I. Purpose
This Privacy Policy explains the policy of The Foundation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society in respect to the privacy of information supplied by users. Because the Foundation wants to build user trust and confidence in the Web site and demonstrate our commitment to privacy and online data security, we are disclosing to you our privacy practices.

II. Modifications
Since this policy may change over time as we modify or expand our services, we suggest that you check back periodically in order to understand how we treat your information.

III. How Information is Used
When you visit the Foundation’s Web site, your privacy is important to us. We do not release your personal information to third parties without your consent.

We will only use your identifying information to acknowledge contributions or to send you materials about Foundation activities.

IV. Use of Cookies
We use “cookies” on our site to allow our system to recognize return visitors and create a more personalized experience for the user. A cookie is a small text file that a Web site transfers to a user’s computer for record keeping purposes. The cookies do not contain personal information about the user, and parties other than the Foundation cannot retrieve the cookies.

V. Third Parties
The Web site contains links to other sites. The Foundation is not responsible for the privacy practices or the contents of such Web sites. The third parties may collect information about you when you view and/or click on advertising or content on their Web sites; we do not control the collection of such information. Accordingly, we encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third party Web site you access through a link from the Web site.

VI. Security
When you send information to us via our online forms, we protect it with a secure socket layer (SSL) encryption. All information you provide through these forms is stored securely offline. If you choose to send us an e-mail instead of using our secure online form, you should be aware that e-mail is not necessarily safe from interception. So, if your communication includes sensitive information, such as a credit card number, and you do not wish to use our online form, please contact us via postal mail or telephone instead of e-mail.

VII. Contacting Us
Should you have questions about our privacy policy, please contact us at:

E-mail:
foundation@pamedsoc.org

Phone:
(800) 228-7823, Ext. 1253

Address:
The Foundation
c/o Communications
777 East Park Drive
PO Box 8820
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8820

Effective: September 3, 2004