Our goal at PhysicansScorecard.com is to provide a forum for you, the consumer, the patient, the parent, the spouse, the friend, to make more informed health care decisions. We want you to understand and feel comfortable with this site's process of gathering information from users, and we want you to know how that information is used and what your rights are with regards to all of the information collected.
This Privacy Policy is intended to educate you about the steps you can take to safeguard your privacy when visiting PhysiciansScorecard.com or any of the other websites that have links to and from PhysiciansScorecard.com. In doing so, the following discloses our information collection and dissemination practices for this website: PhysicansScorecard.com.
Information Collection and Use
PhysiciansScorecard.com collects information from our users at several different points, and is the sole owner of the data collected on the website. In each case, we only intend to use information that is necessary to provide a minimum level of security on the site and for other marketing purposes.
Personal Information
PhysiciansScorecard.com does not encourage or condone the posting of personal information, which is readily identifiable to a specific individual, of third parties on this site.
Through this website we intend to collect or display no personal information about you unless you voluntarily submit your personal information. This might include items like sending an email, filling out a web form for registration, or participating in a survey. If you choose not to participate your choice will in no way affect your ability to use any other publicly available features of the website. In some circumstances we may require you to submit personal information for the security of the site or for other reasonable purposes.
PhysiciansScorecard.com does not intend to sell or otherwise distribute personal information collected through the website. PhysiciansScorecard.com does not require visitors to register to use its website.
PhysiciansScorecard.com does not intend to publicly publish any personal information for any individual under the age of 18.
Surveys
From time to time, we may conduct user surveys on a variety of health care experiences. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary, and there is no requirement to disclose any personally identifiable information. All surveys conducted through this site will be used as research for the purposes of assessing and improving user satisfaction, and/or for determining the user's opinion on a particular issue relating to PhysiciansScorecard.com and experiences with health care providers, generally. However, the information collected in these surveys will not be used for commercial solicitation purposes without the express consent of users completing the survey.
Information Sharing
PhysiciansScorecard.com may accumulate and store aggregated demographic information about its users. This information is not linked or otherwise traceable to any identifiable personal information, and is used solely to advise website partners and advertisers of the site's general audience characteristics and track responses to online programs and activities.
When called upon to do so, PhysiciansScorecard.com will disclose information received as required by law, for example, in response to a court order or other specific requests by law enforcement agencies. We will not sell, share, or rent personally identifiable information to others in any way that violates this Privacy Policy or that otherwise jeopardizes the security and integrity of the information collected.
In addition, if all or substantially all of the assets relating to PhysiciansScorecard.com are transferred or sold to another entity, personal information we received from users may be transferred to the acquiring entity.
Access and Correction of Personal Information
You may recommend changes to your personal information if it is in error by submitting a request to the PhysiciansScorecard.com at: email: administrator@physiciansscorecard.com or write PhysiciansScorecard.com 11923 - 36th Cir. NE, St. Michael, MN 55376. You may also contact us if you believe that your personal information is being used for a purpose other than what was intended. In certain situations we may require verification of your identity before making changes.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. PhysiciansScorecard.com does not permanently store any cookies on a user's hard drive to operate our site.
Some of our business partners may use cookies on their sites (for example, sponsors). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
Log Files
PhysiciansScorecard.com may use Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Security/Links
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. We do not ask our users for more information than is necessary to conduct various activities on our website, and all of our information is protected both online and off-line through the use of industry-standard practices. PhysiciansScorecard.com encourages visitors to familiarize themselves, not only with this Privacy Policy, but also to review and understand the privacy policies and information collection practices of other websites that link to and from this site. While we attempt to screen our links for overall content, information and entertainment value, we are not responsible for the practices of other sites as they apply to privacy, security, integrity and compliance with COPPA. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by this website.
User Submissions
This site provides users with an opportunity to submit their own articles and comments on soccer for possible online distribution. See our Terms of Use to see how PhysiciansScorecard.com may edit user submissions.
Legal Statement
All content and images on PhysiciansScorecard.com are owned by PhysicansScorecard.com unless credited to a partner. Any re-use of the content and images is forbidden without consent from the site administrator.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
PhysiciansScorecard.com reserves the right to amend, alter or change our privacy policy at any time. If we decide to make any amendments, alterations or changes to our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on our site so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we may disclose it. In using information, PhysiciansScorecard.com will always adhere to the most recent version of this Privacy Policy.
