About this Privacy Policy

Web Site Covered
This privacy policy applies only to our Web site that may be used by consumers and that provides health care information and services.

• MedSurfer.com (www.MedSurfer.com) is our Web site for physicians, allied health care professionals and general patient population.
  MedSurfer.com offers – (1) Health Guides which contains several disease specific guidelines; (2) Health Library which contains links to online books, journals, patient education guidelines, health professionals tools, calculators, supports groups and various other medical and clinical information & resources online; (3) Health Tools which contains health assessment tools and health risk calculators, and (4) Medical Shop which offers selective health equipments, devices, kits, and books.

This privacy policy only applies to MedSurfer Web site. You should read the privacy policy at each Web site that you visit after you leave our site.

We are not responsible for how other Web sites treat your privacy, once you leave MedSurfer site.

Privacy Policy Changes
As our privacy policies change in significant ways, we will make every effort to notify you of the changes. Minor changes to the policy may occur that will not affect our use of individually identifiable health information. When the privacy policies change in a way that significantly affects the way we handle personal information, we will not use the information we have previously gathered without obtaining consent from the appropriate individual. We will post privacy policy changes on our Web sites in a timely manner.

Information We Collect
In this section of our privacy policy, we discuss the different types of information we may collect about you, and the ways in which we collect them.
We generally do not need to know (and do not ask you for) information that identifies you personally. We do track information provided to us by your browser,including the Web site you came from (known as the "referring URL"), the type of browser you use, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you.
There are times, however, when we may need a limited amount of personal information to provide you with services that are unique to you or tailored specifically for you. If that is ever the case, we will ask you explicitly for that personal information. Alternatively, you may wish to take advantage of online purchase opportunities when we offer them. You will need to provide some specific personal information (beyond just a name and address) to make that purchase possible. This type of information is always sent to us over an encrypted (or secured) connection that has been set up to keep anyone else
from gaining access to your information. We may need personal information in order to inform you about new features, services, or products available from us or our sponsors and partners. We will always tell you if personal information is required for purposes like these, and we will tell you how it is going to be used if different than outlined here. This information is NOT shared with advertisers on an individual basis, though the general demographics of all visitors may be shared on an aggregate basis only. Finally, this site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control to minimize the risk of hackers

Use of Cookies
Like many Web sites, we sometimes use pieces of information called "cookies" to keep track of how and when site areas are visited and by how many people. A cookie is a text file that is sent to your hard drive where your browser files are kept. This enables us to relate your use of the site with other specific information that you have voluntarily provided. It is important to understand, though, that the cookies themselves do not actually contain any personal information. Your Web browser can be set to allow you to control whether you will accept cookies, reject cookies, or to notify you each time a cookie is sent to you. If your browser is set to reject cookies, Web sites that are cookie enabled will not recognize you when you return to the Web site, and some Web site functionality may be lost. The Help section of your browser will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting cookies.
Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers.) We have told them that we do not want them to use cookie information to track our customer's activities once they leave our sites. However, because of the way advertisements are served on our Web sites, we do not have total control over how advertisers use cookies on our Web site. If you become aware that a MedSurfer advertiser is placing an unwanted cookie on your hard drive, please contact us to assist us in resolving the problem.

Children's Privacy
MedSurfer does NOT expressly collect online contact information from children. Any online information collected will only be used to respond directly to the child's request and will not be used for other purposes without prior parental consent. Though we do not require parental consent for access to our guides and information, we encourage all children and young adults to surf responsibly with the help of a mature adult. In addition, we do NOT collect personally identifiable off-line contact information without prior parental consent. We do NOT distribute to third parties any personally identifiable
information without prior parental consent. We do NOT entice by the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity, to divulge more information than is needed to participate in the activity. If you are a parent, remember that our policy only governs our Web site. The parent or guardian is responsible for providing supervision to ensure the minor's authentication information is kept secure and the credibility of the health record is maintained. For this reason, we strongly encourage you to talk with your kids about being cautious when it comes to sharing personal information online.

Privacy Questions or Concerns about our website
For privacy questions or concerns about our Web site, please contact contactus@medsurfer.com