Privacy, Terms & Conditions for Medical Advocacy Plus
We understand that health concerns are private and personal, and we will never knowingly violate your right to use the information you find on this site.
The documents and information contained within the Medical Advocacy Plus website is offered for informational purposes only. No information contained herein is a substitute for professional medical care by a qualified practitioner, nor should it be inferred as such.
ALWAYS check with your doctor if you have any health questions. The contributors to this website are not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for ANY form of damages whatsoever resulting from information contained herein.
Who we are
Medical Advocacy Plus is a patient advocate organization, dedicated to developing personalized healthcare journeys for those who need help navigating their care.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Privacy
Medical Advocacy Plus is committed to respecting the privacy and security of our users. Our goal is to provide you with the information, resources, and services that are most relevant and helpful to you. We will not disclose your information to any person or organization outside of Medical Privacy Plus, except as described in this Privacy Policy or on any of the individual sites.
Information We Collect and How We Use It
If you register, we will ask you for some personal information. This information is intended only to see how users access the advocate information they need. When you supply us with your email address, we will add it to our email notification list, from which you may opt-out at any time.
How We Protect Your Information
Your information is not stored on any publicly accessible servers and therefore cannot be accessed by anyone outside Medical Advocacy Plus personnel.
Who Has Access to the Information?
In addition to the use of your contact information described above, your information will be shared in the following ways:
As required by law, in a matter of public safety or policy, or as needed in connection with the transfer of other business assets. In compliance with U.S. law, we do not share information with any unaffiliated third parties for marketing purposes.
Links to Other Companies’ Sites
Our websites contain links to sites maintained by companies that are not affiliated with Medical Advocacy Plus. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those sites, and we encourage you to use caution when visiting them. In particular, we recommend you view the privacy policy posted on each site.
Privacy Policy Changes
If our information practices change in a significant way, we will post and highlight the policy changes.
Questions?
Please send an e-mail message to [email protected]
