Edwards Lifesciences
Health Care
38
out of 100. Number 318 of 512, counting from the worst.
Where Edwards Lifesciences does well
- Renewals 0 of 20. Nothing found.
- The arbitration clause includes a genuine opt-out (signed mailed notice within 30 days of first agreeing), more than many peers offer, and arbitration is held in YOUR county of residence, not corporate home turf in Irvine.
- Privacy statement explicitly says they do not 'directly sell, rent, or loan' personal information to third parties for the third parties' marketing purposes, and they honor Global Privacy Control opt-out signals in states that require it, with a Cookie Preference Center and opt-outs for targeted advertising.
- A separate Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy (Washington My Health My Data compliance) grants explicit consent-withdrawal and deletion rights, and they commit never to re-identify de-identified data.
- Supplemental European Privacy Statement provides GDPR-style rights (access, erasure, portability, objection), and the health data policy states data will be used per the policy in place when it was collected.
Just visiting edwards.com counts as agreeing to give up your right to a jury trial and to class-action lawsuits — any dispute must be resolved in private one-on-one arbitration.
The fine print
6 clauses and findings from the draft archive, dated 1 October 2026. The plain English comes first; the small print is the company's own words. None of these has been checked yet.
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Just visiting edwards.com counts as agreeing to give up your right to a jury trial and to class-action lawsuits — any dispute must be resolved in private one-on-one arbitration. You can only opt out by mailing a signed letter within 30 days of first agreeing.
These Terms of Use require individual binding arbitration of all disputes and waive your right to a jury trial or class action. See Section entitled 'Arbitration Agreement and Class Action / Jury Trial Waiver' for full terms and opt-out instructions. By using the Sites, you confirm you have read and agreed to these Terms of Use.
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You cannot join with others harmed the same way in a class action — and any non-arbitrable dispute is funneled to California courts only.
YOU AND EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND AGREE TO BRING CLAIMS ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS — NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS, COLLECTIVE, MASS, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. If this waiver is found unenforceable, this Arbitration Agreement is void in its entirety and any class claims must be litigated in California state or federal court, stayed pending resolution of any individual arbitration claims.
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They can rewrite the terms — including the arbitration clause itself — whenever they want, and they explicitly promise NOT to tell you. The new rules apply the moment they hit the website.
This Terms of Use Agreement may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. ... Edwards Lifesciences may modify this Arbitration Agreement from time to time by posting an updated version on this site. Any such changes will be effective upon posting, as reflected by the Last Updated date on this site. No separate or individualized notice will be provided.
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You have only one year from when a claim arises to take action — far shorter than most statutes of limitation — or you lose the right completely, even if the terms otherwise gave you longer.
Any claim must be brought within one (1) year of accrual or be forever barred.
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Edwards disclaims liability even for its own negligence — including direct damages — for anything related to the site, an unusually sweeping 'we are not responsible even when we are at fault' clause.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ITS OWN NEGLIGENCE, SHALL EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES OR ITS MEMBERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, SUPPLIERS, OR ANY OTHER PARTY ... BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES...
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While claiming they don't 'directly sell' your data, Edwards shares personal information with third-party ad networks that track you across other websites — and admits these transfers legally count as 'sales' under several U.S. state privacy laws.
We disclose Personal Information about you ... to third-party advertising network companies. We use third-party advertising network companies to place ads on other websites, including network advertising companies with whom we work who place their own cookies on your browser when you visit our Site. ... Please note that certain U.S. state laws have adopted a broad definition of a 'sale' and may treat certain of these disclosures as 'sales' under their definitions.
How these were found
Documents read directly from official edwards.com pages on Oct 1, 2026 via text fetch — no mirrors used. Terms of Use: http://www.edwards.com/legal/legal-terms (arbitration section 'Last Updated: APRIL 20, 2026'). Privacy Statement: https://www.edwards.com/legal/privacy-policy ('Last Updated January 1, 2026'). Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy: https://www.edwards.com/legal/consumer-health-data-privacy-policy (effective March 31, 2024). Cookie Preference Center and Supplemental U.S. Privacy Statement dropdown tables referenced but not fully enumerated. Edwards Lifesciences is a B2B/professional medical-device manufacturer with no consumer products, accounts, subscriptions, or e-commerce — auto-renew/cancellation is genuinely not applicable (scored 0). Score reflects what actually exists in the public site terms; professional-customer contracts and the older PDF privacy statements were not scored.
These notes come from the original draft and are not independent verification.