At Baxter Research Center Inc., your
right to privacy and data security is a primary concern. Any information
obtained from or about clients or survey respondents will be handled responsibly
and will not be disseminated to third parties (those other than clients)
by Baxter Research Center Inc. in a personally identifiable manner except
as may be required by law.
This privacy statement discloses privacy practices for http://www.brc.com.
If you feel that this company is not abiding by its posted privacy policy,
you should first contact SECURITY by EMAIL at
security@brc.com,
or SITE PRIVACY at Baxter Research Center Inc., 10880 175th Court West Suite 240\nLakeville, MN 55044.
Information Collection and Use
Baxter Research Center Inc. collects information at several different points
on our website. Client and/or Respondent information will only be disclosed
in the manner described to our Clients and Respondents when the information
is obtained. Baxter Research Center Inc. will not sell, share, or rent this
information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information
about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally
identifiable information while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie,
they may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user
will be limited in some areas of our site. Cookies can also enable us to
track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on
our site.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's
movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP
addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Baxter
Research Center Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices of such
other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site
and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects
personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely
to information collected by this website.
Surveys & Contests
From time to time our site requests information from users via surveys or
contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary
and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information.
Information requested may include contact information (such as name and
shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level).
Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes.
Unless otherwise stated, survey information will be used for purposes of
monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When
you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is
protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information
(such as credit card number and/or social security number), that information
is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry
- SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on
the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet
Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are
just 'surfing'.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we
also do everything in our power to protect user information off-line. All
of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned
above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information
to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer
service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information.
Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy
practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our
employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on
privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers' information is protected.
Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on
are kept locked in a secure environment.
If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send
an email to security@brc.com.
Special Offers
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username.
Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services,
special deals or a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users
we present the option to not receive these types of communications.
Site and Service Updates
We also send the user site and service announcement updates. Clients are
not able to un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain important
information about the service. We communicate with the user to provide requested
services and in regards to issues relating to their account via email or
phone.
Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip
code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide
a way to correct, update or remove that user's personal data provided to
us. This can usually be done by emailing our Customer Support.
Choice/Opt-out
Users of our site are always notified when their information is being collected
by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed choice
as to whether they should proceed with services that require an outside
party, or not.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on
our home page so our users are always aware of what information we collect,
how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any
point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different
from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way
of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their
information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance
with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
If, despite the various precautions undertaken by Baxter Research as generally
referenced above, Client and/or Respondent information should be disclosed
in a manner inconsistent with this Privacy statement, Baxter Research will,
upon being so informed, take all reasonable steps to stop any such disclosures,
but in no event shall Baxter Research or its agents be liable for any damages
of any kind or nature experienced by the relevant Client or Respondent related
to such disclosure.