Munson Healthcare is committed to respecting
and protecting your privacy as a visitor to our Web site at www.munsonhealthcare.org.
We take the issue of privacy very seriously and value the trust
you place in us each time you use our services and access this
Web site. This Privacy Statement describes the practices and policies
we have put into place to safeguard your personal and health-related
personal information that may be gathered and used as you visit
our Web site.
The policy may change from time to time, so
please check back periodically. If you have any questions about
our privacy policies, we encourage you to contact us using any
of the methods outlined at the end of our Privacy Statement.
Who Is Collecting the Information?
Munson Healthcare is collecting information
on this Web site as outlined in this privacy statement. We are
also using the assistance of a third-party, Byte Productions LLC,
to help us collect various types of information.
What Information Do We Collect?
Automatic Collection of Information:
If you do nothing during your visit but browse
through the web site or download information, our system will
automatically gather and store certain information about your
visit. This information does not identify you personally and is
used in an aggregate way to help us improve our web site and tell
us the number of visitors to our site each day.
Our Web server automatically collects and
records the following information:
The visitor's IP address
Aggregate information on what pages are
accessed
The name and release number of Web browser
software used
The operating system used
Date and time you access our site
The address of the Web site that linked
to us (referrer URL)
Permission-based Collection of Information:
At different places on our site depending
upon the feature you use, you may be asked to volunteer personal
and health-related information such as your name, email, mailing
address, telephone number, and health history.
The following information is collected with
your permission at this Web site:
Personal information/identification information
gathered through registration for educational programs
Personal information/identification and
financial information gathered through e-Billing activity
Personal information/identification and
health insurance information
The names and email addresses of those
who use a feedback form
The email addresses of those who communicate
with us via email
How Do We Use the Information We Collect?
The information we gather automatically and
with your permission during your visit to our Web site is used
in the following ways:
Monitor, review, measure, and analyze Web
site utilization
Modify and enhance the Web site
Improve the content and design of our Web
site
Respond to your requests
Monitor and improve our customer service
efforts
Distribute news and other health information
requested by Web visitors
Determine the effectiveness of health promotion
and marketing programs
With Whom Will the Information Be Shared?
We will notify you at the time of data collection
or transfer if your data will be shared with a third party and
you will always have the option of not permitting the transfer.
If you do not wish to allow your data to be shared, you can choose
not to use a particular service.
The personally identifiable information gathered
during your visit to this Web site is shared as follows:
Shared with affiliated organizations.
We may disclose information when legally
compelled to do so.
We do not rent, sell, exchange or in some
way provide personally identifiable information to any third-party
organization.
Access and Correction of Personal Information
Opt-out of Transfer of Information
Individuals may notify us that they wish to
opt-out and prevent the transfer of their personally identifiable
information by:
You may receive email messages from us about
health topics that may be of interest to you, health and Web site-related
news, upcoming events, special promotions, and other relevant
information. If you do not wish to receive such email messages,
please let us know by the following means:
You may receive periodic mailings from us
with information on new products and services or upcoming events.
If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know
by the following means:
Persons who supply us with their telephone
numbers on-line may receive calls from us regarding response to
their information requests. If you do not wish to receive telephone
calls, please let us know by:
Many Web sites now use cookies to provide
useful features to their visitors by providing customizable and
personalized services. A cookie is a small amount of data that
is sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computer's
hard drive. For example, a Web site may use cookies to store and
sometimes track information about you, your preferences, or the
pages you last visited.
We do not use any cookies to store or collect
information on our Web site.
Registration for Access
Some Web sites require you to provide some
personal information through a registration process in order to
take advantage of certain Web site features and to access content
areas. For example, a registration form might request your name,
telephone number, and email address.
This site offers a specialized registration
process for certain programs, events, and classes. A registration
form might request your name, telephone number, and email address.
Our Children's Privacy Policy
We are especially concerned about protecting
children's privacy. We hope parents and teachers are involved
in children's Internet explorations. It is particularly important
for parents to guide their children when children are asked to
provide personal information online.
Our site may feature information and services
of interest to children 13 and under, and we have the following
practices:
We do not allow Web site visitors under
the age of 13 to submit information to us through the Web site
without their parents' consent.
We specifically ask children to get their
parents' permission before providing any information online
at our site.
We do not create user profiles of children
on our Web site.
We do not disclose personal or health-related
personal information about our 13 or under users.
Interactive Services and Tools
Interactive services and tools such as health
risk assessments, health-related calculators, and other technology-based
features provide Web site users with a richer and more valuable
experience. The tools can provide you with information that is
customized according to your personal health background and needs.
This site does not use interactive tools
that ask you for identifying and health-related personal information.
Security of Communications
We recognize that many people are concerned
about the privacy and protection of information as it is transmitted
over the Internet. You should keep in mind that the possibility
exists for unauthorized individuals to intercept any email message
you send over the Internet. In some cases, information can be
encrypted (scrambled or encoded) to make it very difficult to
read if it is intercepted during communication. Certain technology
and practices allow Web sites to provide an increased level of
security for your personal and health-related information when
appropriate.
We use the following practices on our Web
site to enhance the level of security for communication and the
transmission of personal information:
We have taken reasonable steps to ensure
the integrity and confidentiality of personally identifiable
information that you may provide.
We use email forms to allow our customers
to ask questions about our services and programs. These are
hosted on a secure server to encrypt the transmission of your
information.
When we transfer and receive certain types
of sensitive information such as financial or health information,
we redirect visitors to a secure server and will notify visitors
through a pop-up screen on our site.
We have appropriate security measures in
place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss,
misuse, or alteration of information that we have collected
from you at our site.
E-Commerce, Online Donations, and Online
Shopping
Purchasing items or making donations over
the Internet usually requires you to provide your personal identifying
information and credit card information on a Web site. Many people
have become accustomed to online commerce as a timesaving and
useful convenience. There are a number of practices that can make
providing your sensitive credit card information more secure and
therefore make you feel more comfortable about doing so.
We do process credit card payments for eBilling
services on our Web site. We have the following e-commerce practices:
When processing your credit card payment,
we will ask for the card type, number, expiration date, and
your card's billing address.
We will transmit credit card numbers in
an encrypted format using industry-standard, SSL (secure socket
layer) encryption.
When a credit card transaction is completed,
we will discard your credit card number on their Internet server.
We will keep this information in the strictest
confidence and will make every effort to maintain the privacy
and security of the information at all times.
Advertising Servers
Online advertising, such as banner ads, has
become commonplace on many Web sites. Certain Web sites have developed
relationships with third-party advertising servers to display
these advertisements on their sites. By clicking on one of these
banner ads, you will be taken to another site with different privacy
policies. These third party ad servers may also use cookies to
collect non-personal information on your preferences and interests
via the advertisement you decide to view.
At this time, we do not partner with or
have special relationships with any advertising server companies.
Links to Other Sites
Web sites often provide a number of links
that offer direct access to other useful or interesting web sites
holding potential value to site visitors. Inclusion of the other
sites by links does not imply any endorsement of the material
or information on the other sites. Users are encouraged to review
the privacy policy of each linked site before sharing personal
and health-related information.
This site includes links to non-affiliated
external Web sites. We encourage users to review the privacy policy
of each linked site, as we cannot be responsible for the privacy
practices of other sites.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy
From time to time, we may use customer information
for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy
notice. If our information practices change at some time in the
future, we will post the current policy to our Web site. If you
are concerned about how your information is used, you should check
back at our Web site periodically.
Preference for Future Use of Information
You may prevent your information from being
used for purposes other than those for which it was originally
collected by:
