Privacy Statement

Welcome to www.bd.com (the "Site"). This Site is operated by Becton, Dickinson and Company ("BD" or "we" or "us") and has been created to provide our customers the information, products and other initiatives developed and/or offered by BD and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, the "BD Services"). You are important to BD and, as described in this Privacy Statement, we will take appropriate measures to protect your privacy as you use this Site and certain BD Services. This Privacy Statement sets forth BD's approach with respect to information that is collected from users of this Site and certain BD Services. Your use of BD Services that link to this Privacy Statement are subject to this Privacy Statement and the Terms of Use of the Site. By providing your Personal Data, as defined below, to us, you agree to our collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Data by BD, and its subsidiaries and affiliates as described in this Privacy Statement.

We may update this Privacy Statement from time to time to ensure ongoing compliance with applicable laws and for any other purpose that we deem reasonably necessary. We therefore recommend that you review it frequently. We will announce changes to this Privacy Statement on our website or through similar means for a reasonable time before and after the changes take effect. Where required by applicable law, we may need to ask you to confirm your consent to the processing of your Personal Data. Otherwise, your continued access to or use of the Site and BD Services constitutes your acknowledgment and acceptance of the changes.

The date of the last update to this Privacy Statement is set out at the end of this Privacy Statement.

"Aggregated Data" includes customer demographics, interests and behavior based on Personal Data and other information provided to us, which is compiled and analyzed on an aggregate and anonymous basis so as to no longer allow a person to be identified directly.

"Personal Data" includes all information that about an identifiable individual which allows that individual to be identified, whether directly or indirectly, including, by way of example, the individual's name and e-mail address. For greater clarity, the expression “Personal Data” includes “Personal Information”, “Personally Identifiable Information” or any similar term or expression as defined under applicable law.

"Public Information" includes information posted to any public areas of the Site, such as bulletin boards, chat rooms and comment areas as well as the definition of "Public and Unsolicited Information" contained in our Terms of Use.

"Unsolicited Information" includes any ideas for new products or modifications to existing products and other unsolicited communications. Personal Data included in Unsolicited Information will be handled in the manner set forth in this Privacy Statement; however please refer to our discussion of "Public and Unsolicited Information" contained in our Terms of Use.

"Usage Data" includes all information passively collected from users of the Site that does not identify a particular individual, including, by way of example, statistical information on Site usage. The terms "you" "your" and "yours" when used in this Privacy Statement means any user of this Site.

Information That You Give Us:
We collect Personal Data such as your name, title, company name, work contact information, e-mail or mailing address from you when you voluntarily choose to register for or use certain BD Services at this Site.

We may combine your information with data gathered from other sources. For instance, if incorrect postal codes are received, we may use third party software to correct them. We also may collect e-mail or other addresses from prospect lists of other companies, for example, in connection with a joint marketing effort. When we do so, (1) we expect those third party companies to have obtained all e-mail and other addresses in accordance with applicable law; and (2) we provide a means for recipients of BD communications to opt-out of further communications from us. In addition, we may ask you for Personal Data if you enter an educational program, contest or promotion sponsored by BD. When you contact BD we may keep a record of that correspondence and may occasionally ask you to complete surveys for sales and research purposes.

Information That You Give Us When You Sign Up for and Use a BD Mobile Application or BD Partner Mobile Application:
In addition to the Personal Data collection described above, we collect other Personal Data when you sign up for and use a BD mobile application, or a mobile application operated by a third party organization that we work with to provide BD Services (“BD Partner”). This includes information and Personal Data collected by the Scanwell Health diagnostic testing mobile application. This Personal Data may include your personal username and password, and information from other applications or devices that you consent to link to the BD or BD Partner mobile application. In the case of BD mobile applications, we also provide additional and more specific information to users at the point each user signs up for use of a mobile application. In the case of BD Partner mobile applications, your data may also be collected, used and disclosed by the BD Partner as described in the BD Partner’s applicable privacy statement.

Information That You Give Us in the Context of Participating in a BD patient-support or other patient-specific Program:
If you sign up for a BD patient support or other patient-specific program, in addition to the Personal Data collection described above, we collect other Personal Data, including username and password, health-related information, medication taken, reactions to medication, financial insurance information and other related information used to determine your eligibility for the program, as well as any other information you may choose to provide.

Information That We Get from the Following Other Sources:

• Publicly available sources
• Customers, including healthcare providers and insurance providers
• BD Partners

By voluntarily providing us with your Personal Data, or using BD Services, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Statement. If you are visiting this Site or using BD Services from a jurisdiction other than the United States, your communications will inevitably result in the transfer of information across international boundaries.

By using this Site or BD Services you consent to such transfers. If you provide Personal Data to this Site, or through use of BD Services, you acknowledge and agree that your Personal Data may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of BD and the affiliates, agents and service providers referred to herein located in the United States and in other countries.

We may use affiliates or service providers located in various jurisdictions to collect or process Personal Data. Governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies in those jurisdictions may be able to obtain disclosure of that Personal Data through the applicable jurisdiction’s local laws. If you would like to receive more information about our use of service providers globally, please contact us at the address listed below.

Depending on where you reside, applicable law may entitle you t o additional rights in relation with your Personal Data, including the right (with certain limitations and exceptions) to:

• Know the categories and/or specific pieces of Personal Data collected about you, including whether your Personal Data is sold or disclosed, and with whom your Personal Data was shared.
• Access a copy of the Personal Data we retain about you, and, in certain cases, to receive the Personal Data in a structured and commonly used technological format upon request and have such information transferred to a third party as you may indicate (i.e. the right to data portability).
• Request that your Personal Data be updated or corrected. Where you are unable to demonstrate that the Personal Data BD holds about you is inaccurate or incomplete BD reserves the right not to change any Personal Data but will append alternative text you believe is appropriate.
• Request deletion of your personal information

To guard against fraudulent requests for access and deletion, BD will require information that it determines is sufficient to allow it to confirm the identity of the person making the request before granting access or making corrections. BD will endeavor to provide the information in question within a reasonable time and may charge an appropriate cost (e.g. photocopying, mail charges) to the individual making the request, where permissible under applicable law.

In addition, in certain circumstances, BD may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, decline to provide access to Personal Data, including where BD determines that the information requested:

• May disclose:
  • a. The Personal Data of another individual or of a deceased individual; or
  • b. Trade secrets or other business confidential information;
• Is subject to attorney-client or litigation privilege or a professional privilege or obligation;
• Does not exist, is not held, or cannot be found by BD;
• Could reasonably be expected to threaten the life or security of another individual ; or
• May harm or interfere with law enforcement activities or other investigative or regulatory functions of a body authorized by statute to perform such functions.

Please note that although after receiving a request to update, correct or delete information, we will make reasonable efforts to effect such a change promptly, it is not always possible to complete the process before another communication is distributed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Even if you have requested removal of your Personal Data from our lists, BD reserves the right to retain it in our files in some limited circumstances such as when such Personal Data may be necessary to honor your request to opt out of further communications, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, comply with applicable law or as provided in our Terms of Use. If BD is required to retain any portion of the Personal Data for such purposes, BD will use reasonable efforts to limit that retention of Personal Data to what is necessary to accomplish the particular purpose. Further, you acknowledge that due to technical constraints and the fact that we back-up our systems, Personal Data may continue to reside in our systems even after deletion. Therefore, you should not expect that your Personal Data will be completely removed from our systems in response to your request.

BD.com does not use pervasive online web tracking for behavioral advertisements. Enabling of the Do Not Track setting in your browser will have no effect on the types of data BD collects and uses as follows:

• Personally non-identifiable information is used only for commonly accepted practices such as visit and click-through rates collected to improve site design and navigation
• Personally identifiable information is only gathered when data is explicitly entered into a BD on-line form and you have explicitly accepted the applicable BD privacy statement or policy. At any time, you can also opt-out of receiving any future communications.

We may collect, use, and disclose Personal Data as authorized or required by applicable laws. BD may disclose your Personal Data, Usage Data and other information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) comply with a legal obligation, (b) protect and defend the rights or property of BD or its affiliates, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public, or (d) protect against legal liability. Please note that compliance with a legal obligation is not limited to compliance with court orders or other legal processes specifically related to this Privacy Statement. Instead, we may also collect, use, and disclose Personal Data consistent with FDA, Health Canada and other governmental agency guidance, directions, regulations, and laws where applicable.

The protections set out in this Privacy Statement do not apply to Public Information you provide to BD through this Site or through any other means. If you include Personal Data in Public Information, we will use that Personal Data only as provided here, but we caution you that, because such information (including your Personal Data) was made available in a forum accessible by the public, the use and disclosure of information by others accessing the Site is not monitored or controlled in any way by BD.

In addition, if you submit unsolicited Personal Data we will use it as provided here, however, information in your unsolicited submission that is not Personal Data is not covered by this Privacy Statement. Please refer to our discussion of "Public and Unsolicited Information" contained in our Site Terms of Use.

Please note that, as set forth above, this Privacy Statement does not apply to the providing or use of certain Personal Data other than through the Site nor to the providing or use of Personal Data of past or present employees of, or consultants engaged by, Becton, Dickinson and Company and/or its subsidiaries, for employment or benefits administration purposes, both of which are governed by BD policies designed for those respective purposes.

BD takes reasonable steps to protect any Personal Data you provide to us and to protect such information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Unless otherwise stated on the relevant page of the Site, BD uses general security standards but has not taken additional action to secure data provided to its sites, and such transmissions are subject to normal Internet security risks. As noted, no Internet or e-mail transmission is ever fully secure or error free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from this Site may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us. Please keep this in mind when disclosing any Personal Data to BD or to any other party via the Internet. Moreover, when you use passwords, ID numbers, or other special access features on this Site, it is your responsibility to safeguard them, in this respect please refer to the Terms of Use of Site Use.