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Internet Privacy Policy

Your privacy is extremely important to Wellstar and we understand that health is a very personal and private subject. Wellstar’s goal is to be your go-to source for exceptional care and well-being, both online and offline. Wellstar wants you to feel comfortable whenever you visit our website, use its contents or services, or order products.

The following articles comprise Wellstar’s Internet Privacy Policy:

  1. Personal Information Wellstar Collects
  2. How Wellstar Uses Your Personal Information
  3. Personal Information Wellstar Discloses
  4. Your Privacy Choices
  5. Wellstar’s Security Practices and Procedures

ANY INFORMATION (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PERSONAL AND MEDICAL INFORMATION) THAT YOU REVEAL IN A FORUM AT THIS SITE IS NOT SUBJECT TO THIS POLICY. SUCH INFORMATION MAY BE VIEWED BY THIRD PARTIES NOT RELATED TO WELLSTAR AND MAY BE USED BY SUCH THIRD PARTIES TO CONTACT YOU OR FOR UNAUTHORIZED PURPOSES. WELLSTAR DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR THE PRIVACY PRACTICES AT OTHER THIRD PARTY WEB SITES. IF YOU LINK TO A THIRD PARTY WEB SITE FROM THIS SITE, ANY INFORMATION YOU REVEAL AT THAT SITE IS NOT SUBJECT TO THIS POLICY AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT THE PRIVACY POLICIES AT EACH SITE YOU VISIT.

Personal Information Wellstar Collects

WellStar’s web server recognizes the IP address of your domain name, but does not associate your IP address to your personal information. Wellstar collects IP addresses in order to facilitate system administration, report aggregate information to licensors, sponsors, advertisers, and suppliers, and to conduct Site analysis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Wellstar may associate your IP address with your e-mail address to identify you if you threaten this Site, its users or others. IF YOU SEND WELLSTAR E-MAIL, REGISTER FOR MYCHART, SUBSCRIBE TO A NEWSLETTER, OR ORDER PRODUCTS FROM THIS SITE, WELLSTAR WILL HAVE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS AT THIS SITE. WellStar uses “cookies” to personalize the Site for you and to collect aggregate information about site usage by all users. We do NOT use this cookie to collect or store personally identifiable information about you. The Site uses cookies during your interactive on-line session to deliver content specific to your interests and to avoid repeatedly showing you the same advertisement or other message. Wellstar’s log files only contain data reporting the areas of the Site that you visit along with the cookie information. Wellstar’s sponsors, licensors, suppliers or advertisers may also use cookies when you select their link from this Site. Any information that Wellstar collects and stores using cookies is solely for internal use and will not be sold, rented, leased, exchanged or given to other third parties. WELLSTAR IS UNABLE TO AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY THIRD PARTY’S USE OF COOKIES AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE INFORMATION THEY GATHER. Wellstar does not intend to collect any information from children or minors. In the event Wellstar learns that it has inadvertently collected information from a child or minor under the age of 18, any and all such information will be promptly deleted from Wellstar’s systems. You may request delivery of services, communications or products to your e-mail address or, in some cases, to a valid U.S. postal address.

 

How Wellstar Uses Your Personal Information

Wellstar only uses your personal information to provide you with the services, communications, or products that you have requested or as otherwise described in this policy. In the event you request a service, communication, or product either from Wellstar or a third party at the Site, and such service, communication, or product requires the disclosure of personal information to complete the transaction, Wellstar will tell you beforehand and provide you an opportunity to affirmatively opt in, prior to transferring the personal information and proceeding with the delivery of your requested service, communication, or product. With respect to other transactions, Wellstar may store your personal information to verify the transaction for customer service and accounting reasons and may use this information to personalize your future experiences at this Site. Wellstar will not use your personal information to contact you for any other purpose, unless necessary for the enforcement of this Policy. In addition, Wellstar may also share certain unidentifiable portions of your personal information, in aggregate form, with other third parties.

 

Personal Information Wellstar Discloses

Except as otherwise provided herein, Wellstar will not disclose any personal information it gathers about you that could be used to identify or contact you. Any of your personal information that Wellstar does provide to third parties will be treated in accordance with the terms of this Policy. In addition, in the following limited circumstances, Wellstar may release your personal information to third parties: 1) to comply with valid legal requirements such as a law, regulation, subpoena or court order; or 2) in special cases such as a threat of physical violence to you or others. Wellstar may also provide your personal information to third parties, such as licensors, sponsors, advertisers, and suppliers at this Site, where it is necessary for them to provide Wellstar with products and services related to better operation and maintenance of this Site. By entering into agreement with such third parties, Wellstar attempts to prevent further dissemination and disclosure of your personal information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, from time to time, Wellstar may provide to third parties information about you which does not allow you to be identified or contacted.

 

Your Privacy Choices

If you receive e-mails, elective care communication or newsletters, you may UNSUBSCRIBE at any time through the respective links or contact information available in the communication itself; or, by notifying Wellstar. For a cumulative description of how medical information about you may be used and disclosed, and how you can get access to this information, reference Wellstar’s Joint Notice of Privacy Practices policy.

 

Wellstar’s Security Practices and Procedures

Wellstar wants your personal information to remain as secure as reasonably possible. Hence, we have taken several measures to protect your information from loss, misuse or alteration, by using a combination of administrative procedures, physical, and technical safeguards. While we are reasonably confident in these safeguards no website is perfectly secure and Wellstar does not guarantee that its website may not be compromised by unauthorized parties in the future. In the unlikely event of a website compromise Wellstar is committed to following federal and state laws regarding notification to affected persons.​