Our Commitment to Privacy: VaricoseVeins.org (“VV”), and its family of websites owned thereby (“the Sites”), value your trust and make every effort to protect our visitors’ privacy. Below we outline our Privacy Policy so that you can make an informed decision about what information to share with us and when. This Privacy Policy explains important information regarding the use and disclosure of information provided by our website visitors (individually and/or collectively “Users”) collected on the Sites. By using or registering for the services offered or the information provided on the Site (collectively the “Services”), you agree to be legally bound and abide with this Privacy Policy.

The Information We Collect:

Visitor-Supplied Data: We collect the following information provided voluntarily by visitors to the Sites: email address, name, phone number, company, and inquiry type. This information is helpful in developing new site content, better understanding the needs of our visitors, and enhancing features and partnerships within the Sites. We use this information to better understand the needs of our users and to gather information about health care trends and issues.

We may disclose the contact information we collect about you to ­­­­­Health Care and/or Skin Care Service Providers who provide services similar to what you are searching for here, as decided by VV. In addition to collecting your e-mail address, we use clear gifs to collect information about when you open our e-mails, click on any links in the e-mails, or when you forward any e-mails to others. We may combine this information with your e-mail address and other information we collect about you.

Other Information: We may also collect information about any inquiries or communication between you and VV or any communications we may receive from third parties about your use of the Site or Services. We may combine this information with the other information we have collected about you.

Non-Personal Data Collected: We also collect information supplied by your computer when you come to our Site. This information may include IP address, web pages visited, browser type, web request, browser language, exit/referring pages, number of clicks, platform information, and date and time of request. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to automatically collect information about you when you visit our Site or use our Services, including IP address, browser type, operating system, date and time of visit, time spent on and/or logged in to Site, pages visited, links clicked, and other Site activity. We may combine such site information with the information we have collected from users.

The Way We Use Information:

Any personal information you supply to VV through our Sites is used to supply you the services and/or information you request. If you provide this information to us we then use this information for our operation, maintenance, and the features and functionality of the Sites.

We will only send you marketing communications with your opt-in consent, however, administrative notifications (such as site launch, customer service, confirmations and/or update information), may be sent without opt-in or notice.

In general we use the information we collect, including personal information, about you for the following purposes, including, without limitation:

• To provide our Services to you
• To send you E-mail Alerts about deals and promotions
• To communicate with you about your account
• To provide troubleshooting and technical support and for other customer service purposes
• To develop and provide products and services tailored to your interests
• To provide you with customized offers and information about our products and services
• To display targeted advertisements to you
• To otherwise personalize your experiences while using the Site or our Services
• To improve the Site and Services
• To better understand how users access and use our Site and Services, both on an aggregated and individualized basis, for the purposes of improving our Site and Services and responding to user desires and preferences
• For research purposes
• To investigate, prevent or take action regarding violations of this Privacy Policy or the Terms

Information Disclosure to Third Parties

Your privacy is paramount to us. We do not sell, share or lease your personal information to third parties except to ­­­­­Health Care and/or Skin Care Service Providers who provide services similar to what you are searching for here or under the circumstances described below.

Disclosure for legal reasons: We 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, a threat to homeland security, a threat to our system or network, or cases in which we believe it is reasonably necessary to investigate or prevent harm, fraud, abuse, or illegal conduct. In the event that we are legally compelled to disclose your personal information to a third party, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you unless doing so would violate the law or court order.

Agents and contractors: Contractors and other service providers may have access to your personal information in the course of assisting in operating our business and providing products or services to you. These contractors include vendors and suppliers that provide us with technology, services, and/or content for the operation and maintenance of our site. Some of these relationships may be with companies that co-brand portions of their site and services, or that provide services to you on our behalf. Co-branded sites may have their own privacy policies posted on their sites. If you visit a co-branded site, please read the privacy policy that is posted on that site. Access to your personal information by these contractors is limited to the information reasonably necessary for the contractor to perform its limited function. Contractors have an obligation under their contracts with us to keep your information confidential, to comply with our privacy and security policies, and have agreed not to use this information received from us for any purpose other than performing services on our behalf.

Aggregated, non-personal information: We may share aggregated information about you with third parties. This is information that is combined with the non-personal information of other users and does not allow you to be identified or contacted. Depending on the circumstances, we may or may not charge third parties for this aggregated information. We also may not limit the third parties’ use of the aggregated information.

Changes in website control: If all or part of the control over VV is transferred to another entity, the personal information you have provided at this site may be transferred. We will take steps to ensure that, without your consent, any personal information that is transferred will not be used or shared in a manner inconsistent with the Privacy Policy under which it was collected.

Notwithstanding the above, we may share aggregate or de-identified information about users with third parties for marketing, advertising, research or other purposes. For example, if we display advertisements on behalf of a third party, we may share aggregate, demographic information with that third party about the users to whom we displayed the advertisements.

Monitoring Communications

We do not routinely monitor user communications or disclose information about your communications to third parties. However, we may monitor your communications on or through the Service and may disclose information about you, including the contents of such communications, if we deem it necessary to: (1) conform to legal requirements or respond to legal process; (2) ensure your compliance with this contract; or (3) protect the rights, property, or interests of VV, its employees, its customers, or the public.

Your Choices

We offer you choices when collecting your personal information whenever reasonably possible. You are free to decline to provide any personal information, though failure to do so may hinder our ability to provide you with certain services through our Sites. You can correct, update or review personal information you have previously submitted by going back to the specific tool or application, logging-in and making the desired change. You can also update any personal information you have submitted by contacting us using the contact information listed below.

If you desire to delete any the personal information you have provided to us from our system, please contact us using the contact information listed below. Upon request, we will delete your personal information from our active databases and where possible from our back-up media. VV is not responsible for retrieving and deleting already disclosed to third parties. Moreover, you should be aware that it might not be technologically possible to remove every record of the information you have provided to VV from our servers.

User-submitted content to our Sites cannot be removed and will remain subject to our Terms of Use. You are free to refuse cookies in your browser though doing some may affect certain features and services offered through our Sites. You do not have to opt-in for any communications we offer.

You Can Unsubscribe from VV Emails

If you have signed up for our Services, we may send you daily emails about current deals and promotional offers. Every email contains a mandatory unsubscribe link – which allows for any user to easily unsubscribe from all future mailings from VV. Our customer support team actively monitors emails going to a large number of contacts and proactively removes bounced email addresses. In the unlikely event that you receive any message from us or sent using our systems that you consider to be spam, please contact us via email at info@varicoseveins.org.

We may also, from time to time, solicit your feedback or send you informational emails notifying you of updates to Site and Services and the like. If you do not wish to receive emails from VV, you may opt out of future e-mails by clicking the unsubscribe link in any such e-mail.

Our Commitment To Data Security

We take every reasonable measure to preserve the privacy of your personal information, including physical and technical safeguards. However, the personal information you submit to us is to be transmitted through channels outside the control of VV and is done so at your own risk. Personal information may be relayed ­­to ­­­Health Care and/or Skin Care Service Providers who provide services similar to what you are searching for here as decided by VV for the purpose of such providers contacting the user. We do make commercially reasonable efforts to ensure data security, however we cannot guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our safeguards. Please be aware that despite our best efforts, no data security measures can guarantee 100% security all of the time.

Third-Party Links

VV may contain links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by VV. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to review the privacy statements of each site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected through this Site and the Services.

Our Commitment to Children’s Privacy:

Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our website from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from, or target our Site to, children under the age 13.

International Users

VV and its affiliate websites are hosted in the United States and are intended for and directed to users in the United States. If you are a user accessing the Sites from any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of the Sites, which are governed by United States law, this Privacy Notice, and our Terms of Service, you are transferring your personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer.

Changes to this Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. We will notify you about material changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the email address specified in your account. The email will include an opt-out provision for those who would like to have their information or submitted content removed or deleted under the new Policy. Information collected under a former policy will not be used in a new way without your consent, and information submitted under a former policy will be segregated from information submitted under a new policy. We may also make nonmaterial changes to our Policy that generally will not affect our use of your personal information. If you don’t agree with the new policy, you always have the option of ceasing to use the Sites. Our current policy, identified by its effective date, will be posted on the Site, and you should check it frequently.

How To Contact Us

For any inquiries, please email us at info@varicoseveins.org. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately.

Last Modified: October 6, 2014

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