Privacy Statement

Information Collection and Use

Registration
Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and email address). This information is necessary so that we can keep track of your completed course credits and identify you for CME purposes. Unique identifiers (such as the user's email address) are collected to verify the user's identity and for use as a unique user name in our record system.

Cookies
This site requires cookies to be enabled on the user's browser. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you have visited. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.

Information Sharing with Sponsoring Organizations
We do share user and aggregated information with primary sponsoring organizations.

Links
This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site. This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that HCVAdvocate.org is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line. When our registration form asks users to enter sensitive information, that information is encrypted. While on a secure page, the lock icon on the bottom of web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked.

While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. All employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. When new policies are added, our employees are notified and /or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our users information is protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment.
If you have any question about the security of our website, you can contact:CME Web Administrator at HCVAdvocate.org.

Institute Presentation Updates
We may communicate with users to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account via email. We may also send the user new course updates. Members are able to unsubscribe from these announcements.

Updating Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information changes, or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or remove that user's personal data provided to us. This can be done by emailing the HCVAdvocate.org Web Administrator.