Last Updated: September 2020
Viatris Inc., its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively “Viatris,” “Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us”), and third parties deploy digital tracking technologies (such as cookies, pixels, tags, similar technologies, collectively referred to as “Cookies”), on our digital properties (like our website and in our emails) for a number of reasons, including making our websites function properly and being able to provide you with the most relevant products, services, and information.
This Cookie Notice (“Notice”) explains what Cookies are and provides detail about the Cookies that we use. The Notice also explains your choices with respect to the use of such Cookies.
1. What are Cookies?
A “cookie” is a small text file that can be stored on your device when you interact with digital properties, such as when you visit a website or load an email. The information stored in the cookie can be read on subsequent visits to the digital property, allowing for the device to be recognized. “First-party cookies” are cookies set by the digital property that you are visiting; “third-party cookies” are cookies set by third parties when you visited the digital property.
“Persistent cookies” are cookies that are not deleted automatically when you close your browser or device. In contrast, “session cookies” are deleted when you close your browser or device. Persistent cookies enable the website to “remember” things about you as a returning visitor, such as your language preferences.
Viatris may collect data from you by using Cookies. Please read our Global Privacy Notice for more information about how we process personal data, including personal data obtained automatically from Cookies.
2. What Cookies Does Viatris Use?
Our websites, applications, emails, and other digital services (our “Properties”) may use both first-party Cookies and third-party Cookies. These Cookies perform a variety of functions and can generally be categorized as:
• Strictly Necessary Cookies
• Preference Cookies
• Analytics Cookies
• Advertising Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary Cookies enable core functionality on our Properties such as security, network management, user authentication, and accessibility. Without these Cookies, the Properties and related services, such as browsing as a registered user or making a purchase, would not be available to you. While you may be able to configure your browser to reject these Cookies, doing so would affect how our Properties function.
Preference Cookies
Preference Cookies collect information to allow the website to remember your choices, such as the language or region in which you are located. Preference Cookies allow us to provide more personal features and a better experience for you as you navigate our Properties. Where required by law, we will obtain your consent before placing preference Cookies on your device.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics Cookies are used purely for internal research on how to improve the services provided to users of Properties. Analytics Cookies assess how you interact with our Properties in an anonymous manner and does not collect any information that identifies you. Where required by law, we will obtain your consent before placing analytics Cookies on your device.
Advertising Cookies
Advertising Cookies support our marketing and advertising initiatives by enabling better targeting for marketing and advertising and to measure the effectiveness of our advertising. Where required by law, we will obtain your consent before placing advertising Cookies on your device.
3. How to Control Cookies
Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to choose whether certain Cookies load on your visit. If you do not want our Properties to use Cookies, please follow the instructions in the cookie banner displayed on the website when you visit the website Refusing or removing Cookies through your browser or browser settings could affect the availability and functioning of our Properties. Your settings may need to be refreshed for each browser, device, and domain or property that you visit.
For further information about cookies including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org. In Europe, you may also visit www.youronlinechoices.eu to exercise choices about certain cookies. In the U.S. you may also visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page at http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1 to learn how to opt-out of certain third party interest-based advertising cookies.
4. Revisions to this Notice
We may update this Notice from time to time. You are encouraged to consult this Notice on a regular basis and check the date on which the Notice was last updated, as shown in the beginning of the Notice. When we make a material change to the Notice, we will endeavor to notify you by placing a prominent banner on our website or as otherwise required by law.
5. Questions?
If you have any questions relating to our use of cookies, you can contact our Data Protection Officer by emailing dataprivacy@Viatris.com, sending physical mail to Head of Global Privacy, 1000 Mylan Boulevard, Canonsburg, PA 15317, United States, or using the Viatris compliance line via the phone number indicated at https://www.tnwgrc.com/Viatris/newdialing2.htm.
