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CSMS-IPA, Inc. PRIVACY POLICY
Thank you for visiting the official Website for the Connecticut State Medical Society – IPA. CSMS-IPA, Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy and to making your on-line experience secure, comfortable, and valuable.

Privacy Policy

It is CSMS-IPA policy to respect and protect the privacy of our members. We do not collect, use or disclose any information about our members without their knowledge and approval. We do not share any information with third parties unless we have informed members about the disclosures or when we have prior consent.

What Information About Users Does The CSMS-IPA Collect?

Automatic Information

The following information is collected and stored automatically from all users accessing the CSMS-IPA, Inc. Website to browse or download information:
  • The Internet domain and Internet Protocol address from which you access our site
  • The type of browser and operating system used to access our site
  • The date and time you access our site
  • The pages you visit if you linked to CSMS-IPA, Inc. from another website, the address of that website.
This information is used to create summary statistics, which are used for purposes such as assessing what information is of most interest to users, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

This information is not reported or used in any manner that would reveal personally identifiable information, and will not be released to any outside (third) parties unless legally required.

Personal Information You Provide to Us

CSMS-IPA, Inc. does not retain personally identifiable information about you when you visit our Website unless you choose to provide such information to us (i.e. sending an e-mail, participating in a survey, responding to a feedback or "contact us" form, etc.)

We consider any information that could reasonably be used to identify you as "personally identifying information." This includes, but is not limited to:
  • Your name
  • Your address
  • Your e-mail address
  • Your Social Security number
  • Any combination of data that could be used to identify you such as your birth date, your zip code and your gender.
E-Mail Communications and Web Forms

If you send us an electronic mail message with a question or comment that contains personally identifying information, or fill out a form that e-mails us information, we will only use this personally identifying information to respond to your request. We may redirect your message to another person who is in a better position to answer your question.

All e-mail messages collected by CSMS-IPA, Inc. contain the e-mail addresses of persons who voluntarily communicated with or requested information from us. E-mail addresses are not sold, leased or shared with any governmental or commercial entities without the user's consent.

Does CSMS-IPA use Cookies to Collect Information About a User?

We do not use permanent cookies to retain information on the CSMS-IPA, Inc. site. A cookie is a text file, not a program, which is sent to your computer when you access a site. Cookies do not disclose your name or e-mail address to a Website. They can only tell a Website if you have visited before and can pass short bits of information from the Website back to itself the next time you visit

Do I Have a Choice About Whether or Not My Personal Information is Provided to Others?

CSMS-IPA, Inc. does not obtain personally identifiable information about you when you visit our Website unless you choose to provide such information to us (i.e. sending an e-mail, participating in a survey, responding to a feedback or "contact us" form, etc.). We do not disclose, sell, lease or provide any personal information about our members to any other commercial entity for any purpose. However, it is important to understand that under applicable state and federal law, various forms of correspondence and other communications may be subject to public disclosure.

There may be instances where we send ongoing updates or announcements to interested parties.

Disclaimer/Links to other Sites

CSMS-IPA, Inc. contains links to other Websites. These may include links to Websites operated by other government agencies, non-profit organizations and private businesses. When you link to another site, you are no longer on the CSMS-IPA, Inc. Website and this privacy notice does not apply. When you link to another Website, you are subject to the privacy policy of that Website.

We do not guarantee the security of information stored in our database or that unauthorized parties will not intercept information you send or receive over the Internet. As a shared resource, the Internet subjects our services and you to the risk of unauthorized access to files and data, even when security measures are implemented. If you use the Internet to send, receive or post personal or confidential information, you do so at your own risk.

We will review our privacy practices on a periodic basis as we deem appropriate. We will post these changes in a revised privacy policy that we will make available to either through our website or by mail. Use of our Web Site following notice of a revised policy constitutes your acceptance to the revised privacy provisions.

For questions or comments about this policy, please contact the CSMS-IPA by telephone at (203) 225-1291, or by email at info@csms-ipa.com.

 



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