Privacy Statement
Protecting Your Privacy
Amgen Inc. and Amgen USA Inc. (collectively "Amgen," "We" or "Our") are committed to respecting your privacy. Because facts about a person's demographic, health, health interests, and health care are private and sensitive, we know that you may have concerns about sharing information with us. This Privacy Policy is designed to answer your important questions about privacy, whether you are a consumer looking for health information, or a health care provider mining the experience of Amgen to refine your expertise in meeting the needs of your patients.
We urge all users of our site to read this Privacy Policy to learn more about the policies and practices that we have developed to safeguard information, and to better understand our relationships with the third parties who may have access to this information.
*We do not collect personally identifying information or health-related personal information from users of this website. "Personally identifying information" is information such as name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address that could be used to contact you. When this information is combined with any information on your health or medical status (pursuant to all applicable laws), we refer to the resulting information as "health-related personal information."
1. Information We Collect
We have access to the following categories of information regarding you and your visit to our website. Each category offers some information about your interests and activities that could be used to make inferences about you. The next section of this policy describes how Amgen uses the information we collect.
*Information That You Voluntarily Provide
No Site Registration Required: We have constructed this website so that you may visit us and review information about the services we offer without revealing your identity or volunteering any personally identifying information. You are not required to register to use the website's features and services, either as a consumer or a health care professional. Therefore, we do not collect any "personally identifying information" from you on this site.
*Information That Is Routinely Collected By Our Site Technology:
IP Address. We record the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer when you visit our site. Without more, the IP address does not identify you personally, but it is what allows us to maintain communications with you as you move about our site.
Cookies. We also collect information about your use of our site through cookies and similar technology. A "cookie" is a unique numeric code that we transfer to your computer so that we can keep track of your interests and preferences and recognize you as a return visitor to our site. Cookie technology allows us to collect "clickstream" data, which is not personally identifying information, but which reflects your activities on the site, including your interest in certain health care conditions. A cookie does not collect or keep your name or other personal identifying information, but when you revisit our site the cookie allows us to bring you the content and features likely to be of greatest interest to you based on your previous activities on our site.
Third-Party Advertising: We use Atlas, a third-party advertising company to serve ads on other websites. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to measure advertising effectiveness and to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here
2. How We Use Your Information
Whether you are a consumer or a health care professional, we use the information about your use of the services and activities on our websites to monitor user traffic patterns and try to analyze what our users prefer so that we can design better services for you.
Personally Identifying Information. You do not have to register to use the information and services available for consumers on this website. We do not collect personally identifying information about you on this website. Personally identifying information is information such as name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address that could be used to contact you.
IP Address. In addition to using the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer to maintain communications with you as you move about our site, we also may use your IP address to personalize content provided on the website. We retain IP addresses, and we retain them together with personally identifying information.
Cookies. We use the data we obtain through the use of cookies to customize your site experience by anticipating the information and services that may be of interest to you. We also analyze the information collected with cookie technology to help us improve the functioning of our site by monitoring traffic in popular areas and to modify the services and information we provide to meet customer demand. We will link the clickstream data available to us through the use of cookies to the personally identifiable information and health-related information that you may choose to provide elsewhere on our site. We use the information we collect through the use of cookies for our business purposes, including operation of our site, as well as research and product analyses to help us better market our products.
Law Enforcement. In certain limited circumstances, we may be called upon to release information in response to a court order, subpoena, search warrant, law, or regulation. We plan to cooperate in responding to such requests, taking appropriate measures to ensure that the requester understands the sensitive nature, if any, of the information we have. We reserve the right to cooperate with law enforcement authorities in investigating and prosecuting users who violate our rules or engage in behavior that is illegal or harmful to other website users.
3. Our Relationship to Third Parties
We may use third parties to provide services and information on our site and we may provide some co-branded services in partnership with others. We also may use third parties to analyze data collected on our site.
*Cookies. We do not allow other sites or third parties to use our cookies for their own purposes or to place their own cookies on your computer when you access services through our site.
*Vendors and Suppliers. We have relationships with different vendors and suppliers who help us design and maintain our systems and our computer security, respond to e-mail and customer inquiries, Analyze our data and create special promotions. We will not authorize our vendors and suppliers to use our customer information for any purpose not related to Amgen's joint business operations.
*Co-Branded Sites. We may partner with other companies to provide you with content or services on a joint or "co-branded" basis. At a co-branded site you will see both Amgen's logo and the logo of the co-branded partner displayed on your screen. You should read the individual privacy policies of our co-branded partners, as these may differ in some respects from ours. Reading these policies will help you to make an informed decision about whether to provide your information to a given site. Remember, you may always opt-out of sharing your information with a partner site by choosing not to use the service or content provided by the co-branded site.
Other Important Information About Our Relationship with Third Parties
*Links to Other Sites. We also feature links to websites that we believe you might find useful and informative. Please be aware, however, that we do not endorse or recommend these sites' content or services, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites. We encourage you to be aware of and read the privacy policy of each site you visit. Remember, the statements in this privacy policy apply solely to information collected by Amgen.
*Advertisers. We do not permit advertisers to display their advertisements at our site, and we will not permit third party advertisers to use cookies to collect information from users at our site.
4. Our Children's Policy
Amgen's website content and services are intended for adult users over the age of 17. The site is not designed to attract child users.
5. Changes in Our Privacy Statement
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes to this policy will be posted on this site with a notation identifying the provision(s) affected by such changes.
