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HealthLink/Baptist Health System - Internet Privacy Policy Statement
About Us
This is an Internet privacy policy statement for Baptist Health System. Our homepage on the Web is located at http://www.baptisthealthsystem.com/. The full text of our privacy policy is available on the Web at http://www.baptisthealthsystem.com/privacy.aspx. Users may go to http://www.baptisthealthsystem.com/contact.aspx for information on how to opt-in or opt-out of use of their information.
We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy. You may contact us by mail at the following address:
Susan DeLeo
1 Lexington Medical Building
215 East Quincy, Suite 200
San Antonio, TX 78215
(210) 297-1132
US
You may contact us by e-mail at webmaster@baptisthealthsystem.com.
Dispute Resolution and Privacy Seals
We have the following privacy seals:
New Dispute: If you have a dispute, please feel free to use the Contact Us form provided on this web site, or simply send an email addressed to webmaster@baptisthealthsystem.com
Additional Information
This policy is valid until 1 January 2008 at 12:00:00 CST.
Data Collection
P3P policies declare the data they collect in groups (also referred to as "statements"). This policy contains 3 data groups. The data practices of each group will be explained separately.
Group "Basic information"
We collect the following information:
- Click-stream data
- HTTP protocol elements
- Search terms
This data will be used for the following purposes:
- Completion and support of the current activity.
- Web site and system administration.
- Research and development.
This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.
The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:
Data collected from all Web users: access logs, and search strings (if entered).
Group "Cookies"
At the user's option, we will collect the following data:
This data will be used for the following purposes:
- Research and development
- One-time tailoring
This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.
The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:
Cookies are used to track visitors to our site, so we can better understand what portions of our site best serve you.
Group "Mailing registration"
We collect the following information:
- Physical contact information
- Online contact information
- Demographic data
- Preference data
This data will be used for the following purposes:
- Completion and support of the current activity.
- Contacting visitors for marketing of services or products.
This data will be used by ourselves and our agents. In addition, the following types of entities will receive this information:
The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:
This information is collected so that we can send you valuable and useful information that is relevant to your needs and interests.
Cookies
Cookies are a technology that can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.
Our site makes use of cookies. Cookies are used for the following purposes:
- User targeting
- Research and development
Policy Evaluation
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 will evaluate this policy's compact policy whenever it is used with a cookie. The actions IE will take depend on what privacy level the user has selected in their browser (Low, Medium, Medium High, or High; the default is Medium. In addition, IE will examine whether the cookie's policy is considered satisfactory or unsatisfactory, whether the cookie is a session cookie or a persistent cookie, and whether the cookie is used in a first-party or third-party context. This section will attempt to evaluate this policy's compact policy against Microsoft's stated behavior for IE6.
Note: this evaluation is currently experimental and should not be considered a substitute for testing with a real Web browser.
Unsatisfactory policy: this compact policy is considered unsatisfactory according to the rules defined by Internet Explorer 6. The behavior of Internet Explorer 6 regarding cookies set under this compact policy is as follows:
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Persistent Cookies |
First-party usage
Low: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted.
Medium: Opt-out is not provided for all unsatisfactory purposes and recipients, so the cookie will be downgraded to a session cookie.
Medium High: No opt-out is provided, so the cookie will be blocked.
High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked. |
Third-party usage
Low: Opt-out is not provided for all unsatisfactory purposes and recipients, so the cookie will be downgraded to a session cookie.
Medium: Opt-out is not provided for all unsatisfactory purposes and recipients, so the cookie will be blocked.
Medium High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked.
High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked. |
Session Cookies |
Low: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted.
Medium: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted.
Medium High: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted.
High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked. |
Low: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted.
Medium: Opt-out is not provided for all unsatisfactory purposes and recipients, so the cookie will be blocked.
Medium High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked.
High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked. |
A policy that is considered unsatisfactory by Internet Explorer 6 contains certain categories of data that are used or shared in a particular manner. This policy is placed in the unsatisfactory category, because the following categories of data are associated with this policy's cookies:
- Physical contact information is collected.
- Online contact information is collected.
In addition, the data is used in the following manner, marking the policy as unsatisfactory:
- The data is used for contacting the user.
Note that allowing an opt-out will make this policy acceptable under the Low and Medium settings, and under Medium High for first-party cookie usage. At the High setting, and at the Medium High setting for third-party cookies, all of these data uses must be opt-in for the policy to be considered satisfactory.
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