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Privacy
Policy
DENTSPLY
Asia respects the privacy rights of its customers
and of the visitors to its web site. Visitors
to this site do not need to supply personal information
in order to access the site, but they may be requested
to fill in a customer information sheet upon requesting
the provision of services by DENTSPLY Asia.
This
Privacy Statement is formulated in accordance
with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap.
486).
Purpose
of Collection of Personal Data
Certain
personal data may be collected from customers
of DENTSPLY Asia to enable DENTSPLY Asia to provide
service to its customers. Personal
data collected from on-line customers and visitors
to this site may be used by DENTSPLY Asia in order
to:
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Offer
on-line services to visitors and customers
to the site;
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Market
DENTSPLY Asia's business and services;
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Design
services for visitors and customers to the
site;
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Notify
visitors to the site of updates, new projects,
new tender processes, etc.;
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Conduct
research such as research to determine which
areas of DENTSPLY Asia's services on the site
are not meeting the needs of its customers;
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Customise
pages of the site for individual visitors
or customers;
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Conduct
market research;
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Perform
statistical analysis of the behaviour and
characteristics of visitors to the site and
customers to the site in order to measure
interest in and use of the various areas of
the site and provide this information to advertisers
together with information as to the number
of users that have been exposed to or clicked
on their banners; and
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Make
such disclosures as may, in the opinion of
DENTSPLY Asia, be required for any of the
above purposes.
Confidentiality
DENTSPLY
Asia will keep confidential all personal data
relating to visitors to the site or customers
of DENTSPLY Asia, but DENTSPLY Asia may provide
this information to third parties including but
not limited to:
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Agents,
internet service providers, contractors or
third party service providers who provide
administrative, computer, payment or handling
or other services to DENTSPLY Asia in connection
with the operation of its business;
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Any
other person under a duty of confidentiality
to DENTSPLY Asia including a group company
of DENTSPLY Asia which had undertaken to keep
such information confidential; and
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Any
actual or proposed assignee of DENTSPLY Asia
or participant or sub-participant or transferee
of DENTSPLY Asia.
Any
questions, comments, suggestions or information
other than personal data sent or posted to the
DENTSPLY Asia site by visitors or customers will
be considered to be voluntarily provided to DENTSPLY
Asia on a non-confidential and non-proprietary
basis. DENTSPLY Asia may use, reproduce, disclose,
transmit, publish, broadcast and/or post elsewhere
such information freely including passing it to
any associated company or proposed assignee of
DENTSPLY Asia in connection with the development
and marketing of services to meet customer needs.
Security
of Personal Data
DENTSPLY
Asia has taken all reasonable efforts to ensure
that personal data held on its site are kept in
a secure and safe place and that encryption software
is used when personal data are being sent over
computer networks or when providing services to
customers. DENTSPLY Asia may use cookies on its
site to:
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Ensure
tighter security;
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Personalise
the site for customers and visitors; and
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Build
on-line customer or visitor profiles.
Visitors
or customers who wish to disallow cookies are
advised to do so on their web browser.
Links
The
DENTSPLY Asia site may contain links to other
sites and pages. DENTSPLY Asia does not exercise
control over any personal data or other information
a customer or visitor may give to any other entity
after he has left the site by activating a link
such as, for example, by clicking on the banner
of an advertiser.
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