Introduction
Medeguide Holdings Limited ("us," "we," or "Medeguide") is committed to
respecting the privacy rights of our customers, visitors, and other users of the
Medeguide website currently located at www.medeguide.com ("Website"). We created
this Website Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") to give you confidence as you
visit and use the Website, and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information
practices and the protection of privacy. This Privacy Policy is only applicable
to the Website, and not to any other websites that you may be able to access
from the Website, each of which may have data collection, storage, and use
practices and policies that differ materially from this Privacy Policy.
Traffic Data Collected
We automatically track and collect the following categories of information when
you visit our Website: (1) IP addresses; (2) domain servers; (3) types of
computers accessing the Website; (4) types of web browsers used to access the
Website; (5) referring source which may have sent you to the Website; and (6)
other information associated with the interaction of your browser and the
Website (collectively "Traffic Data").
Personal Information Collected
In order for you to access certain areas of the Website, we may require you to
provide us with certain information that personally identifies you ("Personal
Information"). Personal Information includes the following categories of
information: (1) Contact Data (such as your e-mail address, phone number and
Medeguide password) and (2) Demographic Data (such as your gender, your date of
birth and your zip code). If you communicate with us by, for example, e-mail or
letter, any information provided in such communication may be collected as
Personal Information.
Interactive Tools
We also collect other information, some of which may be Personal Information that
you voluntarily provide to us when you choose to use some of the Website’s
interactive tools and services (“Interactive Tools”), such as searching for
Providers and appointments with them. We also collect information you provide
voluntarily in free-form text boxes on the Website and through responses to
surveys, questionnaires and the like. Some of the free Interactive Tools on our
site ask you for health-related Personal Information.
Cookies
We use "cookies" to customize your experience on our Website and to store your
password so you do not have to re-enter it each time you visit the Website. Some
of our business partners also use cookies to provide us with anonymous data and
information regarding the use of our Website. We do not link the information
stored in cookies directly to any of your Personal information you submit while
on the Website, however. “Cookies” are small computer files that are transferred
to your computer's hard drive that contain information such as user ID, user
preferences, lists of pages visited and activities conducted while browsing the
Website. At your option, expense and responsibility, you may block cookies or
delete cookies from your hard drive. However, by disabling cookies, you may not
have access to the entire set of features of the Website.
Web Beacons
In limited circumstances we also may use "Web Beacons" to collect anonymous,
non-personal information about your use of our Website and the sites of selected
sponsors and advertisers, and your use of emails, special promotions or
newsletters we send to you. “Web Beacons” are tiny graphic image files imbedded
in a web page or email that provide a presence on the web page or email and send
back to its home server information from the user’s browser. The information
collected by web beacons allows us to statistically monitor how many people are
using the Website and selected sponsors' and advertisers' sites, or opening our
emails, and for what purposes.
Storage
We store all Traffic Data and review postings indefinitely, even after
"deletion," and may archive such information elsewhere. We store all Personal
Information until you request that we modify or delete it, in which case we may
still wind up retaining some of that information for the reasons described in
Section 18 below.
Children
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) severely restricts what
information can be collected from children under the age of 13. For this reason,
children under the age of 13 are prohibited from using the Website. The Website
is not directed at children, and Medeguide does not knowingly collect any
information from individuals under the age of 13. If we learn that we have
received any information from an individual under the age of 13, we will use
that information only to respond directly to that child (or a parent or
guardian) to inform him or her that he or she cannot use the Service and
subsequently we will delete that information from our own servers.
Medeguide’s Use of Your Information
We may use your Contact Data to send you information about Medeguide or our
products or services, to contact you when necessary, including to remind you of
upcoming or follow-up appointments, and in conjunction with your use of certain
Interactive Tools. We may use your Demographic Data, your Traffic Data, your
Insurance Data or your Medical Data to customize and tailor your experience on
the Website, in emails and in other communications, according to your
preferences.
Sharing of Information
We share certain categories of information we collect from you in the ways
described in this Privacy Policy. We may share Demographic Data with advertisers
and other third parties only on an aggregate (i.e., non-personally-identifiable)
basis. We may also share your Contact Data, Demographic Data, with Providers you
choose to schedule on our Website. We also share Personal Information and
Traffic Data with our business partners who assist us by performing core
services (such as hosting, billing, fulfillment, or data storage and security)
related to our operation of the Website and/or by making certain Interactive
Tools available to our users. Those business partners shall be bound to uphold
the same standards of security and confidentiality that we have promised to you
in this Privacy Policy, and they will only use your Contact Data and other
Personal Information to carry out their specific business obligations to
Medeguide and to provide your requested medical care and services. Last, we may
transfer information about you to another company in connection with a merger,
sale or acquisition by or of Medeguide. In this event, we will use reasonable
efforts to notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes
subject to a different privacy policy. Medeguide does not share, sell, rent or
trade your Personal Information with any third parties for their promotional
purposes.
User Choice
You may choose not to provide us with any Personal Information. In such an event,
you can still access and use much of the Website; however you will not be able
to access and use those portions of the Website that require your Personal
Information.
Confidentiality and Security
Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we will keep your Personal
Information private and will not share it with third parties, unless we believe
in good faith that disclosure of your Personal Information or any other
information we collect about you is necessary to: (1) comply with a court order
or other legal process; (2) protect the rights, property or safety of Medeguide
or another party; (3) enforce our Terms of Use; or (4) respond to claims that
any posting or other content violates the rights of third-parties.
Doctors and Hospitals
Doctors, hospitals, their employees, and their agents should be particularly
aware of their obligations of patient confidentiality, including without
limitation their obligations under the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), both in communicating with Medeguide and in
responding to a review of their services posted on our Website. Medeguide does
not have, and will not accept, any obligations of confidentiality with respect
to any communications other than those expressly stated in this Privacy Policy
and Medeguide’s Terms of Use.
Public Information
Any information that you may reveal in a review posting or other online
discussion or forum is intentionally open to the public and is not in any way
private. You should think carefully before disclosing any personally
identifiable information in any public forum. What you have written may be seen
and/or collected by third parties and may be used by others in ways we are
unable to control or predict.
Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us. We follow generally
accepted industry standards to protect the Personal Information submitted to us,
both during transmission and once we receive it. For example, when you enter
sensitive information on our Website, we encrypt that information using secure
socket layer technology (SSL). Although we make good faith efforts to store
Personal Information in a secure operating environment that is not open to the
public, you should understand that there is no such thing as complete security,
and we do not guarantee that there will be no unintended disclosures of your
Personal Information. If we become aware that your Personal Information has been
disclosed in a manner not in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we will use
reasonable efforts to notify you of the nature and extent of the disclosure (to
the extent we know that information) as soon as reasonably possible and as
permitted by law.
Lost or Stolen Information
You must promptly notify us if your Contact Data is lost, stolen, or used without
permission. In such an event, we will remove that Contact Data from your account
and update our records accordingly.
Updates and Changes to Privacy Policy
We reserve the right, at any time, to add to, change, update, or modify this
Privacy Policy so please review it frequently. If we do, then we will notify you
here, as well as by posting a notice on our Website and/or by e-mailing you,
along with a description of any changes (material or otherwise) and, where
appropriate, a link to the modified policy so that you can review it. In all
cases, use of information we collect is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect
at the time such information is collected.
Controlling Your Personal Information
As a registered user of the Website, you can modify some of the Personal
Information you have included in your profile by logging in and accessing your
account. You cannot, however, change your username once you have registered.
Upon your request, Medeguide will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete
your account and the Personal Information in your profile; however, it may be
impossible to remove your account without some residual information being
retained by Medeguide. Registered users who wish to close their account can
follow the de-registration process outlined in their personal account.
Links to Other Websites
The Website contains links to third party websites to which Medeguide has no
affiliation. Medeguide does not share your personal information with those
websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. Some web sites may
have the look and feel of our Website. Please be aware that you may be on a
different site and that this Privacy Policy only covers our Website. Should you
decide to visit one of these third party websites, we suggest that you read its
privacy policy.
Contacts
If you have any comments on or questions about this Privacy Policy, please
contact us at privacy@medeguide.com.
Last Modified April 8, 2009. Copyright 2009, Medeguide Holdings Limited. All
Rights Reserved.