Informed Patient Institute (IPI) Privacy Policy

IPI does not rent or sell any information provided by you to www.informedpatientinstitute.org with any unaffiliated third party.

Information Collection, Disclosure and Use

When you use our website, you are not required to register or provide any personal information. The information we gather on the site falls into two categories: 1)tracking information and 2)personal information that you provide when you interact with the site by e-mailing us or requesting to be added to e-lists.

Tracking Information:

In order to improve our site, we may collect information such as the number of visitors that use the site, their browser type, the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site, and pages visited on the site. None of this information identifies you personally.

We use cookies to store and and sometimes track user information. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie allows our site to recognize your computer in order to make your interaction more customized. The "help" function on most browsers contains information on how to notify you before accepting cookies or to disable cookies completely.

Personally Provided Information:

You may provide us with personal information, if you send us an e-mail or request to be added to a list to receive certain types of information. We use that information to respond to your request. In some instances, we may use third party companies to help us provide services to you (like e-mail delivery services for future e-newsletters). In instances where we share your information with third parties, we require that those companies agree to deliver only the contracted service(s) specified. We reserve the right to share your personal information as required by law or take action regarding any suspected illegal activities, any violation of our Terms of Service, or in connection with any safety or security concerns.

Security:

We work to safeguard your personal information from loss, misuse and alteration. We have security measures in place to maintain data security, help prevent unauthorized access and correctly use information we collect. While we can't guarantee that loss, misuse or data alteration will not occur, we make efforts to prevent such occurrences

Links to Other Sites:

IPI provides links to other Internet sites that provide health information. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of that new site.

Children's Privacy:

Our site is a general audience site and we do not knowingly collect personal information about children. If a child whom we know to be under 13 makes personally identifiable information known to us, we will use that information only to respond directly to the child to inform him that we must have parental consent for any further interaction.

International Privacy:

Our site is hosted by servers in the United States. We may have site visitors from countries around the world. If you are located outside the United States, your information will be transferred to the United States. By submitting your personal information, you consent to its transfer, its storage and its use in accordance with this IPI policy.

How to Contact Us:

If you have any questions our concerns about the www.informedpatientinstitute.org privacy policy or its implementation, contact us at: informedpatientinstitute@gmail.com

This policy was last revised September 8, 2022.