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Medical Interactive Education, LLC (“Medinteract”) is committed
to protecting your privacy online. We believe that greater protection of personal
privacy on the web will not only protect the users of the medinteract.com
web site (the “Website”), but also will increase consumer confidence
and ultimately their participation in online activities. We urge you
to read the Medinteract Privacy Policy so that you will understand both
our commitment
to your privacy, and how you can help us to honor that commitment.
The purpose of our policy is to inform you about the types of information
we gather about you when you visit our site, how we may protect and use that
information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding
our use of, and your ability to correct, the information.
Our Website may contain links to other web sites, including web sites directed
to children. We have no control over the privacy practices or the content
of any of our business partners, advertisers, sponsors or other sites to which
we provide links from our site. You should check the applicable privacy policy
of the web site sponsor when linking to other web sites.
Please remember that any information (including personal and medical information)
that you reveal in a public forum on or accessible through our Website (such
as a bulletin board, mail list, chat room) is not subject to this Privacy
Policy,
and will be seen by third parties not related to Medinteract and may be
used by them to contact you or for unauthorized purposes. Also, if you
link
to
another web site from this Website, any information you reveal on that
site is not subject to this Privacy Policy. We cannot control, and are
not responsible
for, the disclosure or use of any information revealed in either manner.
I. Personal Information We Collect
We collect information about you in the following ways:
A. Voluntarily Provided Information. We may request that you voluntarily
supply us with certain personal information, including your e-mail address,
postal address, home or work telephone number, or other personal information,
for purposes such as correspondence, surveys or for our internal use. We will
continue to use that information in accordance with the Terms of Use and this
Privacy Policy unless you notify us to the contrary.
We may require you to supply us with certain personal information during
an online "registration" process prior to using various features
of our Website. For example, you may be required to register to use chat
rooms, forums, to access archival information, and to access other features.
We may
also collect other information that you voluntarily provide such as through
your responses to surveys, questionnaires, and the like.
B. Cookies. Like many other commercial sites, our Website may utilize
a standard technology called a "cookie" to collect information about
how our Website is used. Cookies were designed to help a web site recognize
a user’s browser as a previous visitor and thus save and remember
any preferences that may have been set while the user was browsing the site.
A
cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive, pass on a
computer virus, or capture your e-mail address. Our Website may use cookies
to enhance
your visit. This information helps us to generate content on our web
pages which is of interest to our users, and allows us to statistically
monitor
how many people are using our Website and for what purpose. Sponsors,
advertisers or third parties may also use cookies when you select their
advertisement,
content or service; we cannot control their use of cookies or how they
use the information they gather. If you do not want information collected
via
cookies, there is a simple procedure utilized by most browsers that allows
you to deny or accept the cookie feature. However, we want you to be
aware that cookies may be necessary to provide you with certain features,
such as
the customized delivery of information, available on the Website.
II. Use of User Information
We may perform statistical analyses of aggregate user behavior. This
allows us to measure relative user interest in the various areas
of our Website for product development purposes. Any information we collect
is
used for its own internal purposes to improve the content of the
Website, to enhance users’ experiences when visiting our Website,
to customize the content and/or layout of our pages, and to provide the
services required
by an individual user. We do not use personal identifying information
for any reason that is not disclosed either in this Policy or at
the time the information is requested. We never send e-mail to you unless
you request
a particular service, or consent to being contacted by e-mail. There
are instances where you will have the opportunity to subscribe to an e-mail
list that will send information about the Website or our advertisers
to
your e-mail address, but this will be done only with your permission
and consent.
III. Disclosure of User Information to Third Parties
Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy, we will not disclose to
unaffiliated companies any information we gather from you which could
be used to identify
or contact you (“Personal Information”). Any Personal Information
provided to entities affiliated with Medinteract will be treated in accordance
with the terms of this Privacy Policy, unless you are otherwise notified.
In the following limited circumstances, we will/may release Personal Information
to third parties: (1) to comply with applicable legal requirements such
as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena, discovery request, or court
order; (2) in special cases, such as a physical threat to you or others.
We also may provide Personal Information to our vendors and suppliers (collectively, “Vendors”)
when it is necessary for them to provide us with products and services
related to the better operation and maintenance of our Website. We will
attempt
to require that each of these Vendors not further use or disclose your
Personal Information for any purpose other than providing us or you with
products
and services. Of course, we cannot guarantee their compliance with
these restrictions.
We may provide information about you that does not allow you to be
identified or contacted (“Aggregate Information”) to third
parties. For example, we might inform third parties regarding the number
of users of
our Website and the activities they conduct while on our Website. Depending
on the circumstances, we may or may not charge for this information.
In some instances, we may operate shared web sites with businesses affiliated
with us. Our Privacy Policy will apply to these web sites, and our affiliates
will adhere to our Privacy Policy and will not share personal information
with any third party without your permission. PLEASE BE AWARE that when
you voluntarily disclose personal information (such as your name, e-mail
address, etc.) in chat areas or bulletin boards to third parties, that information
may be collected by others outside the control of Medinteract and may result
in unsolicited messages from others.
IV. Accuracy of User Information
In order to ensure the accuracy of personal information provided for
registration, you may return to the registration form online in order
to change the information you have provided at any time. Questions regarding
our Privacy Policy, the accuracy of your personal information, or the
use of the information collected should be directed via e-mail to info@medinteract.com,
or you can reach us by telephone at (865) 546-5034. You can also write
to us at:
Medical Interactive Education, LLC
106 W. Summit Hill Dr., Suite 301
Knoxville, Tennessee 37902
V. Security of Information
We want the personal information submitted by users to remain as secure
as is reasonably possible. For that reason, we utilize certain technical
safeguards to protect the integrity and privacy of the Personal Information
that you provide to us via the Internet, and we also restrict access to
the Personal Information to those authorized employees or agents of Medinteract
who have a need to know. Furthermore, the Personal Information we obtain
from our users is stored in an area where the general public does not have
access to it.
VI. Opting-out
At any time while assessing our Website, any user while online may "opt-out" of
further e-mail contact from us (while still allowing access to our
Website). For further information about opting-out, contact us at the
e-mail address,
postal address or telephone number set forth above.
VII. Use of Materials
The right to download and store or output the materials contained in
our Website is granted for the user’s personal use only, and materials
may not be reproduced or republished in any form. Any other reproduction,
transmission, performance, display or editing of these materials by
any means, mechanical or electronic, without the express written permission
of Medinteract is strictly prohibited. To link to the full Terms of
Use
Agreement pertaining to use of our Website, please click on the bottom
of the page.
These Privacy Policies are effective as of January 24, 2005. We reserve
the right to change this Policy at any time, without notice to you
or any other person or entity, in Medinteract’s sole discretion.
We will post any changes to this policy as soon as they have been adopted
by
Medinteract, and such changes will become effective immediately upon
posting on the Website.
Your use of this Website constitutes acceptance of the provisions of
this Privacy Policy, and your continued usage after any modifications
are posted
constituted acceptance of the Privacy Policy as revised. If you do
not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy or any revised Privacy Policy,
please
exit the Website immediately.
Revised January 24, 2005
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