A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has reached millions of patients around the world.
Amgen has created a number of websites to better serve you with specific questions.
1. In what instances does Amgen collect personal information about you?
In addition, Amgen is regularly provided with professional information about Health Care Professionals in Europe from a third party service provider. Amgen takes steps to ensure that the information it receives has been collected and transferred in compliance with applicable privacy laws.
2. Why does Amgen process personal information about you?
Amgen processes personal information about you for purposes which may include:
3. What kind of personal information do we process?
Depending on the purposes for which personal information is collected, Amgen may process:
4. Who can access personal information about you?
Depending on the purposes for which personal information is collected, such information may be accessed by:
5. Where is personal information about you being processed?
Amgen is a multi-national company headquartered in the United States. Amgen maintains data centers around the world, including in the European Union and the United States. Amgen may process personal information in global databases that can be accessed by authorized Amgen personnel worldwide.
Transfers outside of Europe are made in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Regardless of where your personal information is collected or processed, Amgen maintains and shall ensure that service providers maintain appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect information about you.
Transfers of personal information among Amgen and its group entities follow applicable laws and our Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs). For more information on the BCRs, including your ability to file a complaint about any processing of your personal information in violation of the BCRs, please visit http://www.amgen.com/bcr.
Recipients | Safeguards used to transfer personal information to countries non declared adequate by the EU Commission | Additional information |
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Amgen’s group of companies | Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) |
http://www.amgen.com/bcr/ Visit the link if you want to file a complaint about any processing of your personal information in violation of BCRs. |
Vendors processing personal data under Amgen’s instructions | Model Contracts | To obtain a copy please contact Amgen’s Privacy Office at privacyoffice@amgen.com |
6. How can you exercise the right to data portability?
According to the right to data portability, you have the right to request that your personal information provided to Amgen be delivered to you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, subject to certain conditions and can be requested by contacting Amgen’s Privacy Office at privacyoffice@amgen.com
7. Retention of your personal information
Amgen process your personal data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice and to preserve your personal information in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations.
The criteria followed is determined by:
8. You have the right to make a Privacy Complaint with a Supervisory Authority.
If you feel Amgen’s processing your personal information violates any applicable law, rule or regulation, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority. The contact details of your local supervisory authority can be located here: http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/article29/item-detail.cfm?item_id=612080.
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