By accessing or using this site, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy and also by our Terms of Use.

Protecting your privacy is important to us. We hope the following statement will help you understand how HealthPoint collects, uses, and safeguards the personal information you may provide on our Web sites.

Anonymous Browsing
We do not collect any personal information, such as your email address. We do log your IP address (the Internet address of your computer) to give us an idea of which pages of our Web sites you visit and how long you spend there. But we do not link your IP address to any personally identifiable data. Your browser tells us the type of computer and operating system you use. In the aggregate, we use this information to determine which parts of the sites are being visited the most and which files are being downloaded most often.

Registered Users
Those who sign up to be on the HealthPoint mailing list or register to subscribe to HealthPoint's Newsletter Insight voluntarily give us their name, email address, home or business postal address, telephone and fax numbers, and other information about their organization and the nature and geographic focus of their work. They also voluntarily check boxes on a form to indicate interest in one or more of our program areas. This information is kept strictly confidential, in a secured and encrypted environment.

When a registered user of HealthPoint's site downloads a report published by HealthPoint, we keep a log of it on our secure server. We use this information only to determine which are our most popular and relevant articles across different audience segments. This information is not shared with any other organization.

From time to time, HealthPoint will send emails to registered users announcing news, events, site launches, or other activities of HealthPoint. If a registered user receives an HTML email, we track whether those emails were read and the corresponding action, if any. We use this information to determine the efficacy of our public outreach. At any time, a registered user may unsubscribe from the email lists by clicking the "unsubscribe" button in any of these emails or by updating their profile at www.healthpointfc.org.

Use of Cookies
Cookies are not used on the site.

Information Use
Before submitting any personal information, we advise you that the information submitted will only be used by HealthPoint to keep you apprised of new reports, upcoming events, and other HealthPoint-related activities. We will not sell or share your information with any third party. HealthPoint does not contract with any advertising or marketing agencies to gather individual or group profile information on our visitors based on their personal profile. HealthPoint does not host or target advertising to visitors.

Commitment to Privacy
HealthPoint is actively involved in current initiatives to safeguard the privacy of personal health information on the Internet. We adhere to all HIPPA regulations regarding the privacy of individuals health care information. Questions regarding this statement should be directed to Chris Goddard, CEO of HealthPoint Family Care. This privacy statement is subject to change. Please check here for updates.

By accessing or using any site of HealthPoint Family Care, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and also by our Privacy Policy.

General Provisions
HealthPoint Family Care is not liable or responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any information provided on its Web sites. We assume no liability or responsibility for any damages arising from a visitor's use of, or inability to use, a site. The contents are provided as general information only and are not intended as medical or legal advice. HealthPoint makes no warranty, either express or implied, regarding the completeness, accuracy, or currency of this information or its suitability for any particular purpose.

In addition, our Web sites may contain hypertext links to other Web sites. Such links are provided for your convenience and are not intended as an endorsement by HealthPoint of the organizations operating those sites. HealthPoint is not responsible for the information those sites contain, nor their privacy practices.
HealthPoint may also post material prepared by other organizations and individuals not employed by HealthPoint for informational purposes. HealthPoint does not necessarily agree with the opinions expressed in such material and we are not responsible for the completeness, accuracy, or currency of the information.

HealthPoint reserves the right to alter the content of any of its sites and to terminate a site at any time without notice.

Trademarks
The logos displayed on this Web site are registered and unregistered trademarks of HealthPoint, its grantees, and others. Your misuse of the any of the logos displayed on the Web site, or any other content on the Web site, is strictly prohibited.

The HealthPoint logo cannot be used without prior authorization from HealthPoint.

Copyrights and Reuse Permissions
Copyright in the text materials contained in this Web site is owned by HealthPoint Family Care © 2002-2003. The text materials contained in this Web site may be used, downloaded, reproduced, or reprinted, provided that this copyright notice appears in all copies and provided that such use, download, reproduction, or reprint is for non-commercial or personal use only. The text materials contained in this Web site may not be modified in any way.

You can obtain permission to use our content by emailing the webmaster at HealthPoint Family Care. Please include the title, author, Web address, and how you plan to use the reprint. Permission is not required for sending a copy of a publication to colleagues.

All rights in photographs, illustrations, artworks, and other graphic materials, whether on the site, or in the documents on the site, are reserved to the copyright owners (licensors). Prior permission to use, download, reproduce, or reprint any photograph, illustration, artwork, or other graphic material must be obtained from the copyright owner, regardless of the intended use. These images may not be modified in any way.

Any use of "HealthPoint Family Care" or the text or graphic materials contained in this Web site in any manner to express or imply endorsement, sponsorship, affiliation, or association of the user with or by HealthPoint Family Care, is strictly prohibited.

Text and files may not be repositioned or uploaded to other Web sites, news groups, or electronic mailing lists without permission. In almost all cases, we prefer that other organizations link to publications on our site rather than reproducing them online. While permission is not required for linking to our site, we do ask that you send us an advance courtesy note informing us that a link is being established.

If you have questions about establishing a link to our site, or anything else regarding permissions and use, email the webmaster at HealthPoint Family Care.