Olympus Surgical & Industrial America Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit most pages on this site without giving any information about yourself, but sometimes we will require information in order to provide the services that you request. This privacy statement explains the data collection and its use in such situations.

Collection of your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you are registering before entering an area with downloads or to enable us to respond to your requests or enquiries. Personal information collected by Olympus Surgical & Industrial America is often limited to e-mail address, language, country or location, but may include other information when needed to provide a requested service. By providing such information you authorize Olympus Surgical & Industrial America Inc. and other companies within the Olympus group and global distribution network to which Olympus Surgical & Industrial America Inc. shall lawfully transmit such information to use, store or otherwise process it in order to provide services available through this site (including marketing of Olympus products and services).

This personal information will not be revealed or passed to organizations outside of the Olympus group of companies and global distribution network without your express permission.

This Privacy Statement was last updated on 13 January 2005.