This site is not intended for children under the age of 13.  KCI will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information via this site from visitors in this age group.  Parents are encouraged to talk with their children about the use of the Internet and the information they disclose to Internet sites.  Please contact KCI if you think we may have collected information from a child in this age group.

Some areas of this site may ask you to submit personally identifiable information such as name, addresses, email addresses, etc., in order for you to benefit from particular features (i.e., product or information ordering) or to participate in a particular activity (i.e., research or survey).  You will be informed what information is required and what, if any, information is optional.  Your submission of the information is consent for KCI’s use of that information for the specified purpose(s).  Your personally identifiable information may be transferred to one or more of KCI’s affiliated companies worldwide.  Furthermore, your submission of the information is consent for KCI to use that information for any other legitimate business purpose, not otherwise disclosed, so long as that information is used in a form that does not personally identify you (i.e., aggregate or summary data).

As you use this site, certain anonymous information can be passively collected (collected without you actively providing the information) using technologies such as, but not limited to, “cookies,” “Internet tags,” “Internet Protocol Addresses (IP),” “Web beacons” and “Navigational data” collection methods.  Your Internet browser automatically transmits to this site some of this information, such as the URL of the website you just accessed prior to this site, and the IP address and browser version your computer uses.  The use of cookies, Web beacons and Internet tags can be used to collect this information from your computer.  You may be able to set your computer to refuse cookies altogether, but certain features of the site may not work without them.  KCI may use this information for such things as providing better site service, customization of the site based on user preferences, compilation of statistics and trends, market research and other uses to improve this site and our service to visitors.  This information is not combined with personally identifiable information collected in other parts of this site, unless you have consented.

Unless otherwise indicated, KCI may use information collected from this site for various reasons to include, but not be limited to, making improvements to the site, marketing, research and, if you so request, to communicate with you, and for other purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.

Please be aware that Internet transmissions, to include emails, are never totally secure.  Information you submit to this site via the Internet or through email may not be secure; however, we will take reasonable steps to protect any personally identifiable information you may transmit to us from unauthorized access and misuse.  KCI cannot guarantee or warrant this website or its security components against breaches of security, the interruption of the system or user error and misuse.

Except for certain personal information that may be specifically requested in the website for a specific purpose, KCI discourages the submission of confidential or proprietary information to this website.  KCI does not generally request or require such information and has no obligation of any kind with respect to such information.  Any such information you submit to this website via the Internet, email or other electronic means is not considered confidential and may be used for various purposes by KCI without limitation to include, but not be limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products.

This site may contain links or references to other websites. Please be aware that we do not control other websites and that, in any case, this Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit, whether sponsored or affiliated with KCI or not.

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the information practices of this site, please contact us at webmaster@kci1.com

If this Privacy Policy changes, the revised policy will be posted on this site. Please check back periodically, and especially before you provide any personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy was last updated on 12/31/2005.