Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy:

Sam Sheppard Health Services ("Sam Sheppard Health Services") operates samreesesheppard.org and may operate other websites. It is Sam Sheppard Health Services' policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Sam Sheppard Health Services collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Sam Sheppard Health Services' purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Sam Sheppard Health Services' visitors use its website. From time to time, Sam Sheppard Health Services may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Sam Sheppard Health Services also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on samreesesheppard.org blogs/sites. Sam Sheppard Health Services only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Sam Sheppard Health Services' websites choose to interact with Sam Sheppard Health Services in ways that require Sam Sheppard Health Services to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Sam Sheppard Health Services gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at samreesesheppard.org to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Sam Sheppard Health Services are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Sam Sheppard Health Services collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with Sam Sheppard Health Services. Sam Sheppard Health Services does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

Sam Sheppard Health Services may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Sam Sheppard Health Services may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Sam Sheppard Health Services does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Sam Sheppard Health Services discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Sam Sheppard Health Services' behalf or to provide services available at Sam Sheppard Health Services' websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Sam Sheppard Health Services' websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Sam Sheppard Health Services will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Sam Sheppard Health Services discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Sam Sheppard Health Services believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Sam Sheppard Health Services, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Sam Sheppard Health Services website and have supplied your email address, Sam Sheppard Health Services may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with Sam Sheppard Health Services and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Sam Sheppard Health Services takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Sam Sheppard Health Services uses cookies to help Sam Sheppard Health Services identify and track visitors, their usage of Sam Sheppard Health Services website, and their website access preferences. Sam Sheppard Health Services visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Sam Sheppard Health Services' websites, with the drawback that certain features of Sam Sheppard Health Services' websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If Sam Sheppard Health Services, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Sam Sheppard Health Services goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Sam Sheppard Health Services may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Sam Sheppard Health Services and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Sam Sheppard Health Services may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Sam Sheppard Health Services' sole discretion. Sam Sheppard Health Services encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a samreesesheppard.org account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.