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Privacy Policy
ChipOnTheGo® is Fully HIPPA Compliant. ChipOnTheGo® is committed to protecting your privacy online. This Privacy Policy and Agreement ("Privacy Policy") will tell you what information we collect about you and your use of our website. It will explain how we protect that information and what choices you have about how it is used. We urge you to read this Privacy Policy carefully so that you clearly understand both our commitment to you and your privacy and how we collect and use any provided information. By using the ChipOnTheGo® site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. In particular, this privacy policy describes:
  • What personally identifiable information we may collect from you;
  • How said collected information is used;
  • What 'cookies' are and how may we use them;
  • What relationships ChipOnTheGo® has with third parties and how they relate to you;
  • What choices are available regarding collection, use and distribution of the information;
  • What measures we take to protect your information;
  • How you can access, update or delete your information;

  • Secure SSL Certificate & Encryption
    Our SSL certificate is a digital certificate that authenticates the identity of a Web site and encrypts information that is sent to the server using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. Encryption is the process of scrambling data into an undecipherable format that can only be returned to a readable format with the proper decryption key.
    A certificate serves as an electronic "passport" that establishes an online entity's credentials when doing business on the Web. When an Internet user attempts to send confidential information to a Web server, the user's browser accesses the server's digital certificate and establishes a secure connection.
    An SSL certificate contains the following information:
  • The certificate holder's name
  • The certificate's serial number and expiration date
  • A copy of the certificate holder's public key
  • The digital signature of the certificate-issuing authority
  • The actual encryption strength on a secure connection using a digital certificate is determined by the level of encryption supported by the user's browser and the server that the Web site resides on. For example, the combination of a Firefox® browser and an Apache Web server normally enables up to 256-bit AES encryption with our SSL certificates. This means that depending on the Web browser and Web server that combine to establish the secure connection through one of our SSL certificates, the encryption strength of the secure connection may be 40, 56, 128, or 256 bit.

    Complete Confidentiality
    Under no circumstances will ChipOnTheGo® release any of your personal information to any person or company unless ordered by a court of law. We use state-of-the-art technology to ensure that your information can be stored and retrieved securely and safely.
    Our service is to help consumers store their medical information in a safe and secure place and our business model is not dependent on selling any individual's information.
    For immediate access to a particular section, please click on the title of that section.

  • 1. Information we collect
  • 2. Children
  • 3. Internal protection of your records Cookies
  • 4. Disclosure of your information
  • 5. Third parties
  • 6. Cookies
  • 7. Your privacy choices
  • 1. Information we collect
    There are a number of ways that you may gain access to a ChipOnTheGo® service, and how you gain access has some bearing on the information that is collected from you. You may have directly accessed a tool from www.ChipOnTheGo.com, or you may have accessed it from a partner site. A partner site is a site hosted by a third party that provides ChipOnTheGo® services.
    When you register for a ChipOnTheGo® service, we DO NOT collect any personally identifiable information that can be used to identify you or contact you. We only collect a ChipOnTheGo® ID (which can be any random group of characters) and a password assigned by you. In many cases, you are asked to enter your registration information directly into our forms. Otherwise, your information may have been entered into our forms had it already been entered while in the registration process at a partner site.
    The information provided to ChipOnTheGo® by the partner site is not retained by ChipOnTheGo® until you complete the ChipOnTheGo® registration by hitting the "Register" button. If you choose not to complete the ChipOnTheGo® registration process and exit our site before hitting the "Register" button, your registration information is discarded. The partner site will assign you a unique partner-specific identifier that confirms to ChipOnTheGo® that you are an authorized member of that partner site. Once a unique partner-specific identifier is linked to your registration information, this identifier will always be used whenever you access a ChipOnTheGo® service from that partner site. If you access ChipOnTheGo® services from multiple partner sites, you will have a unique partner-specific identifier for each partner site.
    When you create your medical record, in any language, using ChipOnTheGo®, you enter your pertinent health information. But since we do not collect your name, address, email address or any other personally identifiable information, the health details that you fill out are NOT linked to you and CANNOT be termed as personal health information.

    2. Children
    ChipOnTheGo®'s services and tools are intended for adult use only. A parent or guardian, however, may use ChipOnTheGo®'s services to establish a medical record for a minor. The parent or guardian is solely responsible for providing supervision of the minor's use of ChipOnTheGo® tools. The parent or guardian assumes full responsibility for ensuring that the authentication information is kept secure and that the information submitted is accurate. The parent or guardian also assumes full responsibility for the interpretation and use of any information or suggestions provided through ChipOnTheGo® for the minor.

    3. Internal protection of your records
    We employ the following practices to protect your privacy:
    Encryption: All data on the web site is saved in encrypted mode by using AES Rijndael 128 bit Encoding algorithm. Even if somebody were to steal the database, it is virtually impossible to define not only the information, but the actual host of the information.
    Our SSL certificate is a digital certificate that authenticates the identity of a Web site and encrypts information that is sent to the server using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology.
    Using passwords to authenticate users before granting access to personal information Limiting access to personal information to authorized users. ChipOnTheGo® lets you have full control over who has access to your personal health records. For example, you may permit your relatives or health care professional to view your records. Only the person who creates a record can grant such access to other users.
    Despite ChipOnTheGo®'s efforts to protect your personal information, in certain limited circumstances we may be legally compelled to release your personal information in response to a court order, search warrant, subpoena or other valid legal action.
    Furthermore, there is always some risk that an unauthorized third party may find a way to thwart our security systems or that transmissions of your personal information over the Internet will be intercepted. At ChipOnTheGo®, however, as all of your records are anonymous and not directly linked with you, we do not expect any unauthorized disclosure of your private information.

    4. Disclosure of your information
    Except as set forth in this section or as specifically agreed to by you, ChipOnTheGo® will not disclose any Personal Information it gathers from you on our website. We may release Personal Information to third parties: (1) to comply with valid legal requirements such as a current law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order; or (2) in special cases, such as a physical threat to you or others. In the event that we are legally compelled to disclose your Personal Information to a third party, we will notify you unless doing so would violate the law or court order.

    Disclosure to or by co-branded channel Partners
    ChipOnTheGo® is a service provider and provides co-branded services to websites hosted and operated by companies other than ChipOnTheGo®. You can only access these co-branded services through the Partner website. The co-branded ChipOnTheGo® pages that you may access through a Partner website have different registration processes and opportunities for information collection. Each of these co-branded ChipOnTheGo® sites has its own privacy policy posted on that site, which explains what information is disclosed by ChipOnTheGo® to the Partner and vice versa. If you visit one of these co-branded ChipOnTheGo® sites, please read the privacy policy that is posted on that site, as well as the individual privacy policy of the Partner website.

    Disclosure of aggregate information
    ChipOnTheGo® may combine, in a non-identifiable format, the health information you provide with health information from other users to create "aggregate data" that may be disclosed to third parties. For example, ChipOnTheGo® may use information gathered to create a composite profile of all the users of a particular partner site. Partnering sites may use this information to understand community needs and to design appropriate programs and activities on their site. Aggregate data does not contain any information that could be used to contact or identify you. ChipOnTheGo® will not disclose your personal health information to any third party without your prior authorization.

    5. Third Parties
    All partner sites that feature ChipOnTheGo® services are required to post a statement that references ChipOnTheGo® and its services. ChipOnTheGo® further requires partners to receive authorization from users before ChipOnTheGo® will permit the partner access to any personal health information that a user provides to ChipOnTheGo®.
    ChipOnTheGo® currently does not accept banner advertisements on its corporate site (www.ChipOnTheGo.com). However, if you access a ChipOnTheGo® service/tool through a partner site, the Web page containing the ChipOnTheGo® service may feature a banner. This banner is governed by that partner's policies and practices regarding such advertisements. Partner banner advertisements do not track your movement while in a ChipOnTheGo® tool and cannot be used to target advertising to you based on personal health information you provide to ChipOnTheGo®. ChipOnTheGo® may have agreements with some partners to share in the revenue generated from banner advertisements.
    Once you click on a link to a third-party Web site, and leave the ChipOnTheGo® site, that site's privacy policy, rather than ChipOnTheGo®'s, governs your activities on that site.

    6. Cookies
    Cookies are small computer files that we transfer to your computer's hard drive that allow us to know how often someone visits our site and the activities they conduct while on our site. Written as a simple text file, a cookie helps your browser remember specific information that the Web server can later retrieve. Some examples of ChipOnTheGo®'s use of cookies include:
    User's Login
    Session timers
    language selection

    Your browser software can be set to reject all cookies. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies in the "Help" section of the toolbar. If you reject our cookie, certain of the functions and conveniences of our site may not work properly but you do not have to accept our cookie in order to use our website in a productive manner. You should review the privacy policy of other sites you visit or link to from our site to understand how these other sites use cookies and how they use the information they collect through the use of cookies on their own sites. We do not control these third parties' use of cookies, or how they manage the non-personal information they gather through them.

    7. Your privacy choices
    Removing the information
    ChipOnTheGo® provides users with the following method for removing their information from our database, thereby opting not to receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.
    1. Visit the following URL: www.ChipOnTheGo.com
    2. Log in to your account using your ChipOnTheGo® ID and Password
    3. Go to your account control panel
    4. Click on 'Delete ChipOnTheGo® Account'
    In order to correct or update your information, you have the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided:

    Limitations to removing your information
    The need to back-up our systems to protect information from inadvertent loss means that a copy of your personal information may exist in a non-erasable form that will be difficult or impossible for us to locate. Nevertheless, we promise that upon receiving your request, all personal information stored in the databases actively used for research, daily business activities, and other readily searchable media, will be deleted.

    Changing your information
    1.Visit www.ChipOnTheGo.com and login to your account using your user name and password. You can edit/update your information at any time.
    2. If for some reason you are unable to correct your information, e-mail us at support@ChipOnTheGo.com with your request for changes.
    Notification of changes in the privacy policy
    If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post these changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

    Contact information
    Please forward any questions, concerns or inquiries that you may have regarding privacy on ChipOnTheGo®, or the practice of this site to:

    ChipOnTheGo® C/O
    Mindstream Design, Inc. 705 Lakefield Road, Unit H
    Westlake Village, CA 91361
    USA
    Phone: (805) 557-0577
    Fax: (805) 557-0587
    Email: support@ChipOnTheGo.com

    Revised April 2006.
    ©2006 Mindstream Design, Inc. All rights reserved


       

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