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Health Researcher Privacy Policy

Health Researcher knows that privacy and security are major concerns to online users. Therefore, we have adopted the following practices for our site. This privacy policy applies to www.HealthResearcher.com and other Web sites that are owned and operated by Prefab Markets. It is intended to inform you of:

What information we might gather from you
What we will do with that information
What benefits you may receive by our use of that information
How you can control the information you choose to submit on our site
What protections we provide for the online privacy of children
How you can correct and update your member information, opt-out of communications, or delete your information from the database

Because we want to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy, our site has agreed to disclose its information practices. If you have questions regarding this policy, please contact the managing editor.

Our Privacy Vow

We at Health Researcher (HR) believe that strong electronic privacy is crucial for the ongoing success of the Internet as a service and as a commercial, educational, and entertainment medium. However, we do need to understand user behavior in order to serve you better. To achieve this goal, we need to understand what differentiates you from other unique users of the site. We collect information about our members in two ways: at registration and with cookies.

Information We May Ask You to Provide at Registration

HR gathers information about our members that allows us to offer compelling services and easily accessible online content in a manner that provides personal privacy protection as well. When you join HR, we request and collect personal information including your name, address, gender, e-mail address in order for you to access online information and other activities. This information also helps us provide content that is relevant to you. It is up to you to decide whether you wish to participate in these activities and provide the required information. We do NOT collect Social Security numbers. Credit card information, such as card numbers and expiration dates, are collected only when purchases are made and are used for purchase transactions only. This information is used solely in the event of a commercial transaction.

HR may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its visitors. Please be aware that any information that you disclose in these areas becomes public information, so you should exercise caution in disclosing personal information. HR will not disclose your personal information and passwords to other visitors in any of the public forums. We may also request information about your likes, dislikes, purchasing habits, and online activities. This information helps HR deliver content and activities that are customized and relevant to your preferences. This information may be made available to our corporate sponsors in varying degrees of complexity, but only if you have given your permission for this to occur.

Along with all of our members, you will receive periodic electronic-mail messages covering such topics as the confirmation of initial membership, and periodic personal health research reports. You may at any time cancel your membership with HR.

Information We May Implicitly Collect

Use of Cookies

Cookies are small bits of information that a Web site transfers to your computer's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make Web surfing easier by saving your registration, passwords, and preferences: they allow you to be recognized when you return to the site. The use of cookies is an industry-wide practice and you'll find them at most major Web sites.

By "looking" for a cookie, our server can determine whether you have already registered as a member of our site. As a result, if you are a member, you may see a customized front page and will not need to re-register each time you log on. Cookies also help us to serve you better by improving the site. They allow HR to track your interests and add content that is more relevant to you. Most Web browsers are usually set to initially accept cookies. If you prefer, you can set your browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, the site may not function properly if you do not accept cookies. Acceptance of a HealthResearcher.com membership obligates you to accept our cookies.

Collecting IP Addresses

HR collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web. Web servers automatically identify your computer by its IP address. When viewers click on pages from the HR site, our servers log the members' IP addresses. We, in turn, use this information to track navigation through the site and to improve the performance of the HR online experience.

In addition, HealthResearcher.com uses tracking services to analyze traffic to this Web site. The tracking service does not create individual profiles for visitors. Unlike some tracking services the system HR uses does not have a database of individual profiles for each visitor. HR only collects aggregate data.

Collecting Interests

In general, HR does not collect site member information simply based on your interactions with our site. However, we may make note of your interest or disinterest in a particular subject via a simple numeric value added to your member profile. This value indicates your relative interest or disinterest in a particular subject when you complete specific events or activities that are meaningful to us in understanding how to provide you with better customer support.

Sharing of Information

HR will never willfully disclose individually identifiable information about you to any third party without first receiving your permission. We will use your individually identifiable information only within our site to provide a personalized experience to you or to assist us in fulfilling awards that you might win. It may also be shared with HR's partners that provide some of the personalized content on our site, but only if you have given your permission for this to occur. Our privacy guarantee to you remains unchanged.

Opt-Out Features

HR believes the users of the site should control the communications directed to them. Every time we collect name and address information about you, you can tell us if you don't wish to receive communications from HealthResearcher.com such as e-mail newsletters announcing new features. You also can tell us if you don't want to receive communications from third-party companies that offer a product or service we think would be of value to you.

Your Right to Unsubscribe

After registering for membership on Health Researcher, you can remove your name from the mailing list at any time either by sending an e-mail to support@healthresearcher.com with the word "unsubscribe" as the subject line or by submitting a request at www.healthresearcher.com/unsubscribe.

Conclusion

Health Researcher fully respects your privacy and security concerns. We reserve the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of the HR Site following the posting of changes to these Terms of Service will mean that you accept those changes. If you have any questions or concerns about the Health Researcher Privacy Policy, please contact us, or call (801) 566-0670.