PRIVACY STATEMENT
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2020
HEALTH PRACTICE ADVISORS is committed to advising you of the right to your privacy and strives to provide a safe and secure user experience. This Privacy Statement explains how we collect, store and use personal and non-personal information provided by you on our website. By registering for our newsletters and using this website, you explicitly accept, without limitation or qualification, the collection, use and transfer of the personal information provided by you in the manner described in this Privacy Statement. Please read this Statement carefully as it affects your rights and liabilities under the law. If you disagree with the way we collect and process personal information, please do not use this website.
Scope of this Policy
This policy applies to this website and regulates the processing of information relating to you and grants both of us various rights with respect to your personal data. It describes what type of information we collect; how we use that information and to whom we can provide that information. It also informs you of how to notify us to stop using your information. We are located in the United States. You may be located in a country that has laws which are more restrictive about the collection and use of your personal information. However, by using our website, you agree to waive the more restrictive laws and agree to be governed by the laws of the United States.
Information We Collect and Retain
Consumer Provided Information is information that you provide during registration on our website to receive our weekly newsletters or deal alerts. As such, we collect your email address when you choose to provide it to us. Behavioral information is information pertaining to how you use our website, the areas of our website that you visit, and information about your computer hardware and software including your IP address, geographic location, browser preference, operating system type, domain names, times that you access the internet and other websites you visit before and after visiting our website. As such, we collect non-personal information from you when using our website. No Information Collected from Children. We will never knowingly collect any Personal Information from children under the age of 13. If we obtain actual knowledge that we have collected Personal Information about a child under the age of 13, that information will be immediately deleted from its database. Because we do not collect such information, we have no such information to use or to disclose to third parties.
Cookies, Web Beacons, and Java Script
Cookies: “Cookies” are a feature in your browser software. If enabled, cookies store small amounts of data on your computer about actions you take on the pages of our website. Cookies assist us in tracking which of our features you visit most often and what content you viewed on past visits. When you visit this website again, cookies allow us to customize our content according to your preferences. We may use cookies to: keep track of the number of return visits; accumulate and aggregate, statistical information generally pertaining to our website and deliver specific content to you based on your past viewing history. You can disable cookies, although our website may not function properly for you. Your browser preferences can be modified to accept or reject all cookies, or request a notification when a cookie is set. You may read more about cookies at http://cookiecentral.com. In order to use all of the features and functionality of our website, you need to accept cookies. We predominately use “session” cookies, which are not permanently stored on your hard drive. Session cookies usually expire after two hours of inactivity or when you close your browser. Session cookies allow us to keep track of this data until you have completed your search or registration. We may use “persistent” cookies to ensure that we do not show you pages that you have already seen and to personalize your website experience and save you time. Persistent Cookies enable us to recognize whether you have responded to a registration or have already been presented with an advertisement or information placed on our website so that we do not show you the same information again the next time you visit our website. The “persistent” cookies we use will remain on your computer after you have left our website and will expire when you log out of the website or 60 days after your last visit for security cookies, 90 days after your last visit for payment tracking cookies, or two years after your last visit for advertisement cookies. Removing Cookies: You have the ability to accept, decline or move cookies at any time by modifying your browser settings. Please see http://cookiecentral.com. Web Beacons: We also use electronic images known as Web beacons (sometimes called single-pixel gifs, clear gifs or action tags) that allow us to collect certain information about your visit to our website, measure and improve the effectiveness of advertisements, and track delivery of advertising. Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of page view, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides. We may also use Web beacons in email messages sent to individuals listed in our database. Disabling Web Beacons. Because Web beacons are the same as any other content request, you cannot opt out or refuse them. However, they can be rendered ineffective by either opting out of cookies or changing the cookie setup in your browser. JavaScript: We may also use JavaScript. JavaScript is a computer language that enhances the functionality of websites, particularly in respect to pictures. We use it to analyze and improve our website’s functions. Disabling JavaScript: You may deactivate JavaScript via your browser settings or activate it the same way. If you disable JavaScript you will not be able to use some of the functions of our website. IP Addresses. Your Internet Protocol (“IP”) is a unique Internet “address” which is assigned to you by your Internet Service Provider (“ISP”).We automatically track your IP Address. We may use this information to do internal research on our users’ demographics, interests, and behavior to better understand, protect and serve you. This information may include the URL that you just came from (whether this URL is on the website or not), which URL you next go to (whether this URL is on the website or not), your computer browser information, and your IP address. While the IP address does not identify an individual by name, it may, with the cooperation of the ISP, be used to locate and identify an individual using the Internet. Your IP address can, however, reveal what geographic area you are connecting from, or which ISP you are using. Finally, other websites you visit have IP addresses, and we may collect the IP addresses of those websites and their pages.
How We Use the Information Collected
Providing Services. We use the information we gather on the website for the purpose of providing the services you have requested. Improving our website. We use the information we gather on our website to respond to any inquires you make; operate and improve our website; improve and create a positive user experience; and deliver the services for advertisements on our website.
Disclosure of Information to Others
We do not sell, share or provide access to the information collected on our website to any third parties except in the case of a court order or sale of the company. Legal Process. We disclose information if legally required to do so, or at our discretion pursuant to a request from a governmental entity or if we believe in good faith – after considering your privacy interests and other factors – that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect our rights or property or our affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public. Acquisition or Merger. We may disclose and transfer information to a third party who acquires any or all of our business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets. In addition, in the event we become the subject of an insolvency proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, we or our liquidator, administrator, receiver or administrative receiver may sell, license or otherwise dispose of such information in a transaction approved by the court. You will be notified of the sale of all or a substantial portion of our business to a third party by email or through a prominent notice posted on our website. In each of these situations, the recipients of your data may potentially be located in any country in the world.
Third Party Collection and Use of Your Information
Third Party Collection Practices. Our website and email messages contain hypertext links to the websites of third parties. We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other websites. Such links are provided for your convenience and reference only. We do not operate or control in any respect any information, software, products or services available on such third party websites. The inclusion of a link to a website does not imply any endorsement of the services or the website, its contents, or its sponsoring organization. Third Party Use Practices. We also do not control the data use practices of those persons or entities who may access your information on third party websites for the purposes of providing the service or product you have requested or third party Ad Networks and other third parties with whom we work to serve you personalized ads on our website. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and opt-out choices of those third parties so you can understand how they collect, use and share your information.
Use of Your Information for Email
Email and Unsubscribe Policy. Periodically, We will use your email address to send you newsletters and special promotional emails. If you wish to end your email subscription please follow the instructions at the end of each email message to unsubscribe from that particular list. Opting Out of Email Marketing. If you no longer wish to receive our newsletters or other promotions, you may opt-out of receiving it by following the instructions included at the end of each newsletter or communication or by emailing us at Info@healthpracticeadvisors.com Wireless Addresses. If the e-mail address you provide to us is a wireless e-mail address, you agree to receive messages at such address from us or our business associates (unless and until you have elected not to receive such messages by following the instructions in the unsubscribe portion of this policy). You understand that your wireless carrier’s standard rates apply to these messages. You represent that you are the owner or authorized user of the wireless device on which messages will be received, and that you are authorized to approve the applicable charges. Removal of Wireless. You may remove your information from our database. If you remove your information from our database it will no longer be used by us for secondary purposes. You may remove your information by sending your request in writing via email to Info@healthpracticeadvisors.com .
Security
We endeavor to safeguard and protect your information. When you submit information on our website, such information is protected both online and offline. The servers in which we store Personal Information are kept in a secure physical environment. We have security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of personal information under our control. Currently, we use Secure Socket Layer Software (“SSL”) to protect data and to secure any transactions. SSL encrypts information, including names and addresses as they are transmitted over the Internet. Please be advised that, although we take commercially reasonable technological precautions to protect your data, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot and do not warrant that your information will be absolutely secure. Any transmission of data at or through our website is at your own risk. However, access to your information is strictly limited, and not accessible to the public.
Changes to Privacy Statement
We reserve the right to make material changes to the substance of this Privacy Statement. We will post those changes through a prominent notice on our website so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and to whom we will disclose it.
Your California Rights
A California resident who has provided personal information to a business with whom he/she has established a business relationship for personal, family, or household purposes (“California customer”) is entitled to request information about whether the business has disclosed personal information to any third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. In general, if the business has made such a disclosure of personal information, upon receipt of a request by a California customer, the business is required to provide a list of all third parties to whom personal information was disclosed in the preceding calendar year, as well as a list of the categories of personal information that were disclosed. However, under the law, a business is not required to provide the above-described lists if the business adopts and discloses to the public (in its privacy policy) a policy of not disclosing customer’s personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We have established such a policy. California customers may request further information about our compliance with this law by e-mailing Info@healthpracticeadvisors.com