Privacy Policy
This Notice applies to information collected by Safeguard Medical; its affiliates and subsidiaries, including Prometheus Medical, WaterJel, Combat Medical, Simbodies and H&H Medical; and their respective webpages and apps (collectively, “Safeguard”, or “we”). This privacy notice describes the types of personal and non-personal information we collect, how we use such information, and to whom and under what circumstances we may disclose it.
What we collect
- Information you give us
We collect personal information from you when you submit it to us, including by:
- asking us about a product;
- signing up to receive company updates; or
- otherwise contacting us.
The information you provide to us may include, for example:
- Your name and other related personal identifiers, such as address, email address, and phone number;
- In limited circumstances, certain sensitive information; for example, we may collect health information during the course of providing medical services to you, or we may collect a government-issued identification number to provide services to you;
- Certain information relating to age, medical condition, or disability, in order to provide services;
- Certain information relating to age, medical condition, disability, marital status, citizenship status, or military or veteran status, for employment purposes;
- Information relating to your purchases with us or other related business activity with us;
- Limited information relating to your browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with our sites, applications, and/or ads; and
- Employment information, for certain products and services.
- Information from other sources
We may combine the information we collect from you with information we receive about you from other sources, such as address update services.
- Information collected automatically online
When you visit our sites or apps, we may collect certain information from you, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, and the domain from which you accessed the site. In addition, we may collect information about your browsing behavior, such as the date and time you visit the site, the areas or pages of the site that you visit, the amount of time you spend viewing the site, the number of times you return to the site, and other clickstream data. For additional information, please see our Cookies Notice at the bottom of this page.
- Third-Party Tracking
We may permit third-party service providers to collect and process some information from our websites and mobile apps. We may share personal information with those providers and may have similar arrangements with interest-based advertisers. For additional information, please see our Cookies Notice at the bottom of this page.
- “Do Not Track” responses
If your browser attempts to convey a “Do Not Track” request to our site, we collect whether or not this request was submitted to the site.
- Location information
We collect inferences about your location from your IP address, in order to serve you relevant location-limited content. We do not collect any other location information.
How we use the information we collect
We may use the information we collect from and about you for any of the following purposes:
- to fulfill your requests for products;
- to respond to your inquiries;
- to contact you with site updates, newsletters, and other informational and promotional materials from us and third party marketing offers from our trusted partners, as well as from other companies;
- to contact you when necessary;
- to review site usage and operations;
- to address problems with our sites, our business, or our services; and
- to protect the security or integrity of the sites and our business.
Information retention
Your information is securely stored on servers in the United States, and access is restricted. We may retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. We do not retain your information any longer than necessary to accomplish the purposes for which it has been provided to us and to meet our business and legal obligations. We dispose of your information by ensuring that our data is safely and completely removed from our servers and/or retained only in anonymized form.
Lawful bases for processing information
Under the UK/EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
- Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting dpr@safeguardmedical.com;
- We have a contractual obligation;
- We have a legal obligation;
- We have a vital interest; and
- We have a legitimate interest.
How we share your information
We may disclose information collected from and about you:
- to our related companies and service providers, to perform a business, professional, or technical support function for us;
- to our marketing partners, advertisers or other third parties, who may contact you with their own offers;
- as necessary if we believe that there has been a violation of the Site Terms of Use or of our rights or the rights of any third party;
- to respond to judicial process and provide information to law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law, or otherwise as required by law (see Legal requirements to share, below); and
- in the event that our company or substantially all of its assets are acquired, your personal information may be one of the transferred assets (see Legal requirements to share, below).
We may also disclose your personal information with your express consent.
Social media features
Safeguard uses social media features from Facebook, YouTube, and Google on its websites, and we actively participate in social media platforms, including Instagram and LinkedIn as well as those already mentioned. If you use the social media features, such as a Facebook “like” button or Google “share” button, your information is subject to the privacy notice of that platform.
(All marks are owned by their respective owners.)
Legal requirements to share
Sometimes we may be required to share personal information for legal reasons, for example, if we are required to do so by a regulation, court order, subpoena, or other legal process. We may also share information when we believe it’s necessary to comply with the law or to respond to a government request, or when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect Safeguard, our customers, or others.
We may share personal information in the event of a corporate sale, merger, acquisition, dissolution, or similar event. If such an event takes place, we’ll notify you through email (if we have your email address) and/or a prominent notice on our applicable website(s) of any change in ownership, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.
How we protect your information
We have implemented administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the information we collect from you, including by using the most recent version of TLS (Transport Layer Security) for all website traffic.
Your choices
You have certain choices regarding how we use your personal information. You may choose not to receive promotional email from us by following the unsubscribe instructions in each message.
Your data protection rights
Where local law specifies, you have rights including:
- Right of access – You have the right to ask us for confirmation that we process your personal information, and/or for copies of your personal information.
- Right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to correct, complete, or otherwise rectify information you think is inaccurate.
- Right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information, in certain circumstances.
- Right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your information, in certain circumstances.
- Right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, in certain circumstances.
- Right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us to another organization, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay to exercise your rights (except in very limited circumstances). If you make a request, we must respond within a short period of time, which varies based on local law. Please contact us at dpr@safeguardmedical.com, or at the address or phone number below (see Contact Information), if you wish to make a request.
Protecting children’s privacy
We do not direct the Site to, nor do we knowingly collect any personal information from, children under the age of thirteen.
Privacy Policy updates
We may change this privacy policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the change(s) on our website. If we change the policy in a material way, we will provide appropriate online notice to you.
How to contact us
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@safeguardmedical.com.
Safeguard Medical Holdco, LLC
Address: 5555 Harrisburg Industrial Park Dr., Harrisburg, NC 28075
Phone Number: +1 (855) 428-6074
E-mail: info@safeguardmedical.com
How to complain
If you are a UK/EU resident, you can complain to the appropriate data protection authority if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The UK ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Contact information for EU Data Protection Authorities can be found here: https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en
Last Updated: June 15, 2021
Nevada Residents:
We do not sell personal information. If you are a Nevada resident, you have the right to request that we not sell your personal information to third parties. To submit this request, please send us an email: info@safeguardmedical.com.
YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
California law (Cal. Civ. Code s 1798.83) permits our customers who are California residents to request certain information about our disclosure of personal information to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. This request is separate from any rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act/California Privacy Rights Act.
This request is free and may be made once a year. To make such a request, please write to us at the following address:
5555 Harrisburg Industrial Park Drive
Harrisburg, NC 60604
ATTN: Customer Service Department
This cookie notice explains how we use cookies. We may update this notice from time to time. This version is dated June 2021.
We use cookies on our websites to help operate our business more efficiently. We list our cookies below, by domain. We use the following types of cookies:
- Necessary
- Necessary cookies are essential for the website to function properly. These cookies provide basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
- Analytics
- Analytics cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Analytics cookies are anonymous.
- Functional
- Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. Depending on the reason for the cookie, a functional cookie may or may not be anonymous.
- Advertising
- Advertising cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. These cookies use personal identifiers assigned by the advertising platform.
Safeguard Medical (https://safeguardmedical.com)
| Cookie | Type | Description | Duration |
| _fbp | Advertising | This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertising when the user is on Facebook, or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting this website. | 3 months |
| fr | Advertising | The cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisements to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have a Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. | 3 months |
| bscookie | Advertising | This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags. | 2 years |
| _ga | Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information about how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected includes the number of visitors, the website where they have come from, and the pages visited, using an anonymous identifier. | 1 day |
| _gat_UA- 174533421-1 | Analytics | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | 1 minute |
| Lang (Domain: .ads.linkedin.com, .linkedin.com) | Functional | This cookie is used to store the language
preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time user visits the website. |
Session |
| Bcookie (Domain: .linkedin.com) | Functional | This cookie is set by LinkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page. | 2 years |
| UserMatchHistory (Domain: .linkedin.com) | Advertising | Linkedin – Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertising based on the visitor’s preferences. | 1 month |
| AnalyticsSyncHi story (Domain: .linkedin.com) | Unknown | No description | 1 month |
Prometheus Medical (https://www.prometheusmedical.co.uk)
| Cookie | Type | Description | Duration |
| _ga | Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information about how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected includes the number of visitors, the website where they have come from, and the pages visited, using an anonymous identifier. | 1 day |
| has_ js | Necessary | This cookie is used to indicate whether the user’s browser has enabled JavaScript. | Session |
| _gat | Performance | This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. | 1 minute |
Prometheus Medical (https://www.promednor.no)
| Cookie | Type | Description | Duration |
| _ga | Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information about how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected includes the number of visitors, the website where they have come from, and the pages visited, using an anonymous identifier. | 1 day |
| _gat_gtag_UA_1 37461452_1 | Analytics | This cookie is set by Google and is used to distinguish users. | 1 minute |
| _GRECAPTCHA | Necessary | This cookie is set by Google. In addition to certain standard Google cookies, reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis. | 5 months 27 days |
Simbodies (https://simbodies.com)
| Cookie | Type | Description | Duration |
| _ga | Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information about how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected includes the number of visitors, the website where they have come from, and the pages visited, using an anonymous identifier. | 1 day |
| _gat | Performance | This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. | 1 minute |
Combat Medical (https://combatmedical.com)
| Cookie | Type | Description | Duration |
| VISITOR_INFO1_ LIVE | Advertisement | This cookie is set by YouTube. Used to
track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. |
5 months, 27 days |
| _ga | Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information about how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected includes the number of visitors, the website where they have come from, and the pages visited, using an anonymous identifier. | 1 day |
| _gat_UA- 59091331-1 | Analytics | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | 1 minute |
| CONSENT | Unknown | This cookie is set by YouTube. | 16 years, 7 months |
| YSC | Performance | This cookie is set by YouTube and is used
to track the views of embedded videos. |
session |
H&H Medical (https://hhmedcorp.com)
| Cookie | Type | Description | Duration |
| VISITOR_INFO1_ LIVE | Advertisement | This cookie is set by YouTube. Used to
track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. |
5 months, 27 days |
| test_cookie | Advertisement | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. | 15 minutes |
| IDE | Advertisement | This cookie is set and used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. | 1 year, 24 days |
| _gcl_au | Analytics | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to understand user interaction with the website. | 3 months |
| _ga | Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information about how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected includes the number of visitors, the website where they have come from, and the pages visited, using an anonymous identifier. | 1 day |
| _gat_UA-171054926-1 | Analytics | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | 1 minute |
| vuid | Analytics | This domain of this cookie is owned by Vimeo. This cookie is used by vimeo to collect tracking information. It sets a unique ID to embed videos to the website. | 2 years |
| FSAV | Unknown | This cookie is set by H&H. | 2 years |
| FSAC | Unknown | This cookie is set by H&H. | 6 months |
| _ga_DP1MP43X5Z | Unknown | This cookie is set by H&H. | 2 years. |
| CONSENT | Unknown | This cookie is set by YouTube. | 16 years, 7 months |
| YSC | This cookie is set by YouTube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. | session |