Overview
Thank you for visiting our Privacy Statement page! When you utilize our online platform services, you entrust us with your data. This Privacy Statement aims to clarify what information we gather, our reasons for gathering it, and how we utilize it. When you provide information to us, we can enhance our services for your benefit. For example, we can display more applicable search outcomes and advertisements, facilitate connections with individuals, or streamline the sharing process. As you utilize our services, we aim for transparency regarding our information usage and the methods available to safeguard your privacy. This matters greatly; we encourage you to review it thoroughly. Keep in mind that you can access controls to oversee your information and secure your privacy and safety. We’ve attempted to maintain simplicity throughout.
Rights to Access, Modify, and Remove Data and to Challenge Data Processing
Our clients possess the right to access, modify, and remove personal information pertaining to them, and to challenge the processing of such information, by submitting a written request at any time. Polston Health implements every reasonable measure to establish appropriate protections to secure the confidentiality and privacy of personal information, and to prevent it from being modified, damaged, eliminated, or accessed by unauthorized parties. Nevertheless, Polston Health does not control every risk associated with Internet usage, and consequently alerts platform users to the possible risks inherent in the operation and use of the Internet. The platform may contain links to additional websites or other online resources. Since Polston Health cannot control these websites and external resources, Polston Health cannot be held accountable for the provision or presentation of these websites and external resources, and may not be held liable for the content, promotions, products, services, or any other material present on or from these websites or external resources.
Oversight of Personal Information
You can review or modify your personal information online for numerous services we offer. You can also make decisions about our gathering and utilization of your information. The manner in which you can access or control your personal information will vary depending on which services you utilize. You can determine whether you desire to receive promotional messages from our platform via email, SMS, physical mail, and telephone. If you receive promotional email or SMS communications from us and wish to discontinue them, you can do so by following the instructions in that communication. You can also make decisions about receiving promotional email, telephone calls, and postal mail by visiting and logging into the Polston Health Promotional Communications Manager, which enables you to update contact details, manage contact preferences, unsubscribe from email lists, and determine whether to share your contact details with our partners. These options do not apply to required service communications that are integral to certain platform services.
Information We Gather
Our platform gathers information to function efficiently and deliver optimal experiences with our services. You supply some of this information directly, such as when you establish a personal account. We obtain some of it by documenting how you engage with our services by, for instance, utilizing technologies like cookies, and receiving error notifications or usage information from software operating on your device. We also acquire information from external parties (including other organizations). For instance, we supplement the information we gather by obtaining demographic information from other organizations. We also utilize services from other organizations to help us establish a location based on your IP address to tailor certain services to your location. The information we gather varies based on the services and features you utilize.
How We Utilize Your Information
Our platform utilizes the information we gather for three fundamental purposes: to conduct our operations and deliver (including enhancing and customizing) the services we provide, to send communications, including promotional communications, and to present advertising. In fulfilling these purposes, we merge information we gather through the various platform services you utilize to provide you a more fluid, uniform, and customized experience. Nevertheless, to strengthen privacy, we have implemented technological and procedural protections designed to prevent certain information combinations. For instance, we maintain information we gather from you when you are unauthenticated (not logged in) separately from any account details that directly identify you, such as your name, email address, or phone number.
Disclosing Your Information
We disclose your personal information with your authorization or as required to complete any transaction or deliver any service you have requested or approved. For instance, we disclose your content with external parties when you instruct us to do so. When you supply payment information to complete a purchase, we will disclose payment information with banks and other entities that handle payment transactions or deliver other financial services, and for fraud prevention and credit risk mitigation. Additionally, we disclose personal information among our controlled affiliates and subsidiaries. We also disclose personal information with vendors or agents operating on our behalf for the purposes outlined in this statement. For instance, organizations we’ve contracted to deliver customer service support or assist in protecting and securing our systems and services may require access to personal information to deliver those functions. In such instances, these organizations must comply with our data privacy and security standards and are not permitted to utilize personal information they receive from us for any other purpose. We may also reveal personal information as part of a corporate transaction such as a merger or asset sale.
Understanding Cookies
To ensure this platform functions properly, we occasionally place small information files called cookies on your device. Most major websites implement this practice as well. A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit the platform. It allows the website to retain your actions and preferences (such as login credentials, language, font size, and other display preferences) over time, so you don’t need to continuously re-enter them whenever you return to the platform or navigate from one page to another.
Our Use of Cookies
We implement first and third-party cookies for multiple reasons. Some cookies are necessary for technical reasons for our platforms to function, and we designate these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies also allow us to monitor and target the interests of our users to improve the experience. Third parties deploy cookies through our platforms for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. We may also utilize small pieces of software code called “web beacons” or “clear gifs” to gather anonymous and aggregate advertising metrics, such as tracking page views, promotion views, or advertising responses. A web beacon is an electronic image, referred to as a single-pixel or clear GIF. Web beacons can identify certain types of information on users’ computers, such as a user’s cookie number, time and date of a page view, and description of the page where the web beacon is positioned. You may render some web beacons inoperable if you choose to decline their associated cookies. These web beacons may be utilized to deliver cookies that align with our Cookie Statement.