We appreciate your interest in the Well Community and are committed to protecting your privacy as you engage with our website. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Well Community website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Well Community website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
The Well Community collects personally identifiable information that you provide to us, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by the Well Community. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by the Well Community for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Well Community website.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through the Well Community public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: the Well Community does not read any of your private online communications.
The Well Community encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from our site so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. The Well Community is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Well Community.
Use of your Personal Information
The Well Community collects and uses your personal information to operate the Well Community website and deliver the services you have requested. The Well Community may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from the Well Community and its affiliates. The Well Community may also contact you about giving and volunteer opportunities.
The Well Community does not sell, rent or lease its user lists to third parties. The Well Community may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, or provide user support. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to the Well Community, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
The Well Community does not collect, use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations.
The Well Community keeps track of the pages our users visit within the Well Community website, in order to determine what information is the most popular. This data may be used to deliver customized content to visitors whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
The Well Community websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on the Well Community or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the Well Community; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Well Community, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Well Community website use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Well Community website.
Changes to this Statement
The Well Community will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and user feedback. The Well Community encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how the Well Community is protecting your information.
Contact Information
The Well Community welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that the Well Community has not adhered to this Statement, please contact the Well Community at [email protected]. We will use reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.