Privacy Policy
Purpose and Summary
To inform visitors and members of
Orthobullets.com
(a product of Lineage Medical, LLC) of how their private information will be gathered
and how it will be used. This policy only applies to
Orthobullets.com
and other websites created by Lineage Medical, LLC. If we provide a link that leads
to the website of another organization, this privacy policy does not apply.
Orthobullets.com
is meant to be a private community for orthopaedic surgeons. Therefore, it is our
highest priority to protect the privacy of members so they feel secure to participate
on
Orthobullets.com. At any time if a physician feels uncomfortable with
our privacy policy, the physician may request that we remove all of their personal
information from our database.
Visitor Personal information collected how we use it.
When you view pages and graphics on our Web sites, the following information may
be recorded in a log file:
- The time and date of your request
- The Internet address of your computer
- The browser and operating system you are using
- The page that you are viewing
We use the information noted above to facilitate effective operation of
Orthobullets.com
and Lineage Medical, LLC Web sites and to measure overall anonymous usage by users.
We do not review use of individual users unless a user's account is associated with
1) attempts to violate the security of
Orthobullets.com
and Lineage Medical, LLC computer networks, 2) activity that degrades the performance
of
Orthobullets.com
and Lineage Medical, LLC Web sites, 3) activity that may be related to copyright
violation, or 4) if we are required to disclose this information by law.
Member Personal information collected how we use it.
Lineage Medical, LLC maintains a visitor database based on registration information.
Lineage Medical, LLC has no intention of sharing this information with other organizations
for marketing purposes. If, for the purpose of creating revenue in order to keep
this site available for free we decide to change this policy, we will contact all
members in advance and will not provide any information without the explicit permission
of the members. The success of Lineage Medical, LLC and
Orthobullets.com
as a free educational site depends on the feedback from registered members. Therefore,
it is the highest priority of Lineage Medical, LLC to protect and respect the privacy
of physician members so that physicians feel their information is secure. At any
time if a physician feels uncomfortable with our privacy policy, the physician may
request that we remove all of their personal information from our database.
How we use your email
From time to time, Lineage Medical, LLC may send you e-mails regarding items of
interest to you, including updates on
Orthobullets.com
and responses to questions you have posted.
Security and E-Commerce
Lineage Medical currently has no E-Commerce functions.
Cookies
Some Lineage Medical, LLC Web sites, including
Orthobullets.com, send visitors a cookie (small computer file) that,
in most cases, contains a unique serial number. Each time our Web server receives
a request for a page, it checks to see if the cookie is present - this enables us
to determine how much of our traffic is from repeat visitors.
Additional cookies may be sent by Lineage Medical, LLC Web servers to facilitate
interaction between your Web browser and Lineage Medical, LLC web servers. Please
note, however, that some services will not work if your browser does not accept
cookies.
Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's
prior visits to your website. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it and its
partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other
sites on the Internet.
Disclosure required by law or emergency circumstances
Personal information is information that can be used to identify or contact you.
Lineage Medical, LLC may release personal information to third parties: 1) to comply
with valid legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena,
or court order; or 2) in special cases, such as a physical threat to you or others.
In the event that we are legally compelled to disclose your personal information
to a third party, we will notify you unless doing so would violate the law or court
order.
Disclosure in the context of mergers and acquisitions
In the event that Lineage Medical, LLC is involved in a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition,
reorganization or sale of assets, your information may be sold or transferred as
part of that transaction.
Disclosure to Lineage Medical, LLC operations and maintenance contractors
Orthobullets.com
and Lineage Medical, LLC operations and maintenance contractors who may have limited
access to your personal information in the course of providing products or services
to Lineage Medical, LLC. Access to your personal information by these contractors
is limited to the information reasonably necessary in order for the contractor to
perform its limited function for Lineage Medical, LLC. We also contractually require
that our operations and maintenance contractors 1) protect the privacy of your personal
information, and 2) not use or disclose your personal information for any purpose
other than providing us with products and services.
Conclusion
These statements convey the current privacy policy of Lineage Medical, LLC, parent
company of
Orthobullets.com. Lineage Medical, LLC reserves the right to alter this
policy, but is responsible to contact all members in advance and give them the option
of removing any personal information from our database.