Align Technology, Inc., manufacturers of Invisalign, have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our commitment to protecting your personal information. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for our Internet sites, www.invisalign.com, www.aligntech.com, and for our partners' sites.
At Align Technology, we intend to give you as much control as possible over your personal information. In general, you can visit Align Technology on the Web without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. There are times, however, when we may need information from you, or you may choose to provide information of a friend or acquaintance, such as name, e-mail address and/or home address. It is our intent to let you know before we collect such personal information from you on the Internet and to obtain your prior permission for its collection and use..
WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER AND TRACK?
The information gathered from you, or provided by you in any forms you fill out may be used in one of four ways:
- To provide you with information about products, services, news and events
- To allow you to use, purchase, and/or download products and services.
- To gather broad demographic information about user trends.
- To provide certified doctors with information on actual or prospective patients.
We may also disclose personal information if we believe that doing so is legally required or is in our interest to protect our property or other legal rights (including but not limited to enforcement of our agreements, or the rights of property of others.
In addition, information about our users, including personal information, may be disclosed as part of any merger, acquisition, debt financing, sale of company assets, or similar transaction, as well as in the event of insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership in which personal information could be transferred to third parties as one of our business assets.
USE OF COOKIES
Although acceptance of cookies is not required to visit the Website, we do use cookies. Cookies are small text files stored on computer hard drives and are regularly used to analyze individual Website activity. By collecting and remembering information about your visit to a Website, cookies allow Web applications to recognize and respond to your individual preferences. A cookie file may contain information that the Website uses to respond to you as an individual and to tailor a Website experience to your preferences.
Some parts of the Website use cookies. This enables Align to determine the usefulness of information provided to our users and to analyze the effectiveness of our navigational structure in providing you that information. In the end, cookies help us provide you with a better Website experience.
If you prefer not to receive cookies on this Website, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookie when your browser alerts you to its presence. You can also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you have set your browser to not allow cookies, you will still be able to access the Website; however, this may affect your perceived usability of this Website.
UPDATES
We may occasionally update this policy. When we do, we will also revise the last updated date at the beginning of the policy. Your continued use of the Website after such changes will be subject to the then-current policy. We encourage you to periodically review this policy to stay informed about how we collect, use and disclose personal information.
OTHER SITES
This site may contain links to other sites merely as a convenience. Align is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Websites, and inclusion of links does not imply our endorsement of the material on them.
SECURITY
This site has security measures in place to try to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.
CONTACTING THE WEB SITE
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:
Align Technology, Inc.
2560 Orchard Parkway
San Jose, CA 95131