DISCLAIMER AND SITE AGREEMENT

All data, information, text, graphics, links and other material on the Heartview Foundation website are provided as a convenience to our site visitors.  Heartview Foundation does not warrant the accuracy of any data, information, text, graphics or other materials on this site, or any other sties liked to or from this site.  Heartview Foundation makes no commitment to update or correct any information on this Website and accepts no responsibility for any errors or omissions in any of the materials on or any materials referred to in this site or linked to this site.

INTERNET PRIVACY STATEMENT

Heartview Foundation has a strong commitment to providing excellent service to all of our friends, alumni and visitors, including respecting your concerns about privacy. We understand that you might wonder whether and how this web site collects and uses information. This statement contains numerous general and technical details about the steps we take to respect your privacy concerns.

Browsing:
This web site does not collect any personal information from your computer when browsing this site. Unless you give us written permission to post information on our Alumni Information Form or request a reply using one of our feedback or reply forms, we will not know your name, your e-mail address or any other information that identifies you.

Information Needed to Execute the Transaction Your Request:
When we need to collect information from you, we will ask you to voluntarily supply us with the information we need. We will use your e-mail address only to provide the information you request, or to communicate news as you request. If at any time you decide you do not want to receive the information, you may let us know by reply e-mail to request that we no longer contact you. Providing information to us using any of our on-line forms is voluntary and the information we collect is used only for the purpose for which the information was collected and is not shared with any other companies.

Heartview Foundation Use of Information:

We treat the infomation that you provide as confidential information.  It is, accordingly, subject to the Foundations security procedures and strict corporate policies regarding protection and use of information.  We will only disclose this information to individuals at the Foundation on a need-to-know basis and person(s) authorized by you.

E-Mails and Opt-Out:

Our goal is to only send e-mails that are likely to be of interest to you.  All e-mail is generated from Heartview Foundation and not from an outside third party e-mail service provider.  Heartview Foundation does not make e-mail adddresses available to any others for their use.  You may, at any time, reqeust not to receive e-mails from Heartview Foundation by replying to any e-mail with your request to opt-out.

Disclosure of Infomration to Third Parties:

Heartview Foundation prohibits the sale or transfer of personal information to anyone outside the Foundation.

Liks to Other Sites:

Other sites linked to by the Heartview Foundation web site are offered for your convenience only.  Heartview Foundation is not responsible for the privacy policies of those sites, or for cookies those sites might use.

 Legal Issues:

This is a United States web site and subject to United States law.   Heartview Foundation will disclose personal health information without your permission only when required by law, or in a good faith belief that such action is necessary to investigate or protect against harmful activities to the Foundations patients, staff, volunteers, alumni, property (including this site) or to others or as authorized by federal medical privacy rules under the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act.