St.Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center, Inc. (''St.Vincent'')
is committed to the privacy and confidentiality of personal
information. St. Vincent recognizes that the security of
your health care information is of great concern to you. To
communicate the importance of personal privacy and
confidentiality, St. Vincent has adopted use and disclosure
policies (see "Use and Disclosure Policies"), and
implemented various security measures (see "Security
Measures"). Our commitment to your privacy is reinforced by
our adherence to the following privacy policy.
Under NO circumstance will St. Vincent voluntarily disclose
your personal information to your employer, or any other
party without your specific consent or as required by law.
USE AND DISCLOSURE POLICIES
The following paragraphs disclose St. Vincent's information
gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site.
In order to provide you with accurate, useful and customized
information, St. Vincent asks for the minimally necessary
data which may include your name, address, email and
relevant health history along with information about
lifestyle behaviors such as smoking and exercise, physical
measurements such as height weight and blood pressure, and
mental health topics. Your answers form the basis of the
personal information that is unique to you. In conjunction
with the customized information provided, you may also
receive follow-up mailings.
Any transactions performed requiring your credit card
information are performed in a secure environment, and
credit card information is discarded immediately upon
completing the necessary transaction(s).
Within the web site, you may be given the opportunity to
indicate your preference to receive program information or
participate in future research studies. If you indicate a
preference to receive information, St. Vincent will use your
contact information to send you information about St.
Vincent, material about related products, or invitations to
participate in research studies to assess the effectiveness
of St. Vincent's programs.
Regardless of your response, you may opt-out of receiving
future mailings by following the steps in the Choice/Opt-Out
section below.
St. Vincent will create aggregate data results for
dissemination to sponsoring organizations and for research
purposes. THIS AGGREGATE DATA WILL NOT CONTAIN ANY
INFORMATION WHICH DISCLOSES YOUR IDENTITY. In this case,
your data is combined with data of other participants to
determine an overall profile of a population. These data
become statistics and may be used by St. Vincent, your
employer, health plan, or other organizations to understand
the needs and characteristics for selected populations.
St. Vincent uses your IP address only in the event a Web
server problem requires diagnosis and to administer the Web
site and to count aggregate unique visits to the web site.
Linked sites
The St. Vincent site may have links to other sites that
contain information St. Vincent believes may be helpful to
you. St. Vincent cannot and will not be responsible for the
privacy practices or the content of these other Web sites.
SECURITY MEASURES
This site has security measures in place to protect against
the loss, misuse, and alteration of your information under
St. Vincent's control. These measures include:
Authorized Access: You must be registered to use portions of
this Web site. Once you are registered, you will use a
unique user ID and password to enter the site.
Authentication: St. Vincent uses Verisign to provide
authentication, trust, and SSL encryption. This allows site
visitors to verify St. Vincent with a trusted third party
organization, while enabling communication with St.
Vincent's web sites using secure, encrypted channels.
Cookies: A cookie is a piece of data containing information
about the user or user session. Usage of a cookie is not in
any way linked to personally identifiable information while
on the St. Vincent site. St. Vincent uses a session cookie
to ensure that your session remains secure by maintaining an
identifier unique to your session. The session cookie
self-terminates after you close your browser. Persistent
cookies are only used if you choose to have your login and
password information maintained for future connections. The
default setting is set to not store login and password
information.
Encryption: St. Vincent employs SSL encryption in the use of
its products. We recommend the use of a browser supporting
128-bit encryption though the site will support down to
40-bit encryption.
Children's Guidelines
St. Vincent is committed to protecting the privacy of
children. ST. VINCENT'S PRODUCTS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR USE BY
ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. In the event the system
recognizes that anyone under 18 has attempted to send
personal information through questionnaires, the session
will be aborted and an appropriate notice posted to the
user.
Choice/Opt-Out
The St. Vincent site provides users the opportunity to
opt-out of receiving communications from St. Vincent
programs and St. Vincent partners. St. Vincent also offers
the following options for opting not to receive any further
information from us and to update or correct your
information:
Email
webmaster@stvincent.org
Call 1-888-338-CARE (2273) or 317-338-CARE (2273)
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy
statement, the practices of this Web site, or your dealings
with this Web site, you can contact:
Webmaster
St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center, Inc.
2001 West 86th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46260
(317)-338-8346
Fax: (317)-338-2464
