WORLDWIDE English OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY At our company, privacy begins with trust. In 2001, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA, which has a tradename of MSD outside of the U.S. and Canada, established a Privacy Office to develop and oversee a global privacy program for our operations around the world. Our program is based on four privacy values that provide the foundation for responsible engagement, interactions and use of information about people: respect for individual privacy expectations, building and preserving trust, preventing privacy harms, and compliance with the letter and spirit of privacy and data protection laws around the world. Our privacy program is built on a platform of organizational accountability for privacy, stewardship of the data we use to operate our business, consistent global privacy practices and standards that carry on our tradition of upholding high ethical standards across our business practices, and ongoing oversight to ensure that we continue to respond to changes in privacy expectations as technology and our business continue to evolve. For more information about our program, please see the global privacy program section of our corporate responsibility report. Our Approach to Privacy Trust Since we believe that trust is a core privacy value and essential to our corporate mission to discover, develop and provide innovative products and services that save and improve lives around the world, our global privacy program strategy is centered on two primary goals that aim to drive trust in how we engage with people and how we access, use and transfer information about people around the world: Consistent Global Standards Since we established our global privacy program in 2001, we have worked to implement and uphold consistent global privacy standards to provide assurance for how we manage our privacy and data protection obligations across countries and regions and to support our certifications under the following privacy frameworks recognized by regulators: US-EU Safe Harbor (2001) US-Swiss Safe Harbor (2009) APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules (2013) EU Binding Corporate Rules (2016) US-EU Privacy Shield (2016) US-Swiss Privacy Shield (2018) EU General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR (2018) Each of our certifications is based on our Global Cross Border Privacy Rules Policy Transparency We recognize that it can be difficult and overwhelming for people to understand all of the different ways that information about them can be observed, sensed, collected, shared, used, analyzed and transferred, so we use a variety of approaches to support our goal of making our practices transparent both to people about whom we process information as well as the regulators and their agents who review our practices. Key examples include: Online Privacy – our Internet Privacy Policy describes the ways in which we process information about people online; Tracking Technologies – our Global Online Tracking Policy describes the ways in which our web sites and online services use cookies and other online trackers; Contextual Notices – which we provide at the time you use or participate in our services. Comprehensive Privacy Notices – these are intended to provide a thorough perspective on how our privacy practices apply to specific stakeholders.; Transparency in our Privacy Program Our privacy notices are an important part of our approach to transparency in what we do with personal information. More information about Transparency and Privacy at our company Data Subject Rights Learn more about your rights under both the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA) by clicking on this link To make a request, please contact us by: Completing an online form (preferred method) or Calling us at 1-800-672-6372 (toll free in the US). Merck Coupon Program participants, please contact us by: Completing an online form (preferred method) or Calling us at 1-855-344-4971 (toll free in the US) Questions About Privacy? Write to us at: Privacy Office UG4B-24 351 N. Sumneytown Pike North Wales, PA 19454 E-mail address: Privacy Office PRIVACY TERMS OF USE COOKIE PREFERENCES Copyright © 2009-2020 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. Kenilworth, NJ, USA. All rights reserved. This website is maintained by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.