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Introduction
HealthyWomen, the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP), Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and www.SexandaHealthierYou.org believe strongly in an individual's right to privacy. We recognize that you trust us to provide quality health information. We apply these same high standards when we protect your personal information in confidentiality and privacy matters.
When you visit www.SexandaHealthierYou.org, we may request and/or collect a minimal amount of personal information. This information is requested and/or collected in order to better serve you through the various applications at the site.
The information included at SexandaHealthierYou.org is provided free of charge, and we encourage visitors to gain access to as much health information as possible.
To help consumers understand the personal information we gather and the practices we employ, SexandaHealthierYou.org has developed this Privacy Policy.
How is Personal Information Requested and/or Collected and Used at SexandaHealthierYou.org?
Consumer Feedback: When you submit feedback to us through info@SexandaHealthierYou.org, we ask that you include your name and e-mail address.
We ask for this information so that we may contact consumers as necessary for additional clarification and to address any questions or feedback that you send us. This clarification will help SexandaHealthierYou.org continue to improve its site and information offered. E-mail Sign-ups: To sign up for E-mail Newsletter on this and other topics of interest, we may ask for one's name, e-mail address, and affiliation, among other potential variables. E-mail Updates and e-publications will only be sent to those people who specifically opt to receive them.
We use this information to deliver the health-related topics of interest to you and to identify, in aggregate form, the health interests of our user population. Individually attributable information will not be sold, rented, loaned, traded, leased or otherwise provided to third parties. IP Address: SexandaHealthierYou.org collects Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for all of its visitors.
SexandaHealthierYou.org uses this information in aggregate form to analyze visitor trends, administer the site, track users, and gather broad demographic information about our users. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. Individual IP addresses are not sold, rented, loaned, traded, leased or otherwise provided to third parties.
E-mail Lists: E-mail lists created through SexandaHealthierYou.org would be used to keep SexandaHealthierYou.org visitors informed as to new information at the site, products, services and events. HealthyWomen and ARHP would not sell, rent, loan, trade, lease or otherwise provide individual e-mail addresses to third parties. Additionally, we would ensure that list server software does not divulge e-mail addresses of our list subscribers to anyone other than SexandaHealthierYou.org staff. Interactive Tools: SexandaHealthierYou.org presently does not have interactive tools, however, HealthyWomen and ARHP reserve the right to develop or license interactive tools in the future.
If this should take place, the interactive tools may collect personal information if you so choose to use them. When you use a tool, it would not store personal information unless this is requested. Therefore, you would be able to use the tools and choose not to store your personal information; it is deleted and no longer accessible to anyone. If you choose to store the information, it would be collected by SexandaHealthierYou.org and subject to the overall Privacy Policy. SexandaHealthierYou.org cannot access personally identifiable information, nor will it share this information with others, unless the user expressly provides permission to do so, or we are required to disclose such information according to law.
When a tool is provided at the site, HealthyWomen/ARHP/SexandaHealthierYou.org will disclose its source and a description of the scientific basis for its operation. As appropriate, HealthyWomen/ARHP will describe how it maintains the tools, including an evaluation process and the date of the last review or update.
E-mail A Friend: In the event that the visitor uses our service to inform a friend about the site and/or to send information, we ask for his/her e-mail, and the friend's name and e-mail address.
SexandaHealthierYou.org uses this information to automatically send the friend a one-time e-mail with this information, and stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time e-mail. Once the e-mail has been sent, this information is no longer stored.
How Does SexandaHealthierYou.org Disclose Information?
SexandaHealthierYou.org does not sell, rent, loan, lease or otherwise provide any personal information collected at our site to any third parties.
How Does SexandaHealthierYou.org use Cookies?
When you visit SexandaHealthierYou.org, cookies are generated by the server (the computer that hosts the site) and are saved by your browser on your computer. The cookies are a randomly generated number that do not include any of your personal information.
SexandaHealthierYou.org uses cookies for user convenience and to help gauge site traffic. Cookies enable you to use the site without needing to input the same personal information over and over again. Cookies also enable SexandaHealthierYou.org to track site navigation—such as what sections visitors are visiting and how long they stay there—in order to improve the site. SexandaHealthierYou.org does not tie cookie information to any personal information.
How Does SexandaHealthierYou.org Secure Your Information?
HealthyWomen, ARHP and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. place your personal information as its highest priority. Therefore, when you register personal information at SexandaHealthierYou.org, we do not disclose this information to any third parties and employ a strict code of conduct for employees who access this information.
You should be aware that there is always some risk involved in transmitting any information, personal or otherwise, over the Internet. There is also some risk and no guarantee that a site is completely secure from individuals who try to evade security measures. SexandaHealthierYou.org will make every reasonable effort to protect your personal information from loss, misuse or alteration.
How Does SexandaHealthierYou.org Cooperate with Law Enforcement Officials?
Due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.
SexandaHealthierYou.org cooperates with all law enforcement inquiries and with third parties to enforce their intellectual property or other rights. Therefore, those third parties and local, state and federal law enforcement can request your name, street address, city, state, zip code, country, telephone number and e-mail address. By way of example, SexandaHealthierYou.org may be required to disclose information to the government or others under certain circumstances or third parties may unlawfully intercept private communications. Furthermore, we may release personal information in order to comply with valid legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order.
Information from Third Parties
From time to time, HealthyWomen or ARHP may offer our users the opportunity to obtain promotional and product information directly from third-party sponsors. To obtain this information, consumers will be instructed to "opt-in" or "opt-out." By opting-in, certain personal information will be requested from the consumer. The user should be aware that any personal information disclosed once you access these third party sites is not subject to this Privacy Policy. HealthyWomen and ARHP do not endorse and are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third party sites. You should review the privacy policy posted on the third party site to understand how that third party collects and uses personal information. At any time, the consumer will be able to change its decision by visiting the particular Web site section and modifying their previous decision.
Sex and a Healthier You Partners
As a course of business, HealthyWomen and ARHP may partner with third parties in an effort to more broadly disseminate health information, as well as receive services/information for its Web site. These partners may include, but are not limited to, dot.coms, health care companies, news services and vendors. HealthyWomen and ARHP does not sell, rent, loan, trade, lease or otherwise provide individual consumer/user information to these third parties. HealthyWomen and ARHP do not endorse and are not responsible for the privacy policies of these third parties, as indicated in the above section (Information from Third Parties) nor are they legally responsible for content that they may be providing to HealthyWomen or ARHP.
Sex and a Healthier You Links
SexandaHealthierYou.org contains numerous links to health information and corporate and organizational Web sites. HealthyWomen and ARHP do not endorse and are not responsible for the privacy policies of these third parties, nor are they responsible for content that they provide. We encourage our users to review and understand the privacy policies posted at these sites.
Contacting Sex and a Healthier You, HealthyWomen and ARHP
Every page of the Web site offers the consumer the opportunity to contact Sex and a Healthier You with any questions concerning one's health or existing policies, including the Disclaimer, Privacy Policy, Advertising Policy, Editorial Policy and site functionality. These questions are directed to info@SexandaHealthierYou.org.
For general consumer health inquiries, individuals can contact the HealthyWomen at:
HealthyWomen
157 Broad Street
Suite 106
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
Toll-free telephone number: 1-877-986-9472
Fax: 1-732-530-3347
E-mail: info@healthywomen.org
For health care provider inquiries, individuals can contact ARHP at:
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 350
Washington, DC 20037-1730
Telephone: (202) 466-3825
Fax: (202) 466-3826
E-mail: arhp@arhp.org
Updating the Privacy Policy
Due to the rapidly evolving technologies on the Internet, we reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time. All revisions will be posted to this site. Access to the Privacy Policy will be made available to the visitor from every page of SexandaHealthierYou.org. Questions regarding this policy should be directed by e-mail to info@SexandaHealthierYou.org.
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