。

我可以怎樣選擇默沙東如何收集，使用和披露關於我的個人資料?

根你有三類選擇。這些包括：

(1)不收集個人資料您可以選擇不在網上向默沙東提供任何個人資料，方法是選擇不在網站上的表格或數據列中輸入任何個人資料，也不在我們的網上資源上使用任何個人化服務。但是，我們部分的網上資源僅適用於提供個人資料或使用個人化服務的用戶。

(2)限制和選擇用於其他目的的使用及披露一些默沙東網上資源可能會要求您允許我們使用和披露您的個人資料，以便將您添加到我們的聯絡人名單中，以及識別及提供我們認為您可能感興趣的額外服務和促銷活動。您可以通過在輸入資料時提無的選項來限制有關您個人資料的使用。

(3)限制和選擇追踪默沙東網上資源使用追蹤技術(如Cookies)記住您的個人偏好和選項，或為您提供額外服務。您可以通過在登記或輸入個人資料時提供的選項來選擇是否希望默沙東使用此類技術記住您。我們的網上資源不限制個人用戶使用不識別用途的追蹤技術。個人用戶可以通過大多數互聯網瀏覽器控制某些追蹤技術的使用，如cookies。某些互聯網瀏覽器使您能夠限製或禁用個別網站使用cookies。另一些瀏覽器允許您為到訪的所有網站設定cookies選項。如果您擔心cookies技術的使用，請閱讀上文“從您的電腦或其他電子設備收集的資料”一節，以了解默沙東使用追蹤技術的方式。如果您限製或禁用了Cookies，我們網站的某些功能可能無法正常運作，包括到訪我們一些以註冊為主的網站。

什麼人有機會取得我的個人資料?

默沙東，包括其全球分支，部門和團體以及一些在默沙東指導下使用個人資料並僅用於默沙東的個人和機構，可以取得有關您的個人資料。代表默沙東的外部機構和個人使用個人資料是受合同約束，並會要求適當保護個人資料。只有默沙東和代表默沙東的機構和個人會使用和披露您的個人資料，而這些使用和披露會根從本政策，其他適用隱私聲明和在其他適用法律，規則和法規中明確允許或要求的方法。

默沙東會否與第三方分享個人資料?

一般而言，默沙東不會出售您的個人資料，但默沙東有機會在商業決定下通過出售、收購合併來重組或出售其業務。在這些情況下，個人資料可能會與買家或潛在買家分享。默沙東將獲得書面保證，確保在這些情況下個人資料得到適當保護。除非在法律明確許可、要求或在本政策規定內例明下，否則未經您許可，您的個人資料將不會被分享。

默沙東如何保護個人資料?

於資料會從您的電腦傳輸到我們的網上資源和伺服器，默沙東將採取合理措施保護個人資料，並保護其擁有的個人資料免受未經授權的存取，披露，更改或銷毀。保護您在我們網上資源的密碼及相關到訪代碼是您的個人責任。

默沙東如何保護兒童的隱私?

一般來說，默沙東網站不是針對兒童而設，我們提供的大多數在線服務都是為年滿18歲或以上的用戶而設的。在法律允許下的藥物資料要求，這些要求提供有關用於兒童的藥物資料的用戶必須年滿18歲。

我可以如何存取和更正我的個人資料?

要存取在網上收集到關於您的個人資料，並保持其為準確，完整和最新的資料，您可以通過最方便你的地址與我們聯繫。在某些情況下，您也可以通過修改您之前在我們網站上輸入的資料來更新您的網上個人資料。在法律允許的情況下，存取和更正個人資料的權限將受到限制：有阻默沙東遵守法律或道德義務，抑制默沙東調查、制定或維護法律聲明的能力，導致個人資料披露予第三方，導致違反合同或洩露屬於默沙東或第三方的商業秘密或其他專屬的商業資料。

有關隱私政策問題的默沙東聯絡地址？

如果您對本政策或默沙東的資料收集，使用和披露做法有任何疑問，可以通過與最方便你的地址與我們聯繫。您可以網上搜尋到該地址列表。當您與我們聯絡時，請提供您輸入資料的網站或其他網上資源的名稱，以及您提供資料的性質。我們會盡力迅速回覆您對我們使用您個人資料的要求，問題或疑慮。除法律要求外，默沙東無法確保回覆有關與本政策或默沙東隱私慣例無關的問題或意見。

我如何知道默沙東是否已更新此政策?

默沙東有可能定期更新此政策。默沙東保留修改，添加或刪除本隱私聲明內容的權利。如果我們更改此政策，我們會在這個網站上公布這些更改，以便您知道我們收集了哪些資料，如何使用這些資料，以及我們是否向任何人披露這些資料。此政策於2003年4月23日最後更新。

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By voluntarily disclosing your personal data or information on this website, you understand that such data/information may be used or collected by others resulting in unsolicited messages from other parties.

LINK TO MSD AFFILIATES’ WEBSITES

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LINK TO MSD AFFILIATES’ WEBSITES

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Privacy Policy

MSD’S ONLINE PRIVACY COMMITTMENT TO YOU

We understand and respect that your privacy is important to you. We use and share personal information that you provide online only in ways that we tell you about. We secure personal information that you provide online to prevent it from being used and shared for other purposes. For more details, please read our Internet Privacy Policy below or contact us.

Merck Sharp & Dohme (Asia) Ltd. (“MSD”) offers online resources designed to provide health, medical, and product-related information and services, as well as corporate and financial news and employment information. In addition, some of our Web sites enable qualified professionals to place orders for our pharmaceutical and vaccine products, to apply for grants, or to contribute to clinical studies.

Respect for the privacy of personal information about you is very important to us. MSD Web sites that display this privacy policy (“policy”) are committed to collecting, maintaining, and securing personal information about you in accordance with this policy, as well as applicable laws, rules and regulations. This policy applies to personal information (as defined below) collected from MSD online resources and communications (such as Web sites, e-mail, and other online tools) that display a link to this policy. This policy does not apply to personal information collected from offline resources and communications, except in cases where such personal information is consolidated with personal information collected by MSD online. This policy also does not apply to third-party online resources to which MSD’s Web sites may link, where MSD does not control the content or the privacy practices of such resources.

Please read this policy carefully. Should you have any questions about this policy or our data collection, use and disclosure practices, please contact us at the address below that is most relevant to you.

HOW DOES THIS PRIVACY POLICY DEFINE “PERSONAL INFORMATION”?

The term “personal information” as used throughout this policy, applies to any information or set of information that identifies or that is used by or on behalf of MSD to identify an individual.

HOW DOES MSD COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION ONLINE?

MSD collects personal information online through Web sites and other online resources. MSD also offers online resources in collaboration with other online service providers, from which MSD may receive personal information about users of such resources. These online collaborations are governed by contracts that require personal information to be protected appropriately. Individuals may access many parts of our Web sites without disclosing any personal information. There are two methods that MSD uses to collect personal information online:

(1) Information that you provide
MSD collects personal information and other data that you may enter into forms or data fields on our Web sites. Such information may include, but not be limited to, contact information (such as your name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, user ID and password), date of birth, professional credentials, hobbies and interests. MSD may also collect health information about you that you provide by responding to our questions and surveys.

(2) Information collected from your computer or other electronic device
Some of our Web sites and other online resources use tracking technologies, such as cookies, to provide additional functionality that enables you to use these resources more effectively. MSD uses tracking technologies in ways that do not identify you personally, such as to track accurately numbers of users or referring sites to our online resources, or to remember whether you have identified yourself as a healthcare professional or a resident of a particular country.
In some cases, MSD may use tracking technologies in ways that identify you personally, but only after you have entered personal information into a form or data field on our Web sites, or where we have registered you to use our online resources by providing a user ID and password based on information validated through other offline interactions with you. We may use tracking technologies to remember your personal preferences and selections, such as personal information that you have entered into data fields on our Web sites, answers that you have provided in response to our surveys, or sections of our Web sites that you visit frequently. You may choose whether or not you want MSD to use tracking technologies to remember you, and/or to provide additional personalized services to you. If you want to limit data collection through tracking technologies, please refer to your choices as described below.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

A cookie is a small data file that is sent by Web servers to your computer’s hard drive, where your Internet browser files are kept. Cookies enable Web sites to store small bits of information on your computer and retrieve that information at a later time. MSD uses two types of cookies: session cookies, which are temporary cookies that are erased from your computer’s memory when you close your Internet browser or turn your computer off, and persistent cookies, which exist on your computer’s hard drive until they expire, unless you delete them at an earlier time.

WHY DOES MSD COLLECT, USE AND DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION?

MSD collects personal information online as necessary to enable individuals to register for, customize and personalize certain of MSD’s online resources and communications. MSD uses personal information collected online to provide products, services and features that individuals have requested; for example, educational literature and related information about MSD’s pharmaceutical business, e-mail programs, tools, quizzes, questionnaires, and surveys. MSD analyzes personal information collected online to identify and offer additional services and promotions that we believe you might find interesting. MSD evaluates use of some online resources and communications with non-identifiable information only. MSD also may use personal information to audit its online resources for authorized access and security.

DOES MSD CONSOLIDATE PERSONAL INFORMATION?

Consistent with the purposes identified and standards set within this policy and other applicable privacy notices that have been provided, in some cases MSD consolidates and uses personal information that individuals share with MSD through various services and channels, such as the telephone, surveys, Web sites and other online resources and communications, in order to enhance the quality of services that we offer.

WHAT CHOICES DO I HAVE ABOUT HOW MSD COLLECTS, USES AND DISCLOSES PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ME? You have three categories of choices. These include:

(1) No personal information collection

You may choose not to provide any personal information to MSD online by electing not to enter any personal information into a form or data field on our Web sites, and by not using any personalized services provided by our online resources. However, some of our online resources are available only to individuals who provide personal information or who use personalized services.

(2) Limitations and options regarding uses and disclosures for other purposes

Some MSD online resources may request your permission to use and disclose personal information about you in order to add you to our contact lists, and to identify and offer additional services and promotions that we believe you might find interesting. You can limit the use of personal information about you by checking or un-checking options provided at the time that you enter that information.

(3) Limitations and options on tracking

MSD online resources that use tracking technologies, such as cookies, to remember your personal preferences and selections, enable you to choose whether you want MSD to use such technologies to remember you, or to provide additional services to you, by checking or un-checking options provided during registration, or at the time that you enter personal information into forms or data fields. Our online resources do not limit non-identifiable uses of tracking technologies for individual users. Individual users can control the use of certain tracking technologies, such as cookies, through most Internet browsers. Some Internet browsers enable you to limit or disable the use of cookies for individual Web sites. Other browsers allow you to select cookie settings for all Web sites that you visit. If you are concerned about the use of cookie technology, please read our section above on “Information collected from your computer or other electronic device” to understand the ways that MSD uses tracking technologies. If you limit or disable cookies, certain functions of our Web sites may not work properly, including access to some of our registration-based Web sites.

WHO WILL HAVE ACCESS TO PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ME?

Personal information about you will be accessible to MSD, including its subsidiaries, divisions and groups worldwide, and to individuals and organizations that use personal information solely for and at the direction of MSD. Uses and disclosures of personal information by external individuals and organizations acting on MSD’s behalf are governed by contracts that require personal information to be protected appropriately. Personal information about you only will be used and disclosed by MSD and individuals and organizations working on its behalf, in a manner consistent with this policy, other applicable privacy notices, and as explicitly permitted or required by applicable laws, rules and regulations.

DOES MSD SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES?

In general, MSD does not sell personal information about you, however, circumstances may arise where MSD may, for business reasons, decide to reorganize or divest its business through sale, merger or acquisition. In these circumstances, personal information may be shared with actual or prospective purchasers. MSD will obtain written assurances that personal information will be protected appropriately in these circumstances. Except where explicitly permitted or required by law, or provided in this policy, personal information about you will not otherwise be shared without your permission.

HOW DOES MSD SECURE PERSONAL INFORMATION?

MSD will take reasonable steps to protect personal information as it is transmitted from your computer to our online resources and servers, as well as to protect personal information in its possession from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. It is your personal responsibility to secure your own copies of your passwords and related access codes for our online resources.

HOW DOES MSD PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF CHILDREN?

In general, MSD Web sites are not directed at children and most of the online services that we offer are designed for individuals who are 18 years of age or older. Where requests for information about a medication are permitted by law, individuals requesting information about a medication that is indicated for use in children must be 18 years of age or older.

This subsection of our policy only applies to MSD Web sites that provide optional features for children. It is not applicable to our other Web sites and online resources.

FOR KIDS ONLY

In some cases, MSD Web sites provide options for children under the age of 13. Most of these optional services do not collect personal information. Where these optional services do collect personal information about children, we require parental consent for children to participate in these optional services. Requests for parental consent explain how we collect, use and disclose personal information about children, and include an opportunity for parents to prevent collection, use and disclosure of information about their children. MSD collects only necessary personal information from children, and uses personal information about children only to provide requested services. Unless we have prior parental permission, we do not use or disclose personal information about any child to third parties that are not working on MSD’s behalf. If, at any time, a parent withdraws his or her consent to our use or disclosure of personal information collected from his or her child, we will use reasonable efforts to promptly remove such information from our database. We do not request that children under the age of 13 disclose more personal information than is necessary in order to participate in any online service. Should a child whom we know to be under 13 send personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond directly to that child to inform him or her that we must have parental consent before receiving information about him or her.

HOW MAY I ACCESS AND CORRECT PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ME?

To gain access to personal information about you collected online, and to keep it accurate, complete and current, you may contact us at the address most relevant to you. Where offered, you also may update personal information about you online by modifying information that you previously have entered into forms or data fields on our Web sites. Where permitted by law, your ability to access and correct personal information will be limited where access and correction would: inhibit MSD’s ability to comply with a legal or ethical obligation, inhibit MSD’s ability to investigate, make or defend legal claims, result in disclosure of personal information about a third party, result in breach of a contract or disclosure of trade secrets or other proprietary business information belonging to MSD or a third party.

WHAT IS MSD’S CONTACT ADDRESS FOR PRIVACY POLICY QUESTIONS?

Should you have questions about this policy or MSD’s information collection, use and disclosure practices, you may contact us at the address most relevant to you. You may access this list of addresses online. When you contact us, please note the name of the Web site or other online resource to which you provided the information, as well as the nature of the information that you provided. We will use reasonable efforts to respond promptly to requests, questions or concerns you may have regarding our use of personal information about you. Except where required by law, MSD cannot ensure a response to questions or comments regarding topics unrelated to this policy or MSD’s privacy practices.

HOW WILL I KNOW WHETHER MSD HAS UPDATED THIS POLICY?

MSD may update this policy periodically. MSD reserves the right to modify, add or remove portions of this privacy statement at its discretion. If we decide to change this policy, we will post those changes at this site so you always will know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we will disclose it to anyone. This policy was last updated on April 23, 2003.

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