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Privacy and Confidentiality Policy
Using Collected Information
Tracking Mechanisms Methodist Health System occasionally uses web logs and temporary cookies to gather aggregated and identifiable information about its site visitors. Cookies are small files of information generated by a website and saved by your web browser. Their purpose is to store information about a visitor, to provide a more helpful and efficient experience for that visitor. Specifically, Methodist Health System may use this technology to recognize a visitor’s website behavior throughout our website, to help us understand how people use our website. The information we collect will allow us to identify a revisit to our website and tailor helpful information (both on our websites and on other websites) to you based on your interactions with us while visiting our website. If you would like to opt out of receiving information based on your website history, many browsers allow you to decline or deactivate cookies. If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer to access our website, you may change your Internet options by choosing Tools, located at the top of your internet window, select Internet Options, in the drop down menu, choose Privacy and change the settings to reflect the preferable option. If you would like to opt out of a third-party vendor’s cookie-enabled interest-based advertising, you may visit the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page. Your Consent By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of the information discussed above. Changes in this policy will be posted on this page so that you can be aware of what information is being collected, how it is being used, and under what circumstances it is being disclosed. Links to Third Party Sites The Methodist Health System Internet site may contain links to other Internet sites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Methodist Health System, and Methodist is not responsible for the content of any Linked Site that is not under its control, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Likewise, Methodist is not responsible for any information you may provide at any of the Linked Sites, and Methodist provides no assurances of how any Linked Site may use or disclose information you provide. Methodist is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site. Methodist is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Methodist Health System of the site or any association with its operators. Security Methodist Health System has adopted and adheres to stringent security standards designed to protect non-public personal information against accidental or unauthorized access or disclosure. Among the safeguards that Methodist Health System has developed for this site are administrative, physical, and technical barriers that together form a protective firewall around the information stored at this site. Read Methodist Health System's Notice of Privacy Practices, which includes information about patient privacy, protected health information, and how to contact the Methodist Health System HIPAA Privacy Officer.
Reviewed January 2015 |
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