The Foundation at Mission Regional Medical Center
The Foundation at Mission Regional Medical Center maintains commercially reasonable safeguards to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of the Personal Information provided by you. Such security safeguards are intended to be appropriate to the sensitivity of the Personal Information collected. As owner of this site, The Foundation takes precautions to protect your privacy and ensure the confidentiality of Personal Information you may provide; however, as a user of this site, you must assume certain risks and responsibilities.
Every member of The Foundation values the relationships we are constantly developing with our web site users. We are committed to protecting your privacy. For this reason, we will not share, sell or otherwise disclose names, addresses, phone numbers, email, or other private information provided by subscribers, donors or users of this site. We will strive to maintain your privacy, confidentiality, and security at all times. It is our goal to ensure your trust and confidence by providing you with as much information as we can about data collection procedures and information when needed. We will not use your information except as described in this notice.
Web site users open themselves up to certain security and other risks. While it is our goal to protect your personal information, please be advised we are collecting sensitive data from subscribers, users and donors. Although we make every reasonable effort to protect personal information from loss, misuse, or alteration by third parties, you should be aware that there is always some risk involved in transmitting information via the Internet and that hackers or thieves do find ways to thwart security systems.
It is our intention to clearly inform you when your risks or privacy may change during the course of using this site. We will make reasonable attempts to tell you when our privacy policy is no longer in effect and another one is, such as when you use an integrated program that is being operated on another web site with a different privacy policy. It is our goal to make you aware when you leave our site for another.
It is our goal to use personal information in the manner described in the privacy policy that is in effect when your information is collected. We do, however, reserve the right to change the terms of this privacy policy at any time and post revisions to our site. At such a time, we will modify the last updated date of this privacy policy to indicate a change in our privacy policy. You will be given the choice to opt-in to any additional uses or disclosures of your personal information.
At different places on our site, you may be asked to volunteer your name, e-mail, address and telephone number. We refer to this type of information as Personally Identifiable Information (PII) because it can be used to identify or contact you. We may also collect information on site use that has nothing to do with you as an individual, only as an anonymous user of the site. This information is called "aggregate information" and does not contain PII. Some personal information is needed to use this site, and we ask that you provide it with the knowledge that it will be used to enhance your experience, whether you are opting to receive our e-newsletter or requesting contact from The Foundation staff. This information is kept confidential.
We collect information about you at several places throughout the site. Most information is collected in the following instances:
We may use your donation and/or subscription information to send you an e-mail confirming your donation/subscription, to respond to questions from you, or to notify you if there is a problem with processing of a donation, sponsorship payment or product purchase. We may also, from time to time, send e-mails, with your permission, regarding special events, promotions or opportunities we think may be of interest to you.
In addition to collecting information that you submit to us, we also rely on "cookies." A cookie is a numeric code that a web site transfers to your hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Every computer is assigned a different cookie, but our cookie does not contain or collect your name or other personal identifying information. When you revisit our site, the cookie allows us to recognize you, your interests, and your preferences. We also use cookies to help track the level of interest in different features on our site and to compile aggregate data that can help us improve our content.
Your browser software can be set to reject all cookies, including cookies from our site. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies in the Help section of the toolbar. If you reject our cookie, certain functions and conveniences of the site may not work properly. You do not have to accept our cookie in order to productively use our site. If you accept our cookie, we will never link the cookie to personal information provided to us. We will not allow other sites or third parties to use our cookies.
In order to improve products, information and services for our users, we will, from time to time, monitor user traffic patterns in an attempt to analyze user preferences. We may also use certain information for planning and site development purposes. By using our site, you are agreeing to allow us to collect this information. Business analysts, system designers and others may have access to the data we collect during the course of routine site maintenance and enhancement.
We do not intend to use or disclose any personal information you provide on our site to an unrelated third party without your express permission, except as explained in this section. You should know that there are circumstances when, in the ordinary course of business, we will share some information about you with a related third party. We may also share aggregate statistical information on our users, traffic patterns and site usage with our business partners and sponsors. There is nothing in this information that could be used to identify or contact you.
If we contract with vendors to provide specific services, such as data analysis, data storage, e-mail processing, customer service, sweepstakes or special promotions, vendors will be required to adhere to our confidentiality standards. We will not permit a vendor to use our customer information for any other purpose. In many of these instances, you will be given the opportunity to opt-in to this collection of information and provided instructions for opting-out.
Please be advised we may be legally compelled to release your personal information in response to a court order, subpoena, search warrant, law or regulation. Therefore, we reserve the right to cooperate with law enforcement authorities in investigating and prosecuting users who violate our rules or engage in behavior that is harmful (or illegal) to other users.
Where third parties, such as Paypal, have access to PII from this web site, our agreements with these third parties will follow these privacy principles in giving you notice and choice with respect to their access and use. We will take reasonable precautions to prevent inadvertent disclosures of PII to third parties with whom we do not have agreements and will take immediate steps to eliminate such disclosures, if they occur, once they have come to our attention.
Furthermore, we work with various third parties, including those that provide products and services that support the performance of our site, sponsors that provide us revenue through logo and link placement on our site, and organizations that maintain this site. We request these third parties supply us with information on their security procedures, and we evaluate them periodically to ensure that they are using data to which they have access from our site in the agreed upon way.
The use of all other framed sites is not based on any fees or reimbursements paid to The Foundation.
You may change or update your personal information at any time by contacting us in writing using the Contact Us link. You may remove previously provided information at any time by contacting us in writing using the Contact Us link; however, users should be aware that it is not always technically possible to remove or delete the information provided to us. We back-up our systems to protect information from inadvertent loss, and that means a copy of your personal information may exist in a non-erasable form that may be difficult or impossible for us to locate. Nevertheless, upon receiving your request we will try to remove or delete all personal information stored in the databases that we use for research and daily business activities within 30 days. We will not intentionally disclose any personal information stored in a non-erasable format after receiving your request for removal, except as required by law.
We are committed to continuously improving the quality of the information found on this web site. If you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy or the general information found on this web site, please contact us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, also known as HIPPA, was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996, and became effective July 1, 1997. This act codifies regulations designed to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health care delivery and health insurance. The intention of the HIPAA is also to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the health care system, portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, as well as the ability to provide consequences to those that do not apply with the regulations explicitly stated within the Act. The regulations were expanded in 2002 to provide protection for individual medical records. According to the revised provisions, medical records may not be disclosed without written permission of the patient; medical records must be kept under lock and key; and available only on a need-to-know-basis.
HIPAA is enforced by the Privacy Rule of the Department of Health and Human Services, which governs the documentation and dissemination of all patients' health care information by medical providers, insurance companies, and third parties such as billing companies and clearing houses. Key privacy provisions establish that patients must be able to access their records and correct errors, in addition to being informed of how their personal information will be used. Patient information can only be shared to treat the patient and cannot be used for marketing purposes without their explicit consent. Patients can ask their health insurers and providers to take reasonable steps to ensure that their communications with the patient are confidential, and file formal privacy-related complaints to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights. Health insurers and providers must document their privacy procedures so that patients and staff are aware of the policy that will be followed to give the patients the confidentiality that they expect from medical professionals.
We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your medical information. We are also required to give you this Notice about our privacy practices, our legal duties and your rights concerning your medical information. We must follow the privacy practices that are described in this Notice while it is in effect. We reserve the right to change our privacy practices and the terms of this Notice at any time, provided such changes are permitted by law. We reserve the right to make the changes in our privacy practices and the new terms of our Notice effective for all medical information that we maintain, including medical information we created or received before we made the changes. If we make a significant change in our privacy practices, we will amend this Notice and make the new Notice available.
You may download or request a copy of our Notice at any time.
You should know use of this site, its services, programs, and the health information on it cannot replace, nor is it intended to serve as, a healthcare provider-patient relationship. You should always consult with a licensed medical professional for diagnosis and treatment of specific health problems.
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