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Our personalized services vary among the different Merck websites.
These services may include some or all of the following: |
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A. Site
User Registration
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Customization |
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Some
of our sites offer you an option to personalize and customize
the features that we offer to you. You can create a personalized
profile for these sites that will store and remember your customized
selections. This capability can only be delivered if you register
with the site. In order to retrieve your selections, you must
either sign-in each time that you visit or choose the "Remember
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Registration
for these sites requires that you provide a minimum of a user
name and password. For security reasons, your password should
be at least 6 characters in length. Your user name and passworddo
not need to include your name and do not require that
you submit any personally identifiable information. |
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Other
features of registration may ask for your personal preferences
related to materials that we offer. This information is not
required for registration, however, you may be asked to submit
this information in order for us to process other requests as
described below. Your selections will enable us to deliver customized
content and features to you each time that you visit us online. |
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We
also ask for your name and address when you register in order
to save you time in the future when you request a feature that
requires us to send you something via postal mail. Occasionally,
we may also use the mailing information and preferences that
you provide to send additional information on items that we
believe may interest you. |
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Password-Protected
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Some
features on our sites are password protected and require a user
name and password that may be chosen by the user, or provided
to the user by Merck. Password-protected areas also require
an e-mail address. At the time you register, we will send confirmation
of your password. Your password is not accessible to others.
If you forget your password, we will send it to you by e-mail.
Users of password-protected areas for healthcare professionals
may obtain a forgotten password by contacting their Merck representative.
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"Remember
me" option |
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For
your protection, this option is recommended only for individuals
who do not share a computer with someone else. |
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If
you do not share your computer with anyone else, and would prefer
not to sign-in each time that you visit the site, you may check
the "Remember me" box when you sign-in. When you register
with one of our sites, your computer's Internet browser can
remember that you have elected to do so by setting a unique
cookie on your computer. (These cookies contain only numeric
identifiers. They do not contain any personally identifiable
information.) Merck will need to access that cookie in order
to remember you when you return. |
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If
you use a networked computer, or otherwise share your computer
with someone else, please remember to sign-out each time that
you visit. |
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Free
offers for educational literature and related information.
From time to time, Merck offers free literature, guides, tools
and information on its products and the diseases and conditions
that they are designed to treat. This material may be available
online or offline. We may require that you provide your name
and address so that we can send the information to you. We may
require your e-mail address if the materials will be delivered
electronically. We may also request that you provide disease-
or condition-related information so that we can offer relevant
and customized resources to you. |
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E-mail
programs. Merck offers several e-mail programs on its various
websites. These may include prescription refill reminders, site
update reminders, e-mail bulletins and newsletters. Some Merck
websites also offer electronic greeting cards (e-cards) or an
"e-mail this page to a friend" feature. Merck only
uses the information that you provide to facilitate the delivery
of the e-card or e-mail to the recipient whom you designate.
Merck does not store this information on a permanent basis.
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Tools
and Questionnaires. Some of Merck’s websites provide
condition-related tools and questionnaires. Many of these collect
nonpersonally identifiable information in order to provide disease
assessments and related services to you. In some cases, we may
also request your personally identifiable information in association
with these tools and questionnaires. We only do so in cases
where the provision of your personally identifiable information
will enable us to provide additional benefits that you have
requested. Merck collects the minimum amount of information
necessary to appropriately provide these services to you. |
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