Terms and Conditions

Thank you for showing interest in sharing your story with Bausch + Lomb (“Company”). You may participate in the selection process for Bausch + Lomb’s program (“Program”) beginning July 1, 2025 (“Program Period”) by submitting your story using the provided story collection form. Based on your submission, Bausch + Lomb may request additional information related to the Program; however, you may decline further participation at any point prior to a signed contract. The following terms apply to your submission:

• You are at least 18 years of age and fully capable of understanding and performing the terms of this consent and release.
• Persons in any of the following categories are NOT eligible to participate: (a) any person who, at any time on or after July 1, 2025, was or is a director, officer, agent, representative, contractor, or employee of Company, or its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, franchisees, distributors, sales representatives, retailers, and advertising, promotion, or service agencies; (b) individuals engaged in the development, production or distribution of materials for the Program or engaged in the administration or execution of this Program, (c) healthcare professionals (including but not limited to physicians, optometrists, opticians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, medical assistants, office technicians, dentists, dental assistants, dental hygienists, medical residents, pharmacists and other individuals in the position to arrange for or recommend Bausch + Lomb products); and (d) persons who are the immediate family members (defined as spouse, parent, child, sibling, and each of their respective spouses, as well as step-mother/ father, sister, brother, daughter, son, dependent or spouse of any of the foregoing) of any person in any of the preceding categories, regardless of where they live, or who reside in the same household (i.e., live in the same household for at least 3 of the 12 months preceding the start of the Program Period, whether related or not) as any person in any of the preceding categories.
• Your participation is completely voluntary, and we are under no obligation to use any submitted content (“Content”).
• The Content is provided exclusively to Bausch + Lomb, and you agree not to share or otherwise disseminate the Content prior to, at the time of or after submission.
• You are providing us with an irrevocable perpetual license to use the Content as needed, whether to determine your selection for the Program, create derivative works or any other purpose.
• You represent and warrant that the Content is original, truthful, does not violate any protected intellectual property, does not include any partners, caregivers, family members, or any other person and that it is provided with no malice or intent to mislead or harm any party.
• You acknowledge that we may, at our sole discretion, use the Content as part of future marketing and advertising campaigns or for other promotional or editorial use in whole or in part(s).
• Participants are not compensated for the Content, but we will reach out to engage in a formal contracting process should your submission be selected for use in the Program.
• You acknowledge that you will be providing personal information (“PI”), which may include your name, business or personal email address, postal address, telephone number, facial image, voice, racial/ethnic origin and information related to your health to help us determine whether you qualify for a Program testimonial.
• Your PI will be processed by Bausch + Lomb, its affiliates and wholly-owned subsidiaries and/or entities or persons that work on behalf of or in partnership with Bausch + Lomb, but are Bausch + Lomb employees (Third Parties), in any medium Bausch + Lomb chooses for the following purposes:
  • Sales and Marketing, Advertising, Training and Education, Public Relations and Research;
  • Data analytics;
  • Compliance with legal or regulatory obligations (e.g., adverse event and product complaint reporting, exercising or defending legal claims); and
  • Administration of other legal and business processes that are in Bausch + Lomb legitimate interest, inclusive of company record retention and maintaining and security of our systems and records (e.g., testing, validation, fixing software errors).
• You understand that your personal information may be shared with Third Parties for purposes consistent with those identified in this Consent and release. These recipients have agreed to protect the information and to use it only as directed by Bausch + Lomb or as required by law. You understand that Bausch + Lomb may be required to disclose your information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to comply with national security or law enforcement requests.
• You understand and agree that your interviews, photographs, videos and/or audio recordings may be recorded, collected, disclosed, transferred, and processed by and between Bausch + Lomb and Third Parties worldwide and may be used outside the country where you reside, and that the country in which it is disclosed may not have privacy laws that protect your personal information as much as the laws of the country where you reside. When transferring PI across country borders, Bausch + Lomb utilizes appropriate transfer mechanisms as applicable (which may include consent, Standard Contractual Clauses, existing adequacy decisions, intra-corporate data transfer agreements, etc.). Nevertheless, Bausch + Lomb is required to treat personal information in a manner consistent with this Consent and Release. If you want to obtain additional information regarding the mechanism for transfers that Bausch + Lomb has in place for cross-border transfers of PI, you can contact Bausch + Lomb at u.s.privacy@bausch.com or visit https://www.bausch.com/privacy/.
• You understand your PI will be saved for the period of time needed to fulfill legitimate and lawful business purposes in accordance with Bausch + Lomb's records retention policies and applicable laws and regulations.
• Upon verification of your identity and as applicable by law, you understand you have the right to request information on how your PI is being used and with whom it is being shared. You also have the right to request to see and get a copy of the personal information that Bausch + Lomb has about you and request that we correct, restrict the processing of and/or erase/delete your personal information. In limited circumstances, you may have the right to have your information transmitted to another entity or person in a machine-readable format. There may be exceptions that apply to your request.
• California residents who have an established business relationship with Bausch + Lomb may have the right to request information regarding Bausch + Lomb’s disclosure of certain PI to Third Parties for their direct marketing purposes.
• To exercise these rights, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by emailing u.s.privacy@bausch.com or calling 1-800-553-5340. You will be asked to provide certain Personal Information when submitting your request including your relationship with us, first and last name, email address, telephone number and postal address in order for us to determine if your information is in our systems.
• To learn more about our privacy practices, please view the Privacy Statement at https://www.bausch.com/privacy/.
• If you have a question about this consent and release, you understand that you may contact the user-created content team at BLdryeye@bausch.com.
• As part of your submission, you agree not to publicly disparage Bausch + Lomb or any of our brands. Please note that there is potential for coverage changes and supply interruptions which are beyond our control and submission of Content does not guarantee access to any of our medicines. We make no guarantees whatsoever regarding access and supply.