Our Privacy Statement:
Your privacy is very important to The Allergy and Asthma Center, PC. It is our commitment to respect and protect your privacy as a visitor to http://www.allergyasthmacenter.com. 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.
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
The policy can 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?
The Allergy and
Asthma Center, PC is collecting information on this Web site as outlined in this
privacy statement.
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:
- Aggregate information on what pages are accessed
- Date and time you access our site
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:
- Anonymous user survey information
- Personal information/identification gathered at users discretion
- The names and e-mail addresses of those who use a feedback form
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
- Determine the need for new programs and services
- Respond to your requests / questions
- Monitor the changing health information needs of site visitors
- Monitor and improve our customer service efforts
- Distribute news and other health information requested by site visitors
- Determine the effectiveness of health promotion and marketing programs
With Whom Will the Information Be Shared?
The personally identifiable information
gathered during your visit to http://www.allergyashtmacenter.com
is gathered for the sole use of The Allergy and Asthma Center, PC and will not
be shared with any individual or organization for any purpose.
Access and Correction of Personal Information
Review of Personal Information
Site visitors may not access information we have collected.
Our Use of Cookies
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.
Your browser software can be set to reject all cookies, or to ask you if you would like to accept or decline a cookie from a particular site before it is set. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies in the Help section of the toolbar. You should know, however, that if you reject a cookie, certain functions and conveniences of a site might not work properly.
We use cookies on our Web site for the following purposes:
- To record past activity at a site in order to provide better service when visitors return to our site, such as points of interest.
**We will never link the cookie to your personal information and/or health-related information
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 on line.
Our site does not feature information and services of
interest to children 13 and under
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 always use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving consumer data exchanged with our site
- We have taken reasonable steps to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of personally identifiable information that you may provide.
- We use e-mail forms to allow our customers to ask questions about our services, programs and to make "non-emergency" inquiries of a health care professional. These are hosted on a secure server, but the possibility still exists that unauthorized individuals may intercept email messages.
E-Commerce, On-line 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 on-line 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.
At this time, we do not process credit card payments for
donations, merchandise, or services on our Web site.
Links to Other Sites
Our web site provides a number of links that offer direct access to other useful or
interesting 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 have the following practices:
- 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
If our information practices change at some time in the future, we have the following practices:
- We will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.
Web Site Contact Information
If you have questions about our privacy policy, or feel that this site is not following its
stated information policy, please contact us.
The Allergy and Asthma Center, PC
7222 Engle Rd, Suite 300
Fort Wayne, IN 46804
E-mail: webmaster@allergyasthmacenter.com
Telephone: 260-432-5005
Modification Date
This privacy statement was last modified on Monday,
February 17 2009.