Physician Renaissance Network Privacy Policy
Last Updated February, 2011
Introduction
This website is owned and operated by Physician Renaissance Network, LLC. By visiting our website and accessing the information, resources, services, products, and tools we provide, you understand and agree to accept and adhere to the following terms and conditions as stated in this Privacy Policy.
This agreement is in effect as of February 1, 2011.
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time without notice. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically to familiarize yourself with any modifications. Your continued use of this site after such modifications will constitute acknowledgment and agreement of the modified terms and conditions.
Information we collect
We collect information from you when you place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a survey of other form, or register directly on our website or through a Third Party Platform that we manage, including but not limited to Ning, LinkedIn, WordPress, and FaceBook.
When ordering or registering on our site, or through a Third Party Platform, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, demographic information, education and work experience, clinical and nonclinical interests, credit card information, or other personal information. You may, however, visit our website anonymously.
How we use your information
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in the following ways:
i) To personalize your experience. Your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs.
ii) To improve our website. We continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
iii) To improve customer service. Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs.
iv) To process transactions. Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested.
v) To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature
vi) To send periodic emails. This excludes email address provided solely for order processing, which will only be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order.
How we protect your information
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.
We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted directly to our payment gateway providers, including PayPal and Google Checkout, and are subject to their security measures. These third party services have separate and independent privacy policies. PRN has no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites.
After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will not be stored on our servers.
Website visitors using Third Party Platforms for social media purposes such as LinkedIn, Ning, WordPress, and Facebook should review their respective Privacy Policies prior to use. PRN does not have control over those platforms and cannot guarantee protection of your privacy when using them.
Use of cookies
Some of the Third Party Platforms used by PRN use cookies. Please refer to their Privacy Policies for full details.
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
Traffic log cookies identify which pages are being used. This helps analyse data about web page traffic and improve websites in order to tailor it to customer needs.
Overall, cookies help provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages visitors and Members find useful and which they do not. A cookie in no way gives us or any Third Party Platforms access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Disclosure of information to outside parties
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Privacy protection compliance
Because we value your privacy, we will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent. All users of our site may make any changes to their personal information as listed on their Profile pages at any time.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act compliance
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.
Third Party Platforms
PRN may use Third Party Platforms including but not limited to Ning, LinkedIn, WordPress, and FaceBook. Certain information is visible to all website visitors and browsers, whereas other information visibility is limited to other Members or only PRN and the Third Party Platform. Please review the Third Party Platform privacy policies before signing up for any such services through or managed by PRN.
International users
The PRN Website is hosted in the United States. If you use the Website, products, or services from the European Union, or any other region with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that you are transferring your personal data to the United States. The United States does not have the same data protection laws as the European Union and other regions. By providing Personal Information under this Privacy Policy, you consent to the use of Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the transfer of your Personal Information to the United States.
Contacting PRN
For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, email PRN.
