Privacy Statement
Use of Personal
Information Collected by Meniscus Educational Institute
Meniscus Educational Institute (MEI) is
committed to protecting the privacy of users. Personal
identifying information (eg, name, address, e-mail address)
collected during registration is used only to provide
services to participants. This personal identifying
information will not be sold, traded, rented, or otherwise
distributed or disclosed to third parties. To simplify the
log-in process, aid navigation through our site, and enhance
the user experience, MEI places cookies on
participants’ computers.
Privacy
of Children
MEI does not knowingly collect personal
identifying information from children younger than 13 years
of age.
What Are
“Cookies,” and How Does MEI Use Them?
Cookies enable Web sites to store small bits
of information on your computer and retrieve that
information at a later time. A cookie is a string of
characters stored in a text file that is sent to your hard
drive where your Internet browser files are kept.
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MEI uses temporary
session cookies to facilitate your navigation
through our Web site. Session cookies are not
permanently stored on your computer’s hard drive.
Rather, they are deleted when you log off the Meniscus
Educational Institute Web site.
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MEI uses persistent
cookies for purposes such as accurately
tracking the number of Web site users, remembering
whether you have completed the learning assessment or
have registered, and recalling certain customizations
and preferences that you have specified. Persistent
cookies are encoded so that the information they contain
can be interpreted only by MEI.
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Please note that our cookies
do not actually contain any personal identifying
information. Thus your privacy is not affected.
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Visitors who are concerned
about the use of cookie technology may opt to enable a
feature in their browser software that will erase
cookies, block all cookies, or warn the user before
cookies are stored or exchanged. However, please note
that some parts of this site will not function or may be
considerably slower if you do so.
Information Collection and Use
Our servers automatically record information
when you visit the Meniscus Educational Institute Web site,
including the URL, IP address, browser type and language,
and the date and time of your request. We analyze the server
log files to collect summary information about visitors to
the Web site. This information is analyzed to generate
statistics for such purposes as guiding design
considerations, determining successful site segments, and
determining problem areas.
We collect personal information when you
request a service, including processing your CME request. We
may combine information you share with us with information
we obtain from other sources to provide a service and/or to
improve the quality of our service. We use the information
we collect to operate and improve the Web site, to deliver
the services you have requested, and to conduct educational
research.
Web Beacons
Our Web pages may contain electronic images
known as “web beacons,” sometimes called “single-pixel
gifs,” which allow us to count users who have visited those
pages.
Ad Servers
We do not partner with, or have special
relationships with, any ad server companies.
Information Sharing
We do not sell, rent, or share your
information with other organizations for commercial
purposes.
Confidentiality and Security
We have appropriate security measures in
place in our physical facilities to protect against the
loss, misuse, or alteration of information that we have
collected from you at the Meniscus Educational Institute Web
site.
All of our employees undergo periodic
training related to data privacy and security standards such
as The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
We limit access to personal information about you to
employees who we believe reasonably need to come into
contact with that information to provide services to you or
in order to do their jobs.
Links to
Other Sites
Our Web site may contain links to other Web
sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or
content of other such sites. We encourage our users to be
aware when they leave our Web site and to read the privacy
statements of each Web site to which we may link that may
collect personally identifiable information.
Enforcement of This Privacy Policy
If you feel that this site is not following
its stated Privacy Policy, you may contact us at the address
or phone number shown in this Policy.
Changes
to This Privacy Policy
Please note that this Privacy Policy may
change from time to time. When we post changes to this
Policy, we will revise the “last updated” date at the bottom
of this Policy. We encourage you to periodically review this
Policy to be informed of how we are protecting your
information.
How to Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns, please
contact:
Meniscus Educational
Institute
18 Elizabeth Street, Suite 300
West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2935
Phone: 610-834-1810
Fax: 610-834-8856
E-mail:
info@meniscusedu.com
Internet:
www.meniscus.com
