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| Our Policy on Confidentiality, Privacy
and Security of
Visitors Information
We recognize our
obligation to protect the privacy and confidentiality of visitors to our
website. In particular, we recognize the potentially vulnerable state that
visitors may be in when they reach this website. We are committed to protecting
our visitors privacy and confidentiality.
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Privacy refers to
the right of the individual website visitor to choose whether to allow personal
information to be collected, by the host website or by third parties, and to
know what type of information is collected and how that information is used.
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Confidentiality is
the right of an individual to not have personally identifiable medical or other
information disclosed to others without that individual's express informed
consent.
Confidentiality of data
relating to visitors of our website, including their identity and
other potential personal information, is respected by this website.
We will honor or exceed
the legal requirements of medical and health information privacy that apply in
the United States of America. We operate this website within the United
States of America. Materials on this website may not be appropriate or
available for use in other countries or locations. Persons who choose to
access this website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are
responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are
applicable.
| Our Policy on Collecting Personal
Information from Visitors to our Website
Due to the nature of the topics on
this website and the state that visitors may be in when reaching this
website, we will not collect names, e-mail addresses, or any other personal
information unless voluntarily provided by the visitor.
If you identify yourself to us by sending an e-mail with questions or comments,
we may use your personal information to respond to your questions or comments.
We may file your comments for future reference, use for a later time, or we may
discard the information after we have reviewed it. Information about our
users from
emails or message boards will not be exchanged or sold to any third party under any
circumstances.
| Our Policy on Collecting Personal Information
from Visitors to Related Public
Forums
Please be advised, however, that personal
information posted on a message board is considered as being posted in the public
arena, viewable by anyone and, therefore, could potentially be collected and used
by third parties.
Although we strive to protect our users' privacy, we cannot guarantee the
security of information you post in public forums. You disclose such
information at your own risk. To ensure more privacy you may want to
consider establishing an anonymous email account before posting to public
forums.
| Our Policy on Collecting Non-Personal Identification
Information and the Use of Cookie Technology
We do collect non-personal identification
information through the use of "cookie" technology and/or IP address tracking.
Non-personal identification information includes standard server log
information, such as the domain name or IP address from which you access the
Internet, the date and time you access our website, the type of browser and
operating system you used to access our website, and, the website you came from
if following a like to our website. The standard server log also
automatically gathers information about the areas visited on our websites and
about the links select from within our website. Our website logs are not
personally identifiable and do not link the the logs with visitors to the
website.
The collected data on usage of the our website will be aggregated for
statistical purposes to analyze the number of visitors to the various sections
of our website and to understand how our users as a group use the services and
resources provided on our website. Utilizing the collected data
allows us to determine which areas are our visitors favorites and which
areas need improvement. This data will help us make our website more useful to our
visitors. This aggregate statistical information may also be used in
Internet research projects and papers.
For more information about
Cookie Technology click
here.
| Our Policy on Privacy in Regard to External
Links
Please be advised that other websites and
services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies, or
no policies at all. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any
third party websites or services before providing any of them with any personal
information.
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