Privacy
Updated November 3, 2009
Privacy Statement
NeurogesX respects your privacy. This website (“Site”) collects only the personal information that you choose to provide, and NeurogesX uses the information only for its legitimate business purposes. NeurogesX will not sell, share, or otherwise distribute your personally identifiable information to third parties for their purposes. Please read our full policy and let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
How We Collect Information
NeurogesX recognizes your need for appropriate protection and management of personally identifiable information you share with us (the phrases "personally identifiable information" means any information by which you can be reasonably identified, such as your name, address, telephone number, etc.). The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect from you when you visit our Site, and how we use such information, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to review and correct, the information.
In general, you can visit many of our Web pages without telling us who you are or revealing any personally identifiable information. We may track the Internet domain address from which people visit us and analyze this data for trends and statistics, but individual users will remain anonymous, unless you voluntarily tell us who you are.
If you choose to provide us with information about yourself, such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc., we will respect the trust that you have placed in us. Whether or not to provide such information is completely your own choice; NeurogesX collects only the personal information that you provide to us. But if you choose not to provide the information we request, you may be unable to access certain services, offers, and content on our Site.
How We Use Information We Collect
We use the information which is automatically receive from your Web browser to see which pages you visit within our Site. Such information is used to develop statistics that are helpful to understanding how this Site is used by our visitors. This statistical data is interpreted by NeurogesX in its continuing effort to present the Site content that visitors are seeking in a format they find most helpful.
When NeurogesX receives personally identifiable information, we may use it for reasonable business purposes, such as contacting you, via e-mail or regular mail, to provide you with information we believe may be of interest to you. If you e-mail us, you are voluntarily releasing information to us. Your e-mail address will be used by NeurogesX to respond to you.
Third-Party Use of Information
NeurogesX will not sell, share, or otherwise distribute your personally identifiable information to third parties except as provided herein and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Personally identifiable information may occasionally be transferred to service provider third parties who act for or on behalf of NeurogesX, or in connection with the business of NeurogesX, for further processing in accordance with the purposes for which the data was originally collected.
In case of a security breach or pursuant to a legal matter that requires cooperation with authorities, your identity and the information you provide may be used for investigation purposes. NeurogesX may, at it sole discretion, also remove all the personally identifiable information and use the rest for historical, statistical, or scientific purposes.
Cookies
To enable NeurogesX to provide customized and personalized services, NeurogesX may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computer. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us any personally identifiable information about you. However, if you choose to furnish the Site with personally identifiable information (such as your e-mail address), that information could be linked to the data stored in the cookie. NeurogesX reserves the right to change our use of cookies and our practices regarding linkage to personally identifiable information without any prior notification.
Children
In order to respect the privacy of children online, we do not knowingly collect, seek, maintain, or process personal information submitted by children under the age of 18. If you have a child under the age of 18 who you believe may have provided information to us, please e-mail us at inquiries@neurogesx.com and we shall expeditiously delete it.
Internet Information Security
We take reasonable precautions to ensure that any personally identifiable information you provide on this Site is kept confidential and that only those personnel with legitimate business purposes will have access to this information. Even so, we cannot guarantee that data provided to us will not be subject to loss, alteration, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, or destruction. It is important to be aware that all internet transmissions are subject to security breaches and errors. You should take precautions in choosing the information you send to NeurogesX via email and safeguard any passwords or special types of identification you use to access this Site.
California Privacy Rights
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 entitles California customers to request information concerning whether a business has disclosed “Personal Information” to any third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes. Except as provided in this Privacy Policy, NeurogesX will not sell or share your Personal Data, except as identified in this statement, for marketing purposes without your consent.
California customers who wish to request further information about our compliance with this law or have questions or concerns about our privacy practices and policies may contact us at inquiries@neurogesx.com, or write to us at NeurogesX, Inc., 2215 Bridgepointe Parkway, San Mateo, California 94404, Attention: Legal Department.
Questions and Comments
We strive to ensure the accuracy of any personal information you provide to us online. If you would like to update or review the personal information we have on file for you, please email us your request. To assist us in properly updating our files, please include your old and new personal information in your request.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or if you wish to review and correct your personally identifiable information held by NeurogesX, please contact us.
NeurogesX reserves the right change or modify this Privacy Policy as needed. Your continued use of this Site signifies your assent to any modifications of this Privacy Policy. By visiting this Site, you indicate your assent to NeurogesX' Privacy Policy. If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us.