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Updated August 1, 2002
I. Introduction
Thank you for visiting A Path to HIPAA Compliance. This web
site is operated by Compliance Guides, LLC, a Virginia limited
liability company (“Compliance Guides”).
This policy describes our privacy practices regarding information
collected from users of this website. This policy describes
what information is collected and how that information is
used.
II. Information Collected Automatically When You
Visit this Website
Compliance Guides automatically collects and stores the following
information about visitors to this web site. :
- User client hostname. The hostname or Internet Protocol
address of the user requesting access to the website.
- HTTP header, "user agent." The user agent information
includes the type of browser, its version, and the operating
system on which that the browser is running.
- HTTP header, "referrer." The referrer specifies
the web page from which the user accessed the current web
page.
- System date. The date and time of the user’s request.
- Full request. The exact request the user made.
- Status. The status code the server returned to the user.
- Content length. The content length, in bytes, of any
document sent to the user.
- Method. The request method used.
- Universal Resource Identifier (URI). The location of
a resource on the server.
- Query string of the URI. Anything after the question mark
in a URI.
- Protocol. The transport protocol and the version used.
The information that is collected automatically is used
to improve this website's content and to help us to understand
how users are interacting with the website. This information
is collected for statistical analysis, to determine what information
is of most and least interest to our users, and to improve
the utility of the material available on the website. The
information is not collected for commercial marketing purposes.
III. Cookies
Cookies are simple text files stored on your web browser
to provide a means of distinguishing among users of this website.
The use of cookies is a standard practice among Internet websites.
To better serve you, we use “session cookies”
to enhance or customize your visit to this website. Session
cookies can be created automatically on the device you use
to access this state agency website. These session cookies
do not contain personal information and do not compromise
your privacy or security. We may use the cookie feature to
store a randomly generated identifying tag on the device you
use to access this website. A session cookie is erased during
operation of your browser or when your browser is closed.
If you wish, you may complete a registration to personalize
this website and permit a “persistent cookie”
to be stored on your computer’s hard drive. This persistent
cookie will allow the website to recognize you when you visit
again and tailor the information presented to you based on
your needs and interests. Compliance Guides uses persistent
cookies only with your permission.
The software and hardware you use to access the website allows
you to refuse new cookies or delete existing cookies. Refusing
or deleting these cookies may limit your ability to take advantage
of some features of this website.
IV. Collecting your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally
identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact
you. Generally, this information is requested when you are
registering as an authorized user of the content provided
on this site, order e-mail newsletters, or inquire about services
offered by Compliance Guides or an affiliated organization.
For example: If you purchase a subscription to “A Path
to HIPAA Compliance”, we will request personal information
necessary for billing and/or shipping, such as: name, address,
telephone number, and credit card number. If you are one of
the persons authorized by a subscribing organization to gain
access to “A Path to HIPAA Compliance”, we will
ask for personal information when we issue an individual user
identity and password. This allows us to notify you of updates
to the guide.
Compliance Guides does not knowingly collect personal information
from children or create profiles of children through this
website. Users are cautioned, however, that the collection
of personal information submitted in e-mail will be treated
as though it was submitted by an adult, and may, unless exempted
from access by federal or State law, be subject to public
access. Compliance Guides strongly encourages parents and
teachers to be involved in children’s Internet activities
and to provide guidance whenever children are asked to provide
personal information online.
V. Use of your Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
- To make the site easier for you to use by not making you
enter your personal information more than once.
- To deliver services that you request or purchase.
- To help us create and publish content most relevant to
you.
- To alert you to updated information, new products, special
offers, and other new services from Compliance Guides.
We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services
on our behalf, including packaging, mailing and delivering
purchases, answering customer questions about products or
services, sending postal mail and processing event registration.
We will only provide those companies the information they
need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from
using that information for any other purpose.
Compliance Guides may disclose your 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 on Compliance
Guides or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property
of Compliance Guides, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to
protect the personal safety of users of Compliance Guide products
and services, this web site, or the public.
VI. Control of your Personal Information
Compliance Guides will not share personal information that
we receive from you with third parties without your permission,
other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will
only be used for the purposes stated above.
Registering allows you to tell us how or whether you want
us to communicate with you. When you register, you can decide
what information you want to receive and how you want to receive
it. Or you can tell us not to contact you.
Compliance Guides occasionally allows other companies to
offer our registered customers information about their products
and services. If you do not want to receive these offers,
you should uncheck the box that says "Compliance Guide
partners can send me information about their services or products."
Compliance Guides may send out periodic e-mails informing
you of updates to products to which you subscribe or technical
service issues. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe
to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part
of the service you have chosen.
Any user may submit a request to Compliance Guides to determine
whether personal information pertaining to that user has been
collected through this website. Any such request shall be
made in writing to the address below and must be accompanied
by reasonable proof of identity of the user.
Reasonable proof of identity may include verification of
a signature, inclusion of an identifier generally known only
to the user, or similar appropriate identification. The address
is Compliance Guides, LLC, 2832 S. Lynnhaven Rd., Suite 202,
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Within thirty (30) days, Compliance Guides will inform you
whether any personal information has been collected and how
that information has been used.
VII. Disclaimer
The information provided in this privacy policy should not
be construed as giving business, legal, or other advice, or
warranting as fail proof, the security of information provided
through this website.
VIII. Links
In order to provide users with certain information, Compliance
Guides provides links to the websites of government agencies
and private individuals and organizations. A link does not
constitute an endorsement of the content, viewpoint, accuracy,
opinions, policies, products, services, or accessibility of
that website. Once you link to another website from this website,
you are subject to the terms and conditions of that website,
including, but not limited to, its Internet privacy policy.
IX. Contact Information
For questions regarding this Internet privacy policy, please
contact:
Compliance Guides, LLC
2832 S. Lynnhaven Rd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23452 |
