Updated Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Novartis acknowledges and respects the privacy of individuals.
By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you are expressly consenting to Novartis’ use and disclosure of your personal information you enter on this web form as described in this Privacy Policy.
Novartis Pharma AG (“Novartis”, “we”, “us”, “our”) will operate as Data Controller of the personal information you submit on this page. Your personal information may be shared with our country-level Novartis affiliate companies as necessary to fulfil the purpose described below.
We collect the personal information you enter on this page, such as your name, country, and e-mail address (“Personal Information”).
Based on your consent, we will use your Personal Information to send you updates, information, news, and notices of important events relating to the Keep It Pumping public heart failure disease awareness campaign.
We will not sell, share, or otherwise transfer your personal data to third parties other than those indicated in this Privacy Notice.
In the course of our activities and for the same purposes as those listed in this Privacy Notice, your personal data can be accessed by or transferred to the below categories of recipients, on a need to know basis to achieve such purposes:
The above third parties are contractually obliged to protect the confidentiality and security of your personal data, in compliance with applicable law.
Your personal data can also be accessed by or transferred to any national and/or international regulatory, enforcement, public body or court, where we are required to do so by applicable law or regulation or at their request.
The personal data we collect from you may also be processed, accessed or stored in a country outside the country where Novartis is located, which may not offer the same level of protection of personal data.
If we transfer your personal data to external companies in other jurisdictions, we will make sure to protect your personal data by (i) applying the level of protection required under the local data protection/privacy laws applicable to Novartis, (ii) acting in accordance with our policies and standards and, (iii) for Novartis companies located in the European Economic Area (i.e. the EU Member States plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, the "EEA"), unless otherwise specified, only transferring your personal data on the basis of standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission or the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner respectively. You may request additional information in relation to international transfers of personal data and obtain a copy of the adequate safeguard put in place by exercising your rights as set out in Section below.
Novartis has adopted Binding Corporate Rules, a system of principles, rules and tools, provided by European law, in an effort to ensure effective levels of data protection for sharing personal information within Novartis, in particular relating to transfers of personal information outside the EEA and Switzerland.
Novartis will not share your information with anyone who is not directly connected with this purpose.
Novartis has implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to provide an adequate level of security and confidentiality to your personal data, taking into account the nature of the data and the risk of processing such data.
The purpose thereof is to protect it against accidental or unlawful destruction or alteration, accidental loss, unauthorized disclosure or access and against other unlawful forms of processing.
Moreover, when handling your personal data, Novartis complies with the following obligations:
Your personal information will be kept for a period of 24 months after your last access to this website.
You may exercise the following rights under the conditions and within the limits set forth in the law:
If you have a question, if you are not satisfied how Novartis processes your personal data or if you want to exercise the above rights, you may send an email to global.privacy_office@novartis.com . When contacting Novartis, please add a description of your relationship and/or your interactions with us. If you wish to receive information related to your personal data, please also add a scan of your identity card for identification purpose, it being understood that we shall only use such data to verify your identity. When sending such a scan, please make sure to redact your picture and national registry number or equivalent on the scan.