Privacy
Policy
Updated February 2008
CastlewoodTC.com is committed to
protecting your online privacy. We feel it is
important for you to know how we handle the information
we receive from you via the Internet. In general,
you can visit www.CastlewoodTC.com without revealing
any personal information. However, you are required
to provide personal information to gain access
to some of our content and services, as explained
below.
How we and
our affiliates collect and use personal information
CastlewoodTC.com
may contain links to Web sites operated by third
parties. CastlewoodTC.com has no control over
the privacy policies and practices of such third-party
sites, and if you have any concerns, you are urged
to review the terms of those sites for more information
about the policies applicable to those sites.
IP addresses
We collect and
log the IP address of all visitors to CastlewoodTC.com.
An IP address is a number automatically assigned
to your computer whenever you access the Internet.
IP addresses allow computers and servers to recognize
and communicate with one another. We collect IP
address information so we can properly administer
our system and gather aggregate information about
how our site is being used, including the pages
visitors are viewing. This aggregate information
may be shared with advertisers, sponsors and other
businesses. To maintain your anonymity, we do
not associate IP addresses with records containing
personal information. We will use IP address information,
however, to personally identify you in order to
enforce our legal rights or when required to do
so by law enforcement authorities.
How we use
'cookies' As
you probably know, "cookies" are small pieces
of information that some Web sites store on your
computer's hard drive when you visit them. Like
many other Web sites, CastlewoodTC.com uses cookies
to provide us with information relating to the
sources of our site traffic. Collecting this information,
however, does not allow us to personally identify
you.
Most Web browsers
automatically accept cookies but allow you to
modify security settings so that you can approve
or reject cookies on a case-by-case basis. Our
site requires that both cookies and JavaScript
be enabled. If you reject cookies from our site,
some parts of the site may not work properly for
you.
Registration
and health tools information
We collect personal
information that you choose to share with us.
This information may include your e-mail address,
your health interests and your answers to questions
about your health status. We use this information
to tailor our services to the data you entered.
Information from registration is saved to our
database. This enables you to use the personalized
features on our site on a recurring basis. This
saved information is collected only with your
permission and may be updated or deleted by you
at any time. If you choose to not provide the
information required for registration, you may
not register with the site and you will not be
able to personalize the site.
Surveys
You may be asked
to complete surveys when you visit CastlewoodTC.com.
We use information from surveys to better understand
the needs of our users and to gather information
about health care trends and issues. We may share
information from surveys with third parties who
perform data management services for our site.
Those third parties have agreed to keep all data
from surveys confidential. Also, we may share
information from surveys in an aggregated, de-identified
form with third parties with whom we have a business
relationship.
How we protect
your personal information
All personally
identifiable data that you enter on this site
are encrypted with secure server software (SSL).
The encryption means that your data are protected
while they are being transferred over the Internet
to our servers.
Once your data
reach our servers, the same state-of-the art security
software that guards our company's essential business
data protects your personal data as well.
In addition to
using the most secure technology available, we
de-identify the information you provide before
it is used in any aggregate reporting that may
be done.
What we provide
to third parties Except
as noted above for surveys, CastlewoodTC.com does
not provide any third-party access to your personal
information unless the information has been aggregated
and de-identified to make it anonymous. We may
provide third parties with aggregate statistics
about our visitors, traffic patterns and related
site information. These data reflect site-usage
patterns gathered during visits to our Web site
each month, but they do not contain behavioral
or identifying information about any individual
member unless that member has given us permission
to share that information.
Our sponsors and
advertisers and their Ad Servers may use cookies
when you view pages on our site. They use those
cookies to collect nonpersonal information as
a way of measuring the effectiveness of their
advertising. We do not control these third parties'
use of cookies or how they manage the nonpersonal
information they gather through them. However,
our sponsors and advertisers have agreed that
they will not collect any personally identifiable
information from our site visitors while they
are on CastlewoodTC.com. If you click on an advertisement
on CastlewoodTC.com and visit a site maintained
by one of our sponsors or advertisers, please
be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy
practices of that site. You should read the privacy
policies of each site you visit to determine what
information that site may be collecting about
you.
Aggregate
information We
use general traffic, site usage and length-of-stay
information in reports to advertisers and firms
with which we have a business relationship. This
sort of information is shared only in aggregate
and does not personally identify you.
Children's
privacy This
site is intended for adults age 17 and older.
It is not intended for or designed to attract
persons under the age of 17. We do not permit
registration by, nor do we collect personally
identifiable information from any person we actually
know to be under the age of 18.
E-mail communications,
newsletter and related services
E-mail communication
that you send to us via the e-mail links on our
site may be shared with a Customer Service representative,
employee, medical expert or agent that is most
able to address your inquiry. We make every effort
to respond in a timely fashion once communications
are received. Once we have responded to your communication,
it is discarded or archived, depending on the
nature of the inquiry.
The e-mail functionality
on our site does not provide a completely secure
and confidential means of communication. It's
possible that your e-mail communication may be
accessed or viewed by another Internet user while
in transit to us. If you wish to keep your communication
private, do not use our e-mail.
Complaint process
If you have a complaint or problem, or if you believe
your privacy rights have been violated, you may
e-mail us by clicking the "Contact us" link. Please
indicate the following reason for contacting us:
I want to provide feedback about your site. Our
Customer Service department will forward your
complaint to the appropriate CastlewoodTC.com
department for response or resolution. If you
don't receive adequate resolution of a privacy-related
problem, you may write to CastlewoodTC.com at:
CastlewoodTC.com
800 Holland Ave.
St. Louis, MO. 63021
Changes to our Privacy policy
We will occasionally update this Privacy policy.
You will see the word "updated" followed by the
date. If the "updated" date has changed since
you last visited, you're encouraged to review
the policy to be informed of how this site is
protecting your information.
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