PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT CAREFULLY. Privacy is very important to us. We also understand that privacy is very important to you.
This Privacy Statement tells you how we protect and use information that we gather through this Health Outcomes Group web site. Health Outcomes Group and our
partners also operate other web sites. This Privacy Statement does not apply to the other Health Outcomes Group web sites.
This Privacy Statement was last revised on July 10, 2010. We may change this Privacy Statement at any time and
for any reason. Significant changes to the Privacy Statement are discussed below in the Section called "Changes to the Privacy Statement." We encourage you to
review this Privacy Statement each time you visit the web site.
By using this web site, you agree to the terms of the most recent version of this Privacy Statement. Please read
our Terms of Use to understand the general rules about your use of this web site. Except as written in any other disclaimers, policies, terms of use, or other
notices on this web site, this Privacy Statement and the Terms of Use are the complete agreement between you and Health Outcomes Group with respect to your use
of this web site. You may be subject to additional terms that may apply when you access particular services or materials on certain areas in this web site, or
by following a link from this web site.
INTRODUCTION
The information we receive, and how we use it, depends on what you do when visiting our web site. We collect and use
your non-personal information (information that is not identifiable to you personally) differently than your personal information.
WHAT IS NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Non-personal information is information we collect through this web site that does not identify you as an individual
person. It may include information such as the following:
the type of web browser software you use (for example, Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) the name of the domain
from which you access the Internet the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our web site the date and time you access our web site which
pages you have visited on our web site personal information that has been de-identified. If you visit our web site to read or download information, such as information
about a health condition or about one of our products, we may collect certain non-personal information about you from your computer. This information is collected from
your computer's web browser: If you only read or download information on our web site, we do not collect or learn your name, e-mail address, home address, or other
personal information about you. We may place a text file called a cookie in the browser files of your computer when you visit. The cookie may be stored on your computer's
hard drive. The information that we collect using cookies is non-personal information. US Government Information Bulletin (I-034) contains a good description of cookie
technology at: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-034.shtml. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but some parts of our web site may
not work properly for you if you do so. We will not allow third parties to place cookies on our web site.
WHAT DOES HEALTH OUTCOMES GROUP DO WITH NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Because non-personal information cannot identify you or be tied to you in any way, there are no restrictions on the
ways that we can use or share non-personal information. We are always looking for ways to better serve you and improve this web site. We will use non-personal
information from you to help us make this web site more useful to visitors. We also will use non-personal information for other business purposes. For example,
we may use non-personal information or aggregate de-identified personal information to:
create reports for internal use to develop programs, products, services or content customize the information or
services that are of interest to you share it with or sell it to third parties provide aggregated "traffic statistics" and "response rates" to third parties.
WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Personal information is information we collect through this web site that we can use to specifically identify you, such as your:
name
telephone number
e-mail address
In some places on this web site you have the opportunity to send us personal information about yourself. For example,
you may fill out a quote request, a survey, or an e-mail form.
You also may choose to allow us to personalize your visits to the web site, in which case we will ask you for certain
personal information to make your visits to our web site more helpful to you. When this information is combined with the non-personal information that we collect
through cookies (described above), we will be able to tell that you have visited our web site before and can personalize your access to our web site, for example,
by telling you about new features that may be of interest to you.
HOW DOES HEALTH OUTCOMES GROUP KEEP AND USE PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We may keep and use personal information we collect from you through this web site to provide you with access to
this web site. In addition, we may keep and use your personal information:
to respond to your requests
to personalize your access to our web site, for example, by telling you about new features that may be of interest to you to develop records, including records
of your personal information to contact you with information that might be of interest to you, including information about clinical trials and about products
and services of ours and of others for analytical purposes and to research, develop and improve programs, products, services and content to remove your personal
identifiers (your name, e-mail address, etc). In this case, you would no longer be identified as a single unique individual. Once we have de-identified information,
it is non-personal information and we may treat it like other non-personal information.
to enforce this Privacy Statement and other rules about your use of this web site to protect our rights or property to protect someone's health, safety or welfare
to comply with a law or regulation, court order or other legal process.
DOES HEALTH OUTCOMES GROUP EVER SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES?
Health Outcomes Group will not share your personal information collected from this web site with an unrelated third
party without your permission, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Statement.
In the ordinary course of business, we will share some personal information with companies that we hire to perform
services or functions on our behalf. For example, we may use different vendors or suppliers to ship you products that you order on our web site. In these cases,
we provide the vendor with information to process your order such as your name and mailing address. In all cases in which we share your personal information with
a third party, we will not authorize them to keep, disclose or use your information with others except for the purpose of providing the services we asked them to
provide.
We will not sell, exchange or publish your personal information, except in conjunction with a corporate sale, merger,
dissolution, or acquisition.
We may be legally compelled to release your personal information in response to a court order, subpoena, search warrant,
law or regulation. We may cooperate with law enforcement authorities in investigating and prosecuting web site visitors who violate our rules or engage in behavior
which is harmful to other visitors (or illegal).
We may disclose your personal information to third parties if we feel that the disclosure is necessary to: enforce
this Privacy Statement and the other rules about your use of this web site,protect our rights or property, protect someone's health, safety or welfare comply with
a law or regulation, court order or other legal process Please note: In addition to the ways that we may keep, disclose, and use information described in this
Privacy Statement, we also may keep, disclose, and use personally identifiable information that you give us through this web site in ways that we believe are
consistent with FDA and other governmental guidance, directions, regulations, and laws.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE PRIVACY STATEMENT CHANGES?
If we decide to make a significant change to our Privacy Statement, we will post a notice on the homepage of our web
site for a period of time after the change is made. Significant changes are also described below.
WHAT ABOUT PRIVACY ON OTHER WEB SITES?
This web site may contain links to other web sites. Some of those web sites may be operated by Health Outcomes Group,
and some may be operated by third parties. We provide the links for your convenience, but we do not review, control, or monitor the privacy practices of web sites
operated by others. This Privacy Statement does not apply to any other web site, even the other Health Outcomes Group web sites. We are not responsible for the
performance of web sites operated by third parties or for your business dealings with them.Therefore, whenever you leave this web site we recommend that you review
each web site's privacy practices and make your own conclusions regarding the adequacy of these practices.
DOES HEALTH OUTCOMES GROUP EVER COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH VISITORS TO THIS WEB SITE?
We may contact you periodically by e-mail, mail or telephone to provide information regarding programs, products,
services and content that may be of interest to you. In addition, some of the features on this web site allow you to communicate with us using an online form. If
your communication requests a response from us, we will send you a response via e-mail. The e-mail response or confirmation may include your personal information,
including your name, address, etc. We cannot guarantee that our e-mails to you will be secure from unauthorized interception.
WHAT ABOUT WEB SITE SECURITY?
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure,
alteration, or destruction. You should keep in mind that no Internet transmission is ever 100% secure or error-free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from this site
may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail.
HOW TO CONTACT HEALTH OUTCOMES GROUP
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Statement, please email Health Outcomes Group at or contact us at:
Health Outcomes Group, Inc.
PO Box 60644
Palo Alto, CA 94306