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Effective Date - September 1, 2005

Transphorm Health takes your privacy very seriously and understands the importance of protecting the personal information you provide to us while participating in medical education programs on oncologyjournalbrief.com.  This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect from you, why we collect it and how it is used, and who has access to it.

Information Automatically Collected by our Site

Visitors to oncologyjournalbrief.com can access the site's home page and browse certain sections of the web site without providing any personally identifiable information.  As with most web sites, we track certain non-personally identifying information automatically, including time and date of access, referring/exit pages, internet protocol (IP) addresses, internet service provider (ISP), browser type, operating system, and your clicks and activity on the site.  We use this information to better understand how users are accessing and using our web site and to enhance the user experience.  We do not link this information to personally identifiable information.

Continuing Medical Education

To participate in an educational program on oncologyjournalbrief.com and receive CME/CE credit for this activity, visitors are asked to register and provide personal information such as name, mailing address and email address.  Certain healthcare professionals may be asked for degree, license #, and state of license information to receive CME/CE credit.  The registration screen clearly identifies those fields that are required and those that are optional.   In addition to personally identifiable information, users are also asked to complete a Post-Test and Activity Evaluation.  We use the information collected from CME/CE activities for the following purposes:

  • To determine your eligibility to receive CME/CE credit
  • To email your CME/CE certificate upon successful completion of the activity
  • To help evaluate the effectiveness of the activity, assess educational needs, and improve future programs
  • In accordance with ACCME regulations, Transphorm Health provides personally identifiable information about you and the CME/CE credits you have received to American Academy of CME, Inc. (AACME), the accredited CME/CE provider who certifies educational activities on oncologyjournalbrief.com.  The purpose of these of these reports is to maintain records that you can request from AACME for up to six years.
  • Commercial supporters of CME/CE activities on oncologyjournalbrief.com will be provided aggregated data related to the programs they support.
  • To notify you of future educational and informational offerings from oncologyjournalbrief.com and Transphorm Health Inc, if you choose.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Aggregate Information (Non-Personally Identifiable)

We share aggregated information about our user base with our partners and supporters.  This information does not identify individual users.  For example, Transphorm Health may share demographic information such as number of program participants, breakdown by profession, and percentage of users by geographic area with supporters.

Personally-Identifiable Information

  • CME/CE Provider - We provide personally identifiable information about you and the CME/CE credits you have received to AACME, the accredited provider who certifies educational activities on oncologyjournalbrief.com, as described in the Continuing Medical Education section.
  • Companies Who Work for Us - We may use an outside company to notify you of new offerings from oncologyjournalbrief.com and Transphorm Health.  These companies do not retain, share, store, or use personally identifiable information for any other purposes.
  • Legal Requirements - We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our web site.

Communications from Oncologyjournalbrief.com

Welcome Email

Based upon the personally identifiable information you provide us in your Oncology Journal Brief Profile, we will send you a welcoming email to verify your email address and password.

Contact Us

If you submit personal information, such as your email address, to us by following the "Contact Us" link on our homepage, we will use that information to respond to your question or request for information. We will not share your information with third parties without your explicit permission.

CME/CE Certificate

An electronic copy of your CME/CE Certificate will be emailed to the email address in your Oncology Journal Brief account profile within 24 hours of your successful completion of the activity.

Notification of New Programs

If you choose to be contacted regarding new educational and informational programs from Oncologyjournalbrief.com and Transphorm Health, we will send you an email notifying you when new offerings are available.  Out of respect for your privacy, we will provide you with a way to unsubscribe.  Please see the "Choice and Opt-Out" section.

Choice/Opt-Out

We provide you with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from oncologyjournalbrief.com and Transphorm Health at any time.  If you do not wish to be notified of new program offerings, please indicate this preference when you Create Your Oncology Journal Brief Profile or Update Your Oncology Journal Brief Profile, follow the instructions included at the bottom of each email, or email us at admin@oncologyjournalbrief.com.

 

Access to Personally Identifiable Information

You may access and edit the personal information you provided to oncologyjournalbrief.com at any time by updating your Oncology Journal Brief Profile from our home page.  If you would like your profile deleted, please contact us by email at admin@oncologyjournalbrief.com.

Children

Oncologyjournalbrief.com is designed and intended for the use of adult healthcare professionals and is not intended for children under the age of 18.  Oncologyjournalbrief.com does not knowingly collect information from children and does not market the site to children.  No one under the age of 13 should submit any personal information to oncologyjournalbrief.com. 

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that a web site can place on your computer's hard drive to collect information about your activities on the site and to make it easier to use certain site functions.  The cookie identifies the computer you are using and transmits information back to the web site's computer.  Many users do not know that cookies are being placed on their computers when they visit web sites.  If you want to know when this happens, or prevent it from happening, you can set your browser to warn you when a web site attempts to place a cookie on your computer.

Oncologyjournalbrief.com uses only session ID cookies that expire when you close your browser.  We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site, to study traffic patterns, and to analyze how visitors, in the aggregate, use the site.

Security

Providing security for the personal information you submit via our site is important to us. We use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption on all pages where personal information is required. 

Oncologyjournalbrief.com takes precautions - including administrative, technical, and physical measures - to safeguard your personal information against theft, misuse, and loss, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.  Please be aware, however, that no transmission of information via the Internet can be entirely secure. You should, therefore, always use caution when submitting personal information online.

Links to Other Sites

Our web site contains links to other sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of oncologyjournalbrief.com.  We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy policies of every web site that collects personally identifiable information.  This privacy policy applies only to information collected by oncologyjournalbrief.com.

Privacy Policy Changes

Transphorm Health reserves the right to update our Privacy Policy at any time to adapt to changing conditions or in an effort to better serve our users.  If we make material changes to the Privacy Policy that significantly impact the way we handle personal information, a notice will be posted on oncologyjournalbrief.com along with the updated policy.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please send them to us by email to admin@oncologyjournalbrief.com.

 

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