San Mateo County Medical Association 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 San Mateo County Medical Association site and governs data collection and usage.
By using the San Mateo County Medical Association site, you consent to the data practices described
in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
San Mateo County Medical Association collects personally identifiable information, such as your email
address, name, home or work address or telephone number. San Mateo County Medical Association 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 San Mateo County Medical Association. This information can include: your IP address,
browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This
information is used by San Mateo County Medical Association for the operation of the service, to
maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use
of the San Mateo County Medical Association site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information
or personally sensitive data through San Mateo County Medical Association public message boards,
this information may be collected and used by others. Note: San Mateo County Medical Association
does not read any of your private online communications.
San Mateo County Medical Association encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites
you choose to link to from San Mateo County Medical Association so that you can understand how those
Web sites collect, use and share your information. San Mateo County Medical Association is not responsible
for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the San Mateo County Medical Association
and San Mateo County Medical Association family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
San Mateo County Medical Association collects and uses your personal information to operate the San Mateo County Medical Association
Web site and deliver the services you have requested. San Mateo County Medical Association also uses
your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services
available from San Mateo County Medical Association and its affiliates. San Mateo County Medical Association may also
contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services
or of potential new services that may be offered.
San Mateo County Medical Association does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
San Mateo County Medical Association 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, San Mateo County Medical Association
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 San Mateo County Medical Association, and they are required to maintain
the confidentiality of your information.
San Mateo County Medical Association does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such
as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
San Mateo County Medical Association keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within
San Mateo County Medical Association, in order to determine what San Mateo County Medical Association services are
the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising
within San Mateo County Medical Association to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested
in a particular subject area.
San Mateo County Medical Association Web sites 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: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process
served on San Mateo County Medical Association or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or
property of San Mateo County Medical Association; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect
the personal safety of users of San Mateo County Medical Association, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The San Mateo County Medical Association Web site 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 San Mateo County Medical Association pages, or
register with San Mateo County Medical Association site or services, a cookie helps San Mateo County Medical Association
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 San Mateo County Medical Association Web site, the information
you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the San Mateo County Medical Association
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 San Mateo County Medical Association services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
San Mateo County Medical Association secures your personal information from unauthorized access,
use or disclosure. San Mateo County Medical Association 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 Web sites, it is protected through the use
of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
San Mateo County Medical Association will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect
company and customer feedback. San Mateo County Medical Association encourages you to periodically
review this Statement to be informed of how San Mateo County Medical Association is protecting your
information.
Contact Information
San Mateo County Medical Association welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy.
If you believe that San Mateo County Medical Association has not adhered to this Statement, please
contact San Mateo County Medical Association at maya2@mayaco.com.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the
problem.