Privacy Statement
This Web site offered by Florida Health Partners, Inc. (FHP) and ValueOptions, Inc. (the "site") is designed to help you learn more about getting help with life issues that are sensitive, emotional and often private. We respect your personal privacy and provide this informational statement so that you may better understand how we may collect and use aggregate and personal information about you. This Privacy Statement describes the privacy and security practices for this Web site.
Your Acceptance of these Terms
By using this site, you signify your acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Statement. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Statement, please do not use the site and exit immediately. Your continued use of the site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean that you accept those changes.
Your IP Address
For each visitor to the site, ValueOptions servers automatically collect information about which pages are visited and the IP address or domain name (e.g., valueoptions.com) of visitors. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. For example, your IP address could be used to determine your general location at the time you log in, and this information might be useful in diagnosing the problem you are experiencing.
Cookies
ValueOptions may place a "cookie" on the browser of your computer. Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes. The use of cookies is common in the Internet industry, and many major web sites use them to provide useful features to their customers. The cookie itself does not contain any personally identifying information, but may be used to tell when your computer has contacted the site. ValueOptions uses the information for editorial purposes and for other purposes, such as delivery of features and advertisements, so that ValueOptions can customize delivery of information specific to your interests without compromising privacy.
Disclosing Information
ValueOptions is the sole owner of the information collected from you on the site. We will not sell, share, rent, lease, trade or otherwise provide this information to independent third parties in ways different from what is disclosed in this Privacy Statement.
ValueOptions will not disclose your personally identifiable information to independent third parties other than those who help us operate the ValueOptions site.
We may also share aggregated demographic and profile information (information that does not allow you to be identified or contacted) with our business partners for marketing and promotional purposes. The aggregate information we share with our business partners is not linked to any of your personally identifiable information. For example, ValueOptions may provide information to third parties about how many people use our Web site and what features of the Web site they use.
In the event that ValueOptions, or any component of ValueOptions' operations, is merged with, or is acquired by, another entity, then any such successor or acquiring entity may become the successor to our obligations with respect to the personal information that you have provided to this site, which would be necessary for the entity to effectively continue ValueOptions' business. By using the site, you consent to any such use of your personal information by such an entity assuming control of ValueOptions' operations as a result of a merger, purchase of ValueOptions assets, or liquidation of ValueOptions in bankruptcy or insolvency.
Links
This site contains links to other sites. FHP and ValueOptions are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites, including any sites that may indicate a special relationship or partnership with ValueOptions (such as co-branded pages and "powered by" relationships). ValueOptions does not disclose unique identifiers to those responsible for the linked sites. The linked sites, however, may collect personal information from you that is not subject to ValueOptions' control. You can tell whose site you are on by checking the Internet address (URL) in your browser window. While you are on the sites you visit by linking from our Web site, you are governed by the privacy policy of those sites. To ensure protection of your privacy, always review the privacy policies of the sites you visit.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.
Your Role in Protecting Your Privacy
If you share a terminal with others, you may want to clear the history and cache in your browser after you complete browsing the site. You may also want to consider establishing an anonymous e-mail account. In this way, page names and e-mails, which may reflect behavioral health issues of interest to you, cannot be linked to you. If you access the site through an Internet access system maintained by your employer, please note that it is possible that your employer may monitor your Internet use.
Notification of Changes
This Privacy Statement may be revised over time as new features are added to the Web site or as Internet security and privacy standards evolve. We will post those changes prominently so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone. We do, however, recommend that you read this Privacy Statement each time you use the site, in case you missed our notice of changes to the Privacy Statement.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement, the practices of this site or your dealings with FHP or ValueOptions, you can contact us at:
Florida Health Partners, Inc. Service Center
8906 Brittany Way
Tampa, Florida 33619
1-800-808-8033
Revised: May 24, 2001