PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT CAREFULLY .  Your privacy is very important to Stryker. We also understand that privacy is very important to you. This Privacy Statement ("Privacy Statement") tells you how we protect and use any information we gather through this website (“Site”).  This Site is operated by Stryker Korea Limited, a subsidiary of Stryker Corporation of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.  Stryker Korea Limited, Stryker Corporation and their affiliates (hereafter referred to as “Stryker”) also operate other websites. This Privacy Statement does not apply to those other websites. Please review the privacy statement posted on those other Stryker websites when you visit them.

Stryker reserves the right to change this Privacy Statement at any time and for any reason. We encourage you to look to this Privacy Statement each time you visit the Site and especially before you provide any personally identifiable information.

By using this Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Statement. Please read our Terms of Use to understand the general rules about your use of this Site. Except as written in any other disclaimers, policies, terms of use, or other notices on this Site, this Privacy Statement and the Terms of Use are the complete agreement between you and Stryker with respect to your use of this Site. You may be subject to additional terms that may apply when you access particular services or materials on certain areas of this Site, or by following Links that take you away from this Site.

INTRODUCTION

The information we receive, and how we use it, depends on what you do when visiting our Site. We collect and use your non-personal information (information that is not identifiable to you personally) differently than your personal information.

WHAT IS NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION?

Each time you visit this Site to read or download information we may collect certain information about you from your computer. This information is collected from your computer's web browser and may include information such as the following ("non-personal information"):

• the type of web browser software you use (for example, Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer)
• the name of the domain from which you access the Internet
• the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our Site
• the date and time you access our Site
• the pages you have visited on our Site
• Personal information that has been de-identified

If you only read or download information on our Site, we do not collect or learn your name, e-mail address, home address, or other personal information about you. We may place a text file called a cookie in the browser files of your computer when you visit. The cookie may be stored on your computer's hard drive. The information that we collect using cookies is non-personal information. http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm contains a good description of cookie technology. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but some parts of our Site may not work properly for you if you do so. We will not allow third parties to place cookies on our Site.

ANALYSING SITE USAGE

We may use a third party independent service to measure and analyze usage across the Site. Any service we use would have expertise in internet measurement technologies as well as market research and trend analysis. Use of any such service may involve coding being placed on pages on the Site to enable the following information on site usage to be collected:

• the number of unique visitors to the Site;
• the average length of time these unique visitors spend on the Site when they visit; and
• the entry and exit points onto the Site for these unique visitors.

This coding may be derived from software provided by the independent service and would be transparent to a user. Such software stores a cookie in the browser which contains a unique identifier and enables the independent service to track the number of unique visitors to the Site. This unique identifier used by the independent service would not identify a user personally. We will not marry any data collected by the independent service with any personal information collected on the Site.

This coding may not be disabled completely however. If you disable cookies in your browser the effect would be that the independent service is unable to track you as a unique visitor to the Site and will read you as a new visitor each time you browse a new page on the Site. See above as to disabling cookies.

The independent service would collect and collate aggregate information, not being personal information, which is then provided to us to assist with our analysis of Site usage. This independent service data may also be accessible by media organisations with research companies for the purpose of comparing Site usage patterns with similar internet websites.

WHAT DOES STRYKER DO WITH NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION?

There are no restrictions to the way Stryker can use or share non-personal information.  We will use non-personal information to help us make our Site more useful to visitors and for other business purposes. We may prepare reports and other materials using non-personal information. Since these reports and materials contain no personal information, we may share them with others.

All information that is not personal to you or someone else, such as questions, comments, ideas and suggestions (collectively “Feedback”) shall be deemed to be non-confidential, and Stryker shall be free to disclose and use the same, for any purpose and through any means, without any obligation whatsoever to you.  By choosing to send a message to Stryker, you acknowledge that all feedback will be considered to be non-confidential. Stryker shall have no obligations of any kind with respect to such Feedback, and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, exhibit, display, transform, commercialise, create derivative works and distribute the Feedback to others without limitation. Further, Stryker shall be free to use any ideas, inventions, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such Feedback for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products incorporating such Feedback.

WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION?

In some places on this Site you may have the chance to send us information about yourself. For example, our Site may include a registration form, surveys or e-mail forms. Most of our services do not require any form of registration, allowing you to visit our site without telling us who you are. However, some services may require registration. When you register with us, you may need to complete certain fields (some are required and some are optional), as well as choose a user name and password. In these situations, if you choose to withhold any personal data requested by us, it may not be possible for you to gain access to certain parts of the site and for us to respond to your query.

The personal information that we collect if you fill out such forms or surveys, or when you ask us to personalize your visits to our Site, may include, for example:

• your name
• address
• e-mail address
• other personal information such as your medical affiliation.

HOW DOES STRYKER USE PERSONAL INFORMATION?

Stryker may use the personal information we collect to:

• respond to your requests
• contact you, via e-mail, regular mail, telephone or otherwise
• to provide you with information that we believe may be of interest to you
• to develop records, including records of your personal information
• to develop and improve programs, products, services and content
• to enforce this Terms of Use and Privacy Statement and other rules about your use of this Site
• to protect Stryker’s rights or property
• to protect someone's health, safety or welfare
• to comply with a law or regulation, court order or other legal process.

By submitting personal information (such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, etc.), you agree that we may keep a record of it and may use it in accordance with the above.  We also may use your personal information to help us in our business, including but not limited to improving our website, marketing and/or product development.

SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH OTHERS

Stryker may transfer the Personal Information to the subsidiaries, divisions or other entities under common ownership with Stryker Corporation.  You also agree that Stryker may share your personal information with others who help us with these activities. These companies and/or individuals may not use or share your personal information with others except for the purpose of assisting us with our business activities pursuant to our request. Stryker will not sell, exchange or publish your personal information without your permission, except in conjunction with a corporate sale, merger, dissolution, acquisition, or other similar event.

You agree that we may use your personal information to mail or email information to you about Stryker and our products and services.

STORING AND SECURING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will use our best endeavours to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we hold about you is kept secure, accurate and up to date. This information is kept in secure servers within controlled premises. Also, our employees, agents and contractors are required to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by us.

Unfortunately, however, we will not be responsible for events which may arise from unauthorised access to your personal information. To assist in preventing unauthorised access it is important for you to maintain the confidentiality of any password(s) required to be used in connection with access to any parts of this Site.

IS STRYKER EVER REQUIRED TO SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES?

Except as otherwise written in this Privacy Statement, we will keep your personal information private and will not share it with others, unless the disclosure is necessary to:

• comply with a law or regulation, court order, subpoena or other legal process
• protect our rights or property
• enforce our Terms of Use or this Privacy Statement
• protect someone's health or safety.

In addition, you are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libellous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. We will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.

WHAT ABOUT PRIVACY ON OTHER SITES?

This Site may contain Links to other websites. We provide these Links for your convenience, but we do not review, control, or monitor the privacy practices of websites operated by others. Stryker is not responsible for the performance of these sites or for your business dealings with them. Your use of any other websites is subject to the terms and conditions of those sites, including the privacy policies of those sites.

ARE THERE SPECIAL RULES ABOUT CHILDREN'S PRIVACY?

We care about protecting the online privacy of children. We will not intentionally collect any personal information (such as a child's name or e-mail address) from children under the age of 13. If you think that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, please contact us.

This Site is not intentionally designed for or directed at children 13 years of age or younger without obtaining prior consent from a person with parental responsibility. It is our policy never to knowingly collect or maintain information about anyone under the age of 13 (such as a child’s name or e-mail address.  Please contact us if you think we may have collected information from a child under the age of 13.

HOW TO CONTACT STRYKER.

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Statement, please send an email to privacy@stryker.com or send us a letter addressed by prepaid postage or overnight courier to the following address:

Stryker Korea Limited

Suite 2501, Citibank Tower

3 Garden Road,  Central

Hong Kong

Copyright © Stryker Korea Limited 2004. All rights reserved.