LATITUDE™ Data Privacy Policy
Effective date: December 22, 2011
Boston Scientific's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and the productivity of health care delivery through the development and advocacy of less-invasive medical devices and procedures. As part of this mission, Boston Scientific designed and implemented the LATITUDE Patient Management system (LPM). The LPM allows healthcare providers to remotely monitor Boston Scientific implantable cardiac medical devices.
It is the policy of Boston Scientific to comply with all applicable laws governing the processing of personal information, including those associated with the safeguarding of sensitive or protected health information. Implementation of this policy is subject to specific laws in the countries where the patients reside.
Boston Scientific complies with the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework and the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries and Switzerland. Boston Scientific has certified that it adheres to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access, and enforcement. To learn more about the Safe Harbor program, and to view Boston Scientific’s certification, please visit https://www.export.gov/safeharbor/. Furthermore, Boston Scientific abides by the Generally Accepted Privacy Principles (GAPP), as set forth below:
Management:
Notice:
In addition to this policy, the personal information handling practices are also governed by the privacy policies of the Latitude-participating healthcare providers. The privacy practices on the LPM website are governed by the Boston Scientific website privacy policy.
Choice and consent:
Collection:
Use, retention, and disposal:
Access:
Disclosure to third parties:
Security for privacy:
Quality:
Monitoring and enforcement:
By mail: | Boston Scientific Corporation Global Compliance – Data Privacy Office 4100 Hamline Avenue North Saint Paul, MN 55112 USA |
By e-mail: | Globalprivacy@bsci.com |
By phone: | Australia 1-800-528-488 Austria 0-800-202289 Belgium 0-800-80697 Canada 1-800-227-3422 Denmark 70-10-01-82 Finland 010-80-48-19 France 0-805-5404-22 Germany 069-51709-481 Ireland 1-890-812005 Italy 848-78-11-64 Japan 0120-033-686 Netherlands 0-800-029-20-77 New Zealand 0-508-200-886 Norway 81-00-00-47 Portugal 800-844729 Spain 901-010-840 Sweden 020-160-57-07 Switzerland 0-844-00-01-10 UK 0-845-602-9283 US 1-800-227-3422 |