This
document sets forth the Physical Medicine Associates Online
Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy") for this Web site, www.physmedassoc.com
(the "Site"). If you have objections to the Privacy Policy,
you should not access or use this Site.
Changes in Privacy Policy
All "personal information" ("personal information" is
defined as any information that identifies or can be used
to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information
pertains) that we collect and maintain will be subject to
the version of the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of
such collection. Physical Medicine Associates reserves the
right to change the Privacy Policy from time to time at its
sole discretion, and will provide notice of material changes
on the home page of the Site. If as the result of such changes,
you want to alter the ways in which Physical Medicine Associates
is allowed to use your personal information, you can do so
by following the procedure described below in the section
titled "Updating your personal information and privacy preferences."
You will be deemed to have been made aware of, and will be
subject to, the changes to the Privacy Policy by your continued
use of the Site after such notice has been posted for thirty
(30) days with the following exception: If at the time you
provide personal information to Physical Medicine Associates
you are given the opportunity (as you currently are) to limit
how such information will be used to communicate with you,
either by Physical Medicine Associates or by third parties,
Physical Medicine Associates will not change your preference
in this regard without your express consent. However, if Physical
Medicine Associates sells assets (or the assets of a division
or subsidiary) to another entity, or Physical Medicine Associates
(or a division or subsidiary) is acquired by, or merged with,
another entity, Physical Medicine Associates may provide to
such entity customer information that is related to that part
of our business that was sold to or merged with the other
entity without your consent.
Entities collecting personal information
Personal information on this Site is collected by Physical
Medicine Associates. Physical Medicine Associates' address
is 24W500 Maple Avenue, Suite 105, Naperville, IL 60540
630-428-4300.
The Site contains links to other sites at which personal information
is collected. In such instances, unless expressly provided
to the contrary, the collection and use of your personal information
will be governed by the privacy policy applicable to that
site. That privacy policy should identify the entity that
is collecting your personal information.
Collection of personal information
As a visitor to this Site, you can engage in many activities
without providing any personal information. In connection
with other activities, such as subscribing to the collaboration
services offered on the Site, Physical Medicine Associates may ask you to provide certain
information about yourself by filling out and submitting an
online form. It is completely optional for you to engage in
these activities. If you elect to engage in these activities,
however, Physical Medicine Associates may ask that you provide
us personal information, such as your first and last name,
mailing address (including ZIP code), e-mail address, employer,
job title and department, telephone and facsimile numbers,
and other personal information. When ordering products or
services on the Site, you may be asked to provide a credit
card number. Depending upon the activity, some of the information
that we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and
some as voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data
with respect to a particular activity, you will not be able
to engage in that activity.
When you use the Site, Physical Medicine Associates or third
parties authorized by Physical Medicine Associates may also
collect certain technical and routing information about your
computer to facilitate your use of the Site and its services.
For example, we may log environmental variables, such as browser
type, operating system, CPU speed, and the Internet Protocol
("IP") address of your computer. We use these environmental
variables to facilitate and track your use of the Site and
its services. Physical Medicine Associates also uses such
environmental variables to measure traffic patterns on the
Site. Without expressly informing you in each particular circumstance,
we do not match such information with any of your personal
information.
When you submit personal information to Physical Medicine
Associates through this Site, you understand and agree that
this information may be transferred across national boundaries
and may be stored and processed in any of the countries in
which Physical Medicine Associates and its affiliates and
subsidiaries maintain offices, including, without limitation,
the United States. You also acknowledge that in certain countries
or with respect to certain activities, the collection, transferring,
storage, and processing of your information may be undertaken
by trusted vendors of Physical Medicine Associates. Such vendors
are bound by contract not to use your personal information
for their own purposes or provide it to any third parties.
One instance where this could occur is in conjunction with
framed pages in which the URL for the pages is not visible
and the pages are being hosted by a vendor of Physical Medicine
Associates.
Physical Medicine Associates has established relationships
with various service providers whose services are available
to you from this Site or from Web sites that are linked to
this Site. Typically, these providers offer services that
Physical Medicine Associates customers might find useful,
such as those that can be used in conjunction with Physical
Medicine Associates services and products. In order to use
those services, you may be required to provide personal information
to the providers. Unless expressly provided to the contrary,
personal information that you provide while you are visiting
a provider's Web site will be subject to the privacy policy
posted on such site, and personal information that you provide
while on this Site in conjunction with a provider's service
will be subject to this Privacy Policy. You should be aware
that our agreements with these service providers often provide
that they will share with Physical Medicine Associates personal
information collected from you. In such instances, Physical Medicine Associates may
use this information in a manner consistent with this Privacy
Policy. In the situation where sites have an Physical Medicine
Associates "look and feel," and you reasonably believe you
are on an Physical Medicine Associates site, the site is collecting
information in a solely intermediary capacity and does not
use personal information for secondary purposes.
How your personal information is used
Physical Medicine Associates collects your information
in order to record and support your participation in the activities
you select. If you subscribe to a service or register a product,
for example, the information is used to register your rights,
if any, to support or other benefits that may be made available
to registered users. Your personal information is also used
to keep you informed about product upgrades, special offers,
and other products and services of Physical Medicine Associates
and selected third parties if you have so opted to receive
such communications.
Physical Medicine Associates may collect information about
the use of the Site, such as the types of services used and
how many users we receive daily. This information is collected
in aggregate form, without identifying any user individually.
Physical Medicine Associates may use this aggregate, non-identifying
statistical data for statistical analysis, marketing, or similar
promotional purposes.
Your choices with respect to personal information
Physical Medicine Associates recognizes and appreciates
the importance of responsible use of information collected
on this Site. Without your consent, Physical Medicine Associates
will not communicate any information to you regarding products,
services, and special offers available from Physical Medicine
Associates, although we may find it necessary to communicate
with you regarding your use of the services on this Site.
Except in the particular circumstances described in this Privacy
Policy, Physical Medicine Associates will also not provide
your name to other companies or organizations without your
consent.
There are other instances in which Physical Medicine Associates
may divulge your personal information. Physical Medicine Associates
may provide your personal information if necessary, in Physical Medicine Associates's
good faith judgment, to comply with laws or regulations of
a governmental or regulatory body or in response to a valid
subpoena, warrant, or order or to protect the rights of Physical Medicine Associates
or others.
Protection of your personal information
The personal information that you provide in connection
with registering yourself as a user of Physical Medicine Associates products or services
or registering an Physical Medicine Associates product is classified as Registration
Information. Registration Information is protected in several
ways. Access by you to your Registration Information is
available through a password and unique customer ID selected
by you. This password is encrypted. We recommend that you
do not divulge your password to anyone. In addition, your
Registration Information resides on a secure server that
only selected Physical Medicine Associates personnel and contractors have access
to via password. Physical Medicine Associates encrypts your personal information
and thereby strives to prevent unauthorized parties from
viewing such information when it is transmitted to Physical Medicine Associates.
Personal information that you provide that does not constitute
Registration Information also resides on a secure server
and is only accessible to selected Physical Medicine Associates personnel and contractors
via password. Since this information is not accessible by
you, you will not be asked to select a password in order
to view or modify such information.
Please note that any information you post to a public bulletin
board or chat room, such as the Physical Medicine Associates User to User Forums
(the "Forums"), is available to all persons accessing that
location. Your e-mail address will not automatically be
posted on the Forums unless you modify the default setting
to permit that. Your e-mail address would then be available
to all persons accessing the Forums. In addition, you should
be aware that the Forums offers a service in which subscribers
are e-mailed a copy of all messages posted to the Forums
on a particular topic. Consequently, if you post a message
to the Forums, your e-mail address will be sent to those
subscribers that have indicated an interest in the topic
of your message.
Use of cookies
When you visit this Site, you can browse the Site and
access important information without revealing your identity.
In order to improve our Site, we use "cookies" to track
your visit. A cookie is a small amount of data that is transferred
to your browser by a Web server and can only be read by
the server that gave it to you. It functions as your identification
card, and enables Physical Medicine Associates to record your passwords, purchases,
and preferences. It cannot be executed as code or deliver
viruses.
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can
set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie,
giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. (For
some Web pages that require an authorization, cookies are
not optional. Users choosing not to accept cookies will
probably not be able to access those pages.)
While Physical Medicine Associates uses cookies to track
your visit to physmedassoc.com, and our Web servers automatically
log the IP/Internet address of your computer, Physical Medicine
Associates does not use this information to identify you
personally.
Updating your personal information and privacy preferences
You have the right to access and correct your personal
information and privacy preferences at any time. With respect
to Registration Information, this may be accomplished by
linking to your account at Edit Your Account, where you
can view and make changes to your personal information.
You may also access and correct your personal information
and privacy preferences (such as whether you wish to receive
promotional communications from Physical Medicine Associates or third parties) by
writing or calling Physical Medicine Associates at:
Physical Medicine Associates
24W500 Maple Avenue, Suite 105
Naperville, IL 60540 USA
630-428-4300
Please include your name, address, and/or e-mail address
when you contact us. No specific form is required to notify
Physical Medicine Associates of changes to your address
or privacy preferences.
In your correspondence, please indicate with as much detail
as possible the location on this Site where you provided
your personal information.
Privacy-related inquiries and complaints
Physical Medicine Associates takes its users' privacy concerns
seriously. If you believe that Physical Medicine Associates
has not complied with this Online Privacy Policy with respect
to your personal information or you have other related inquiries
or concerns, you may write to the Physical Medicine Associates
Privacy Officer at the address indicated above.
In your letter, please describe in as much detail as possible
the nature of your inquiry or the ways in which you believe
that the Physical Medicine Associates Online Privacy Policy
has not been complied with. We will investigate your inquiry
or complaint promptly.
Please note that if you provide Physical Medicine Associates
with inconsistent privacy preferences (for example, by indicating
on one occasion that third parties may contact you with
marketing offers and indicating on another occasion that
they may not), Physical Medicine Associates cannot guarantee
that your most recent privacy preference will be honored.
Also, please note that Physical Medicine Associates is not
responsible for the content or privacy practices of non-Physical
Medicine Associates Web sites to which this Site or any
other Physical Medicine Associates Web site may link. You
should review the privacy policy of such sites before using
the sites.