Data Privacy
We comply with the law, our policies, our privacy principles, and other data privacy requirements in handling, processing, and protecting all personal data.
We develop new ideas and strive to be innovative, but we are also careful with our data and with any data that is entrusted to us by our business partners, customers, and other third parties.
This includes any a U.S. term referring to any data, including, but not limited to, name, U.S. Social Security number, date of birth, place of birth, or family information, that could identify a specific individual; or other information that is linked to an individual, such as medical information, financial information, or employment information regarding Bio-Rad workforce members, customers, vendors, business partners, and suppliers. We must comply with the international laws that govern our regular collection, handling, storage, use, and disclosure of sensitive information.
- We follow all applicable local law requirements for handling personal data.
- We provide all relevant parties with clear legal notice describing how personal data will be collected, used, accessed, disclosed, and protected.
- We obtain workforce members’ consent to collect, use, or disclose their personal data.
- We provide reasonable access to personal data to individuals who can correct, amend, or delete personal data.
- We protect personal data using our information security resources.
- We take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal data we handle is relevant, accurate, and complete.
- We lawfully collect and use personal data, and we do not share it without authorization.
- We transfer personal data consistent with all applicable laws and our policies and procedures, and only transfer to third parties when adequate data security and data privacy mechanisms are in place.
- We monitor and periodically evaluate our controls related to privacy and data protection.
We comply with the law regarding breach notification and notify all appropriate parties in a timely manner.
Expectations
- We are aware of data privacy considerations, and when we have questions, we ask for help via the Data Privacy Office mailbox at [email protected].
- We are careful when we collect, use, store, or transfer any personal data to make sure that we comply with all of Bio-Rad’s policies and any laws applying to handling sensitive information.
- We do not share personal data with any other party unless we have complied with all of Bio-Rad’s policies and procedures regarding proper data transfer.
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Key Terms
Any information related to an individual or “Data Subject”, that can be used to directly or indirectly identify the person. This can be anything from a name or address to a fingerprint or banking details.
European Union legislation regulating how organizations manage personal data. GDPR affects Bio-Rad because we have employees and customers from the EU. GDPR went into effect on May 25, 2018.
A foundational concept generally meaning the validly obtained agreement of the data subject to permit data processing activity. Contrast “consent” with “notice”.
A U.S. term referring to any data, including, but not limited to, name, U.S. Social Security number, date of birth, place of birth, or family information, that could identify a specific individual; or other information that is linked to an individual, such as medical information, financial information, or employment information.