AgingCare.com

Privacy Policy

Last updated 4/22/09

 

General.

This Privacy Policy applies only to the Agingcare.com website (the "Site"), and does not cover any interaction you may have with MediaBrains Inc. or Agingcare.com ("MediaBrains," "us," "our," "we") by telephone, postal mail, or other offline communications. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you about the types of information we gather about you when you visit our Site, how we may use that information, and how we disclose it to third parties. By using this Site, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or the protection of your personal information on our Site, please contact us at info@Agingcare.com.

We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally to reflect changes in our services and policies. When we post changes to this Privacy Policy, we also will revise the "last updated" date at the top of the Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

Information That We Collect.

Information we may collect when you visit our Site falls into two broad categories: personal information, and aggregate or non-personal information. "Personal Information" is information that can be used to identify or contact you, such as your name, e-mail address, or mailing address. "Non-Personal Information" is information that does not identify you, and may include, for example, statistical information concerning the web pages on our Site that users most frequent. Our Privacy Policy governs both categories of information, as detailed below.

 

Personal Information.

We may collect personally identifying information with your specific knowledge and consent. We may request that you supply us with "personal information" such as your e-mail address, name, address, telephone number, and credit card number, as applicable.

 

Registration Information.  To obtain certain materials from our Site, we ask that you become a registered user. Our registration forms will specify the information that you must provide in order to use the particular feature, and the information that you may, at your option, choose to provide or withhold. When you register at our Site, we will use your email address as your "password," providing you access to associated services and materials. When you revisit our Site, this "password" will provide this same access to you – or to others you allow to use your email account. You should refrain from providing others with access to your email account or our Agingcare.com Site, if you would prefer that they not access the "registration only" portions of our Site with your password.

 

Surveys and Questionnaires.  If you choose to participate in surveys or questionnaires which from time to time we may post at Agingcare.com, we may ask that, in addition to providing your responses, you also provide contact and other Personal Information. If we link, or combine in any way your responses with your Personal Information, we will treat the combined information as Personal Information under our Privacy Policy. If we separate your responses from, and they are independent of any Personal Information, such that a third party reviewing your responses would be unable to link the responses to you or your practice, the responses will be treated as Non-Personal Information under our Privacy Policy.

 

Email and Other Direct Communications.  You may post comments, email us, or provide us with comments and feedback concerning our Agingcare.com Site generally. By communicating with us in these ways, you may provide us with your email address, and other Personal Information. We will handle information that you provide in this manner in accordance with our Privacy Policy for Personal Information.

 

Non-Personal Information.

We may also collect non-personal information from our online visitors, such as demographic information (your age, gender, income, education, profession, etc.). Non-personal information may also include technical information including your browser type, areas of the Site visited, date and time of access, host or service provided information, and identification of the referring site.

 

When you browse our Site, the choices you make may provide information concerning your interests, and concerning the appeal and efficacy of associated Site features. Information concerning our visitors' activities at Agingcare.com – which pages they visit, and how long they view these pages, for example – is Non-Personal Information. This information does not identify a particular user, but does provide potentially useful data concerning our users' preferences and the efficacy and interest of our Site's features. The manner in which we collect Non-Personal Information is set out below.

 

Cookies.  We collect Non-Personal Information about your use of our Site through cookies and similar Internet technologies. "Cookies" are small text files that a web site can use to recognize repeat users, to facilitate the user's ongoing access to and use of the site, and to compile aggregate data to improve the site and focus advertising. Cookies work as follows: a web site will send a cookie to your browser that uniquely associates your computer with information stored at the site. Your browser places the cookie in its cookies file. When you next access that site on your computer, the site recognizes the cookie, makes the stored information available, and adds new information based on the present visit.

 

Disabling Cookies.  You may choose not to allow us to collect information in this manner, through cookies. If you wish, you can set your browser software to reject cookies, and most browsers provide instructions for disabling the cookies feature in their "Help" section. Because cookies can be used to provide certain functionality, if you disable your browser’s cookies feature, certain elements of our Site may be unavailable to you.

 

Addresses.  A so-called "Internet Protocol" (IP) address is associated with your computer's connection to the Internet. We use your computer's IP address to maintain contact with you as you navigate through our Site. We also may use your computer’s IP address to provide you with personalized content. Similar to cookies, your computer's IP address by itself does not identify you personally. We treat IP addresses, therefore, as Non-Personal Information, as provided below.

 

Advertisers' Collection of Information.  With Internet technology, it is possible for advertisers, as well as site hosts, to collect information through the use of cookies and other technologies, such as so-called "clear GIF" files.

How We Use the Information We Collect.

Personal Information.

We may use your Personal Information to provide you with any services that you may request or require, to communicate with you, to allow you to register for email newsletters and to send other service informational mailings to you. We may use Personal Information you give to us to provide you with information, newsletters, updates, and related materials. We will be entitled to provide your e-mail address to non-affiliated third parties without your permission. We may also use this information to respond to questions and comments from you. In addition, we may use this information to contact you. You are free at any time to opt-out of receiving email and other information we may send to you by providing us notice thereof at the address set forth below.

 

Non-Personal Information.

We use Non-Personal Information to help us make our Site more useful to visitors and for other business purposes. Also, we may use the Non-Personal Information in cookies to help us to personalize the Site according to the preferences you tell us, and make your visit a more convenient experience.

 

Disclosure of Information to Third Parties.

Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy, we do not share your Personal Information with any non-affiliated third party without your permission. However, we will be entitled to provide your e-mail address to non-affiliated third parties without your permission. We may disclose aggregate information, such as demographic information, and our statistical analyses to third parties, including advertisers or other business partners. This aggregate information does not include your Personal Information, except for your e-mail address, as noted above. Also, we may disclose your Personal Information if required to do so by law, court order or other government or law enforcement agency, to enforce or apply our rights and agreements, or when we believe in good faith that disclosing this information is necessary or advisable to protect the rights, property, or safety of our visitors or others. We may also disclose your Personal Information to any successor-in-interest such as a company that acquires us. In the event we enter into a business transaction, merger or acquisition by or with another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information will likely be among the assets transferred. A notice posted on the Site, or other form of notice, may be provided regarding any such change in ownership or control of your Personal Information.

 

Additional General Provisions

 

Privacy Protection for Children

Our Site is not directed at children, and we will not accept or request personal information from individuals we know to be under 13. If we learn that a child under 13 has provided us with Personal Information, we will delete this information from our databases.

 

Participation in Online Discussions

Please note that any information you provide while participating in an online chat or forum will be available to all participants. These participants, and their transferees, may use Personal Information and other information you disclose in this manner to contact you and for other purposes. Accordingly, if we choose to provide such features at Agingcare.com, we ask that you participate prudently, as this Privacy Policy will not cover the information you disclose in online discussions at our Site.

 

Links to Other Web Sites

Our Site may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our Site, you should note that we do not have control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such websites and such websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy.

 

We provide these links as a convenience, and we do not endorse the content or services offered by, or the privacy policies in place at, these other sites.

 

Our privacy policy covers only information we collect at Agingcare.com, and other sites to which we link may have privacy policies that differ considerably from our Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of each site you visit through our links, to ensure you are comfortable with these policies. We are not responsible for the conduct or policies of these third parties.

 

Changes in Our Privacy Policy

From time to time we may revise our Privacy Policy.  We will post any such changes on this Site.

 

Contact Information

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please send an e-mail to info@AgingCare.com or write to:

AgingCare.com Privacy Policy
c/o MediaBrains Inc.
720 Goodlette Road North
4th Floor
Naples, FL 34102