MD Technologies' Privacy Policy
Welcome to the MD Technologies Inc. Website. We value your patronage. Your privacy
is very important to us; we understand the importance you place on the protection
of your privacy on the Internet, and we want you to be comfortable visiting our
site and using our services. This Privacy Policy will tell you what information
we collect, how we protect it and what choices you have about how that information
is used. Please read our Privacy Policy so that you will understand our commitment
to your privacy.
This statement discloses the privacy practices for the MD Technologies Inc. Site.
When you visit our Web site, you can expect to be notified of: what personally identifiable
information of yours is collected; what organization is collecting the information;
how the information is used; with whom the information may be shared; what choices
are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information;
what kind of security procedures are in place to protect against the loss, misuse
or alteration of information under our control; and how you can correct any inaccuracies
in the information.
The following Articles make up our Privacy Policy for the MD Technologies Inc. (the
“Site”). We hope that reading them gives you a clear idea of how we manage information
regarding you.
Please remember that any information (including personal and medical information)
that you reveal in a public forum on or accessible through our Site (such as a bulletin
board, mail list) is not subject to this Privacy Policy, and will be seen by third
parties not related to MD Technologies Inc. and may be used by them to contact you
or for unauthorized purposes. Also, if you link to a third party site from this
Site, any information you reveal on that site is not subject to this Privacy Policy-you
should consult the privacy policies of each site you visit. We cannot control, and
are not responsible for, the disclosure or use of any information revealed in either
manner.
ARTICLE 1. Personal Information We Collect.
We collect information about you in the following ways:
Voluntarily Provided Information. When you registered as a user
of the Site, you or your authorized agent voluntarily provided information about
you and the Group/Practice on whose behalf you registered. If you completed the
registration on behalf of the Group/Practice and its personnel, you represented
to us that you were authorized by the Group/Practice and its personnel to give us
consent to use the information included on the enrollment forms. We will continue
to use that information in accordance with the Enrollment Forms, the Terms and Conditions
of Use and this Privacy Policy, unless you, the Group/Practice or the affected individual
notifies us to the contrary.
We also collect other information that you voluntarily provide to use, e.g., through
responses to surveys, questionnaires, and the like.
IP Address. We store the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your
computer when you visit our Site. This information is only used to create broad
demographic summaries of where our users come from. Our use of the IP addresses,
however, does not identify the actual users of the Site.
Cookies. We may also collect information about you and your use
of our Site through the use of Cookies. “Cookies” are small computer files we transfer
to your computer’s hard drive that allows us to know how often someone visits our
Site and the activities they conduct while on our Site. This information helps us
dynamically generate advertising and content on web pages specifically designed
for you and also allows us to statistically monitor how many people are using our
Site 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 through Cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows
you to deny or accept the Cookie feature. However, Cookies may be necessary to provide
you with certain features (for example, customized delivery of information) available
on the Site.
ARTICLE 2. Disclosure of Your Information to Third Parties.
Except as set forth in this Article, 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 MD Technologies Inc. will be treated in accordance with the terms of this Privacy
Policy, unless you are otherwise notified. In the following limited circumstances,
we 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 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 Site and the activities they
conduct while on our Site.
ARTICLE 3. How We Handle Your Personal Information Internally.
Security. We want your Personal Information to remain as secure
as reasonably possible. That is why we have a two-tier system that combines technical
safeguards and employee access restrictions. On the technical side, we use Secure
Socket Layer (“SSL”) encryption technology to protect the integrity and privacy
of the Personal Information you provide to us via the Internet. As an additional
security measure, your Personal Information is also kept physically separate on
a secure server. To take advantage of these technical safeguards, you must meet
the minimum browser requirements for this Site: Netscape Navigator 4.05 or higher
or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 with Service Pack 2. On the employee side, only
authorized MD Technologies Inc. employees are permitted to access your Personal
Information.
Use. We may use your registration information and other voluntarily
submitted information, including Personal Information, in the following ways:
- To enable us to process and verify subscriptions;
- To enable us to verify user credentials in order to maintain reasonable security;
- To enable us to develop and improve the features, content, and services available
through the Site;
- To contact you regarding subscription renewals and other subscription-related matters,
changes to the MD Technologies Inc. Site Agreement or MD Technologies Inc. Site
Policies; and
- Internally, we use Aggregate Information in a number of ways to improve the Site
and its content and services.
ARTICLE 4. Your Privacy Choices.
When you receive an e-mail notification from us, you will be given the option of
receiving recurring informational/promotional e-mails from MD Technologies Inc. and/or
third parties. You may opt out of receiving these e-mails in the manner specified
in the e-mail or on this Site or by changing your preferences in your member profile
as specified in Article 5.
ARTICLE 5. Updating Your Personal Information and Contacting Us.
You can always contact us in order to (a) delete your Personal Information from
our systems, (b) update the Personal Information that you have provided to us, and
(c) change your preferences with respect to informational/promotional contacts,
by e-mailing us.
We may change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting revisions to our Site.
Your use of the Site constitutes acceptance of the provisions of this Privacy Policy
and your continued usage after such changes are posted constitutes acceptance of
each revised Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy
or any revised policy, please exit the Site immediately.