Privacy Statement
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Privacy Policy
Last Updated: March 15, 2023
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “Amphastar,” “we,” “our,” and/or “us”) value the privacy of individuals who use our websites, http://www.amphastar.com/ and http://www.primatene.com/ (collectively, our “Sites”). This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) explains how we collect, use, and disclose Personal Information from users of our Sites. It does not apply to the information collected from you in other forums, including offline information collection. As used in this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. By using our Sites, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy. Beyond this Privacy Policy, your use of our Sites are also subject to our Terms and Conditions.
Information we Collect and Receive
We may collect a variety of information from or about you or your devices from various sources, as described below.
If you do not provide your Personal Information when requested, you may not be able to use our Sites if that Personal Information is necessary to provide you with our Sites or if we are legally required to collect it.
A. Information You Provide to Us
Communications. If you contact us directly, we may receive Personal Information about you. For example, when you contact us via email with questions, comments, or requests, we may receive your email address, name, and any other Personal Information included in the contents of your email.
Careers. If you apply for a job with us, we will collect the Personal Information you provide us as part of your job application, such as your contact information, current employment information, and other Personal Information you submit with your application or on your resume. If you apply for a job with us via a third-party platform, we will collect the information you make available to us through such third-party platforms.
B. Information We Collect When You Use our Sites
Location Information. When you use our Sites, we may infer your general location information. For example, your IP address may indicate your general geographic region.
Device Information. We receive information about the device and software you use to access our Sites, including internet protocol (IP) address, language and web browser type, operating system version, and device identifiers (including unique device identifiers and MAC addresses). We use such information to help ensure our Sites are functioning properly.
Usage Information. To help us understand how you use our Sites and to help us improve them, we automatically receive information about your interactions with our Sites, such as the pages or other content you view and the times of your visit.
Analytics Partners. We use analytics services such as Google Analytics to collect and process certain analytics data. These services may also collect information about your use of other websites, apps, and online resources. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and opt out of them by downloading the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Information from Cookies and Similar Technologies. We and our third-party partners may collect Personal Information using cookies, which are small files of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. They contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. We and our third-party partners also may use pixel tags and web beacons on our Sites. These are tiny graphic images placed on web pages or in our emails that allow us to determine whether you have performed a specific action. We use cookies, beacons, invisible tags, and similar technologies (collectively “Cookies”) to collect information about your browsing activities and to distinguish you from other users of our Sites. This aids your experience when you use our Sites and allows us to improve the functionality of our Sites. Cookies can be used for performance management (i.e., collecting information on how our Sites are being used for analytics purposes). They can also be used for functionality management, enabling us to make your visit more efficient by, for example, remembering language preferences, passwords, and log-in details. Below is an overview of the types of Cookies we and third parties may use to collect Personal Information.
- Strictly Necessary Cookies. Some Cookies are strictly necessary to make our Sites available to you. We cannot provide you with our Sites without these types of Cookies. We use the following necessary Cookies:
| Name | More Information | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| IRPages2_Session | Cookie used to identify a session instance for the user. | Session |
| __atuvc | Cookie is used by AddThis to store performed actions on the website. | 13 months |
| __atuvs | Cookie is used by AddThis to store performed actions on the website. | 1 year |
- Functional Cookies. Functional Cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our Sites. This enables us to adapt our content for you and remember your preferences. For example, we use functional Cookies to remember your choice of language or region. We use the following functional Cookies:
| Name | More Information | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Session ID cookies | Session cookies improve site navigation for the site visitor. | Session |
- Analytical or Performance Cookies. We also use Cookies for website analytics purposes to operate, maintain and improve our Sites. We may use our own analytics Cookies or use third-party analytics providers. These providers may also collect information about your use of other websites, apps, and online resources. We also use the following analytical or performance Cookies:
| Name | More Information | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the Site’s analytics reports. | 2 years |
| _ga_75L7XVWPRL | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. | 2 years |
| Ssi | This is called user ID, Centro user ID, etc. It is dropped for targeting purposes. In our Aerospike (AS), we use these IDs to generate key for our user profiles: so, each ID is equal to one user profile in AS. | 1 year |
Please refer to your web browser’s “Help” file to learn how to properly modify your cookie settings. Please note that if you delete or choose not to accept Cookies from our Sites, you may not be able to utilize the features of our Sites to their fullest potential. To find out more about cookies, visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/.
Information from Flash Local Shared Objects. We may use various technologies, including Flash Local Shared Objects (“Flash LSOs”), to collect and store information about your use of our Sites. If you prefer not to have Flash LSOs stored on your computer, you can adjust your Flash player settings to block Flash LSO storage using the tools found in the Website Storage Settings Panel. Additionally, you can control Flash LSOs by visiting the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions provided. These instructions may include deleting existing Flash LSOs, preventing the placement of Flash LSOs without your consent, and blocking Flash LSOs that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on. Please note that restricting or limiting acceptance of Flash LSOs may impact the functionality of some Flash applications used in connection with our Sites
C. Information We Receive from Third Parties
Third Parties. We may receive additional Personal Information about you from various third parties and combine it with other information we have about you.
How we use the information we collect
We may use the Personal Information we collect:
- To provide, maintain, improve, and enhance our Sites;
- To understand and analyze how you use our Sites and develop new products, services, features, and functionalities;
- To communicate with you, provide you with updates and other information relating to our Sites, provide information that you request, respond to comments and questions, and otherwise provide customer support;
- For marketing and advertising purposes, such as developing and providing promotional and advertising materials that may be relevant, valuable, or otherwise of interest to you;
- In de-identified and aggregated form for any lawful purpose;
- To find and prevent fraud, and respond to trust and safety issues that may arise;
- For compliance purposes, including enforcing our Terms and Conditions or other legal rights, or as may be required by applicable laws and regulations or requested by any judicial process or governmental agency;
- To process your job application; and
- For other purposes for which we provide specific notice at the time the Personal Information is collected.
Legal Bases for Processing European Information
If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or the United Kingdom (“UK”), we only process your Personal Information when we have a valid “legal basis,” including as set forth below.
- Consent. We may process your Personal Information where you have consented to certain processing of your Personal Information. For example, we may process your Personal Information to send you marketing communications or to use Cookies where you have consented to such use.
- Contractual Necessity. We may process your Personal Information where required to provide you with our Sites. For example, we may need to process your Personal Information to respond to your inquiries or requests.
- Compliance with a Legal Obligation. We may process your Personal Information where we have a legal obligation to do so. For example, we may process your Personal Information to comply with tax, labor, and accounting obligations.
- Legitimate Interests. We may process your Personal Information where we or a third party have a legitimate interest in processing your Personal Information. Specifically, we have a legitimate interest in using your Personal Information for product development and internal analytics purposes and otherwise to improve the safety, security, and performance of our Sites. We only rely on our or a third party’s legitimate interests to process your Personal Information when these interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.
How we share the information we collect
We do not share or otherwise disclose Personal Information we collect from you except as described below or otherwise disclosed to you at the time of the collection.
Partners and Affiliates. We may share information with our partners, corporate affiliates, parents, or subsidiaries for any purpose described in this Privacy Policy.
Vendors and Service Providers. We may share any information we receive with vendors and service providers retained in connection with the provision of our Sites.
Marketing. We do not rent, sell, or share information about you with nonaffiliated companies for their direct marketing purposes unless we have your permission.
Analytics Partners. We use analytics services such as Google Analytics to collect and process certain analytics data. These services may also collect information about your use of other websites, apps, and online resources. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and opt out of them by downloading the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Advertising Partners. We partner with various websites, applications, and third-party advertising partners that you have directly shared your interests, conditions, and concerns with, and request that they display our ads to users who have shown an interest in Amphastar products or in health conditions and symptoms that our products can help treat or provide temporary relief for. Additionally, we may work with advertising companies that use technologies such as Cookies and pixel tags to serve you ads based on your web browsing activity, purchases, interests, and other information. This practice, commonly known as interest-based advertising or online behavioral advertising, allows us to provide you with personalized ads that may be of interest to you. These advertising companies may also use these types of technologies to recognize you across the devices you use, such as a mobile phone or a laptop, and serve you ads on websites you visit and applications you use. Some of our advertising partners are members of the Network Advertising Initiative (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/) or Digital Advertising Alliance (http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN). If you do not wish to receive personalized ads, please visit their opt-out pages to learn about how you may opt out of receiving web-based personalized ads from member companies.
We work with third-party advertising partners to show you ads that we think may interest you. These advertising partners may set and access their own Cookies on our Sites and they may otherwise collect or have access to information about you which they may collect over time and across different online services.
As Required by Law and Similar Disclosures. We may access, preserve, and disclose your Personal Information if we believe doing so is required or appropriate to: (i) comply with law enforcement requests and legal process, such as a court order or subpoena; (ii) respond to your requests; or (iii) protect your, our, or others’ rights, property, or safety.
Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers. We may disclose and transfer your Personal Information to service providers, advisors, potential transactional partners, or other third parties in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a corporate transaction in which we are acquired by or merged with another company, or we sell, liquidate, or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets.
Consent. We may also disclose Personal Information from or about you or your devices with your permission.
Your Choices
Sharing Preference. To change whether certain information is publicly viewable, you can adjust the settings in your account.
Marketing Communications. You can unsubscribe from our promotional emails via the link provided in the emails. Even if you opt out of receiving promotional messages from us, you will continue to receive administrative messages from us.
Advertising. Amphastar strives to make it easy for you to understand how we and our business partners use information to serve tailored ads and to opt-out from targeting based on internet-based advertising. To achieve this, we have licensed the DAA Advertising Options icon, and agreed to adhere to the DAA Self-Regulatory Program for internet-based advertising. To learn how to opt-out of having your information collected and used for internet-based advertising purposes while accessing this Privacy Policy on a particular device, please visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp and http://www.aboutads.info/choices/. If you have any questions about our use of IBA or participation in the DAA Self-Regulatory Program, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@amphastar.com.
Do Not Track. There is no accepted standard on how to respond to Do Not Track signals, and we do not respond to such signals. If you choose not to provide us with the Personal Information we collect, some features of our Sites may not work as intended.
Your European Privacy Rights. If you are located in the EEA or the UK, you have additional rights described below.
- You may request access to the Personal Information we maintain about you, update and correct inaccuracies in your Personal Information, restrict or object to the processing of your Personal Information, have your Personal Information anonymized or deleted, as appropriate, or exercise your right to data portability to easily transfer your Personal Information to another company. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, including in your country of residence, place of work, or where an incident took place.
- You may withdraw any consent you previously provided to us regarding the processing of your Personal Information at any time and free of charge. We will apply your preferences going forward and this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before you withdrew your consent.
You may exercise these rights by contacting us using the contact details at the end of this Privacy Policy. Before fulfilling your request, we may ask you to provide reasonable information to verify your identity. Please note that there are exceptions and limitations to each of these rights, and that while any changes you make will be reflected in active user databases instantly or within a reasonable period of time, we may retain Personal Information for backups, archiving, prevention of fraud and abuse, analytics, satisfaction of legal obligations, or where we otherwise reasonably believe that we have a legitimate reason to do so.
How to Block Cookies. You can block Cookies by setting your internet browser to block some or all Cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all Cookies (including essential Cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our Sites. By using our Sites, you consent to our use of Cookies and our processing of Personal Information collected through such Cookies, in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You can withdraw your consent at any time by deleting placed Cookies and disabling Cookies in your browser, or as explained below. You can change your browser settings to block or notify you when you receive a Cookie, delete Cookies, or browse our Sites using your browser’s anonymous usage setting. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about how to adjust or modify your browser settings. If you do not agree to our use of Cookies or similar technologies which store information on your device, you should change your browser settings accordingly. You should understand that some features of our Sites may not function properly if you do not accept Cookies or these technologies. Where required by applicable law, you will be asked to consent to certain Cookies and similar technologies before we use or install them on your computer or other device.
Third Parties
Our Sites may contain links to other websites, products, or services that we do not own or operate (“Third Party Services”). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these Third-Party Services. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not apply to your activities on these Third-Party Services or any information you disclose to these Third-Party Services. If you have any questions about how these other sites use your Personal Information, you should contact them directly. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any information to them.
Retention
We take measures to delete your Personal Information or keep it in a form that does not permit identifying you when this information is no longer necessary for the purposes for which we process it unless we are required by law to keep this information for a longer period. When we process Personal Information for our own purposes, we determine the retention period taking into account various criteria, such as the nature and length of our relationship with you, the impact on our Sites we provide to you if we delete some information from or about you, mandatory retention periods provided by law, and applicable statute of limitations.
Security
We make reasonable efforts to protect your Personal Information by using physical and electronic safeguards designed to improve the security of the Personal Information we maintain. As no electronic transmission or storage of information can be entirely secure, however, we can make no guarantees as to the security or privacy of your Personal Information.
International Visitors
Our Sites are hosted in the United States (“U.S.”) and intended for visitors located within the U.S. If you choose to use our Sites from the EEA, the UK, or other regions of the world with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, then please note that you are transferring your Personal Information outside of those regions to the U.S. for storage and processing. We may transfer your Personal Information from the EEA or the UK to the U.S. and other third countries based on European Commission-approved Standard Contractual Clauses, or otherwise in accordance with applicable data protection laws. Also, we may transfer your data from the U.S. to other countries or regions in connection with storage and processing of data, fulfilling your requests, and operating our Sites. By providing any information, including Personal Information, on or to our Sites, you consent to such transfer, storage, and processing.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use Personal Information from children under 16 years of age (“Minors”), and no parts of our Sites are directed to Minors. If you learn that a Minor has provided us with Personal Information in violation of this Privacy Policy, please alert us at info@amphastar.com.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We will post any adjustments to the Privacy Policy on this page, and the revised version will be effective when it is posted. If we materially change the ways in which we use or share Personal Information previously collected from you through our Sites, we will attempt to notify you through our Sites, by email, or by other means.
Contact Information
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about our processing activities, please email us at info@amphastar.com or write to us at:
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
11570 6th Street
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
