The New York State Society for Respiratory Care operates the www.nyssrc.org website, which provides a community website intended to be used by respiratory therapists. The information posted is provided for use by the respiratory care community. Any medical procedures or therapies described are for information purposes only. They are not a substitute for medical advice from a licensed healthcare provider.
This page informs website visitors about our policies. These policies cover the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decides to use our website.
You agree to the collection and use of information when you use our website. This is in relation to this policy. The personal information that we collect is used for providing and improving the website. We will not use, share, or disclose your information to third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy.
Information Collection and Use
For a better experience while using our website, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name, mailing address, phone number, and email address. The information that we collect will be used to contact or identify you. The NYSSRC does not sell or provide your information to third-party companies, except as described in this Privacy Policy. However, we may disclose information when legally compelled.
Log Data
We want to inform you that we collect information whenever you visit our website or complete a form. Your browser sends us this information, which is called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address and browser version. It also includes pages of our website that you visit. We will collect the time and date of your visit. We also record the time spent on those pages and other statistics.
Cookies
Cookies are files with tiny amounts of data that are commonly used as an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive.
Our website uses these “cookies” to collect information and to improve our website. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website. Cookies can be removed by following instructions for your browser.
Our website does not contain a password protected area accessible to the public that would store cookies.
Service Providers
We may contract with third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:
- To facilitate our website management;
- To provide communication of publications and events;
- To perform website-related services; or
- To assist us in analyzing how our website is used.
We want to inform our website users that these third parties have access to your personal information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose. Contact us if you would like your data removed from our system.
Security
We value your trust in providing us with your personal information. We strive to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. No method of electronic storage is completely reliable. We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
We encrypt sensitive information wherever we collect it, such as credit card data. This information is transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar. Also, check for “https:” at the beginning of the Web page address.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only members or third-party contractors who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access. For example, this includes billing or customer service. They are granted access to personally identifiable information.
You should take additional security measures. Do not use an insecure computer when communicating with our website. Avoid using public Wi-Fi for these communications. Particularly, public Wi-Fi can be unsecure, and public computers contain various malware and other datamining viruses.
Advertising
The NYSSRC and member authors have developed our website, newsletter, emails, and other publications. These materials are for the respiratory care community. There is no commercial involvement in the development of the content or in the decision-making process for these products. The appearance of advertising on websites, newsletters, emails, and other publications is not a guarantee of the product. It is also not an endorsement of the service, company, or claims made for the product in such advertising. Any product visible in a published manner is the responsibility of the author or other third-party involved with the publication.
Links to Other Sites
Our website may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that we do not operate these external sites. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Children’s Privacy
Our website does not address anyone under the age of thirteen. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under thirteen. If we discover that a child under thirteen has provided us with personal information, we take immediate action by deleting this information from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian, and you know that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. We will then be able to take the necessary actions.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.