Our Commitment to Privacy
FWRadiology is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy as a visitor to our website at fwradiology.com. We take the issue of privacy very seriously and value the trust you place in us each time you use our services and access this website. This Privacy Statement describes the practices and policies we have put into place to safeguard your personal and health-related personal information that may be gathered and used as you visit our website.
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
The policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically. If you have any questions about our privacy policies, we encourage you to contact us using any of the methods outlined at the end of our Privacy Statement.
Who Is Collecting the Information?
FWRadiology is collecting information on this website as outlined in this privacy statement.
What Information Do We Collect?
Automatic Collection of Information:
If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website or download information, our system will automatically gather and store certain information about your visit. This information does not identify you personally and is used in an aggregate way to help us improve our website and tell us the number of visitors to our site each day.
Our web server automatically collects and records the following information:
- Aggregate information on what pages are accessed
- The operating system used
- Date and time you access our site
Permission-based Collection of Information:
At different places on our site depending upon the feature you use, you may be asked to volunteer personal and health-related information such as your name, email, mailing address, telephone number, and health history.
The following information is collected with your permission at this website:
- Anonymous user health insurance information
- Anonymous user survey information
- Personal information/identification gathered through user site registration
- The e-mail addresses of those who subscribe to our newsletter
- The names and e-mail addresses of those who use a feedback form
- User-specific information on what pages a registered visitor accesses
How Do We Use the Information We Collect?
The information we gather automatically and with your permission during your visit to our website is used in the following ways:
- Monitor, review, measure, and analyze website utilization
- Modify and enhance the website
- Improve the content and design of our website
- Determine the need for new programs and services
- Respond to your requests
- Monitor the changing health information needs of site visitors
- Monitor and improve our customer service efforts
- Distribute news and other health information requested by Web visitors
- Notify visitors about updates to our website
- Determine the effectiveness of health promotion and marketing programs
With Whom Will the Information Be Shared?
The personally identifiable information gathered during your visit to this website is not shared with any organization for any purpose.
- Access and Correction of Personal Information
- Review of Personal Information
- Site visitors may not access information we have collected and maintain about them
Additional Use of Personal Information
Requesting No E-mail Communication
You may receive e-mail messages from us about health topics that may be of interest to you, health and website-related news, upcoming events, special promotions, and other relevant information. If you do not wish to receive such email messages, please let us know by the following means:
- Send an email to: joyo@fwradiology.com
- Requesting No Postal Mailings
- You may receive periodic mailings from us with information on new products and services or upcoming events.
If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know by the following means:
- Send an email to: joyo@fwradiology.com
Our Use of Cookies
Many websites now use "cookies" to provide useful features to their visitors by providing customizable and personalized services.
A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. For example, a website may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you, your preferences, or the pages you last visited.
Your browser software can be set to reject all cookies, or to ask you if you would like to accept or decline a cookie from a particular site before it is set. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies in the Help section of the toolbar. You should know, however, that if you reject a cookie, certain functions and conveniences of a site may not work properly.
We use cookies on our website for the following purposes: To record past activity at a site in order to provide better service when visitors return to our site. We will never link the cookie to your personal information and/or health-related information.
Registration for Access
Some websites require you to provide some personal information through a registration process in order to take advantage of certain website features and to access content areas. For example, a registration form might request your name, telephone number and e-mail address. You might also be asked to voluntarily provide a list of health topics that you are interested in so your website experience. Access to some of the features on this website requires registration, and the disclosure of some personal information, which may include:
This site offers a specialized registration process for certain programs, events, and classes.
Our Children's Privacy Policy
We are especially concerned about protecting children's privacy. We hope parents and teachers are involved in children's Internet explorations. It is particularly important for parents to guide their children when children are asked to provide personal information online.
Our site does not feature information and services of interest to children 13 and under.
Interactive Services and Tools
Interactive services tools such as health risk assessments, health-related calculators, and other technology-based features provide website users with a richer and more valuable experience. The tools can provide you with information that is customized according to your personal health background and needs.
Some interactive tools may request identifying personal and health-related information in order to function. It is important for you to know how your information will be used when it is requested, for what purposes it may also be used, and if it will be shared with any other party.
This site does not use interactive tools that ask you for identifying and health-related personal information.
Security of Communications
We recognize that many people are concerned about the privacy and protection of information as it is transmitted over the Internet. Keep in mind that the possibility exists for unauthorized individuals to intercept any email message you send over the Internet. In some cases, information can be encrypted (scrambled or encoded) to make it very difficult to read if it is intercepted during communication. Certain technology and practices allow websites to provide an increased level of security for your personal and health-related information when appropriate.
We use the following practices on our website to enhance the level of security for communication and the transmission of personal information:
- We always use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving consumer data exchanged with our site
- We have taken reasonable steps to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of personally identifiable information that you may provide.
- We use e-mail forms to allow our customers to ask questions about our services and programs. These are not hosted on a secure server. The possibility exists that unauthorized individuals may intercept email messages.
E-Commerce, On-line Donations and Online Shopping
Purchasing items or making donations over the Internet usually requires you to provide your personal identifying information and credit card information on a website. Many people have become accustomed to online commerce as a time-saving and useful convenience. There are a number of practices that can make providing your sensitive credit card information more secure and therefore make you feel more comfortable about doing so.
At this time, we do not process credit card payments for donations, merchandise, or services on our website.
Advertising Servers
Online advertising, such as banner ads, has become commonplace on many websites. Certain websites have developed relationships with third-party advertising servers to display these advertisements on their sites. By clicking on one of these banner ads, you will be taken to another site with different privacy policies. These third-party ad servers may also use cookies to collect non-personal information on your preferences and interests via the advertisement you decide to view.
At this time, we do not partner with or have special relationships with any advertising server companies.
Links to Other Sites
Websites often provide a number of links that offer direct access to other useful or interesting websites holding potential value to site visitors. Inclusion of the other sites by links does not imply any endorsement of the material or information on the other sites. Users are encouraged to review the privacy policy of each linked site before sharing personal and health-related information.
This site includes links to non-affiliated external websites. We have the following practices: We encourage users to review the privacy policy of each linked site, as we cannot be responsible for the privacy practices of other sites.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy
From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future, we have the following practices:
We will post the policy changes to our website to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our website periodically.
Preference for Future Use of Information
You may prevent your information from being used for purposes other than those for which it was originally collected by calling us at 260-471-9466.
Website Contact Information
If you have questions about our privacy policy, or feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, please contact us.
FWRadiology
3707 New Vision Drive
Fort Wayne, IN 46845
Contact: Joy Olry
E-mail: joyo@fwradiology.com
Telephone: 260-471-9466
Modification Date
This privacy statement was last modified Nov. 1, 2006.
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