The web pages available at www.doctorevidence.com (the “Site”) are owned and operated by Doctor Evidence®, LLC (“Doctor Evidence”).  This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes how we collect information from you or about you online through the Site our, why we collect this information, how we will use or disclose this information and how you may update or delete identifiable information about you from our records.

Doctor Evidence knows that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy seriously.  Please read the following to learn more about this Privacy Policy. By visiting the SITE or downloading or using any software we offer on THE site, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy.  IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SITE.

What Does This Privacy Policy Cover?

Personal information (“Personal Information”) means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, a home or other physical address, and an email address or other contact information, whether at work or at home.  This Privacy Policy covers Personal Information that we gather when you are accessing the Site and when you are downloading the software we provide, if any, or otherwise using our services.  Also, this Privacy Policy covers our treatment of any Personal Information that our business partners share with us.  This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to individuals that we do not employ or manage.

What Personal Information Does Doctor Evidence Collect?

The information we gather from our users enables us to personalize and improve our services.  We collect the following types of information from our users:

Personal Information You Provide to Us:

We sometimes request users of the Site to provide Personal Information, which users provide strictly on a voluntary basis.  We receive and store any Personal Information you enter on the Site or provide to us in any other way.  The types of Personal Information collected include your name, age, gender, email address, demographic information, and comments.  You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our special features.  The Personal Information you provide is used for purposes such as responding to your requests for certain products and services, customizing the advertising and content you see, and communicating with you about specials and new products.

To access certain content and to make use of the full functionality and advanced personalization features of the Site such as alerts, saved searches, and search history, we ask you to register and obtain a personal User Name and Password.

Personal Information Collected Automatically:

·        We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with the Site or use our services.  We automatically receive and record information on our server logs from your browser, including your Internet Protocol (IP) address, Doctor Evidence cookie or web beacon information, and the page you requested. 

·        An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) whenever you access the Internet.  This number may be the same each time you access the Internet or it may change.  Like other Internet sites, we use IP addresses to collect aggregate, anonymous information about numbers of visitors and site usage.  The address is logged on our server when your computer requests information from us.  However, to allow users to access the Site anonymously, your IP address is not linked with Personal Information about you.  We reserve the right, in rare instances, to use IP addresses to identify individuals who threaten the Site or our service or customers.

·        Generally, our service automatically collects information on our server logs from your web browser regarding your usage of the Site.  Examples of information we collect automatically from all users include the IP addressed used to connect your computer to the Internet; computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system, and platform; and full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) click stream data, including date and time, and content you viewed or searched on the Site.  We only use this data in aggregate, anonymous form (that is, as a statistical measure), and not in a manner that would identify you personally.  This type of aggregate, anonymous data enables us to figure out how often users use parts of the Site or our services so that we can make the Site appealing to as many users as possible, and improve those services.  As part of this use of information, we may provide aggregate, anonymous information to our partners about how our users, collectively, use the Site.  We share this type of statistical data so that our partners also understand how often people use their services and the Site, so that they, too, may provide you with an optimal online experience.  Again, we never disclose aggregate, anonymous information to a partner in a manner that would identify you personally.

·        Many companies offer programs that help you to visit websites anonymously.  While we will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these programs are available.

Email Communications:

We often receive a confirmation when you open an email from us if your computer supports this type of program.  We use this confirmation to help us make emails more interesting and helpful.  We also compare our user list to lists received from other companies, in an effort to avoid sending unnecessary messages to our users.  If you do not want to receive email or other mail from us, please contact us by email, phone or fax as set forth below.

What About Cookies and Web Beacons?

• Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in the Site are visited and by how many people.  Doctor Evidence cookies do not collect Personal Information, and we do not combine the general information collected through cookies with other Personal Information to tell us who you are or what your screen name or email address is.

• Most browsers have an option for turning off the cookie feature, which will prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, as well as (depending on the sophistication of your browser software) allowing you to decide on acceptance of each new cookie in a variety of ways.  We strongly recommend that you leave the cookies activated, however, because cookies enable you to register and log-in, make use of the advanced personalization features of the Site (although the basic features and functionality offered to unregistered users of the Site will be possible to use), and take advantage of other attractive features of the Site.

• Web beacons (also often referenced as “clear GIFs,” “web bugs,” “1-by-1 GIFs,” “Single-Pixel GIFs,” “1 x 1 Pixels,” or “clear Pixels”) are tiny graphic image files, imbedded in a web page in GIF, jpeg or HTML format, typically used to monitor activity on a web page and send back to its home server (which can belong to the host site, a network advertiser or some other third party) information from your browser, such as the IP address, the URL of the page on which the beacon is located, the type browser that is accessing the Site and the identification number of any cookies on your computer previously placed by that server. Web beacons can also be used to place a cookie on your computer.

• We also may use web beacons to collect non-Personal Information about your use of the Site and the websites of selected sponsors and advertisers, and your use of special promotions or newsletters.  The information collected by web beacons (i) allows us to statistically monitor how many people are using the Site and selected sponsors’ and advertisers’ websites, (ii) how many people open our emails, and (iii) for what purposes these actions are being taken.  Our web beacons are not used to track your activity outside of the Site or those of our sponsors or affiliates.  We do not link non-Personal Information from web beacons to personally identifiable information without your permission and do not use web beacons to collect or store Personal Information about you.

How Else Does Doctor Evidence Use Any of the Personal Information It Receives?

Other than as set forth in this Privacy Policy, we may use the Personal Information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for our products, programs, and services, to respond to your inquiries about our offerings, and to offer you other products, programs or services that we believe may be of interest to you.

We sometimes use this Personal Information to communicate with you, or when we make changes to our user agreements, to fulfill a request by you for an online newsletter, or to contact you about your account with us.

Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of Personal Information, we cannot guarantee you that the information we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.

We will not use or transfer Personal Information provided to us in ways unrelated to the ones described in this Privacy Policy without also providing you with an opportunity to opt out of these unrelated uses.

Will Doctor Evidence Share Any of the Personal Information It Receives?

Personal Information about our users is an integral part of our business.  We neither rent nor sell your Personal Information to anyone.  We share your Personal Information as described below:

Affiliated Business We Do Not Control:  We are affiliated with a variety of businesses and work closely with them.  In certain situations, these businesses may operate stores at the Site or sell items to you through the Site.  In other situations, we provide services, or sell products, jointly with affiliated businesses.  You can easily recognize when an affiliated business is associated with your transaction, and we will share user information that is related to those transactions with that affiliated business.

Agents:  We employ other companies and people to perform tasks on our behalf and need to share your information with them to provide products or services to you.  Examples include fulfilling orders, sending postal mail or email, removing repetitive information from user lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, providing customer service, administering the Site, and tailoring or customizing the content or design of the Site.  Unless we tell you differently, our agents do not have any right to use Personal Information we share with them beyond what is necessary to assist us.  You hereby consent to our sharing of Personal Information for the above limited purposes.

Promotional Offers:  We may send offers to certain users on behalf of other businesses.  However, when we do so, we do not give the other business your name and address.  If you do not wish to receive these offers, please contact us by email, phone or fax as set forth below.

Business Transfers:  In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets.  In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred.  Moreover, if Doctor Evidence, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Doctor Evidence goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party.  You acknowledge that these transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Doctor Evidence may continue to use your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

Protection of Doctor Evidence and Others:  We may release Personal Information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with law or court order; enforce or apply our conditions of use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Doctor Evidence, our employees, our users, or others.  This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.  Our disclosures may occur under circumstances where we may not be authorized to advise you of such action.

With Your Consent:  Except as set forth above, you will be notified when your Personal Information may be shared with third parties, and will be able to prevent the sharing of this information.

What Personal Information Can I Access?

You may change your Personal Information at any time by contacting us and requesting a new password.

In the future, our registered users may access their identified contact information and other registration information they voluntarily provide to us, and correct any discrepancies or update information, by logging in and amending the relevant registration form at any time.  The accuracy of such information is solely the responsibility of the user.  No access is given to other data that may have been collected about users.

If you wish to cease receiving newsletters, alerts, special offers, promotions, or market research surveys from us, notify us at the address or telephone number detailed below, or use the “opt-out” or unsubscribe options or other means provided within the communications you receive.  We reserve the right to notify you of changes or updates to the Site whenever necessary.

What Choices Do I Have?

• As stated previously, you can always opt not to disclose information to us, even though it may be needed to take advantage of certain features of the Site or to otherwise use the Site.

• You are able to add or update certain information on pages, such as those listed in the “What Personal Information Can I Access” section above.  When you update information, however, we often maintain a copy of the unrevised information in our records.

• You may request deletion of your Doctor Evidence account by contacting us by email, phone or fax as set forth below.  Please note that some information may remain in our records after deletion of your account.

• If you do not wish to receive email or other mail from us, please contact us by email, phone or fax as set forth below.  Please note that if you do not want to receive legal notices from us such as this Privacy Policy, those legal notices will still govern your use of the Site and any software you download from the Site, and you are responsible for reviewing these legal notices for changes.

• As explained earlier, the majority of browsers allow you to monitor and restrict our use of cookies.  Please note, however, that if you do not allow placement of cookies, you will not be able to take advantage of some of our attractive features.

A Special Note About Children

The Site is not designed or intended for use by children under 13.  If you are under 18, you should use the Site, products, programs or services only with involvement of a parent or guardian.  Children under 13 may not submit any Personal Information to us, and if we discover that we have inadvertently gathered any such information from a child under 13, we will take appropriate steps to delete it. We comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (which is available at http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/coppa1.htm) and does not permit registration by, and will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from, anyone under 13.

Links

The Site may contain links to other websites.  Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another website.  We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policies may differ from ours. 

The links from the Site that go to other websites are for convenience only, and do not imply that we endorse or approve of those websites.  We have no control over the content found on other websites and make no warranties or representations as to the accuracy or adequacy of any information found at such websites.  Similarly, we are not responsible for information found on or through the Site and which is generated by third parties.  We are not responsible for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage related to your use of the Site, whether from errors or omissions in the content of the Site or any other linked sites, from the Site being down or from any other use of the Site.  Your use of the Sites and others’ websites is at your own risk.  We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites that are linked to us.  Remember that any information you voluntarily post on discussion boards or elsewhere may be accessible by other users and is public information.  Please use caution when disclosing Personal Information on the Site.

Security

We make every effort to safeguard your Personal Information.  We commit to use security procedures to protect Personal Information you submit to us from misuse or unauthorized disclosure.  However, like other Internet sites, we cannot guarantee that it is completely secure from people who might attempt to evade security measures or intercept transmissions over the Internet.

Similarly, we cannot completely ensure the privacy of email communications to and the Site because they are not encrypted and, therefore, not secure.  These communications, like most Internet email, could be intercepted without your knowledge and permission, while in transit to or from the Site.  If you are concerned about your privacy, we suggest that you do not use email to communicate information to us that you consider sensitive.

What this Privacy Policy Does Not Cover

This Privacy Policy does not apply to content, business information, ideas, concepts or inventions that you send to us by email.  If you want to keep content or business information, ideas, concepts or inventions private or proprietary, do not send them in an email to Doctor Evidence.  We try to answer every email within 48 business hours, but are not always able to do so.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

You agree that we may amend, modify, alter or otherwise update this Privacy Policy from time to time as our business needs or other factors dictate.  Use of information we collect now is subject to this Privacy Policy in effect at the time that information is collected.  Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on this web page.

Questions or Concerns

If you have any questions or concerns regarding privacy at the Site, please send a detailed message to support@doctorevidence.com.  If at any time you believe that we have not adhered to his Privacy Policy or you have a complaint regarding the way your Personal Information is being handled, please contact us by email (as indicated above).  We will resolve disputes under this Privacy Policy and, if necessary, correct any problem.