Critical Medical Information®, LLC
Updated 03/01/2009
Critical Medical Information®, LLC, is strongly committed to protecting your privacy. We value the trust and confidence you place in us. This Privacy Policy explains the collection and use of health data and personally identifiable information about you.
Please note that by visiting our website http://www.criticalmedicalinformation.com (the “Site”) or using any of the personal health information services available at the Site (collectively, the "Service"), you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy and expressly consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of personal information about you as described in this Privacy Policy. Your use of the Site or the Service, and any dispute related to use of information provided to us, is subject to the Terms of Use.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SITE OR THE SERVICE.
You are in control of your information
- You control who can access your personal health information. By default, you are the only user who can view and edit your information. If you choose to, you can share your information with others in a view only, password protected format.
- We will not sell, rent, or share your identifiable information without your explicit consent, except in the limited situations described herein, such as when we believe it is required to do so by law.
You can completely delete your information at any time. Such deletions will take effect in your account immediately. Backup copies of deleted information may persist for a short time, but will not be available for view. Since deleted data will not be restored, you may want to print or download information before deleting it.
The information we collect
The information we acquire from you, as a user of the Site and our Service, allows us to provide the Service to you and to personalize and improve your experience using the Service. Here are examples of the types of information we gather:
- Registration information – All information you provide to us, including your name, contact e-mail, emergency contacts and mailing address, as part of the registration process to use the Service.
- Health-related information – Information you input into the Service, or that is provided by third-parties such as nurses, doctors or family members, who have permission from you to do so.
- Automatic information - Our servers may automatically collect information, such as Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, pages visited, access times, duration of visit, referring URL, platform, timestamp and exit page information with respect to each visitor to the Site, whether or not such visitor is a logged-on user.
- Cookies - We employ cookie technology to allow users to have a personalized experience when using the Site or Service and to navigate the Site more quickly. Cookies are small text files a website can use to recognize repeat users and facilitate the user's ongoing access to and use of the site. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the user that has no meaning outside the assigning site. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the user to reject or accept the cookie feature. Please note that your acceptance of cookies may be necessary to enable you to enjoy certain features (for example, customized delivery of information) available on the Site or through the Service.
The Service is not intended for use by anyone under the age of 18 and we do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 18, however, parents or legal guardians of minors may elect to include information on minors for whom they are responsible. If you are under 18, you may not logon to or register to use our Service and by doing so, you are explicitly stating your legal right to do so.
The way we use information
We store the information you provide about yourself in a secure database where it is maintained for your use and the use of those to whom you provide read only access such as medical professionals or first responders. The information is stored as described in the Terms of Use unless you remove such information.
We use non-identifying and aggregate information about the use of the Site to improve its navigation, content, and design. This information may include, for example, the most and least requested pages and the number of users from the
We may provide third parties with non-identifying, aggregate information about the use of the Site, but we will never divulge your personally identifiable information or health information without your consent. However, we may disclose personal information when required by law or when we believe in good faith that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law or to comply with legal process served upon us or any of our officers or principals. We may also disclose personal information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against a party who may be violating the Terms of Use or may be causing injury to or interference with our rights or property, users of the Service or Site, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.
Information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in the
Our commitment to data security
We store your information on a secure server and it is further protected by the user name and password you select. In addition, to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect. You may elect to store or view your information on a flash drive or other mobile device. Storage of your information other than on the Site is solely at your discretion and we are not responsible for the security or unauthorized use of such information.
How you can access or correct your information
You may update or remove any personal information on the Site at your discretion through the Service.
Links to other websites
We may sometimes permit sponsors and/or advertisers to offer subscription and/or registration-based services through the Site. We may also contain links and advertisements which link to other web sites which are not part of the Site. In such cases, we are not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties. This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party sites, and we urge users to check the applicable privacy policy of other sites before providing personally identifiable information to them.
Notification of changes
We may revise this Privacy Policy at any time, at our sole discretion, by posting an amended Privacy Policy on the Site. Any changes that we make to this Privacy Policy will be effective immediately upon posting. Please check this page periodically for changes to the Privacy Policy; you will be able to determine if this Privacy Policy has been changed subsequent to your previous visit to our Site by viewing the "Last Updated" information that appears at the top of this Privacy Policy. If we intend to use any personally identifiable information about you in a manner different than what we stated in this Privacy Policy (as it may be amended from time to time), we will notify you by placing a prominent notice on the Site.
