Your privacy is very important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we protect and use information that we gather through this website. This Privacy Policy was last revised on February 3, 2004. We may change this Privacy Policy without prior notice at any time and for any reason. By using the ATS website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. Please read our Terms of Use to understand the general rules about your use of this website. Except as written in any other disclaimers, policies, terms of use, or other notices on this website, this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use are the complete agreement between you and ATS with respect to your use of this website. You may be subject to additional terms that may apply when you access particular materials in this website, or by following a link from this website.

Introduction

The information we receive, and how we use it, depends on what you do when visiting our website. How we collect and use your non-personal information (information that is not identifiable to you personally) differs from how we collect and use your personal information.

Non-personal Information

Non-personal information is information we collect through this website that does not identify you as an individual person. This is such as the type of web browser software you use (for example, Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer), the name of the domain from which you access the Internet), the Internet address from which you linked to our website and so forth.


Like many websites, we may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer when you visit. The cookie may be stored on your computer's hard drive. The information that we collect using cookies is non-personal information. U.S. Government Information Bulletin (I-034) contains a good description of cookie technology at: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-034.shtml. You may always decline our cookies if your browser permits, but some parts of our website may not work properly for you if you do so. We do not allow third parties to place cookies on our website.

What We Do With Non-personal Information

We will use non-personal information from you to help us make this website more useful to visitors. We also will use non-personal information for other business purposes. For example, we may use non-personal information in any or all of the following ways:

  • To create reports for internal use to develop programs, products, services or content
  • To customize the information or services that are of interest to you
  • To share it with or sell it to third parties
  • To provide aggregated traffic statistics and/or response rates to third parties.

Personal Information

Personal information is information that can be used to identify you individually. Currently, the only way we collect this type of information through this website is when you knowingly and voluntarily give it to us, For example, in some places on this website you have the opportunity to provide personal information about yourself. For example, you may fill out an email form and use it to send personal information to us. You also may choose to allow us to personalize your visits to the website, in which case we will ask you for certain personal information to make your visits to our website more helpful to you. When this information is combined with the non-personal information that we collect through cookies (described above), we will be able to tell that you have visited our website before and can personalize your access to our website. We may, for example, tell you about new features that we believe may be of interest to you.

How We Keep and Use Personal Information

We may keep and use personal information we collect from you through this website to provide you with access to this website. In addition, we may keep and use your personal information in any or all of the following ways.

  • To respond to your requests and otherwise communicate with you
  • To personalize your access to our website (for example, by telling you about new features that may be of interest to you) To develop records, including records of your personal information
  • To contact you with information that might be of interest to you, including information about clinical trials and products and services of ours and others
  • For analytical purposes and to research, develop and improve programs, products, services and content
  • To remove your personal identifiers (your name, email address, social security number, etc). In this case, you would no longer be identified as a single unique individual. Once we have de-identified information, it is non-personal information and we may treat it like other non-personal information.
  • To enforce this Privacy Policy and other rules concerning your use of this website
  • To protect our rights or property
  • To protect someone's health, safety or welfare
  • To comply with a law or regulation, court order or other legal process.

Sharing Personal Information With Third Parties

ATS will not share your personal information collected from this website with an unrelated third party without your permission, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy.

In the ordinary course of business, we will share some personal information with companies that we hire to perform services or functions on our behalf. For example, we may employ third parties to deliver information or other material that you request on this website.
 
We will may exchange or publish your personal information in conjunction with a corporate sale, merger, dissolution, acquisition or similar activity.

We also may release your personal information in response to a court order, subpoena, search warrant, law , regulation or other legal process. We may cooperate with law enforcement authorities in investigating and prosecuting website visitors who violate our rules or engage in behavior that is illegal or harmful to other visitors.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties if we feel that the disclosure is necessary for any of the following reasons:

  • To enforce this Privacy Policy and the other rules about your use of this website
  • To protect our rights or property
  •  To protect someone's health, safety or welfare
  • To comply with a law or regulation, court order or other legal process


Please note: In addition to the ways that we may keep, disclose, and use information described in this Privacy Policy, we also may keep, disclose, and use personally identifiable information that you give us through this website in ways that we believe are consistent with FDA and other governmental guidance, directions, regulations, and laws.

If the Privacy Statement Changes

If we decide to make a significant change to our Privacy Policy, we will post a notice on the home page of our website for a period of time after the change is made.

Privacy on Other Websites

This website may contain links to other websites. We provide the links for your convenience, but we do not review, control, or monitor the privacy practices of websites operated by others. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any other website, including other ATS websites. We are not responsible for the performance of websites operated by third parties or for your business dealings with them. Therefore, whenever you leave this website we recommend that you review each website's privacy practices and make your own decisions regarding the adequacy of those practices.

Direct Contact With Website Visitors

We may contact you periodically by email, mail or telephone to provide information regarding programs, products, services and content that may be of interest to you. We cannot guarantee that our emails communications will be secure from unauthorized interception.

Contacting ATS Medical

If you have questions or comments about these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy or any of the content of this website, please use the Contact ATS feature at the bottom of your screen or contact us at:

ATS Medical, Inc.
3905 Annapolis Lane, Suite 105
Minneapolis, MN 55447 USA