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Privacy Policy
The
following privacy policy is applicable to StatDose.com. We
collect the following types of information from you, and use it as follows:
Demographic
Information
When you register with StatDose.com, we collect demographic information such
as a job title, fields of practice, age, and income level. We also collect
demographic information in other ways, such as when we administer online
surveys and promotions (e.g., contests). Demographic information is used
to tailor your experience at our site, so we can provide you with content
that is likely to be of interest, and display that content according to
your preferences. We share demographic information with existing and potential
affiliates and advertisers on an aggregate and anonymous basis only, in
a manner that cannot be linked to any particular individual user.
Contact
Information
When
you register with StatDose.com, request information from us, or buy something
at our web site, we collect contact information (such as your name, address,
telephone number, email address, and registration number). We also collect
contact information in other ways, such as when we administer online surveys
and promotions.
We use contact information to verify your identity, send you the things
you have purchased or requested, and to send you information and promotional
material about us and our affiliates and advertisers. We may also use
the contact information to contact you when necessary. You may opt-out
of receiving such communications in the future, as described below. We
also use contact information to generate aggregate, anonymous demographic
information, which is used as described above.
We may enter into agreements with reputable product and service providers
that, in our opinion, will provide benefits to StatDose.com members. We will only
provide individual contact information to these providers if they have
provided us with contractual assurances to maintain all individual contact
information in confidence. Apart from these providers, StatDose.com will not provide
any personally identifiable contact information about you to any third
party.
1)
What types of information does StatDose.com collect from you?
By
becoming an member of the StatDose.com physician panel, you will fill out a Registration
Form, which becomes your Member Profile and contains basic information
about you and your practice. We collect both Anonymous and Personal Information
(as defined below) from you as an Advisor, but only after you consent
to such use of your information or provide it to us voluntarily.
We collect Anonymous and Personal Information from you as a panel member:
(1) to allow you to have access to and participate in the activities of
the Site; (2) for editorial and feedback purposes, (3) to analyze our
users' behavior, and (4) to improve our Site operations.
Other than the uses described in this Privacy Policy, and unless we notify
you in advance (through placement of a notice on the Site) and obtain
your permission, we do not share, rent, or sell any of your information
to any outside parties, except to the extent necessary to comply with
applicable laws, police investigations, or in legal proceedings where
such information is relevant.
2)
What is Personal Information and how will StatDose.com use it?
"Personal Information" includes (1) personally identifiable information,
such as your name, phone number, mailing address, email address, etc.,
(2) demographic information, such as your age, gender, etc., and (3) your
responses to promotional and educational surveys and questions.
As a StatDose.com panel member, you will be given the opportunity to provide Personal
Information so that we can determine which Site activities are most appropriate
for your participation. For example, certain StatDose.com clients may wish to
interact with certain panel members, such as physicians with a particular
specialty (e.g. cardiology) or those with certain demographic criteria
(e.g. number of years in practice).
In order to become a StatDose.com panel member and access the Site, you will be
asked to complete our Registration Form, which will serve as your Member
Profile. You may also, at your option, indicate to us whether we may contact
you regarding promotional opportunities or materials or provide you with
certain value added services, such as receiving product samples, scheduling
a representative visit, participating in continuing medical education
courses, receiving invitations to market research and symposia, being
invited to speak for a StatDose.com client company, or participating in surveys
or other services or areas of interest yet to be determined.
Any information that personally identifies you is disclosed by you on
a voluntary basis and only collected by StatDose.com with your knowledge and permission.
You may, at any time, permanently or temporarily opt-out of receiving
such emails and future promotional mailings by changing your options in
your Member Preferences. See your Opt-Out Choice below. You may also change
any other information in your Member Profile at any time.
StatDose.com will not disclose any Personal Information with any client or any
other third party without your knowledge or permission. If you request
or agree to receiving additional products or services (as described above),
we will ask for your permission to disclose your Personal Information,
such as your name and address, to facilitate such a mailing. In no cases
will any of your individual answers or responses ever be made available
to any of our clients or any other third party without your knowledge
or permission. Your Personal Information and specific answers will never
result in any solicitation or offer by StatDose.com or any third party, including
our clients without your knowledge or permission.
In addition, we collect Personal Information from you if you contact us
with questions or requests for help (i.e. technical support), or to help
diagnose problems with our server and to operate the Site. We retain such
Personal Information as a record of such correspondence, but keep it confidential
and use it strictly to respond to such requests or technical necessities.
3)
What is Anonymous Information and how will StatDose.com use it?
"Anonymous Information" means information that cannot be traced back specifically
to you as an individual. The Anonymous Information we use comes from collecting
data from you as a member of our panel (i.e. Site users) on an aggregated
basis (i.e. categorized into groups of information) and converting Personal
Information into Anonymous Information, which is also compiled on an aggregated
basis. We use such Anonymous Information to study the behavior and usage
patterns of our panel members, and report data from such Anonymous Information
to our clients.
While you are logged onto the Site, we collect Anonymous Information about
what website you came from, what parts of the Site you visit, the time
of your visit, the type of web browser you use (the software you use to
connect to the Internet and visit websites), the type of computer system
you use, etc. This Anonymous Information comes from your web browser which
sends the information to our web server in the form of URLs (website address
known as the Uniform Resource Locator), referrer Ids (information from
your web browser showing us what URL you came from), IP addresses (a number,
known as an Internet Protocol address, that identifies your computer so
that data can be sent to your computer), computer system information and
logs of web browsing activities (known as "web logs").
In addition, StatDose.com may use "cookie" technology to capture your activity
on the Site. A "cookie" is a small file that is sent from our web server
and stored on your computer hard drive while you are visiting our Site.
Cookies store and retrieve information on your computer about your web
browsing activities, such as what website you came from and what web pages
you go to on our Site.
Using Anonymous Information helps us improve our product and service offerings,
administer our Site, and diagnose problems with our server, services and
software. Such information enables us to make better decisions about how
we operate or improve our Site from both business and technical perspectives.
4)
With whom and how is your information being shared?
StatDose.com does not disclose any information that could specifically
identify you as an individual unless we have your express permission prior
to such a disclosure, or as unless otherwise specified in this Privacy
Policy. If you do not want your Personal Information to be shared with
or used by an outside party, you can choose not to allow this use by telling
us when you receive and respond to our notice of such a disclosure. We
only report data to our clients using Anonymous Information.Your Personal
Information and your individual opinions and answers will never be shared
with our clients.
5)
How is your information used for online surveys or promotions? StatDose.com conducts
surveys and promotions through its Service to show selected physicians
promotional and/or educational materials, and to better understand our
panel members' wants and needs regarding the services and products which
may be offered through the Site. For example, we may show you client promotional
materials and ask your opinion about the advertising, or your practice
patterns, treatment goals and objectives, etc. We will use your answers
to customize and personalize your individual experience and tailor content
for you in subsequent interactions between you and the Site. StatDose.com will
never share your personal information or your specific opinions and answers
with our client. We will however convert certain opinions and answers
into Anonymous Information to make available to our clients.
6)
Data Security: How does StatDose.com protect and keep your information secure?
Our Site has industry standard security measures in place to help protect
the loss, misuse, and alteration of information under our reasonable control,
and safeguard the confidentiality of information personally identifying
you. As a member of our physician panel, your Member Profile and Member
Preferences are password-protected so that only you may access or change
this Personal Information. We therefore highly recommend that you do not
disclose your password to anyone. Also, remember that StatDose.com will never
ask you to divulge your password in written or electronic communications.
Please be aware that data transmission over the Internet is not always
100% secure, and we cannot warrant that information you transmit using
the StatDose.com service is 100% secure. We will, however, use all reasonable
efforts to maintain the security of your information while it is located
on our systems. Such efforts include using technology that encrypts any
of your Personal Information while being transmitted from your computer
to our system.
7)
What types of use and disclosure of information is StatDose.com responsible for?
StatDose.com does not pre-screen any communications, emails or any content distributed
through our Site by our panel members. Therefore, by using the Site and
any of the Advisor services provided, you acknowledge that StatDose.com is unlikely
to be aware of violations of law or other misconduct committed by panel
members or any other parties which occur through our Site or third party
websites and resources linked to or framed within our Site.
You
also acknowledge that you are completely responsible for any information
you send via e-mail, or any other form of communications to or through
our Site. StatDose.com may also reference, recommend or provide links to third
party websites, and make all reasonable efforts to link to sites sharing
our high standards and respect for privacy. However, whether we recommend
such resources or not, we do not control and therefore are not responsible
for such third party websites and their content, information or privacy
policies. Consequently, please take the time to review the privacy policies
and any other information practices posted on such third party websites.
Please keep in mind that StatDose.com may be required by law, court order, governmental
agency or law enforcement authority to disclose your Personal Information,
including but not limited to email information temporarily residing on
our servers. In addition, StatDose.com may disclose a panel member's Personal
Information to the extent necessary for emergency situations, public health
activities, health oversight activities, or to comply with applicable
laws, police investigations, law enforcement authorities investigating
suspected illegal activity, legal proceedings (where such information
is relevant) or to StatDose.com's legal advisors in connection with a suspected
violation of StatDose.com's Privacy Policy, Terms of Service Agreement, User Rules,
or any other rules and regulations.
8)
How do you change, delete or prevent disclosure of Personal Information
you disclosed to StatDose.com?
You will have the opportunity to review and change your information in
our Registration Form prior to completing the registration process. Also,
you can, at any time, access all and change any of your Personal Information
that we collect online and maintain by visiting Your Account to make changes
and additions to your Member Profile or Member Preferences. To protect
your privacy and security regarding your Personal Information, we will
take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you access
to and making corrections to such information (i.e. a password-protected
system).
If you do not want to receive StatDose.com's emails, future promotional mailings
or notices, you may opt-out of receiving such communications from us by
selecting the appropriate options during the registration process or by
editing your Member Profile or Member Preferences located at Your Account.
You may also terminate your relationship with StatDose.com at any time by sending
an email to Questions.
9)
Your Acceptance of The Terms of This Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy
is incorporated into the terms of StatDose.com's Terms of Service Agreement
and User Rules. Your use of our Site is subject to such terms and conditions,
which constitute a legal agreement between you and StatDose.com. Each
time you use this site, you signify that you have read, understood and
agree to be bound by the Privacy Policy, the Terms of Service Agreement
and User Rules.
If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not
provide us with any information and do not access this site. Your continued
use of the Site after we notify you of any changes to this Privacy Policy
will signify your acceptance of and agreement to such changes. Please
review our Privacy Policy, the Terms of Service Agreement and User Rules,
and if you do not agree to the any of the provisions, please do not use
our Site, as you do not have our permission to do so under such circumstances.
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