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Privacy

We at SymptomNet.com (“http://symptomnet.com.com/”) understand the importance of the privacy of personal information and are committed to protecting it for our users. The following is the Privacy Policy for all websites owned and operated by http://wp.symptomnet.com.com/ , including the site you are on now. This Privacy Policy will define how we collect, use and protect any Personal Information, as defined below, as well as Non-Personal Information, also defined below, you provide us with on or through the site. We urge you to carefully read this Privacy Policy so you understand the choices you have about your personal information. This Privacy Policy is subject to the Terms of Service posted on the Site.

Opting Out Of Future Communications; Updating And Deleting Personal Information
We will only communicate with you if you want to hear from us. If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or wish to exclude your Personal Information from our direct marketing purposes, please tell us so at:
SymptomNet.com
email: [email protected]

You may also contact us in this manner if you wish to update or delete your e-mail address, mailing address or other Personal Information on file with us.

Automatic Collection Information
We automatically collect information that does not reference an individually identifiable user (“Non-Personal Information”). This Non-Personal Information helps us understand how our users use this Site. As an example, when you use the site we will automatically collect your IP address, in addition to other information about your Internet connectivity. We will also send one or more cookies (a file containing a string of characters) to your computer. This cookie uniquely identifies your web browser and helps us to improve quality of our service by tracking user trends and storing preferences. Most Web browsers are set up to accept cookies; however you can set your preferences to refuse cookies. Please note that certain features of the Site may not work if your Web browser is not accepting cookies, or if cookies are disabled.

Information You Choose To Submit
We will only collect personally identifiable information if you choose to share it with us. This personal information is inclusive of but not limited to your name, address, phone number or email address, or other data which can be reasonably linked to such information (“Personal Information”). As an example, you may be required to provide us with certain Personal Information to subscribe to one of our services, register with the Site or enter a contest or promotion through the Site. The decision to provide this information is optional; however you may be restricted from certain content or features of the site or participate in certain areas of the Site if you elect not to register or provide such information.

How Do We Use, And When Do We Share, Personal and Non-Personal Information We Collect?
SymptomNet.com may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads and/or collect Non-Personal information when you visit the Site. Such companies may use this information (not including your name, address, telephone number or email address) about your visits to the Site to provide advertisements on the Site. These third party companies may place a unique cookie on your computer and/or use technologies such as pixel tags in connecting with collecting information about your visit to the Site. Should you like to have more information about this practice and know your options about not having this information used by these third party advertising companies, please click here. This Privacy Policy for this Site does not cover any use of information that a third party advertising company may collect from you. SymptomNet.com will not sell, rent, share or disclose Personal Information to third parties without your permission, except as disclosed in this Privacy Policy. Occasionally, we may establish a business relationship with other entities or persons whom we deem to be trustworthy and whom we have asked to confirm their privacy policy and practices are consistent with ours (“Service Providers”). For example, we may contract Service Providers to provide certain services including Web hosting, data management, credit card processing, promotional services, Web development, etc. We provide our Service Providers with information needed for them to properly perform these services. Each Service Provider must agree to implement and maintain reasonable security practices and procedures that are appropriate to the nature of the information involved in order to protect your information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure. Although this is unlikely, in certain circumstances we may disclose your Personal Information when we have reason to believe it is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against persons or entities who may be causing injury to you, to SymptomNet.com, to its affiliates or to others. We may also disclose your Personal Information should we believe the law requires it. We may use, and disclose to third parties, certain aggregated Non-Personal Information (e.g., how many users clicked on an advertisement) without your permission. However, such information does not include Personal Information that could identify you individually.

Security
No data that is transmitted over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Because of this, while we strive to protect information transmitted on or through Site, we do not guarantee the security of any information you transmit on or through the Site. You transmit any data solely at your own risk.

Third Party Website Links And Content
This Site may contain links to websites or other content that is operated by third parties. SymptomNet.com has no control over these websites or content. The privacy policy on those third party websites may be different from this Privacy Policy. Your access of third party content is solely at your own risk. We recommend reading the privacy policy on a linked website before agreeing to disclose any information to the site.

E-mail Newsletters/Services
We may occasionally send you e-mails regarding SymptomNet.com , the Site, or special content, promotion or feature. Such e-mails contain an opt-out choice if you do not wish to receive these types of communications from us.

Children’s Privacy Statement
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. This Site does not knowingly collect Personal Information from children we know are under age 13. If we are notified or become aware that we have inadvertently received Personal Information from a user who is under the age of 13, we will delete such information. Since we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under age 13, we subsequently do not knowingly distribute this personal information to third parties.

Policy Changes
Please note that SymptomNet.com reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we decide to change any part of this Privacy Policy, we will inform you of the change by posting the changed Privacy Policy on the Site. Those changes will go into effect on the Effective Date explained in the new Privacy Policy. The new Privacy Policy will apply to all current and past users of the Site and will replace any prior Privacy Policies that are inconsistent.