What Information We Collect and Why?

Given the largely informative nature of our website, we collect a limited amount of personal information. For example: On our site, we have feedback forms that ask for your name, address and phone number, etc. so that we can send you information on Baxter.

This site also collects nonpersonal information. For example, like many websites, baxter.com may use "cookies". A cookie is a small file that is transferred to your computer's hard drive to help us to improve content (e.g., it helps us figure out which parts of the site are popular and which are less popular, so we may improve these areas in the future) and help us to customize website content and ads for our visitors. Cookies that we generate contain no personal information about you, and we will not combine cookie information with any personal information we have collected from you via this website. You may set your browser to reject cookies and to let you know when a cookie is being placed on your computer. This site also logs IP addresses and Internet browser types, but we do not link such information to your personal information.

 

Use of cookies may vary with the unique features of Baxter websites. Therefore, please review the terms of the individual privacy policy that is tailored for the specific Baxter website you are visiting for any additional information on the use of cookies by the particular Baxter website.

Our web pages contain electronic images (called a "single-pixel gif" or "Web beacon") that allow us to count page views or to access our cookies. In general, any electronic image viewed as part of a Web page, including an ad banner, can act as a Web beacon. Web beacons are typically very small, 1 by 1 pixel size, banner like files, but their presence can be easily seen within Internet Explorer by clicking on "View" and then on "Source." Web beacons are so small in order not to use valuable space on the computer screen that is better used to display helpful content. We also may include Web beacons in HTML-formatted newsletters containing graphics that we send to opt-in subscribers in order to count how many newsletters have been read. In addition, some advertising networks that serve ads on our Web sites may use Web beacons within in their clearly visible banner advertisements. Our Web beacons do not collect, gather, monitor or share any personal information about our Web site visitors. They are just the technique we use to compile our anonymous, aggregated statistics about Web site usage.

Through our technology, we also collect and accumulate other anonymous data that helps us understand and analyze the Internet experience of our visitors. For example, we accumulate visitor data relating to referring domains, the type of browsers used, operating system software (e.g. Windows 95 vs. 98), screen resolutions, color capabilities, plug-ins, language settings, cookie preferences, search engine keywords and JavaScript enablement. We also record number of visits, paths taken and time spent on sites and pages. None of this information is personally identifiable and we only share this information in the aggregate, reflecting overall Web site or Internet usage trends.