Disclaimer
The Health Data Consortium (HDC) website www.healthdataconsortium.org is a service that is intended to provide useful information for HDC members, consumers and other interested persons, in furtherance of HDC's mission as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. The website is funded through HDC member dues and other program fees. Editorial content is prepared and reviewed by HDC staff. While it is HDC's intent to always present accurate information, for documents and information available from this site, HDC does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, timeliness, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed. HDC accepts no responsibility or liability for damages of any kind resulting from reliance on any of the information provided therein. By proceeding to use this service, each user expressly waives any and all rights of action that he or she may have against HDC arising out of use and/or reliance on the information on this service.
HDC, and its Board of Directors, employees and agents assume no responsibility for consequences resulting from the use of the information herein, or in any respect for the content of such information, including, but not limited to, errors or omissions, the accuracy or reasonableness of factual or scientific assumptions, studies or conclusions, ownership of copyright or other intellectual property rights, damages incurred if material infects or contaminates a user's system or information, and the violation of property, privacy or personal rights of others. No guarantees or warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular use or purpose are made by HDC with respect to such information.
Opinions
The opinions expressed by contributors to member designated areas of the website are solely those of the individual writers and authors and do not reflect the opinions of HDC, the members of the HDC Board of Directors or individual committees, task forces or working groups.
Links to Other Sites
At certain places on this site, live links to other Internet addresses can be accessed. HDC does not endorse, approve, certify or control these external Internet addresses and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness or correct sequencing of information located at such addresses. When users select a link to an external website, they are leaving the HDC website and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the external site.
Copyright
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Trademark
The names, trademarks, service marks and logos of HDC appearing on this site may not be used in any advertising or publicity, or otherwise to indicate HDC's sponsorship of or affiliation with any product or service, without HDC's prior express written permission.
Privacy Policy
HDC recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of information provided to us. Accordingly, we strive for compliance with all federal and state privacy laws and follow industry best practices applicable to our site in order to best serve our community. We consider all members, subscribers, customers, registrants, conference attendees and speakers part of the HDC community. The following describes our commitment to the privacy of our visitors and members.
HDC does not disclose to third parties any information that may be associated with a particular individual gathered as a result of interaction with the HDC website. HDC may assign a cookie to each site visitor so we can identify that user each time he or she returns to the website. This cookie is used only to 1) keep track of how many unique users visit the site, and 2) assist the site's collaborative filtering software in making more accurate content recommendations.
We do not collect personal information about you when you visit our websites unless you choose to provide that information to us. When joining HDC, registering for our meetings, and purchasing products and services from us, we will use your email to send you information that we believe will be of interest to you. When receiving these electronic communications, you will always have the option of opting out of certain communications and member listings. HDC uses Google Analytics to analyze website data. No personal information is collected from Google Analytics. For more information on Google Analytics, visit http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/ external link.
Information Collected and Stored Automatically
HDC automatically collects a limited amount of non-personal information about the use of its website, primarily for statistical purposes (that is, to measure the numbers of visitors to various sections of the site). This information may also be helpful when we are considering changes to make the site more useful to visitors. Of the information we learn about you from your visit to the site, we store only the following: 1) the IP address from which you access the Internet, 2) the date and time, 3) the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our site, 4) the name of the file or the words you searched, and 5) the browser used to access our site. This information is used to measure the number of visitors to the various sections of our site and identify system performance or problem areas.
Cookies
A “cookie” is a small file that a website transfers to your computer's hard disk allowing our server to remember specific information about your session. While visiting certain pages you may occasionally encounter a web page that employs cookies to make it easier to use the dynamic features of these web pages. We use session cookies for certain functions. The cookie and the information about your session will be destroyed automatically shortly after you close your browser-it is not permanently stored on your computer. You can set your browser to disable cookies or prompt you before a cookie is accepted. If you do not want to receive cookies, you will still be able to use the HDC site, but will be unable to use cookie-dependent features. In exceptional circumstances persistent cookies may be employed, but they are never used for tracking users' queries or navigation through the site.
Personally Provided Information
If you choose to provide us with personal information by sending an email, or by filling out a form with your personal information and submitting it through our website, we use that information to respond to your message and to help us provide you with emails, information, or other additional materials. If such information is provided, we adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices as well as security measures intended to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our site.
Security
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, we use software programs to monitor traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
Financial and Customer Information
HDC takes reasonable precautions to protect your information from unauthorized use. Our site uses order forms that allow customers to request information, products, and services. We collect a visitor's contact information (e-mail address), unique identifiers (their membership identification number), and financial information (account or credit card numbers). Contact information collected from the order form is used to send orders to customers. Financial information is used to collect payment from the user for billable products and services.
Business Transfer
HDC reserves the right to transfer, assign, share, sell or otherwise engage in a transaction that involves some or all of our assets, including any or all user information, in the course of a sale, dissolution, bankruptcy, merger, or any other similar transaction or proceeding.
Children’s Privacy
Our website is directed at an adult audience. HDC does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If HDC obtains knowledge that it has personally identifiable information about a child under 13 in retrievable form in its files, HDC will delete that information from our existing files.
International Users
This website is operated in the United States. If you are located in the European Union, Canada or elsewhere outside of the United States, please be aware that information we collect will be transferred to, stored and processed in the United States. By using this site, or providing us with any information, you consent to this transfer, processing and storage of your information in the United States.
Policy Updates
From time to time, we may use provided information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy policy. If our information practices change we will immediately post any adjustments to our policy on this website. This will serve as your notification of these changes. If you are concerned about how your information is used, bookmark this page and check back periodically.
Contacting the Web site
The names and contact information on this website are published to facilitate contact among those listed for HDC purposes only. It is not intended, and we request that it not be used, for commercial purposes.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, HDC's website practices, you can contact us by e-mail at info@healthdataconsortium.org.
Information updated April 10, 2021