Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy

This Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy applies to “Consumer Health Data,” as that term has been defined under applicable law. Any term appearing in this Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy that has been defined under applicable Consumer Health Data laws shall have the meaning afforded to it therein. 

A. Our Collection of Consumer Health Data
We Collect the following categories of Consumer Health Data from Consumers: 

  • Individual health conditions, treatment, diseases, or diagnosis; 

  • Social, psychological, behavioral, and medical interventions; 

  • Health-related surgeries or procedures; 

  • Use or purchase of prescribed medication; 

  • Bodily functions, vital signs, symptoms, or measurements related to health; 

  • Diagnoses or diagnostic testing, treatment, or medication; 

  • Reproductive or sexual health information; 

  • Biometric data; 

  • Genetic data; 

  • Precise location information that could reasonably indicate a consumer's attempt to acquire or receive health services or supplies; 

  • Data that identifies a Consumer seeking health care services; 

  • Health-related data that have been derived or inferred from the above. 

We Collect and use the above-mentioned categories of Consumer Health Data for the following purposes:

  • To perform the services or provide the goods reasonably expected by an average consumer who requests those goods or services

  • To prevent, detect, and investigate security incidents that compromise the availability, authenticity, integrity, or confidentiality of stored or transmitted Personal Data

  • To resist malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal actions directed at us and to prosecute those responsible for those actions

  • To ensure the physical safety of natural persons

  • For short-term, transient use, including, but not limited to, nonpersonalized advertising shown as part of a consumer’s current interaction with us, provided that the personal information is not disclosed to another third party and is not used to build a profile about the consumer or otherwise alter the consumer’s experience outside the current interaction with us

  • To perform services on behalf of our business, such as for maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing, or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing analytic services, providing storage, or providing similar services on behalf of our business

  • To verify or maintain the quality or safety of a product, service, or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by us, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured by, manufactured for, or controlled by us

  • To collect or process Sensitive Personal Data where the collection or processing is not for the purpose of inferring characteristics about a consumer.

B. The Categories of Sources from Which We Collect Consumer Health Data
We Collect Consumer Health Data directly from Consumers and from the following sources: 

  • Vendors and third parties when they disclose Consumer Health Data to us

  • Joint Marketing Partners

  • Publicly-available Sources

  • Social Media and Websites

C. The Categories of Consumer Health Data that We Share
We Share all of the categories of Consumer Health Data that we collect. 

D. Third Parties and Affiliates with Whom We Share Consumer Health Data
We Share Consumer Health Data with the following Third Parties: 

  • Third party marketing partners who conduct online targeted advertising

  • Other third parties: With your consent or at your direction; In connection with a sale, reorganization, joint venture, or other similar business transaction; Government and regulatory bodies and courts to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, ensure compliance with the requirements of our policies and procedures, or prevent fraud or physical harm

We Share Consumer Health Data with Boehringer’s subsidiaries and affiliate companies.

E. How to Exercise Your Consumer Health Data Rights
To exercise your rights with respect to your Consumer Health Data, depending on your state of residence, you may contact us at any time through any of the following methods: