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Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy was last updated on
9/26/2008.
Introduction:This web site (the
"Site") is operated by NBC Digital Health Network, Inc. ("NBC
" or "we" or "our" or "us") and is a
part of the NBC Digital Health Network (the “Network”). The
Network is defined as the network of health websites and services that are
owned and operated by NBC. Each site within the Network is governed by
this Privacy Policy unless otherwise noted on such site. Your privacy is
important to us. This Privacy Policy describes the types of information
collected from you, what we do with it, with whom we share it, and how you can
correct or change such information. It is your responsibility to review
this Privacy Policy carefully, especially before providing any personal data
through the Site. This Site is operated in and controlled from the United
States of America. If you have any questions about this Privacy
Policy or Site, or if you wish to unsubscribe from Site services for which you
have previously registered, please contact us at
info@healthvideo.com or at the address at the end of this policy.
PLEASE REVIEW THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND THE TERMS OF SERVICE FOR THE SITE
CAREFULLY. YOUR USE OF THIS SITE SIGNIFIES YOUR AGREEMENT TO SUCH PRIVACY
POLICY AND TERMS OF SERVICE.
1. Types of Information Collected
Personal DataAggregate and
Anonymous Data2.
Use of Cookies and Other Technologies
3. Our Use of Your
Information
4. Disclosure
of Personal Data to Third Parties
Disclosure to AffiliatesDisclosure
to Third PartiesDisclosure to
Others5.
Third Party Advertising and Links to Other Sites
6. Your Choice
7. Access and Correction
8. Children and Privacy
9.
Message Boards, Chat Rooms, Blogs and Other User Forums
10. Data Security
11. Exclusions
12. Other Terms and
Conditions
13. Site Location
14. Changes to this Privacy
Policy
15. Contacting
NBC Regarding Your Privacy
1. Types of Information Collected:
Personal Data: Personally Identifiable Information ("Personal
Data") is any information that can be used to identify a specific individual,
such as your name, email address, home address, phone number and credit card
information. This Site collects Personal Data when you interact with the
Site for example when you subscribe for newsletters; register for membership
services such as chat rooms or message boards; participate in chat rooms, blogs
or other user forums; respond to polls or surveys; purchase merchandise via the
Site; register for sweepstakes, contests and other promotional opportunities;
or seek help from our customer service departments. We also may collect
information when you purchase products or services offline, or register for
wireless services via your cellphone or other wireless devices ("Other
Services"). Because providing detailed information regarding our privacy
policy when you register or provide information in connection with these Other
Services often proves impractical, you may instead be provided with a short
notice that reminds you to refer to this Privacy Policy and other relevant
information from us. We may also obtain Personal Data from reputable
third parties, such as credit agencies.
Aggregate and Anonymous Data: Aggregate and anonymous data is
information that does not identify you specifically including data collected
automatically through the operation of the Site ("AA Data"). We may
collect site usage data (such as which Site pages you visit and in what
sequence) through the use of various technologies. For example, we
collect IP addresses from individuals who visit the Site. An IP address
is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you're
surfing the Web. Web servers, the computers that "serve up" Web pages,
automatically identify your computer by its IP address, and when you request a
page from a website, its servers log your IP address. We do not link IP
addresses to any Personal Data, so although your session will be logged, you
will remain anonymous to us and the Site. We may also collect password
information from you when you log in, as well as computer and connection
information such as browser type or version. During some visits, we may
use software tools, such as Javascript, to measure and collect session
information, including page response times, download errors, time spent on
certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away
from the page.
2. Use
of Cookies and Similar Technologies:
Like many sites, we use "cookies" or other similar technologies to
collect AA Data. A cookie is a small data file that writes to your hard drive
for record keeping purposes when you visit the Site. Cookies allow the Site to
measure traffic activity on the Site and to improve your user experience, for
example by remembering your passwords and viewing preferences, allowing you to
visit "member only" portions of the Site without re-registering, and tracking
the progress and number of entries in activities that require registration or
entry, such as sweepstakes. Similarly, if you have asked us to send you
information about upcoming products and promotions, using cookies we collect
information about which Site pages you have visited and in what order
("Clickstream Data") that may allow us to narrow or limit the materials
provided to you based on your prior online activities or preferences. Most
browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can set your
browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent, but it
is possible that some parts of the Site will not function properly if you do
so.
In addition, we may use a service that collects data remotely by using
so-called "pixel tags," "web beacons," "clear GIFs" or similar means
(collectively, "Pixel Tags") embedded in the Site's content. A Pixel Tag is an
electronic image, often a single pixel (1x1), that is ordinarily not visible to
Site visitors and may be associated with cookies on the visitors' hard drives.
This information is anonymous data.
3. Our Use of
Your Data:
Personal Data: We will use your Personal Data for the purposes
for which it was provided. For example, if you provide Personal Data to
register for a newsletter or a text messaging service, to enter a contest or a
sweepstake, or to purchase goods or services, we will use it to register you
for or provide you with those goods or services. We may also use your Personal
Data to provide you with information about features, services and other
offerings that may be of interest to you. We also may send information or
offers to selected groups of Site users on behalf of other businesses. When we
do this, we do not give those businesses your name or address. Under certain
circumstances (for example if you win a contest) we may post your Personal Data
on the Site. We will notify you of this possibility when you provide the
Personal Data and, if possible, when the Personal Data is posted.
Cookies and similar tools may be used to relate your use of the Site and AA
Data to Personal Data obtained from you. If any AA Data are linked with
Personal Data, the linked AA Data will then be treated as Personal Data.
AA Data: We may also use Personal Data in aggregate form for
purposes of research or analysis. In order to better understand and serve the
users of the Site and Other Services, NBC often conducts research on its
customer demographics, interests and behavior based on Personal Data we gather.
Although this aggregated data may be based in part on Personal Data, it does
not identify you personally. NBC may share this type of AA Data with a variety
of third parties, including its affiliates, agents, and current and prospective
business partners.
We may use AA Data collected from the Site for site administration, advertising
and promotional purposes, and we may share such information with various
affiliated and unaffiliated entities for such purposes. For example, IP
addresses are used for the purposes of system administration and to provide AA
Data to advertisers about the volume of use on the Site, and Clickstream Data
and demographic AA Data may be shared with our advertisers and business
partners. We may also enter into agreements with outside companies that possess
technology that allows the Site to customize the advertising and marketing
messages you receive on the Site. This data (including Clickstream Data about
your activities on our Site) may be shared with these companies for this
purpose.
4.
Disclosure of Personal Data:
Disclosure to Affiliates: We reserve the right to share
Personal Data with our affiliates. If you do not want us to share your
Personal Data with our affiliated companies for their marketing purposes, you
may opt-out of such sharing by contacting us at
info@healthvideo.com
(see "Your Choices" below).
Disclosure to Third Parties:
NBC, like many businesses, sometimes hires other
companies to perform certain business-related functions on our behalf such as
hosting specific portions of the Site, maintaining databases, administering
contests, providing wireless services, mailing information and processing
payments. When we employ a third party to perform these functions, that
third party will only be provided with the particular Personal Data it needs to
perform its function, and is required to protect the Personal Data. With
your consent, we may also share Personal Data with pre-screened third parties
for their marketing or promotional purposes. We will provide you with an
opportunity to elect or decline these services or opportunities (see
"Your Choices" below). In the event you have elected to "unsubscribe"
from any of our services, we will share your Personal Data with third parties
with whom we jointly offer such services solely to the extent necessary to
ensure that your request not to receive such communications is honored.
In addition, for third-party sponsored sweepstakes, contests or promotions, we
may request Personal Data from you that may be shared with the sponsor upon
request.
Disclosure to Others: In addition, we may disclose
Personal Data without providing you with a choice under the following limited
circumstances to: (1) protect the legal rights, privacy or safety
of
NBC, or its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates or its or
their employees, agents and contractors; (2) protect the safety and
security of visitors to our web sites or other properties; (3) protect
against fraud or other illegal activity or for risk management purposes; (4)
respond to inquiries or requests from public authorities; (5) permit us to
pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain; (6) enforce
our Terms of Service; or (7) comply with the law or legal process.
If
NBC sells all or part of this Site or makes a sale or
transfer of assets or is otherwise involved in a merger or business transfer,
we may, in our sole discretion, transfer, sell or assign your Personal Data to
a third party as part of or in connection with that transaction. Upon
such transfer, the Privacy Policy of the acquiring entity may govern the
further use of your Personal Data.
5. Third-Party Advertising and Links to Other Sites:
This Site may include third-party advertising. These third parties'
websites and advertisers, or the Internet advertising companies that work on
their behalf, may use technology to send (or "serve") the advertisements that
appear on our Site directly to your browser. They automatically receive
your IP address when this happens. They may also use cookies, Javascript,
Pixel Tags and other technologies to deliver advertisements, collect
information about the effectiveness of their advertisements, and to collect
anonymous information about your visits to the Site, such as the number of
times you have viewed an ad (but not your name, address, or other Personal
Data). For more information about these specialized cookies and other
technologies, and how to "opt out" of information collection by these
companies, we suggest you visit http://doubleclick.net/privacy_policy or
http://networkadvertising.org/optout_nonppii.asp.
Please note that this Site contains links to other sites that will not follow
the same Privacy Policy as our Site. For instance, clicking on an
advertisement or on links or other elements on the Site may take you to an
entirely different site. Links to other sites may use our Site logo or
style as a result of a co-branding agreement. These sites may send their
own cookies to you and may collect data and make use of that data in ways that
this Site would not. Once you've left this Site, this Privacy Policy will
no longer apply to Personal Data or any other data collected from or provided
by you. You should check the applicable privacy policy to determine how
that site will handle such data.
6. Your Choices:
You can use the Site and certain Other Services without providing any Personal
Data, but if you decline to provide Personal Data, you may not be able to use
certain services or features. If you have previously provided Personal
Data to the Site and have subscribed to one or more email newsletters or are
receiving emails or other communications from the Site and you do not want to
receive such emails, please discontinue your subscriptions by selecting the
"unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any message, or contacting us at
info@healthvideo.com.
You may opt-out of receiving offers from us and related products and services
offered by third parties by contacting us at
info@healthvideo.com.
If you ask that we stop using your Personal Data, we will honor that
request. However we will retain records of your Personal Data as needed
in order to comply with applicable federal, state, or local law.
7. Access and Correction:
If you would like to review, correct or change the Personal Data that you have
previously provided us, please contact us at
info@healthvideo.com.
We will take reasonable steps to update or correct Personal Data in our
possession.
8. Children and Privacy:
We encourage parents and guardians to spend time with their children online and
to be fully familiar with the sites visited by their children. At various
places on the Site or Other Services, we may ask users for their age. By
using the Site or Other Services you agree to respond truthfully and accurately
about your age. Children under the age of 13 years of age are expressly
prohibited from submitting or posting any Personal Data on the Site or Other
Services.
9. Message Boards, Chat Rooms, Blogs and Other User Forums:
Please remember that information posted to message boards, chat rooms, blogs
and other user forums becomes public information. Use caution when
posting. Individuals under the age of 18 should be especially careful not
to provide any personally identifiable information when participating in any
area of the Site where postings might become public. Please see our Terms
of Service for the standards of behavior that must be followed when using these
portions of the Site or Other Services.
10. Data Security Disclaimer:
NBCtakes reasonable security
precautions to secure the Personal Data that you choose to provide against the
loss, misuse, alteration or unauthorized access of such information.
Unfortunately, no transmission of data over the Internet is guaranteed to be
completely secure. It may be possible for third parties not under the
control of
NBC
to intercept or access transmissions or private communications
unlawfully. While we strive to protect your Personal Data, we cannot
ensure or warrant the security of any Personal Data you transmit to us.
Any such transmission is done at your own risk. If you believe that your
interaction with us is no longer secure, please notify us of the problem by
contacting us at
info@healthvideo.com.
11. Exclusions:
This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited information you
provide to
NBC
on or through this Site or Other Services. Please see our Terms of
Service for our policies regarding such Unsolicited Information. All such
Unsolicited Information shall be deemed to be non-confidential, and
NBC shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and
distribute such Unsolicited Information to others without limitation or
attribution.
12. Other Terms and Conditions:
Your access to and use of this Site or Other Services is subject to
the Terms of Service.
13. Applicable Law:
We control and operate this Site from the United States . The Site is not
intended to subject us to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country or
territory other than that of the United States . Please note that we do
not represent or warrant that the Site is appropriate for use in any particular
jurisdiction. Those who choose to access the Site do so at their own
initiative and are responsible for complying with all local laws, rules and
regulations.
14. Changes to this Privacy Policy:
From time to time, we may revise this Privacy Policy to reflect
industry initiatives, changes in the law or technology, or changes in our
practices regarding information collection and use. If we make revisions
to the way we collect or use Personal Data, we may provide notice of those
changes by either: (1) announcing the change on the home page of the Site
or (2) taking such other action as we deem appropriate under the circumstances,
including without limitation, posting the revised draft of this Privacy Policy
on the Site. You can determine when this Privacy Policy was last revised
by referring to the "Last Updated" legend at the top of this page. Any
changes to this policy will become effective upon posting of the revised
Privacy Policy on the Internet, accessible through the Site. By
continuing to use the Site following such changes, you will be deemed to have
agreed to such changes. If you do not agree with the terms of this
Privacy Policy, as it may be amended from time to time, in whole or in part,
please do not continue using this Site.
15. Contacting
NBC Regarding
Your Privacy:
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, Personal Data gathered by
this Site or Other Services, or about the operation of this Site or Other
Services, or if you wish to unsubscribe from the Site or Other Services, please
contact us at
info@healthvideo.com
or at the address listed below.
NBC Digital Health Network, Inc.
904 Sylvan Avenue
Englewood
Cliffs, NJ 07632
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