Please read this Privacy Policy before using the services of My ESA MD (myesamd.com). This policy applies to this website and by using this website you agree to follow the terms and conditions listed on the website. If you do not agree with our terms please do not use this website, or submit any personal information to it.
Who we are
Our website address is: http://myesamd.com.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Personally Identifiable Information
Personally identifiable information may include your name, address, phone number email address, personal health and medical information, medical record numbers, or any other personal information that you submit to our website.
This information may be submitted in the following ways:
(a) Contact Us
If you email us through our Contact Us link or directly from your email we will use the email address and name you provide to answer your questions or concerns. We will only use this information to respond to your questions unless you authorize further use of this information.
(b) Subscriber Information
We collect personal information about our subscribers that is gathered at the time of registration, subscriber responses to subsequent mailings and website use, and data collected from information aggregators. The collected information may include name, postal address, email address, credit card information, phone numbers, birthdate, gender, interests, and other demographic information. This information helps us to tailor our content to subscribers’ needs.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Non-personally Identifiable Information
When you visit our website certain aggregate and non-personally identifiable information will be collected. This information helps us in tracking user traffic on this website – it does not relate to single identifiable information.
Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of information. It often includes an anonymous unique identifier sent to your browser from a website’s computer and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies record information about your online preferences and help us know about repeat visitors and if we are delivering quality products.
You can set your browser to accept all cookies, notify you when a cookie is issued, or stop receiving cookies. Each browser is different, so check your help menu to learn how to change your cookie preferences. For more information on cookies visit http://www.aboutcookies.org.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Web Beacons
Our website may contain pages that have “web beacons”. (These are also known as pixel tags, internet tags, and clear GIFs.) Web beacons allow third parties to obtain information such as the IP address of the computer that downloaded the page where the beacon is, the URL of the page where the beacon appears, the time the page with the beacon was viewed, the type of browser used and the information in cookies set up by the third party.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
HIPPA Compliance The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
Personal information you provide this company may also be individually identifiable health information that is also protected by the federal HIPAA privacy law (the “HIPAA Privacy Rule”). If online personal information also consists of individually identifiable health information, covered under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, the provisions of this HIPAA Privacy Rule will also apply ESA MD’s permitted uses and disclosures of that personal health information.
The HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes standards that protect individual users’ medical records and other personal health information. This website and all our emails have appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of any personal health information. HIPPA sets limits and conditions on the use and disclosures that may be made of such information without patient authorization.
Who we share your data with
We will not share your data beyond what is described here, without your permission.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How we protect your data
Contact forms that you fill out are emailed to us through an encrypted email. Our website has an up-to-date SSL Certificate and Site Lock.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
We use google analytics and similar programs.