ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP is committed to protecting the online
privacy of visitors to its Web site. We believe that greater protection
of personal privacy on the Web will not only protect consumers, but
also increase consumer confidence and ultimately their participation
in online activities. At ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP, we intend
to give you as much control as possible over your personal information.
The purpose of our policy is to inform you about the types of information
we gather about you when you visit our site(s), how we may use that
information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have
regarding our use of, and your ability to correct, the information.
I. Personal Information Which We Collect
We may request that you supply us with personal information, including
your e-mail address, postal address, home or work telephone number,
credit card number (only if you choose to purchase a product online),
for such purposes as correspondence, making a purchase, or participating
in online contests, surveys or games. If you choose to give us personal
information via the Internet that we or our business partners may need--to
correspond with you, to process an order or to provide you with a subscription,
for example--then it is our intent to let you know how we will use such
information. Like many other commercial sites, our site(s) may utilize
a standard technology called a "cookie" to collect information about
how our site is used. Cookies were designed to help a Web site recognize
a user's browser as a previous visitor and thus save and remember any
preferences that may have been set while the user was previously browsing
the site. Our cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive
or pass on a computer virus. Our Web site(s) may use cookies to enhance
your visit. Cookies can securely store a user's password, personalize
Homes, identify which parts of a site have been visited or keep track
of selections, such as those selected in a "shopping cart." Our cookies
may collect a domain name (for example, "aol.com" or "netcom.com") and
track a path through our Web pages. We only use "cookies" to gather
the information indicated in this policy and do not use cookies to gather
personal identifying information about you (such as your name) without
your consent.
We may require you to supply us with personal information (demographic
information such as age, income, education, population data, zip codes)
during a "registration" process online prior to using certain features
of our site (for example, prior to entering an online sweepstakes).
We use this general information in statistical form to understand our
site's demographics, such as percentage of male and female users, geographic
location, age ranges, or a combination of these or other demographics.
We also require registration in some circumstances to contact users
when necessary, such as with online sweepstakes and Forums. As detailed
below, we will not share specific information about you to advertisers
or third parties without your consent. The Company is not responsible
for events arising from the distribution of the registration information
if you choose to publicly post or share that information.
II. Use of User Information
We may perform statistical analyses of aggregate (group) user behavior.
This allows us to measure relative consumer interest in the various
areas of our Web sites for product development purposes. Any information
we collect is used for our own internal purposes to improve the content
of the Web site(s), to enhance users' experiences when visiting our
site(s), to customize the content and/or layout of our pages, and to
provide the services required by an individual user. We do not use personal
identifying information for any reason that is not disclosed either
in this Policy or at the time the information is requested. Aside from
an automatic reply to an e-mail received by us, it is our intent not
to e-mail to you unless you request a particular service, or consent
to being contacted by e-mail. There may be instances where you will
have the opportunity to subscribe to an e-mail list that will send information
about the site or our advertisers to your e-mail address, but after
an initial mailing gauging your interest this will be continued only
with your permission and consent.
III. Disclosure to Third Parties
We do not share personal identifying information with any third party
without your permission. We disclose only in aggregate (group) form
our statistical analyses or demographics of users to third parties,
such as advertisers or other business partners. This aggregate information
does not include names or e-mail addresses. In some instances, we operate
shared Web sites with businesses affiliated with us. Our Privacy Policy
will apply to these Web sites. PLEASE BE AWARE that when you voluntarily
disclose personal information (such as your name or e-mail address)
in chat areas or bulletin boards or to third parties, that information
may be collected by others outside our control and may result in unsolicited
messages from others.
IV. Accuracy of User Information
Questions regarding our Privacy Policy, the accuracy of your personal
information or the use of the information collected should be directed
via e-mail to webmaster@entandallergy.com.
You also can write us at:
ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP
Attn: Web Site Privacy Policy
560 White Plains Rd Suite 500
Tarrytown, NY 10591
These privacy policies are effective as of September 1, 2002. We reserve
the right to change this Policy at any time, and will post any changes
to this Policy as soon as they go into effect.
V. Security of Information
We seek to ensure the security of personal information submitted by
our users. When collecting credit card information for online purchases,
we offer secured-server transactions that encrypt your information in
transit to VeriSign to prevent someone from intercepting it and misusing
it. When we collect other information from our users, it is stored in
an area to which the general public does not have access.
VII. Permission to Use of Materials
The right to download and store or output the materials in our site(s)
is granted for the user's personal use only, and materials may not be
reproduced in any edited form. Any other reproduction, transmission,
performance, display or editing of these materials by any means mechanical
or electronic without the express written permission of the Company
is strictly prohibited. Users wishing to obtain permission to reprint
or reproduce any materials appearing on this site may contact us at
webmaster@entandallergy.com.
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