Note about Privacy Policy

This policy is included to meet any legal obligation for the website.  This privacy statement is adapted from the published Microsoft privacy statement.  Every effort is made to protect your privacy and provide website security.  Please realize this is a public site for your use and do not post private or personal information.

Privacy Statement

Healthcare Almanac is committed to protecting your privacy.  This privacy statement explains data collection and use practices of the Halmanac.com site (the “Site”) hosted for Healthcare Almanac by Microsoft Azure Websites.  By accessing the Site, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.

Collecting Your Personal Information

We will collect personal information if you choose to register on the Site. The personal information we collect includes your email address, name, address, alias name, job title and phone. You are requested to create an alias name to participate in the Forums, which is the name you will be known by to others in this public community. Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information in the Forums, this information may be collected and used by others. The Site may collect certain anonymous information about your visit, such as the name of the Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time of your access to the Site, the pages that you access while at the Site and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site. None of this information is personally-identifiable. This anonymous information is used to help improve the Site, analyze trends, and administer the Site.

Use of your Personal Information

The personal information collected will be used to provide the service(s) or carry out the transaction(s) that you have requested or authorized. This may include using the personal information to understand feature requirements for our services or send updates about our services.  We will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.  We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served to Healthcare Almanac, or the Site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Healthcare Almanac; or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Healthcare Almanac employees, users of our products or services, or members of the public. Personal information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. 

Security of your Personal Information

Healthcare Almanac is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. Additionally, when we transmit sensitive personal information (such as a credit card number) over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Cookies

We use cookies on this Site to ensure the integrity of the registration process. We use a session cookie, meaning it expires soon after you leave the registration process, and is not placed on your hard drive unless you specify you wish to "log on automatically." Use of Web Beacons Pages on the Site may contain electronic images known as Web beacons - sometimes called single-pixel gifs - that allow the Site to count users who have visited those pages. We may include web beacons in promotional e-mail messages in order to count how many messages have been opened and acted upon. Web beacons are not used to access your personal information; they are a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about Site usage. Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides.

Links to Other Web Sites

This Site may contain links to other Web sites. Please be aware that this Privacy Statement applies solely to the information collected on the Site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other Web sites. We encourage you to be aware when you are leaving this Site and read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that you visit before providing any personally identifiable information.

Changes to This Privacy Statement

We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this privacy statement, we will notify you either by placing a prominent notice on the home page of our web site or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are protecting the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.