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This privacy statement describes our online privacy practices and explains the choices you have about the way your information is collected and used from this site.
We do not collect personally identifiable information about you on this site unless you voluntarily submit it by registering to be a member of Welby Health Association or sending us a message. There may be certain services or areas of this web site where we will ask that you register and provide us with helpful information about you and members of your family. This information may include information about you and members of your family, including your name, address, e-mail address, phone number, credit card number, date of birth, sex, social security number, and the names of your spouse and dependents. You can access our web site home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal data; however, you can not become a member of Welby Health Association or qualify for membership benefits without registering.
Our web servers may use Internet technology to collect information that relates to your use of this web site, such as what browser you are using or the domain name from which you entered the site. If we collect this information, it is aggregated to measure critical data such as the number of site visits, page views, average visiting time and other statistics about visits to particular sites. It is not associated with any personal identifiable information. You may not be aware when this information is being collected. We typically use such information to improve the administration of our system and to identify needed improvements to our web site.
We use the information you provide:
- to provide you with membership benefits;
- respond to your inquiries or service requests;
- to update you regarding changes to existing membership benefits and any additional membership benefits or other offerings;
- to conduct research; and
- to contact you.
Except for the purposes stated in this policy, we will not use your personally identifiable information without your prior consent. We may share your information with third parties, including, without limitation, our member benefit providers. We may also share your information with any third party that purchases substantially all of our assets or business. We will also share information we have collected with third parties as required by law, regulation, legal process or governmental inquiry.
Under Connecticut Public Act 08-167, Welby Health Association is required to safeguard all confidential, non-public personal information we receive belonging to any person, including our members, employees and vendors, from misuse by third parties. Such confidential, non-public personal information includes, for example, Social Security and credit card account numbers. We maintain procedural safeguards to protect such personal information, including using SSL encryption when you provide confidential personal information to us online, limiting access to and disclosure of documents that contain your confidential personal information, and when we are required to share your confidential personal information to provide you with services, requiring such providers to sign confidentiality agreements with respect to your information. We do not share your confidential personal information with third parties unless it is necessary for business purposes, such as providing membership benefits, or is required by law, or we obtain your consent. In the event of a sale, merger or similar transaction affecting Welby Health Association, your confidential personal information, including your Social Security number, may be transferred to the new company, subject to the restrictions and protections of this Welby Health Association privacy policy. Before we dispose of any hard or electronic copies of documents that contain your Social Security number or other confidential personal information, we shred, destroy or otherwise make unusable such copies. Please understand, however, that no internet or physical security system is perfect and no guarantee is made against unauthorized access by third parties.
When you access this web site, we may store some information on your computer that enables us to enhance navigation and functionality of our web site, to verify your identity, and to personalize aspects of your experience on our web site. Such information is sometimes called a “cookie.” We also may use cookies to let us know how visitors are using our web site, so that we can improve the web site and your experience on it. Most Internet browsers allow you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Please be aware that if you reject cookies, functionality on this web site may be limited.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 and we will delete that personal information if we learn that it is from a child under the age of 13.
This web site may contain links to other web sites that may be maintained by third parties. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such third-party web sites. We encourage you to read and understand the privacy statements and related legal notices on such other web sites.
If you have questions or concerns about your privacy when using this web site of if you wish to access, review or update information you have submitted to us, or if you wish to be removed from our web site database or notification list, you can contact us at info@welbyhealthassociation.org or by mail at:
Karen Hirschberg
Welby Health Association
1771 Post Road, Suite 17
Westport, CT 06880
We reserve the right to modify or supplement this Privacy Policy at any time. Any personal information submitted after such a modification will be subject to the terms of the revised Privacy Policy. For that reason, we suggest that you check the Privacy Policy regularly.
Last Updated: February 20, 2009.
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