Summary
This page was last updated on 14/03/2023. Whenever this privacy policy is changed in a material way, we will provide a summary of the main changes on our website.
This privacy policy is directed to all web users, including users who are also customers and job applicants. Please read this privacy policy carefully as it sets out how we use your personal information.
Who are "we" ("Bimeda", "us", or "our")?
We are Bimeda Holdings Limited ("Bimeda Group") and its affiliates (each of them referred to as “Bimeda Affiliate”).
We have a global website owned by Bimeda Group, and local websites for each of the countries in which our Bimeda Affiliate's operate. Each local website is owned by the relevant Affiliates operating in that country.
You can find the links to each Affiliate privacy policy here:
Bimeda Animal Health Limited: Bimeda Ireland - Privacy Policy
Bimeda UK: Privacy Policy (bimeda.co.uk)
Bimeda France: Bimeda France - Protection des données
Bimeda USA: Privacy Policy (bimedaus.com)
Bimeda Canada: [Link to be Added]
Bimeda China: Bimeda China - Privacy Policy
Bimeda Brazil: Bimeda Brazil - Privacy Policy
Bimeda Kenya: Bimeda Kenya - Privacy Policy
Bimeda Guatemala: Bimeda Guatemala - Privacy Policy
When you use our global website, www.bimeda.com, Bimeda Group acts as a controller of your personal information that is collected or obtained via the website. When you use a Bimeda Affiliate's local website, your personal data will be processed independently by the Affiliate(s) owning the local site in that country.
Bimeda Group, and each Bimeda Affiliate are separate, independent data controllers and when they process your personal data they will do it on a separate, independent basis, and for their own purposes.
If you would like to exercise any of your rights as a data subject (as detailed below in this privacy policy) please contact the relevant Bimeda Affiliate based in your country, or alternatively contact Bimeda Group if that is easier for you, who will follow your instructions in order to send your request to the relevant data controller.
We may use your personal data for marketing purposes. To know more about how we may use your information for marketing purposes, please refer to the “Marketing” section later in this policy.
Where necessary, or if you consent so, we share your personal data with other Bimeda entities and third parties. To know more about how we share your personal data, please refer to the “Who do we share your data with?” section later in this policy.
It is important that you provide us with only your own personal information and ensure that the personal information you provide is accurate and up to date. Please note that you will be responsible for any inaccurate, third party or false personal information that you provide to us.
About us
Bimeda Group is engaged in the manufacture, supply and distribution of animal pharmaceutical products and animal remedies on a global basis. Each of the Bimeda entities processes your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws in the countries in which we operate.
We have a global website owned by Bimeda Group, and local websites for each of the countries in which our Bimeda Affiliate's operate.
Your data controller will be a different Bimeda entity depending on who you are and the purposes for which your data is processed.
When you use our global website, www.Bimeda.com, Bimeda Group acts as a controller of your personal information that is collected or obtained via the website. When you use a Bimeda Affiliate's local website your personal data will be processed independently by the relevant Affiliate owning that part of the local site in that country.
As Bimeda Group, and each Bimeda Affiliate are separate, independent data controllers, when they process your personal data they will do it on a separate, independent basis, and for their own purposes. This is explained in more detail below, in the sections "What information we collect", and "What do we do with your personal information".
We may change this privacy policy from time to time by updating this page. We recommend that you check this page from time to time to ensure you are happy with any changes. However, if these changes have a material impact on the way we process your personal data, we will provide a summary of the main changes on our website.
Useful words
"Personal information/ personal data/ your information/ your data" is information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. This will include information such as telephone numbers, names, addresses, e-mail addresses, photographs, voice recordings. It will also include expressions of opinion and indications of intentions about data subjects (and their own expressions of opinion/intentions). It will also cover information which on its own does not identify someone but which would identify them if put together with other information which we have or are likely to have in the future;
"Bimeda Group" means Bimeda Holdings Limited;
"Bimeda Affiliate/s" means each of Bimeda Holdings Limited's affiliates;
"Bimeda/we/us/our" means the Bimeda Group and the Bimeda Affiliates who process your personal data.
"You/your" means any website users. This may include users who are customers, prospective customers, investors, prospective investors or job applicants.
What information do we collect?
When you use this website, and subject to your consent to the use of cookies where relevant, we will record:
- the areas of the website that you visit;
- your language preferences;
- your activity on the website, such as products viewed, resources that you download and any information you provide to us;
- information about your computer, such as which browser you are using, your network location and the type of connection you are using (e.g. broadband, ADSL, etc.) and your IP address; and
- technical and other information that does not personally identify you.
We do this by using cookies. See our document about Cookie Policy for more information on what a cookie is, how we use them on our website and how you can de-activate certain cookies.
When you, amongst other activities, submit an online enquiry or request information from us, we may ask for some or all of the following information, in addition to such additional information as you may volunteer as appropriate:
- your name;
- company name;
- address;
- email address;
- postal address;
- telephone number; and
Once submit information through our website we will know who you are and you acknowledge that your activities on this website and information about you and/or your company may be recorded on our systems, which includes cloud-based systems.
If you are a job applicant, in addition to the information processed for website user, we will process the following information about you:
- Academic and work history;
- Nationality;
- Visa status;
- Organisation membership; and
- Hobbies and interests.
Legal Bases for Processing
The legal bases on which we process your personal data are:
- Necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that applies to us;
- Necessary for the performance of a contract with you or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract with you;
- Necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests. For example:
- in marketing and promoting our products and services and conducting our business in a responsible and commercially prudent manner.; or
- when Bimeda Group receives a request that is meant to be sent to one of our Affiliates, it is of Bimeda Group's interest to provide you with the best possible service, so it will send the enquiry to the relevant Affiliate for you, instead of asking you to send it again.
Marketing
We would like to provide you with information about Bimeda’s products and services, and other information from Bimeda, which we think you may find interesting. We may send you such information by post, email, and/or telephone if you agree we can.
You can opt-out from receiving marketing communications at any time. If you have received marketing communications from any of our Bimeda entities and decide that you no longer wish to receive same, please unsubscribe via email link, or by such other means as we may communicate to you.
Please note that as each entity is an independent data controller, we do not as a group operate a global marketing database, which means Bimeda Group is unable to unsubscribe you from marketing from all Bimeda companies centrally.
Who do we share your information with?
Bimeda Affiliates share your personal information with Bimeda Group because Bimeda Group runs the global website.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties located in your country and in countries other than your own, in due compliance with applicable laws.
As we are a global entity, the countries to which your personal data is sent/accessed from may have a different standard of data protection than the country in which you are situated. However, we have put in place protections and adequate safeguards to ensure that your information is adequately protected and we comply with the law.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties, their agents and professional advisors, subject to confidentiality obligations, for the purpose of a due diligence exercise by third parties in connection with any proposed merger, acquisition, re-organisation or transfer of any part of our business and to any person proposing to participate in, or promote or underwrite or manage any such arrangement.
In some circumstances, we may have to disclose your personal information by law, because a court or the police or other law enforcement agency has asked us for it.
Retention of your information
We only retain your personal information for as long as is necessary for us to use your personal information as described above or to comply with our legal obligations.
Where your personal information is processed with your consent (e.g. for the marketing purposes), such personal information is retained until you revoke the consent for such processing, or until the time limit dictated by law is reached.
Your rights, how to get copies of or amend the information we have collected and how to make a complaint
You may request details of the personal information that we hold about you under data protection laws. If you wish to exercise any of the rights outlined below, please contact your data controller directly, details of which can be found on the relevant Bimeda Affiliate privacy policy.
You may oppose the processing of your personal data when there are legitimate grounds to do so, if there is no legal obligation for us to carry out this processing and provided that this right of opposition has not been excluded by an express clause in the document authorising this processing. For the avoidance of doubt, processing for marketing purposes may always be opposed.
If you think any information held by Bimeda about you is incorrect, incomplete or is being processed improperly, please write to please contact your data controller directly, details of which can be found on the relevant Bimeda Affiliate privacy policy and it/they will delete, block, correct, update or cease to process any information subject to the terms provided for by the law.
Where information processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
Security
Bimeda is committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures where relevant to safeguard and secure the information we collect.
If at any point you suspect or become aware of a security incident (e.g. your password for accessing your registered account on this website is stolen or you receive suspicious communication from someone holding themselves out to be a Bimeda employee or from a dupe website claiming to be affiliated with Bimeda), please forward the communication to us or report the incident by email to
Linking to other websites
Our website or marketing email messages sometimes include links to other third party websites which are not within our control. Once you have left our website/marketing email message, we cannot be held responsible for the content of these third-party websites or the protection and privacy of any information which you provide to those websites. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy notice / policy applicable to the website in question.
