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Commitment to Privacy
Horizon
Healthcare Services is committed to respecting and protecting
your privacy as a visitor to our Web site at http://www.horizonhealthcareservices.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 Web site. 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 Web site.
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?
Horizon
Healthcare Services is collecting information on this Web
site 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 web site
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 web site and tell us the number
of visitors to our site each day.
- No
information is automatically collected at this Web 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 Web site:
- Anonymous
user health preference, health history, or medical status
information
- Health
preference or health history information with personal
identification information
- Personal
information/identification and health insurance information
- The
names and e-mail addresses of those who use a feedback
form
- The
e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via
e-mail
How
Do We Use the Information We Collect?
The
information we gather automatically and with your permission
during your visit to our Web site is used in the following
ways:
- Monitor,
review, measure, and analyze Web site utilization
- Modify
and enhance the Web site
- Improve
the content and design of our Web site
- 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
- Study
general usage habits and demographic information for our
own marketing research purposes
- Distribute news and other health information requested
by Web visitors
With
Whom Will the Information Be Shared?
The
personally identifiable information gathered during your
visit to this Web site 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 How
to Access and Correct Personal Information
Consumers
can access and request correction to this information by:
- Calling
us by telephone at: 717-544-3590
Our
Use of Cookies
Many
Web sites 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 Web site 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
do not use any cookies to store or collect information on
our Web site.
Registration
for Access
Some
Web sites require you to provide some personal information
through a registration process in order to take advantage
of certain Web site 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 Web site experience
Visitors
can use this entire Web site anonymously, without registration.
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 on line.
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
Web site 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. You should 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 Web sites to provide
an increased level of security for your personal and health-related
information when appropriate.
We
use the following practices on our Web site to enhance the
level of security for communication and the transmission
of personal information:
- We
have taken reasonable steps to ensure the integrity and
confidentiality of personally identifiable information
that you may provide.
- We
are not responsible for the privacy of e-mail messages
except those stored in our system.
- We
have appropriate security measures in place in our physical
facilities to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration
of information that we have collected from you at our
site
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 Web site. Many people have
become accustomed to on-line 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 Web site.
Advertising
Servers
On-line
advertising, such as banner ads, has become commonplace
on many Web sites. Certain Web sites 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
Web
sites often provide a number of links that offer direct
access to other useful or interesting web sites 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.
At
this time, we do not include links to non-affiliated external
Web 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 use for these new purposes only data collected from
the time of the policy change forward.
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:
Web
Site 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.
Horizon
Healthcare Services
1070 New Holland Avenue
Lancaster,
PA 17601
E-mail:
info@horizonhealthcareservices.com
Telephone:
717-544-3590
Modification
Date
This
privacy statement was last modified on August 24, 2001.
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