THIS NOTICE (THE "POLICY") DESCRIBES HOW INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE OBTAINED FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, AND HOW IT MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN OBTAIN ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY. BY USING THE WEBSITE YOU ARE AGREEING TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
PLAIN ENGLISH SUMMARY. MidAtlantic Cardiovascular Associates PA ("MCA") takes its obligations with respect to Your personally identifiable information seriously, will comply with all applicable laws respecting Your personally identifiable information, and, except to the extent necessary to provide services to You, to comply with law, or in connection with a sale/transfer of MCA's business, will not disclose Your personally identifiable information to any third party without Your consent.
YOUR PARTICIPATION IN MAINTAINING YOUR PRIVACY. We encourage You to learn more about how to protect yourself online. Some suggested sites for further reading are: The Federal Trade Commission, see http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Health Information Privacy, see http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/administrative/privacyrule/index.html and The Electronic Privacy Information Center, see http://epic.org/. There are a number of tools available, depending on which browser You use, to limit the amount of information Our Website automatically receives from You. Please consult documentation for Your browser to determine if and how to limit the automatic data disclosure inherent in the browser You use. We do not endorse, suggest use of, nor are We responsible for, any advice, recommendations or other information provided in sites linked above or elsewhere herein (other than Our own Website as defined below).
NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR PRIVACY POLICIES AND WAIVER RELATED TO MEDICAL SERVICES. This Policy states Our information collection, storage and disclosure policies for information We collect from You on the website located at www.midatlanticcardio.com (the "Website"). This Policy does not state Our information collection, use or disclosure policies of individually identifiable health information ("IIHI") or protected health information ("PHI") that We obtain in connection with the provision of medical services to You; You will receive separate disclosure forms and consent forms related to IIHI and PHI when the medical services are provided. As used herein, IIHI and PHI have the meaning stated in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), 42 USC Section 1320-d, 45 CFR Section 160.103 and other applicable enabling regulations.
WHAT WE COLLECT. When You visit the Website We may collect one or more of these types of information:
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Submitted Information - You may fill out a form which may ask for information about You, such as Your name, address, phone number, email address, work address, spouses name and other type of personal information. We do not currently collect through the Website, any IIHI, PHI, or "Personal Information" as that term is defined in Md. Comm. Law Code Section 14-3501 to 3508. You will know that We are collecting this information because You will have to enter it into the form, and hit submit.
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Information contained in the header file Your web browser sends to Our server, such as the type of browser, Your operating system, screen resolution, what plugins are installed and other general capabilities of Your computer and browser ("Automated Browser Information"). Note that there may be tools available for You to use that may hide or disable some or all of the Automated Browser Information, Our Website will still function without You sending us this Automated Browser Information, but Your user experience may be adversely affected;
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Your internet protocol address - depending on how You are connecting to the internet, and what firewalls and other devices You are using, Our webserver may collect the source internet protocol address of either Your computer or Your service provider.
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Our Cookies - A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site in two ways - one as a session identifier - to assist Our server in identifying Your browser to make Your use of the Website faster (session cookies terminate when You close Your browser or when Our server closes the session due to inactivity); and stored cookies - these are cookies that may contain information like Your name, a preference You have selected in using the Website, and other data that is used to enhance the use of the Website. We only access cookies that We have stored, not cookies other sites have stored. You may set Your browser to reject cookies, and You may still use Our Website, but Your ability to use some areas of Our site may be diminished or unavailable. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users' movements around the site and to gather demographic information about Our user base as a whole.
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Third party cookies - the Website may have content linked in from third parties - such as images, and also, may contain third party embedded content such as videos, widgets and other content sourced from other locations than Our Website ("Dynamic Third Party Content"). The providers of Dynamic Third Party Content may include with such content their own cookies, and also, may include javascript or other scripts that use Automated Browser Information. You can read more about how to enable and disable cookies, and learn how they work, at http://www.aboutcookies.org/. Some browsers and/or plugins may allow You to control which javascript and programs may run on Your computer.
COMPLIANCE WITH LAW. We agree to comply in all material respects with applicable law with respect to all information We collect and store using Our Website. We agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to install and maintain reasonable computer security measures, which may vary with the type and extent of importance of, the information We collect and store using the Website.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION FROM THE WEBSITE AND HOW WE DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION. We only use and/or disclose Your personally identifiable information:
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To provide services to You - Note that We do outsource some of Our business processes to third parties, for example and without limitation, We may outsource email and database maintenance functions to third parties. In those cases, We have agreements with such third parties that require the third party only to use Your personally identifiable information in connection with Our services to You, and to keep Your personally identifiable information confidential.
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To comply with law - We may be required to use or disclose Your personally identifiable information under compulsion of law - such as if We receive a subpoena, court order, warrant or other legal document that We, in good faith, determine We are obligated to comply with to meet Our legal obligations. In some cases We may be prevented from notifying You of such a request, in other cases We determine that notice is not required. We agree to notify You of such a request only in cases where such notice is legally required, in all other cases if We do decide to notify You, We may do so electronically or in using any means that We determine is reasonably calculated to reach You.
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In connection with a transfer of Our business - if We merge, sell Our business, or otherwise transfer Our assets, We may also transfer Your personally identifiable information to the acquiror. Unless required by applicable law, We may not provide You with notice of such event.
With respect to aggregated data and information that does not disclose Your personally identifiable information:
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We share such aggregated information with Our partners and advertisers and other third parties. Examples of how We may share aggregated data: Our advertisers may use such data to determine the computer location of where a user is located that clicks on an advertisement; Our Website metrics company may use that data in showing web trends in website usage, and in general, these providers may use non personally identifiable information for data analysis. This information does not identify individual users and We do not link aggregate user data with personally identifiable information.
CRIMINAL ACTS OF THIRD PARTIES. We are not responsible for the criminal acts of third parties. While We have agreed to use the level of effort described above to secure Our computers and data obtained from the Website, the reality is that despite using such commercially reasonable efforts, a third party may, in violation of applicable law and possibly engaging in criminal acts, unlawfully access Our computers. In the event of such a breach, if applicable law requires us to do so, or if We voluntarily agree to do so in the absence of a legal requirement, We may provide You with electronic or other notice of the breach. We will also use Our best but commercially reasonable efforts under the circumstances, to mitigate, reduce, or otherwise protect the data and Our computers from such attacks, which may require us to make the Website unavailable or to remove data or other information available on the Website.
EMAIL. We will comply at all times with the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003, 15 U.S.C. Section 7701 et seq. We will not sell, disclose or otherwise transfer Your email address (except as permitted herein), or allow third parties access to Your email address to send You unsolicited commercial email in violation of law. You may opt out of receiving emails from us through forms provided on the Website.
ELECTRONIC NOTICE. Unless specifically required by applicable law, all notices We will give You will be made electronically, typically by email. The email may source from us, or from a business process outsource provider. We are not responsible for any security, spam or other blocking features You may have activated that may delay, hinder or disable communications from us.
LINKS. Our Website may link to third-party websites, such as those of Our business partners, service providers, and online advertising partners. While on these sites, We and/or Our partners may collect information about You. If We collect such information, We agree to abide by the provisions herein. Because We do not control the information policies or practices of these third parties, You should review their privacy policies to learn more about how they collect and use personally identifiable information and aggregated non personally identifiable information.
EXPORTING. We will not knowingly export any of Your personally identifiable information outside of the United States unless We have complied with all applicable laws, including applicable international laws.
DATA BACKUPS. We do not undertake to maintain backups of any of Your personally identifiable information, except to the extent such document retention is required by applicable law. Your personally identifiable information may be stored on one or more backup devices, tapes, or in an offsite location to enable us to rapidly restore any lost access to the Website. When We allow a third party to store Your personally identifiable information to enable these backup and data restore functions, the provisions of the section above "HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION FROM THE WEBSITE AND HOW WE DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION :: To provide services to you" applies.
WEB NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES. This policy is in effect as set forth below. If We decide to change Our privacy policy, We will post those changes on the Website so Our users are always aware of what information We collect, how We use it, and under what circumstances, if any, We disclose it. Changes to Our privacy policy become effective only after You use the Website after such changes have been made, but unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law or otherwise stated in such updated policy, such changes shall apply retroactively to all past transactions with Us.
Date of Last Revision. July 24, 2009.
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