Privacy Policy

Synthes, as the provider of funding, and AO North America (AONA), as the continuing education provider, may collect data from you that you provide to us voluntarily through this web site, such as your name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, and other personal information. The information we collect is used to improve the content of our web site, and may be used to contact you, via e-mail or by regular mail, to provide you with information that we believe may be of interest to you. We will not sell or transfer the personal information you send to us to others outside our company. All information that is not personal to you or someone else, such as questions, comments, ideas and suggestions, shall be deemed to be non-confidential, and Synthes and AONA shall be free to disclose and use the same, without any obligation whatsoever towards you, for any purpose and through any means. If at any time you do not wish us to contact you or if you have any questions concerning our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us. By choosing to send a message to Synthes and AONA, you acknowledge that all non-personal information contained in your message, including feedback data, such as questions, comments, suggestions, or the like (collectively "Feedback") will be considered to be non-confidential. Synthes and AONA shall have no obligations of any kind with respect to such Feedback, and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, exhibit, display, transform, commercialize, create derivative works and distribute the Feedback to others without limitation. Further, Synthes and AONA shall be free to use any ideas, inventions, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such Feedback for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products incorporating such Feedback. For added security, your information is encrypted during transfer, however, Synthes and AONA are not responsible for technical problems that may occur and result in others viewing your information.

By using this site, you agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy. Whenever you submit information via this site, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Under no circumstances should you use our web site or any of the fax and mailing addresses on the web site to send Synthes or AONA confidential or proprietary information. Synthes and AONA do not want to receive such confidential or proprietary information. Data which is not personal, including questions, comments, ideas, and suggestions shall be deemed to be non-confidential, and Synthes and AONA shall be free to disclose and use the same, without any obligations whatsoever towards you, for any purpose and through any means. To keep your personally identifiable information accurate, current, and complete, please contact us as specified below. We will take reasonable steps to update or correct personally identifiable information in our possession that you have previously submitted via this site. We take reasonable steps to protect your personally identifiable information as you transmit your information from your computer to our site and to protect such information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. You should keep in mind that no Internet transmission is ever 100% secure or error-free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from this site may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail. Moreover, where you use passwords, ID numbers, or other special access features on this site, it is your responsibility to safeguard them. Please contact us at: skeletalregisration@AONA with any user access changes. This site may contain links or references to other Web sites. Please be aware that we do not control other Web sites and that, in any case, this Privacy Policy does not apply to those Web sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every Web site you visit. Your use of this site is subject to our Legal Notice.

How to Contact Us:

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the information practices of this site, please contact us as follows:

SYNTHES (U.S.A.)
Synthes Simulation
1690 Russell Road
P.O. Box 1766
Paoli, PA 19301
(610) 647-9700

If this Privacy Policy changes, the revised policy will be posted on this site. Please check back periodically, and especially before you provide any personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy was last updated on July 31, 2006.