Suggestions will be treated as Non-Confidential and Non-Proprietary.

Straumann welcomes your comments and suggestions. Please be advised that all information and materials, including, but not limited to, inventions, discoveries, comments, ideas, questions, suggestions, designs, and the like, submitted to Straumann through this web site will be considered NON-CONFIDENTIAL and NON-PROPRIETARY. For this reason, we ask you to not send us any information or materials that you do not wish to assign to us free of charge, including any confidential information or any original creative materials such as product ideas, computer codes or original artwork.

Privacy Statement

The operation of this web site (“Web Site”) requires that Institut Straumann AG (“Straumann”) collects and processes certain personal data. The data collected and transmitted in connection with this Web Site is processed and stored at the place of business of Straumann in Basel. Certain data received by you may be transferred to affiliated companies of Straumann (subsidiaries and sister companies) for further processing.

Data Collected
Straumann collects different kind of information. Every time you access this website Straumann collects and processes so-called server protocol data, respectively Log-Files (your IP-address, your browser and operating system, pages visited by you, date and time of your visit, etc.). The data transmitted with your registration (name, surname, address, etc.) and the data transmitted through the suggestion box is also collected and processed by us.

Purpose of the Data Collection and Use of Data
Straumann collects the data described above in order to be able to operate the Web Site in an efficient manner and for examining and evaluating your suggestions. The collected data is also used for access identification, the analysis of user behaviour and marketing purposes. By accessing and using the Web Site you agree to the use of the data collected by Straumann for the aforementioned purposes. You also agree to the unrestricted, unlimited and exclusive use of your suggestions by Straumann as set forth in the notice regarding non-confidential and non-proprietary treatment of suggestions contained on the web pages of the suggestion box.

Cookies
In order to enable the smooth operation of the Web Site, we use so-called cookies. Cookies are information which are transmitted by us to you and – if your browser and security settings allow – are saved on your hard disk.

Data Transfer
The collected data may be transferred to our affiliates worldwide (all companies of the Straumann group, including subsidiaries as well as parent and sister companies). By registering with the Web Site you agree to such transfer of the data to our affiliates.

Straumann reserves the right to transfer the collected data to civil and criminal courts as well as to other governmental law enforcement bodies if this is required by law or required in the course of civil or criminal procedures.

Requests for Information, Rectification or Deletion of Data

Requests for information, rectification or deletion of data collected and stored by Straumann can be filed with webmaster@straumann.com. All requests are handled confidentially and as soon as possible. Requests for deletion of data are only executed if the deletion is not contrary to any legal requirements, in particular legal requirements regarding the filing and retention of data.

Security
Straumann implements security measures to protect your personal data from loss, unauthorised access or unauthorised processing. The transfer of data is made via SSL-Encryption, which is the current standard for secure data transfers.

Questions
Please contact webmaster@straumann.com should you have any questions.

Institut Straumann AG
Peter Merian-Weg 12
4002 Basel