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Our
Commitment to Privacy
MEBN is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy as
a visitor to our Web site at http://www.mebn.net. 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
information that may be gathered and used as you visit our Web site.
By leveraging the technology
of the Internet, MEBN is able to exchange information with
the medical community in innovative, personalized, and efficient ways.
We rely on our customers to provide general contact information, such
as mailing and e-mail addresses, as well as information on the medical
specialties in which they serve. In addition, MEBN may provide optional online forums
and surveys for medical professionals to answer questions on various medical
topics and issues. These forums and surveys may be on behalf of MEBN, a healthcare system, pharmaceutical
company, or other organization.
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 in our Privacy Statement.
Purpose
MEBN
collects general information from our customers and offers optional dialogues
in which to participate so that we might better understand the specific
needs of healthcare professionals. Offering customized products and services, providing specialty-specific
information, and communicating with individuals on clinically relevant
levels are all ways in which the technology of our Internet platform creates
new sources of value.
In order to maintain
clear standards of privacy and security with the information we are provided,
MEBN has established the following Principles
of Privacy for our organization and customers.
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.
Permission-based
Collection of Information:
At different places
on our site, depending upon the feature you use, you may be asked to volunteer
personal information such as your name, email, mailing address, or telephone
number.
The following information
is collected with your permission at this Web site:
·
Personal
information/identification information gathered through site registration
or when registering for educational programs, Webinars, or tests
·
Anonymous
user survey information
·
The names
and e-mail addresses of those who use a feedback form
·
The e-mail
addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail
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 aggregated into reports and used in the following ways:
·
Monitor,
review, measure, and analyze Web site utilization
·
Modify
and enhance the Web site
·
Monitor
web site security
·
Improve
the content and design of our Web site
·
Determine
the need for new programs and services
·
Respond
to your requests
·
Monitor
the changing health information needs of site visitors
·
Study
general usage habits and demographic information for our own marketing
research purposes
·
Determine
the effectiveness of marketing programs
·
Provide
aggregate information to the course sponsor or professional affiliate
group
·
Compile a mailing list
With
Whom is this Information Shared?
The personally identifiable
information gathered during your visit to this Web site is shared as follows:
·
We share
individual personal information with appropriate accreditation organizations
so customers can obtain certificates of credit.
·
We do
not sell or provide our secure, proprietary database of customers to any
outside parties
·
We do
not rent, sell, exchange, or in any way provide personally identifiable
information to any third-party organization without prior customer consent
·
Third
parties using MEBN services to communicate with the medical community may be
afforded access to information on customers in an aggregate and anonymous
format.
Opt-out
of Communications
You may receive e-mail
messages, periodic mailings, or phone calls from us regarding responses
to your information requests, orders you have placed on-line, or about
professional topics that may be of interest to you, new programs, upcoming
events, special promotions, and other relevant information. If you do
not wish to receive such communications, please let us know by the following
means:
·
Selecting
the “opt-out” box in your personal profile
·
Replying
via the opt-out instructions provided in the communication
Our
Use of Cookies
A cookie is a small
data file that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on
your computer's hard drive. A cookie file can contain information such
as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you’ve visited. The only
personal information that a cookie can contain is information you supply
yourself. A cookie cannot read data off your hard disk or read cookie
files created by other sites. If you’ve set your browser to warn you before
accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie.
Your browser needs to accept these cookies in order for the MEBN site to function properly.
We use cookies on our
Web site for the following purposes:
·
Authenticate
users and verify user identification
·
Record
user-specific information on which pages users access or visit
·
To record
activity at a page in order to provide better service when visitors return
to our site
If for some reason you
believe MEBN has not complied with these principles, please use the feedback form to
notify us and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly
determine and correct the problem.
Registration
for Access
Access to some of the
features on this Web site requires registration, with the disclosure of
some personal information, in order to take advantage of certain Web site
features, to access certain content areas, or to otherwise interact with
MEBN.
MEBN will not share your e-mail address
with any other organizations. MEBN may send you e-mail occasionally regarding
items of professional interest relating to continuing education.
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
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
e-mail forms to allow our customers to ask questions about our services
and programs. These are not hosted on a secure server. The possibility
exists that unauthorized individuals may intercept email messages.
Security
and E-Commerce
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.
When you place an order
or access your account information, we offer the use of a secure server.
The secure server software (SSL) encrypts all information you input before
it is communicated to us, enabling you to transmit a credit card number
to us with confidence.
Our secure server certificate
is issued by Thawte. Your credit card number
is not retained on our Web site after your transaction has been processed.
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 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.
·
We will
make efforts to notify you when you are leaving our site. You may be subjected
to different privacy policies than those we have established for our Web
site.
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 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.
·
We will
use for these new purposes only data collected from the time of the policy
change forward.
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.
MEBN
6 Partridge Lane
Londonderry, NH 03053
Contact:
Carol Pratt
E-mail:
privacy.info@mebn.net
Telephone: 603-432-7099
Modification
Date
Policy reviewed February 10th, 2006.
Copyright 2006 MEBN. All Rights Reserved.
Reproduction
in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of MEBN is prohibited.
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