Privacy Policy

Collection And Tracking Of Personal Information
In order to provide users with the most efficient and enhanced service, we request information about you. We collect personally identifiable information such as names, email addresses and demographic information such as age, gender and zip code. We also may collect your IP address, browser type, domain name, access times and referring Web site address. This information is collected both during registration on a site or in response to specific requests, for example when completing a personal case questionnaire or signing up for a newsletter. Information collected at dermcareonline.com site will be available only to the health care professional staff to which it is directed. Case photos or other information will be available on the website only with permission from the owner of the information or photo.

Occasionally you may be given the opportunity to opt in to offers from third parties not directly affiliated with dermcareonline.com. If you decide to accept these offers, we will provide, with your consent, your information to the third party. However, you should note that this Privacy Policy does not apply to information users consent to give third parties with which our site is not affiliated. Any information users give to another party is governed by the rules of that party's privacy policy, which may differ from this Privacy Policy. Dermcareonline.com is not responsible for information given to other parties. Please review their privacy policies prior to providing any information to third parties.

What Happens  with Collected Information
Dermcareonline.com uses personal information in order to properly address a question, more accurately assess an area of concern presented in a digital image and tailor the content of the website to the need of the user.   It may also be used to send newsletters, emails, features, promotional material, surveys and other updates to users. A user may, at any time, opt out of receiving such information. We also use collected information to evaluate and administer our service, respond to any problems that may arise and to gauge user trends to determine what part of our services are most popular with users.

We may extend offers to users on behalf of our partners about a particular product or service that may be of interest to you, but we will never give out your name or personal information at any time without your permission. As result, although About.com may receive a fee from our partners for this service, About.com sends all the offers so that your personal information is never shared with any outside third party.

We may, at times, produce reports for advertisers containing aggregate information about our users such as demographic, age and online usage information. This allows us to work more closely with advertisers to provide content and offers that are most relevant to our users. We will never include any personal information of our users in these reports.

We allow users of our website to send articles or links by email to other parties who may be interested in them. We do not retain any email addresses (unless you are a member who already has voluntarily provided your email address) of either the sender or recipient of such articles or links after they are sent.

We reserve the right to use or disclose any information without notice or consent as needed to satisfy any law, regulation or legal request; to conduct investigations of consumer complaints or possible breaches of law; to protect the integrity of our site and our property; to protect the safety of our visitors or others; to fulfill your requests; or to cooperate in any legal investigation.

While information and images are sent through a secure network, there is always a certain risk of vulnerability communicating online.  Dermcareonline.com ensures that every precaution to secure private and sensitive information will be taken but reminds users of the inherent risk of communicating online.  Responses to queries are secure and encrypted in compliance with HIPPA standards and regulations.

Use Of Cookies
Browsers offer "cookies" which, if allowed, store small amounts of data on a users computer when they visit a particular website. Cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information about users and therefore cannot be used to identify personally. Cookies simply assist in tracking which of the features on dermcareonline.com users like best. Cookies also enable us to customize content according to user preferences. Users have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying their browser and websites are viewable even if the cookie function is disabled on their browser. However, if cookies are disabled, some advanced and customized features of the site, as well as those of other websites, will not be available.

Some of the banner ads displayed in the dermcareonline.com website are provided by outside companies. These ads contain cookies. While cookies are used in other parts of this website, cookies received with banner ads are collected by advertisers and dermcareonline.com does not have access to this information. A reputable third party is used to serve some or all of the advertisements that are placed within the site and they may use information (not including personally identifiable information) about visits to our sites and other sites to assist in serving advertisements targeted to our users.

Use of Web Beacons
Some of dermcareonline.com web pages may contain electronic images known as web beacons, which are also called single-pixel gifs. These images allow us to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. Web beacons may also be included in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters in order to count how many messages have been opened and acted upon. Web beacons are not used to access personally identifiable information, but they are a technique use to compile aggregated statistics about website usage. Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, originating IP address, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides. Some of the dermcareonline.com web pages may also contain Web beacons placed there by advertising partners to help determine the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Controlling a User's Personal Information
A user may, at any time, change, correct, modify or delete any personal information they may have provided to dermcareonline.com by requesting such through a contact form. Users can also unsubscribe from any newsletters or opt out of various promotional emailings at any time by clicking on "unsubscribe" links in each of the newsletters or emails.

Security Of A User's Personal Information
The employees of dermcareonline.com are made aware of its privacy practices through periodic communications and training. Access to private and confidential data is limited only to those employees with a specific need to retrieve this information.  Data is stored on controlled, secure service system environments. To maintain this level of security, both internal reviews and external audits of security are reviewed on a regular basis.

Children's Privacy
Dermcareonline.com is committed to protecting the safety and privacy of children who’s images are submitted by an authorized user through the Derm Query service of the site.
Dermcareonline.com a system in place to effectively screen its users to ensure compliance with this Privacy Policy and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA and its accompanying regulations establish United States federal law that protects the privacy of children on the Internet.
This website’s digital service offerings may collect information about children under 13 in order to provide an accurate dermatological assessment of a problem area affecting their skin, scalp or nails. Acceptance of such requires initial agreement of terms and registration by a qualified participant. Children under 13 wishing to register are asked to have a parent or legal guardian do so for them. The parent must provide a credit card number for verification that he/she is an adult and agree in the terms of use that they are over the age of 18.

Except as authorized under COPPA, Dermcareonline.com will NOT:

• collect online contact information from a user under 13.
• collect personally identifiable offline contact information from users under 13.
• distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information collected on children known to be under 13.

Changes In Corporate Structure
In growing the business, assets or the company may be sold, or parts of it, may be sold, merged or otherwise transferred. In such transactions, user information, whether personally identifiable or otherwise, may be one of the transferred assets.

Visitors Outside The United States
Dermcareonline.com servers that make this site available worldwide are located in the United States. All matters relating to this site is governed by the laws of the State of Texas. Any information provided will be transferred to the United States. By visiting this sites and submitting information, this transfer is authorized.

Changes to the DermCareonline.com Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy will be updated as necessary in order to maintain the highest protection for users and to comply with a changing environment. We recommend that users check the policy when visiting the site in order to be sure that they are aware of and understand current policy. If changes to this policy, or in how personally identifiable information is used and collected, it will be prominently posted prior to implementing the change. Following such changes, how previously collected personal information was handled will not be disclosed unless legally required to do so.

Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please visit us at info@dermcareonline.com.