General
Schering Canada Inc., the distributor of Dr. Scholl's products in Canada (hereinafter referred to as "Schering", "we" or "us" in this Privacy Statement) respects the privacy of your personally identifiable information. This Privacy Statement provides information about what personally identifiable information Schering collects and how we use that information. This Privacy Statement also provides direction on what to do if you do not want your personally identifiable information collected or shared when you visit www.drscholls.ca contact our company or respond to our advertisements, contests or promotions.

What information will Schering collect?
Schering will not collect any personally identifiable information from you (such as your name, address, telephone number or e mail address) unless you provide it to us voluntarily, for example, when you participate in a survey or enter one of our promotional contests. In some cases, we may collect information on-line about you that is non-personally identifiable. Examples of this type of information include the type of Internet Browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using and the domain name of the web site from which you linked to our web site, advertisement or promotion.

How will Schering use and disclose the personally identifiable information we collect?
We recognize that by providing us with personally identifiable information, you are demonstrating your trust in our company and our brands and we take that trust very seriously. We collect and use this information to better understand your needs and ways in which we can improve our products, services and web sites and to send product information and special offers from Schering and its affiliated companies and marketing partners that we think may be of interest to you. To that end, we may contact you and we may disclose personally identifiable information to related entities and marketing partners in support of joint marketing and promotion activities and to third party agents responsible for administering such marketing and promotional activities on our behalf. We expect the organizations with whom we share personally identifiable information for these purposes to have policies regarding personally identifiable information consistent with our Privacy Statement or to abide by our policies respecting personally identifiable information disclosed to them. We reserve the right at all times to disclose any information where required or permitted by law or regulatory authority to do so including to protect the interests of Schering.

Your consent
By providing us with your personally identifiable information, we will assume you consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information as described in our Privacy Statement as amended from time to time or as described at the time of collection, use or disclosure as the case may be. Consent may be given by your authorized representative. Schering may make changes to this Privacy Statement from time to time, all of which will be posted on this page so that you are aware of the information collected and its intended use and disclosure. Your continued use of our web site following the posting of any changes to this Privacy Statement shall constitute your acceptance of those changes.

How will Schering protect my personally identifiable information it collects?
Schering takes very seriously its responsibility to protect your personally identifiable information. We have implemented physical, electronic and managerial procedures designed to protect the integrity, security and appropriate use of the personally identifiable information. It is Schering's policy not to retain personally identifiable information longer than required for its intended purpose. Given that unencrypted electronically transmitted data is not 100% secure, we make no warranties as to the security of any information that you submit electronically, the submission of which is done at your own risk. Schering is not responsible for the data collection and use practices of companies or organizations to which our web site may provide links.

What if I do not want my personally identifiable information collected, used or disclosed?
If you do not want your personally identifiable information collected, please either: (i) follow the procedures, where available, indicated at the point of collection to "opt out" so that your personally identifiable information is not collected; or (ii) where an "opt out" is not offered, do not submit personally identifiable information to us. If you have submitted personally identifiable information and wish to withdraw your consent to its retention, use or disclosure, please contact us at 1-800-714-4449. You may withdraw your consent, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice.

How do I access or correct my Personally Identifiable Information?
If you would like to access or correct your personally identifiable information, please write to Chief Privacy Officer, Schering Canada Inc , 3535 Trans-Canada Highway, Pointe-Claire, Quebec, H9R 1B4. Some information may not be accessed in certain circumstances, for example, if it contains personally identifiable information of other persons or for legal reasons.

"Cookies" - What information may be automatically stored on your computer?
When you view one of our web sites or online advertisements or promotions, we may store some information on your computer in the form of "cookies" or similar files. This information stored on your computer's hard drive does not contain any personally identifiable information, but enables us to communicate more meaningfully with you. These cookies also enable you to use our website more efficiently by storing your log-in information. With most Internet Browsers, you can erase cookies from your hard drive, block all cookies or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Please refer to your Browser instructions or Help screen to learn more about these functions.

What about children?
Schering has no intention of collecting personally identifiable information from individuals under thirteen (13) years of age. Where appropriate, we will specifically instruct children NOT to provide such information to us. If a child has provided us with personally identifiable information, we ask that a parent or guardian of the child contact us at 1-800-714-4449 to request that this information be deleted from our records. We will use reasonable efforts to delete the child's information from our existing files.

This Privacy Statement applies to Canada and is governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein.

You may contact us at 1-800-714-4449 or write to Chief Privacy Officer, Schering Canada Inc , 3535 Trans-Canada Highway, Pointe-Claire, Quebec, H9R 1B4 with any questions or concerns or for more information concerning our privacy policies and procedures.