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PRIVACY STATEMENT FOR CONSUMERS
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SECURING YOUR TRUST
Millions of people now use the Internet to enrich their healthcare knowledge, and their numbers are
growing rapidly. Increasingly, users of Internet healthcare information indicate a preference for
those healthcare websites that make great efforts to treat personal information with care and respect.
That is why Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. subscribes to the ethical principles of the Health on the
Net (HON) Foundation.
At Castle Connolly we know that privacy and confidentiality are important to you, and it is our goal
to treat the information you provide to us with utmost care. Therefore, we only ask for information
that directly enables us better to serve the present and anticipated needs of visitors to our Web
site.
If you have questions or concerns regarding the privacy and confidentiality of information that you
provide to us, please contact us by email at information@castleconnolly.com.
Contact Information: When you initially register as a Castle Connolly visitor, we collect
basic information about how to reach you, if the need arises.
Health Information: We do not gather specific information about personal health conditions.
We may ask what specific health information is of interest to you and your family members so that
that information can be provided on our Website or directly and privately to you by e-mail (with
your prior consent, of course).
Site Traffic and Usage Patterns: Like many Websites, we collect generic information from
visitors to our site about how they use our site, information they would like us to provide and
features that would interest them. For example, we may track the time and duration of visits to
our site and the sequence of or particular pages viewed. Nevertheless, because we respect your
privacy, we do not attach any personal identifiers to this information. This information enables
us to serve you and other visitors better by indicating pages and features that are visited most
often and are of the greatest interest.
From time to time, we may share aggregated and anonymous reports with our partners and sponsors
or with other third parties in an effort to provide better content and greater usability for our
Website or to bring our visitors information that may be of value to them. No reports of any kind
ever divulge the identity of any individual Castle Connolly visitor or member to any parties
(other than Castle Connolly strategic business partners, and then only if such partners have
agreed to comply with the terms of this privacy policy). Neither Castle Connolly nor its strategic
business partners will give, sell, rent or loan any identifiable person information to any third
party, unless legally required to do so.
Links to Third-Party Sites: Castle Connolly may link to
other sites in order to provide you with additional useful information and services. Links that
take you away from the Castle Connolly site are clearly labeled. Castle Connolly is not responsible
for the privacy policies or actions of those controlling third-party sites. Therefore, you are
encouraged to look for and review the privacy policies of any third-party site you visit.
Purchase of Books or Products: Credit card information provided to Castle Connolly via its Web
site for the purchase of books or other products is protected by a certificate from VeriSign.
To learn more about protection of your credit card information, visit www.verisign.com.
Membership: This site provides members with the option of changing membership information
(address, phone number) or canceling membership and removing all identifying personal information
from the site. To do so, a member should contact support@castleconnolly.com.
Privacy Statement for Physicians
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