Privacy Notice
Springfield Surgery is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Springfield Surgery website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Springfield Surgery website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Springfield Surgery collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Springfield Surgery also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Springfield Surgery. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Springfield Surgery for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Springfield Surgery website.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Springfield Surgery public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.
- Springfield Surgery does not read any of your private online communications
- Springfield Surgery encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from
- Springfield Surgery so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information
- Springfield Surgery is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Springfield Surgery and Springfield Surgery family of websites
Use of your Personal Information
Springfield Surgery collects and uses your personal information to operate the site and deliver the services you have requested. We also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Springfield Surgery and its affiliates. We may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
Springfield Surgery does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. We may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Springfield Surgery may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Springfield Surgery, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Springfield Surgery does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Springfield Surgery keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within Springfield Surgery, in order to determine what Springfield Surgery services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Springfield Surgery to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Springfield Surgery websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- Conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Springfield Surgery or the site
- Protect and defend the rights or property of Springfield Surgery
- Act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Springfield Surgery, or the public
Use of Cookies
The Springfield Surgery website use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Springfield Surgery pages, or register with Springfield Surgery site or services, a cookie helps Springfield Surgery to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Springfield Surgery website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Springfield Surgery features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Springfield Surgery services or websites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Springfield Surgery secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Springfield Surgery secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
Springfield Surgery will occasionally update this statement of privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Springfield Surgery encourages you to periodically review this statement to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
Contact Information
Springfield Surgery welcomes your comments regarding this statement of privacy. If you believe that Springfield Surgery has not adhered to this statement, please contact the practice. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.