Online Privacy Policy
This Hospital and its licensors value and respect your right to privacy and recognize the importance of protecting information collected about you. This Privacy Policy guides how the Hospital defines, collects, uses, and stores online information provided by you to the Hospital within this Online Application. This policy pertains to this Online Application only. Please be aware that other Hospital web sites or pages may have other online privacy policies, declaimers, and terms and conditions of use that differ from this Online Application.
The information you provide is safe. The Hospital maintains appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, availability and integrity of the information that you provide the Hospital as required by the HIPAA Security Rule, HITECH, and applicable state law.
This assessment is intended for adults. It requires the user to enter age, and on certain occasions date of birth. It will not collect personally identifiable information on any individuals younger than age 18.
If you have a question, comment or complaint concerning the Privacy Policy please contact the Hospital by sending an e- mail, calling the Hospital's phone number, or writing to the Hospital. The Hospital's contact information is shown both on the last page of the Health Profiler Report and on the Online Application via a link located in the upper right corner of the page.
By using this Online Application, you signify your consent to this Privacy Policy. The Hospital reserves the right to make changes in this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect legal, technological and other developments. All changes will be posted to this page so that you are always aware of what information is collected and how it is used. This Privacy Policy does not cover information that is collected offline or online from the Hospital or other web sites or pages, as applicable.
A. The Hospital's Definitions of Collected and Potentially Stored Data from this Online Application
1. "Genetic Information" is (1) any data with respect to disorder in family members of such individual and any request for, or receipt of, Genetic Services, or participation in clinical research which includes Genetic Services, by the individual or any family member of the individual; (2) any reference to Genetic Information, which includes that of a fetus (carried by the individual or family member) and any embryo legally held by an individual or family member utilizing an assisted reproductive technology.
2. "Genetic Services" means (1) a genetic test; (2) genetic counseling (including obtaining, interpreting or assessing genetic information); or (3) genetic education.
3. "Non-identifiable" information is data stored in a form that does not permit the identification of a specific individual without extraordinary effort.
4. "Personal Information" is any data held, transmitted or stored that may be personally identifiable to an individual without extraordinary effort.
5. "Protected Health Information" is any identifiable health information, including Genetic Information, transmitted by electronic media, maintained in electronic media, or transmitted or maintained in any other form or medium.
6. "Usage Data" includes page visits, time on page, button clicks, and other similar data. This is collected automatically when interacting with the Online Application and is always non-identifiable, as it is stored anonymously in aggregated form.
7. "User Data" includes any data entered voluntarily into the Online Application such as:
- a. "Medical Data": includes diseases, treatments, lifestyle behaviors, family history, genotype, phenotype and other similar personal data. By default, this is non-identifiable unless Demographic Data is also volunteered via the "opt-in" feature.
- b. "Demographic Data": includes name, address, phone numbers, email address and other similar personal data. This is identifiable data, which must be volunteered via the "opt-in", as the Online Application does not require it.
B. Additional Information Regarding this Online Application
1. The "opt-in" feature allows users to request communication from the Hospital, and in return allows any Identifiable Information collected from individuals and third parties on their behalf, including Medical Information and Demographic Information, to potentially be used to communicate targeted educational content, service opportunities, and promotions from the Hospital.
2. Links to Third Party Web Sites
The Site may contain links to other web sites. The Hospital is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites. The Hospital has no control over the use of such web sites and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose any Personal Information or Protected Health Information on those web sites. You also agree and acknowledge that the Hospital will not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, services or resource or goods on or through any such site. The Hospital encourages you to read the privacy statements on each web site you visit. The Hospital may also provide links to original articles written and maintained by third parties. These links are provided as a convenience and do not imply a claim of ownership in that content.