4MD Medical Solutions (the "Company" or "We" or "Us") is sensitive to your concerns
about how we may use and share personal information that we collect from you. We
recognize and respect the importance of maintaining the privacy of our visitors
and members and have established this Privacy Policy Statement ("Privacy Policy")
as a result. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into our Terms of Use and Account
Agreement and therefore governs your use of 4MDMedical.com (the "website") and/or
any services offered by the Company. By visiting 4MDMedical.com
and/or utilizing any services offered by the Company, you are accepting the then
current practices described in the Privacy Policy.
What Information Do We Collect About Our Customers?
The information we learn from customers helps us enhance and personalize the 4MD
Medical Solutions website and the services we offer. We gather the following types
of information.
- Information You Give Us or Affiliates:
We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give in any other
way (e.g., by telephone), whether directly to 4MDMedical.com or to affiliates or
co-branded companies selling through our website. This may include information you
provide when you register as a member, engage in transactions, search, contact customer
service, or participate in contests, promotions, surveys, forums, content submissions,
chats, bulletin boards, discussion groups, requests for suggestions or other aspects
or services offered by us or our affiliates. As a result, you may be supplying us
with such information as your name, address, and phone numbers; credit card information;
people to whom purchases have been shipped, including addresses and phone number;
names and e-mail addresses of friends and possible referrals and other people.
- Automatic Information: We automatically
receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For
example, as most websites do, we use "cookies," and we obtain certain types of information
when your web browser accesses 4MDMedical.com. This information is compiled and
analyzed on both a personal and an aggregated basis, and it may include the website's
Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") that you just came from, which URL you will go
to next, what browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol ("IP") address.
Other examples of automatic information we may collect are purchase history, products
viewed or searched for, visits to certain pages, page interaction information and
the phone number you used to call our 800 number.
- Information Provided by Third Parties.
We may obtain certain information of customers from third parties. This may include
updated delivery or address information from carriers, information from third party
merchants we share business relationships with and information (including name and
email addresses) of possible referrals from customers.
Do We Use Cookies?
4MDMedical.com uses small text files called "cookies" that provide non-personally
identifiable information to us regarding the visitors to the website. In addition
to the URL and IP addresses of our visitors, cookies may gather the date and time
of all visits to our website. We may also track the pages of our website that users
viewed during their visit, or track search terms entered on our website by that
visitor. This helps us keep track of the number of visitors to our website and allows
us to gauge the areas that are of the most interest to our visitors. This information
is analyzed periodically and is used to gain a broader picture of usage patterns
at our site. We may share the non-personally identifiable information gathered through
use of cookies with our advertisers and/or business partners, in order to make the
website as user-friendly as possible.
How Do We Use the Information We Collect and Do We Share
the Information We Receive?
Information about our customers is an important part of our business. We use information
we collect to communicate with you, to process your orders, to provide an enhanced
and more personalized interactive shopping experience and to inform you of offers
and discounts. We share customer information with third parties only as follows:
- Affiliated Businesses on 4MDMedical.com:
We may work closely with other businesses (that we don't own or control) that sell
products or services on 4MDMedical.com. In some cases, these businesses may operate
stores that sell offerings to you directly. In other cases, we operate stores, provide
services, or sell product lines jointly with these businesses. We share customer
information related to those transactions with that third party.
- Third Party Service Providers: We may employ
other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf, including fulfillment,
delivery, analysis of data, marketing assistance, the processing of credit card
payments, and customer service. They have access to personal information needed
to perform their functions, but they are not to use it for other purposes.
- Promotional Offers: We periodically provide
our customers with information about third party products and services we believe
will be of interest to you and with opportunities to participate in offers and/or
promotions on behalf of other businesses. Your participation in these events may
require us to share data with such a business. If you do not want to receive such
information or offers, on behalf of third parties or otherwise, please email us
at CustomerCare@4MDMedical.com.
- Other Third Parties/Select Partners: From
time to time, we might establish a business relationship with other persons or entities
whom we believe are trustworthy and whom we have asked to confirm that their privacy
policies are consistent with ours. These are known as our Select Partners. In such
cases, we might share and cross-reference information, including personal information
about you that will enable such persons or entities to contact you regarding products
and services that may be of interest to you. We may also combine your personal information
with publicly available information and information we receive from or cross-reference
with our Select Partners and others. We use that combined information to enhance
and personalize your shopping experience with us, to communicate with you about
our products and services that may be of interest to you, and for further promotional
purposes.
- Merger/Sale: In the event that 4MD Medical
Solutions, substantially all of its assets, or a line of business of 4MD Medical
Solutions is acquired, individually identifying information of our members may be
one of the assets sold in connection with that transaction, without notice to you
or your consent. We will notify users of the website of such a change in ownership
or transfer of assets by posting a notice on the website.
- Bankruptcy. In the unlikely event of our
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit
of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors
rights generally, we may not be able to control how your personal information is
treated, transferred, or used. Therefore, you should know that in such event, your
personal information may be treated like any other asset of the Company, and sold,
transferred or shared with third parties, or used in ways not contemplated or permitted
hereunder, without notice to you or your consent.
- Protection of 4MD Medical Solutions and Others:
We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate
to comply with the law; enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements;
or protect the rights, property, or safety of 4MD Medical Solutions, our users,
or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations
for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
How Secure Is the Personal Information You Collect?
We have taken precautions, including the deployment of technological resources and
the use of firewalls, systems and procedures, to protect the security of your personal
information. While no security system is absolutely foolproof, we are constantly
reviewing, refining and upgrading our security technology to protect your privacy.
When you open an account with 4MD Medical Solutions, you are issued a password by
which to access and secure your account and account information. Although we have
taken these precautions, you are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your
password, which should not be disclosed by you. Be sure to sign off when finished
using a shared computer.
Links
4MDMedical.com site contains links to other websites. We have no control over the
content, policies or actions of these sites, even if you are offered services on
those sites because you have established an account with 4MD Medical Solutions.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
Minors
You must be 18 years of age or older to become a member of 4MD Medical Solutions.
We do not collect information from minors.
Changing Your Personal Information
You may review, change or correct your personally identifying information at any
time by accessing your account information on the website or calling us. You are
responsible for maintaining the accuracy and completeness of your personal and other
information, including your e-mail address, and we urge you to review your information
regularly to ensure that it is correct and complete.
Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions
If you choose to visit 4MDMedical.com and/or use the Company's services, your visit
and/or any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy Statement and
our Terms of Use and Account Agreement (if you are a member), including limitations
on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the state of
New Jersey. If you have any concern about privacy at 4MD Medical Solutions, please
contact us.
Our Privacy Policy Statement, the Terms of Use and other terms and conditions may
change. In the event of a change, the revised policies or terms and conditions will
be posted immediately to our website. You should check the website frequently to
see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy Statement
applies to all information that we have about you.