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Our Commitment to
Privacy
East Central Regional
Hospital is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy as a visitor
to our Web site at http://www.ecrh.dhr.state.ga.us. We take the issue of
privacy very seriously and value the trust you place in us each time you use
our services and access this Web site. This Privacy Statement describes the
practices and policies we have put into place to safeguard your personal and
health-related personal information that may be gathered and used as you
visit our Web site.
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES
HOW INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET
ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
The policy may change
from time to time so please check back periodically. If you have any
questions about our privacy policies, we encourage you to contact us using
any of the methods outlined at the end of our Privacy Statement.
Who Is Collecting
the Information?
East Central Regional
Hospital is collecting information on this Web site as outlined in this
privacy statement.
What Information Do
We Collect?
Automatic Collection of Information:
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No information is automatically collected at this Web
site.
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Permission-based Collection of Information:
At different places
on our site depending upon the feature you use, you may be asked to volunteer
personal and health-related information such as your name, email, mailing
address, telephone number, and health history.
The following information
is collected with your permission at this Web site:
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Anonymous user survey informationHow Do We Use the Information We Collect?
The information we
gather automatically and with your permission during your visit to our Web
site is used in the following ways:
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Modify and enhance the Web site
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Improve the content and design of our Web site
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Respond to your requests With Whom Will
the Information Be Shared?
Any personally
identifiable information gathered via surveys or feedback during your
visit to this Web site is not shared with any organization for any
purpose.
Access and
Correction of Personal Information
Review of Personal Information
Site visitors may
not access information we have collected.
Our Use of
Cookies
Many Web sites now
use "cookies" to provide useful features to their visitors by
providing customizable and personalized services.
A cookie is a small
amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored
on your computer's hard drive. For example, a Web site may use cookies to
store and sometimes track information about you, your preferences, or the
pages you last visited.
Your browser software
can be set to reject all cookies, or to ask you if you would like to
accept or decline a cookie from a particular site before it is set. Most
browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies
in the Help section of the toolbar. You should know, however, that if you
reject a cookie, certain functions and conveniences of a site may not
work properly.
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We do not use any cookies to store or collect information on
our Web site. Registration
for Access
Some Web sites
require you to provide some personal information through a registration
process in order to take advantage of certain Web site features and to
access content areas. For example, a registration form might request
your name, telephone number and e-mail address. You might also be asked
to voluntarily provide a list of health topics that you are interested
in so your Web site experience
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Visitors can use this entire Web site anonymously, without
registration, except for those items intended only for employees of
our facility. Our
Children's Privacy Policy
We are especially
concerned about protecting children's privacy. We hope parents and
teachers are involved in children's Internet explorations. It is
particularly important for parents to guide their children when
children are asked to provide personal information on line.
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Our site does not feature information and services of
interest to children 13 and under Interactive
Services and Tools
Interactive services
tools such as health risk assessments, health-related calculators,
and other technology-based features provide Web site users with a
richer and more valuable experience. The tools can provide you with
information that is customized according to your personal health
background and needs.
Some
interactive tools may request identifying personal and
health-related information in order to function. It is important
for you to know how your information will be used when it is
requested, for what purposes it may also be used, and if it will be
shared with any other party.
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This site does not use interactive tools that ask you
for identifying and health-related personal information. Security
of Communications
We recognize
that many people are concerned about the privacy and protection
of information as it is transmitted over the Internet. You should
keep in mind that the possibility exists for unauthorized
individuals to intercept any email message you send over the
Internet. In some cases, information can be encrypted (scrambled
or encoded) to make it very difficult to read if it is
intercepted during communication. Certain technology and
practices allow Web sites to provide an increased level of
security for your personal and health-related information when
appropriate.
We use the
following practices on our Web site to enhance the level of
security for communication and the transmission of personal
information:
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We always use industry-standard encryption technologies
when transferring and receiving consumer data exchanged with
our site
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We use e-mail forms to allow our customers to ask
questions about our services and programs. These are hosted on
a secure server to encrypt the transmission of your
information. E-Commerce,
On-line Donations, and Online Shopping
Purchasing
items or making donations over the Internet usually requires
you to provide your personal identifying information and credit
card information on a Web site. Many people have become
accustomed to on-line commerce as a time-saving and useful
convenience. There are a number of practices that can make
providing your sensitive credit card information more secure
and therefore make you feel more comfortable about doing so.
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At this time, we do not process credit card
payments for donations, merchandise, or services on our Web
site. Advertising
Servers
On-line advertising,
such as banner ads, has become commonplace on many Web sites.
Certain Web sites have developed relationships with
third-party advertising servers to display these
advertisements on their sites. By clicking on one of these
banner ads, you will be taken to another site with different
privacy policies. These third party ad servers may also use
cookies to collect non-personal information on your
preferences and interests via the advertisement you decide to
view.
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At this time, we do not partner with or have
special relationships with any advertising server
companies. Links
to Other Sites
Web
sites often provide a number of links that offer direct
access to other useful or interesting web sites holding
potential value to site visitors. Inclusion of the other
sites by links does not imply any endorsement of the
material or information on the other sites. Users are
encouraged to review the privacy policy of each linked site
before sharing personal and health-related information.
This
site includes links to non-affiliated external Web sites.
We have the following practices:
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We encourage users to review the privacy
policy of each linked site, as we cannot be responsible
for the privacy practices of other sites. Changes
in Our Privacy Policy
From
time to time, we may use customer information for new,
unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our
privacy notice. If our information practices change at
some time in the future, we have the following practices:
Preference for Future
Use of Information
You
may prevent your web collected information from being
used for purposes other than those for which it was
originally collected by notifying the following:
Web
Site Contact Information
If
you have questions about our privacy policy, or feel that
this site is not following its stated information policy,
please contact us.
East Central
Regional Hospital
Augusta
Campus
Gracewood Campus
3405
Mike Padgett
Highway
100 Myrtle
Blvd.
Augusta,
Georgia
30906
Gracewood, Georgia 30812
Contact: Ginger S. Bowman
Contact: Ginger S. Bowman
E-mail:
gbowman@dhr.state.ga.us E-mail: gbowman@dhr.state.ga.us
Telephone:
(706)
790-2444
Telephone: (706)790-2444
Modification Date
This
privacy statement was last modified on September 22,
2006.
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