Vascular Technology, Incorporated
Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the vti-online.com website (the “Website”) which is owned and operated by Vascular Technology, Incorporated (“VTI,” “we,” or “us,”). The below privacy policy (the “Policy”) explains how we collect your information through this Website and how that information is used. As a visitor (“you”) using this Website, you are acknowledging that you accept this Policy.
1. What personal data we collect and why we collect it
We will only collect Personally Identifiable Information that you voluntarily provide to us, such as when you complete one of our contact forms or otherwise communicate with us by using features available on the Website. “Personally Identifiable Information” means data that personally identifies you as an individual, such as your first and last name, postal address, email address, date of birth and/or telephone number. Please note that contact form fields may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
We may also collect certain non-personally identifiable information that does not identify you individually and our servers may automatically keep an activity log of your use of the Website (“Anonymous Information”). Anonymous Information collected may include: (1) device information about your computer, mobile device, or other device that you use to access our Website, such as IP address, geolocation information, unique device identifiers, browser type, browser language, and other transactional information; (2) analytics and usage information about your use of the Website; (3) additional “traffic data” and log files such as time of access, date of access, software crash reports, session identification number, access times, and referring website addresses; and (4) other information regarding your use of our Website.
We will only use Personally Identifiable Information that we have collected from you solely for the purpose for which you have provided it, or for any other purpose with your consent. We may use Anonymous Information collected from you for any purposes in our discretion, including to customize content we deliver to you on the Website, to analyze use of our Website, and to improve the Website and our overall service to you and your experience with the Website.
Please note that we may disclose your Personally Identifiable Information to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it, to business affiliates, service providers, advisors and other third parties we use to support our business, or if required to do so to enforce our Terms of Use and/or protect our rights, property or our business interests, to comply with law enforcement, or in response to a search warrant, subpoena or court order. We do not sell or rent your Personally Identifiable Information. However, Anonymous Information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising or other uses.
2. Tracking Technologies
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer when you visit certain online pages that record your preferences and actions. Cookies do not contain any Personally Identifiable Information. Our Website includes cookies that automatically receive and record information from your browser.
This information may include your IP address, your web browser type and operating system, session time, click path analysis, and the pages you request. For example, if you complete a contact form on our Website, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but, if you prefer, you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you delete your cookies or if you set your web browser to decline cookies, some features of the Website may not work or may not work as designed. For more information on cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information provided by the Interactive Advertising Bureau at www.allaboutcookies.org.
We use Google Analytics to track user behavior, such as pages viewed, paths used to enter and exit the site, as well as time spent on each page in order to help us enhance the customer user experience.
Google Analytics may use cookies or other automated technologies to collect information about you. In order to make sure you understand how Google Analytics handles information and interacts with our Website, we have shared a hyperlink below to its terms. You should visit this page as we have no ability to control or monitor our Google Analytics’ data collection or data use practices. Google Analytics’ terms are available here: www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html
3. Media and Embedded content from other websites
This site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
We encourage you to carefully review the privacy policies associated with any linked third party website before disclosing any Personally Identifiable Information at those websites.
4. Disclosing your information
We may disclose your Personally Identifiable Information with third parties to:
- Assist us in providing our products and services to you, including by acting on our behalf to fulfil orders, deliver packages, send postal mail and email, remove repetitive information from customer lists, analyze data, provide marketing assistance, process credit card payments, and provide customer assistance;
- Compile statistics and reports regarding our Website and the visitors; or
- Any other purpose stated at the time of collection.
Such third parties have access to your Personally Identifiable Information as needed to perform their functions, but they are not allowed to use it for other purposes. We do not sell or rent Personally Identifiable Information collected through our Website to anyone.
Other Circumstances: We may disclose your Personally Identifiable Information to third parties if we are involved in a merger, acquisition, sale of any or all of our business and/or assets to third party, or any other type of divestiture or reorganization, or if we have a good faith believe that disclosure is necessary to:
- Comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal process (such as a subpoena), or enforceable government request;
- Enforce applicable contracts, including terms of service;
- To detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues; and
- Protect against harm to the rights, property, or safety of VTI, our users, or the public as required or permitted by law.
5. Security
We use reasonable efforts, but cannot absolutely ensure, the privacy and security of any information that you give to us. You provide all such information at your own risk.
6. Operations in the United States
The Website is hosted and operated in the United States and all matters relating to this Website are governed by the laws of the United States. If you are located outside of the United States and you contact us, please be advised that United States’ law may not offer the same privacy protections as the laws of your jurisdiction and any information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By submitting information to us you explicitly authorize this transfer and the processing of this information within the United States.
7. Retention
If you complete one of our contact forms, the information provided and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and auto-complete form fields for you, and follow-up with any additional information you may have requested.
8. California Residents
California law allows California residents to ask companies with whom they have an established business relationship to provide certain information about the companies’ sharing of personal information with third parties for direct marketing purposes. We do not share any California consumer personal information with third parties for marketing purposes without consent.
California users who wish to request further information about our compliance with this law or have questions or concerns about our privacy practices may contact us using the contact information set forth below.
9. Children
The Website is not intended for, or directed to, children under the age of 13. We will not knowingly collect or use Personally Identifiable Information from anyone under the age of 13. If we learn that we have collected Personally Identifiable Information from a child under the age of 13, we will take steps to delete the information. If you are aware that a child under 13 has provided us with Personally Identifiable Information, please contact us immediately at the contact information listed below
10. Do-Not-Track Signals
Some web browsers may transmit “do-not-track” signals. Please note that our Website currently does not take action in response to such signals.
11. Your Rights
If you have completed a contact form on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
12. Changes in our Policy
We may, for any reason and without notice, make changes to the Website and this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to change or replace this Privacy Policy at any time and any changes to the Privacy Policy will take effect when posted to the Website. You should check back from time to time to view any updates or changes to our Privacy Policy.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Policy or about our collection or use of information, please contact us:
Vascular Technology, Incorporated (VTI)
12 Murphy Drive
Nashua, NH 03062
Toll free: 1 (800) 550-0856
Phone: (603) 594-9700
Fax: (603) 594-0092
