BD Week and bdweek.com Privacy Statement

Information We Collect
We automatically collect IP addresses and web site usage information from you when you visit our web site. This information helps us evaluate how our visitors use and navigate our web site on an aggregate basis, including the number and frequency of visitors to each web page and the length of visit. Our web site is not set up to automatically collect personally identifiable information from each visitor.

When you register for a free trial, sign up for a conference, order a product, or at other times, we may collect personally identifiable information from you that may include your name, company name, address, phone number, email address and similar information.

How We Use Collected Information
The personal information you provide to us when using our web site, such as your name, company name, address, phone number, email address and similar information will be used to support your customer relationship with BD Week, and to notify you of special offers, conferences, updated information and new services and products from BD Week via email and regular mail. Registrants of our conferences may be released to exhibitors and sponsors of specific BD Week events.

Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that is sent by a web site and stored on your hard drive or temporarily in your computer's memory. We employ cookie technology to store visitor preferences and to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our Subscriber Access area.

Links to Other Web Sites
Our web site may at times contain links to other web sites operated by third parties. BD Week is not responsible for the privacy practices or policies of such third party web sites and this notice does not apply to those web sites.

Security
The personally identifiable information we collect about you is stored in limited access servers behind a firewall. We will maintain safeguards to protect the security of these servers and have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to secure your personally identifiable information.

Updates to this Policy
We will make changes to this Privacy Policy periodically. We will post any changes here, so be sure to check back from time to time.

Opt-Out
We will send you information about our various products and services we feel may be of interest to you. If you do not want to receive such mailings, simply let us know by emailing us at service@bdweek.com or by mail at BD Week, Two Washingtonian Center, 9737 Washingtonian Blvd., Suite 100, Gaithersburg, MD 20878-7364. Please include your name, company name, complete mailing address, phone number and email address. Regardless of whether you opt-out, we reserve the right to contact you by any available means concerning orders you place or inquiries you make.

In accordance with standard industry practice, BD Week may rent, exchange or sell your mailing address to third parties. We do not provide telephone, fax or email addresses to third parties. If you would like your name to be excluded from these mailings, simply send your request to: Mail Preference Service, United Communications Group, Two Washingtonian Center 9737 Washingtonian Blvd. Ste 100 Gaithersburg, MD 20878-7364.

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