PRIVACY POLICY
This policy sets forth the information collected from visitors to this
Web site as well as how the Northern California Pain Initiative uses and protects that information. Protecting your
privacy and your personal data is of the utmost importance to us, and guides us in creating, organizing and implementing our
activities on-line and off-line.
By using this Web site, you consent to the collection and use of your information
by the Northern California Pain Initiative as described below.
Visitor Data Collected
You may browse many areas of our Web site without disclosing any personal
information. Within these areas we only collect and store the information that is automatically recognized by the Web
server, such as your IP address and files your request from the server. However, in order to gain access to pages restricted
to our membership, users must be a member of the Northern California Pain Initiative through one of the available membership
categories.
The Northern California Pain Initiative will collect the name, title, institution,
mailing address, telephone numbers, fax numbers, email address, contact and demographic information voluntarily provided by
individuals who register to access the Northern California Pain Initiative’s members-only content.
Data Analysis
As described above, we sometimes collect anonymous information from visits
to our Web site to help us provide better customer service and to help shape and direct the creation and maintenance of content.
For example, we measure visitor activity on our Web site, but we do so in ways that maintain individual visitor anonymity.
We use the information that we collect to measure the number of visitors to the different areas of our site and to help us
make our site more useful to visitors. This includes analyzing these logs periodically to measure the traffic through
our servers, the number of pages visited and the level of demand for pages and topics of interest. The logs may be preserved
indefinitely and used at any time and in any way to prevent security breaches and to ensure the integrity of the data on our
servers.
Data Use
To the extent that personal information is collected as described above,
we do not knowingly share, sell or distribute your personal information with any third party. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
we may need to disclose personal information when required by law to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order or other
legal process served on us.
Use of Cookies
We currently do not use cookies on our web site, but many of the external sites to which we provide links do
use cookies, which are small files that are sent to your web browser and stored on your computer's hard drive, to
improve your web site experience. Cookies at these external sites, may be used, for example, to speed
up your access to their web site and the information you wish to see. The majority of web browsers accept cookies, but
the “help” menu on your browser should give you options for preventing, accepting, or receiving notice of new
cookies. However, please be aware that if you block acceptance of cookies by your web browser, some functionality at
these external web sites may be lost.
External Links
Our privacy policies apply only to your use of the Northern California Pain
Initiative Web site. This site contains links to other sites, including sites that have a special relationship with
us. We do not disclose personably identifiable information to those operating linked sites and we are not responsible
for their privacy practices. You should read the privacy policies of each site you visit to determine what information
that site may be collecting about you.
E-Mail
Messages that you send to us via e-mail may not be secure. We suggest
that you do not send any confidential information to us by e-mail. If you choose to send confidential information to
us by e-mail, you accept the risk that a third party may intercept your information.
