Medical Resource
Group
Privacy Statement
1.
Purpose. Medical Resource
Group, LLC (MRG or we) which is the owner of Studentdoc.com (website
or site) created this Privacy Statement to demonstrate
our firm commitment to privacy. The following policy discloses
MRG’s information collecting, use, and disclosure practices for
our website.
2.
Users are Bound by this Agreement.
Users that access the Site agree to be bound by this Terms
and Conditions of Usage (Agreement) and by MRG’s Privacy Notice
which is incorporated by reference. Users that do not wish to
be bound by this Agreement, may not access or use the Site.
If you do not agree to any of these terms, then please do not
use this Site.
3.
Contact Information.
If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Statement
and policies or your dealings with our website, please contact
us as follows:
editor@studentdoc.com
Or write:
MRG, LLC
Legal Division
Copyright Agent
3525 Rochester Road
Troy, MI 48083
4.
Reserved Rights. We
reserve the right to revise our Privacy Statement at any
time at our discretion. Changes to our Privacy Statement
and Statement Regarding Legal Communications will become
effective upon posting to our website. You are responsible for checking this policy periodically
to monitor any changes to our privacy practices. Continued access or use of this Site shall be deemed
as conclusive acceptance of the modified agreement.
5. Parental Guidance is Required. Children are not eligible
to use our website or our services, and we ask that minors (under
the age of 18) do not submit any personal information to MRG.
If you are a minor, you can use this service only in conjunction
with your parents or guardians supervision or as permitted under
Title XIII of the United State Code – Children’s Online Privacy
Protection Section Act1303, (Regulation of Unfair and Deceptive
Acts and Practices in connection with the collection and use of
personal information from and about children on the internet).
6.
Personal Information. Personal information includes information such as your zip
code, your usage patterns, name, address, phone number, e-mail
address, and other similar information collected on the website,
unless it is unauthorized by law. Private information is stored
in a secure electronic format and periodically deleted.
7.
Use of Personal Information.
We use the personal information you supply us, to enhance our
services; fulfill your requests for products, programs, or services;
and personalize your experience. We also use other information
obtained from your traffic patterns to better provide you with
a personalized experience.
We
may share personally identifiable information with third parties
vendors. However, we do not share your personally identifiable
information with the public.
The
information provided is used to personalize and enhance the website
and services such as providing you with information we believe
will be of interest to you; contact users for feedback; we may
also use the information we collect to develop summary reports
for our advertisers. We provide this information to assist our
advertisers in determining how to promote their products. We do
not tell our advertisers who it was that saw or clicked on their
advertisements.
8.
Offer Products or Services.
We may from time to time approach you regarding product, service,
and other information, or offers which we feel, based on your
Personal Information, may be of interest to you. If you do not
wish to receive such information, you can contact us in the manner
provided above.
9.
Regulatory Issues.
In addition, Personal Information may be released to third parties
(i) if we are required by law to comply with a legal requirement,
such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena, or court
order; (ii) if release of such information is required in connection
with the maintenance and administration or our MRG; (iii) in the
very rare circumstance in which we believe in good faith there
is a threat to the physical security of you or others. Although
it is MRG’s policy to attempt to require our third parties to
whom we provide Personal Information to comply with our privacy
policies, we cannot guarantee their compliance.
10.
Registration. MRG requires
users to complete a registration forms or create a user name and
password. Registration information is stored electronically in
a secure location.
11.
Credit Cards. MRG does
accept and use credit card processing. User credit card information
is stored electronically in a secured location.
12.
Profiles. Currently,
MRG does not gather information to create a “profile” of your
preferences. However, we may create user profiles in the future.
13.
Surveys or Contests.
From time-to-time we may provide you the opportunity to participate
in contests or surveys on our website. If you participate, we
will request certain personally identifiable information from
you. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely
voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose
this information. The requested information typically includes
contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic
information (such as zip code). We use this information to notify
contest winners and award prizes, to monitor MRG traffic, and
to improve or personalize the MRG as appropriate. We may use
a third party service provider to conduct these surveys or contests;
that company will be prohibited from using our users’ personally
identifiable information for any other purpose. We will not share
the personally identifiable information you provide through a
contest or survey with other third parties.
14.
Public Forums. We may
employ the use of chat rooms, forums, message boards, or news
groups in the future. Please remember that any information that
is disclosed in these areas becomes public information, and that
you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your Personal
Information. Representation information should not be disclosed
in public forums.
15.
E-mail Announcements or Newsletters.
MRG may from time to time use e-mail to send announcements regarding
new products, services, and/or promotions, and informational
newsletters, either directly related to the MRG or from a third
party that may be of interest to our customers. Announcements
via email are on an opt-in basis only. By posting material on
any of our interactive areas, you are opting in to receiving
these e-mail announcements. You can choose to unsubscribe by
sending an e-mail to: editor@studentdoc.com.
16.
Cookies. The website
may collect certain information about how website visitors and
users use the website by using technology called "cookies",
which are bits of information that a website transfers to an individual's
hard drive for record keeping purposes. Cookies can enhance your
online experience by automatically saving your preferences and
products selected for purchase. We may use cookies because they
help us to provide you a better online experience. The information
we collect through the use of cookies does allow MRG to know when
and for how long you logged on to the our website, so that we
can try to understand how to better serve your needs. Nonetheless,
as is the intention with all elements of this Privacy Statement,
unless otherwise posted, MRG may share certain personal information,
such as your zip code or your usage patterns, name, address, phone
number, e-mail address, and other similar information collected
on the website with any third party, unless it is unauthorized
by law. If you object to the use of cookies for any reason, you
may set your internet browser to notify you when you receive a
cookie, giving you the opportunity to decide whether to accept
it. If, however, you decline to receive cookies, you may have
difficulty in using certain features of the website.
The
website maintains various relationships with third-party advertisers
and brokerage firms, for the purpose of displaying advertisements
to visitors of the website. While we use cookies in other parts
of the website, cookies received with banner advertisements displayed
on the website may be collected by third party advertisers, and
we have no access to or control over these cookies. This Privacy
Statement covers the use of cookies by our website only and does
not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. In the course
of serving advertisements, these advertisers may use information
(including your name, address, email address or telephone number)
about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements
from other websites about goods and services of potential interest
to you.
17.
Log Files. As is true
of most websites, we gather certain information automatically
and store it in log files. This information includes internet
protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider
(ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp,
and clickstream data.
18.
Clear Gifs (Web Beacons/Web Bugs).
We employ, and/or our third party advertising partners, may employ
a software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Web
Bugs), that help us better manage content on our website by informing
us what content is effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with
a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used
to track the online movements of web users. In contrast to cookies,
which are stored on a user’s computer hard drive, clear gifs are
embedded invisibly on Web pages. We do not tie the information
gathered by clear gifs to our customers’ personally identifiable
information.
19.
Usage Tracking. Our
website automatically tracks certain information from users. This
information includes the URL that the user came from, what browser
the user is using and the user’s IP address. Many websites automatically
collect this information. We gather and use such information to
help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our website.
20.
Interactive Services.
Neither MRG, nor its affiliates, are liable for information posted
in interactive areas. MRG may provide interactive areas to enhance
the user experience and to build a healthy community around our
website or its products and services. Each user acknowledges that
should he or she participate in such interactive areas, the information
you voluntarily post about yourself and third parties in such
areas might be accessed, collected and used by third parties outside
of our website, and may also be distributed to others for the
purposes of advertising or other related purposes.
In
addition, you may not post any defamatory, obscene, pornographic,
slanderous, or otherwise illegal material, or any material which
infringes any third-party copyrights or other intellectual property
rights on any areas of our website. Violators will be subject
to termination of use and possible legal action, and hereby consent
to hold the MRG and its Affiliates harmless. Although the website
employs security technology, it cannot guarantee complete security
in user’s private information. As a result, MRG and its Affiliates
will not be held liable for any users or other visitor's disclosure
of personal information on the website or any other website MRG
operates.
21.
Security. Our Web MRG
has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and
alteration of the information under our control. User information
is stored on servers protected by firewall, system-level, and
database-level security.
Only
those employees of MRG who require access to data concerning users
are granted access to the data (e.g., marketing product managers,
system administrators, customer service representatives, and engineering
personnel). Access to user data by employees is further limited
by being solely available through a dedicated administrative interface
and through use of a restricted user ID and password. In addition,
every employee of MRG is required to sign MRG’s standard Nondisclosure
Agreement which requires employees to keep user data confidential.
MRG’s internal website security policies are reviewed and revised
on a regular basis.
22.
Data Quality and Access. In
accordance with the Fair Information Practices defined by the
U.S. government, MRG encourages users to correct any inaccuracies
in personal information that has been previously provided to
the website. You may correct or update your information by sending
an e-mail to editor@studentdoc.com.
23.
Feedback. Users may
provide feedback (e.g., input and suggestions) to MRG regarding
the website. Users providing feedback must provide their name
and e-mail address. Any contact information entered when providing
feedback will only be used to acknowledge or respond to that
feedback. Users are encouraged to provide their input and suggestions
by sending an e-mail to editor@Studentdoc.com.
24.
International Information. Personal
data that you have voluntarily entered is delivered electronically
to servers located in the United States. By using this website,
you consent to the transfer of this data and to MRG’s use of such
data as outlined in this policy.
25.
Business Transitions.
In the event that MRG makes business transition, such as becoming
part of a merger, acquisition by another organization, or distribution
of all or a portion of its assets, your personally identifiable
information will likely be among the assets transferred. If such
a transition occurs, you will be notified on our website for 30
days of any such change in ownership or control of your personal
information.
26.
Related Links. This
website may contain links to websites not owned or controlled
by MRG. We are not responsible for the privacy policies
or practices of any such website. MRG’s Privacy Statement is
a component of, and incorporated into, our Terms and Conditions
of Use. This privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by the MRG.
Last
Updated 2-15-09
