Introduction - This privacy policy describes Acorn Cardiovascular’s current policies and practices with regard to data collected by Acorn Cardiovascular through its website, acorncv.com.  This privacy policy is independent from Acorn Cardiovascular’s offline personal data collection practices. 

Notification of Changes to This Policy - Acorn Cardiovascular is continually improving and adding new functionality and features to its website and improving and adding to our existing products, services, and programs.  Because of these ongoing changes, changes in the law, and the changing nature of technology, Acorn Cardiovascular’s data practices will change from time to time.  If and when our data practices change, Acorn Cardiovascular will post the changes on our website.

PERSONAL DATA

Personal Data Collected Through acorncv.com - The term “personal data” refers to personally identifiable information about you, such as your name, birth date, e-mail address or mailing address, and any other information that is identified with you, including your individual health information.  Other than cookies, as described below, the only personal data Acorn Cardiovascular currently collects through its website is the information you voluntarily give us when you use our site.  For example, you may use this site to contact Acorn Cardiovascular with questions and comments, or to respond to a posted job opening.   

Use of Personal Data Collected Through acorncv.com - Acorn Cardiovascular uses the personal data information you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem.  Acorn Cardiovascular uses this information to help us improve the content and functionality of our website, to better understand our customers and markets, and to improve our products and services. 

Similarly, we may provide “subscription” email services that enable you to receive current news about Acorn Cardiovascular events, products or related medical conditions and procedures.  For all such services, we will provide an opportunity to “unsubscribe” (cancel) the subscription.  Please see the “unsolicited ideas” heading under Terms and Conditions for more information about our use of the communications we receive through Acorn Cardiovascular’s website.

If your Personal Data is submitted through the website when applying for a position with Acorn Cardiovascular, your Personal Data will be used solely for the purpose of evaluating and potentially hiring you for the position. We may retain your Personal Information for a period of time, but only for the purpose of considering your application for current or future positions at Acorn Cardiovascular. This information may be shared within Acorn Cardiovascular as well as with third party service providers contracted by us to collect and maintain candidate submissions for job postings.

In addition to the ways we may keep, disclose and use information that are specifically described in this Policy, Acorn Cardiovascular may keep, disclose and use Personal Data you give us through this website in any way we believe is necessary to comply with a law, regulation, governmental guidance, court order or other legal process.  There may be some other, limited circumstances in which Acorn Cardiovascular or our affiliates may share or transfer the personal data in our databases, for example, in the even of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution, or similar event.

While no method of data transmission is guaranteed against unlawful third party interception or other misuse, Acorn Cardiovascular uses commercially reasonable efforts to ensure protection of your data

ANONYMOUS DATA

Anonymous Data Collected Through acorncv.com - In addition to the information you provide when you use our website, Acorn Cardiovascular uses technology to collect anonymous information about the use of our website.  For example, we use technology to track how many visitors access our website, the data and time of their visit, the length of their stay, and which pages they view.  We also use technology to determine which web browsers our visitors use and the address from which they accessed our site.

This technology does not identify you personally.  It simply enables us to compile statistics about our visitors and their use of our sites.  Acorn Cardiovascular uses this anonymous data and shares it with third parties to improve the content and functionality of our website, to better understand our customers and markets, and to improve our products and services.

Cookies - A cookie is a small piece of information that is sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive.  You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie.  This enables you to decide if you want to accept it or not and whether you are required to accept the cookie to view certain content.  Acorn Cardiovascular may use cookies to “persist” a user session – that is, to maintain connection with a user as he or she moves through an application or series of web pages.  The purpose of cookies in this context is to remember use inputs.  For example, a “shopping cart” application records purchases up until the user reaches checkout.  Personalization features also use cookies to identify groups of users and deliver appropriate content and services.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Children - Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly obtain personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. 

Link to Other Sites - This privacy policy applies only to Acorn Cardiovascular’s websites. Acorn Cardiovascular’s website contains hyperlinks to websites that are not operated by Acorn Cardiovascular or one of our affiliates.  These hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only and do not imply any endorsement of the activities of these third-party websites or any association with their operators.  Acorn Cardiovascular does not control these websites and is not responsible for their data practices.  We urge you to review the privacy policy posted on any site you visit before using the site or providing any personal data about yourself.

Governing Law -  This privacy policy forms part of our website Terms and Conditions and as such shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota.