Privacy Policy and Legal Terms

This Privacy Policy applies you when you are using TRUTH ABOUT WEIGHT website (the “Website”).

This Privacy Notice does not apply to situations where we have notified you that an alternative privacy statement applies, nor does it apply to other Novo Nordisk websites. You should review the privacy statement posted on the Novo Nordisk websites when you visit them.

The company responsible for processing your personal data is: 

Novo Nordisk Limited
3 City Place, Beehive Ring Road
Gatwick, West Sussex
RH6 0PA
Registration number 1118740

Your personal data is information that can specifically identify you. When referring to “Novo Nordisk”, “we”, “our” and “us”, we mean Novo Nordisk Limited. Below you will find a description of the personal data, which Novo Nordisk may collect and process about you in connection with your use of the Website, as well as the purpose and on which basis we are processing the data.

You can always contact Novo Nordisk or the UK Novo Nordisk Data Privacy Officer or UK Data Protection Responsible at privacyuk@novonordisk.com with questions or concerns about how we process your personal data.

We get your personal data:

• From you directly during your use of the Website. We occasionally ask you for information that can at times be personally identifiable and private.
• Collected automatically from your use of the Website. All information collected automatically is stored in an aggregate form and cannot be used to identify you as a specific individual.

We always process your personal data for a specific purpose and only process the personal data which is relevant to your use of the Website.

Personally identifiable information

Whenever we ask you for any personally identifiable information that can be used to identify you as an individual, we will always provide an explanation as to why we collect the information, how we collect it, how we store it and how we plan on treating and using it.

Collection of sensitive data

We do not collect or retain sensitive personal data relating to your health, ethnic origin, religious beliefs or political conviction etc. at this site. In the rare case where we do seek to collect other sensitive data, we will do so in strict compliance with local data privacy law with your explicit consent.

Protection of children

Protecting the privacy of children is important. Novo Nordisk does not intend to collect personally identifiable information from children (a child is defined as being under the age of 18) without permission of the parent or legal guardian. Children should NOT submit personally identifiable information to Novo Nordisk without the explicit permission of their parent or legal guardian.

Where appropriate, we will instruct children not to submit personal data. If your child has submitted personal data and you would like to request that such information be removed, please contact privacyuk@novonordisk.com.

Aggregated visitor statistics

When you visit our website, we automatically collect general information about your computer and its location as well as the website you came from, if applicable. This information cannot be used to identify you as an individual. This information is only used in aggregate form to inform us where our visitors come from, what they look at and act on, and where the most time is spent.

Information we collect automatically:

• First-party cookie support (whether you allow us to place a cookie on your computer)
• Visitor ID (provided by a cookie we place on your computer when possible)
• Referrer (i.e. where you came from, e.g. google.com)
• Date and time of visit
• Regional and language settings (to determine which country you are in)
• Operating System (Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
• Browser & Browser Version (Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari etc.)
• Screen Resolution (1280x1024, 1024x768, etc.)
• JavaScript support
• Java support
• IP address (computer address on the internet)
• The title of the page you are viewing
• The URL of the page you are viewing

We do not link aggregated visitor statistics with personally identifiable information.

We will only collect and store personally identifiable information for the purpose stated during the collecting process. When we finish processing your information for the stated purpose, we will erase and destroy it to ensure your privacy.

Personal data are collected only to the extent required for your use of the Website.

Our processing of your personal data requires a legal basis.

We will not process your personal data if we do not have a proper justification foreseen in the law for that purpose. Therefore, we will only process your personal data if:

• we have obtained your prior consent;
• the processing is necessary to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations; or
• the processing is necessary for our legitimate interests and does not unduly affect your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. Please note that, when processing your personal data on this last basis, we always seek to maintain a balance between our legitimate interests and your privacy.

Novo Nordisk seeks your separate consent for:

1. Marketing and surveys.

We will never sell personally identifiable information about our visitors to a third party.

However, in the course of our activities and for the same purposes as those listed in this Privacy Notice, your personal data can be accessed by, or transferred to the following categories of recipients, on a need to know basis to achieve such purposes:

• Novo Nordisk staff and consultants, and other Novo Nordisk entities (e.g., Novo Nordisk affiliates in other countries);
• Our contracted service providers and advisors.

The above third parties are contractually obliged to protect the confidentiality and security of your personal data, in compliance with applicable law. 

Personal data are collected on this Website only to the extent required for your use of the Website.

Any personal data we collect may be transferred internationally within Novo Nordisk’s global organisation. We have internal policies in place to ensure an adequate level of protection irrespective of where in Novo Nordisk your data are located.

We have safeguards in place to secure your personal data when transferred outside of the United Kingdom (UK). The level of data protection in certain countries outside the UK does not conform to the level of data protection for personal data currently applied and enforced within the UK. We therefore use the following safeguards, as required by law, to protect your personal data in case of such transfers:

• Data is transferred from Novo Nordisk entity in UK to Novo Nordisk entity outside UK. The transfer is to a Novo Nordisk entity covered by Novo Nordisk’s Binding Corporate Rules or International Data Transfer Agreements.
• The destination countries are deemed by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to have an adequate level of protection of personal data.
• We have entered into International Data Transfer Agreement for the Transfer of Personal Data to Third Countries.

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected or to comply with legal or regulatory requirements.

If you have subscribed to the Truth About Weight newsletter, Novo Nordisk will keep your email address to send you such newsletters until you unsubscribe.  You may at any time unsubscribe from the newsletter service by using the unsubscribe function available in every newsletter forwarded to you. Once you unsubscribe, your personal data will be deleted within 30 days. 

According to the data protection rules you have the following rights. To exercise these rights, please contact Novo Nordisk on privacyuk@novonordisk.com.

• You can get an overview of what personal data we have about you;
• You can get a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format;
• You can get an update or correction to your personal data;
• You can have your personal data deleted or destroyed;
• You can have us stop or limit processing of your personal data;
• If you have given consent for us to process your personal data, you can withdraw your consent at any time. Your withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out before you withdrew your consent;
• You can submit a complaint about how we process your personal data to a Data Protection Authority.

Under applicable law, there may be limits on these rights depending on the specific circumstances of the processing activity. Contact us as via above email with questions or requests relating to these rights.

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