Privacy Policy

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. Privacy is very important to us. We also understand that privacy is very important to you. This Privacy Policy tells you how we protect and use information that we gather through this Saroff Consulting Web Site.

By using this Web Site, you agree to the terms of the most recent version of this Privacy Policy. Except as written in any other disclaimers, policies, terms of use, or other notices on this Web Site, this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use are the complete agreement between you and Saroff Consulting with respect to your use of this Web Site. You may be subject to additional terms that may apply when you access particular services or materials on certain areas in this Web Site, or by following a link from this Web Site. Please review the privacy policy notices on those web sites for details.

Introduction:
The information we receive, and how we use it, depends on what you do when visiting our Web Site. We collect and use your non-personal information (information that is not identifiable to you personally) differently than your personal information.

Non-Personal Information:
Non-personal information is information we collect through this Web Site that does not identify you as an individual person. It may include information such as the following:

Type of web browser software you use (for example, Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer)
Name of the domain from which you access the Internet
URL of the web site you just came from
Internet Protocol (IP) address
Which pages you have visited on our Web Site
Personal information that has been de-identified
Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our web site
Date and time you access our Web Site

Use of Non-Personal Information:
Because non-personal information cannot identify you or be tied to you in any way, there are no restrictions on the ways that we can use or share non-personal information. We are always looking for ways to better serve you and improve this Web Site. Some uses of this information may include:

Enhancing this Web Site
Customize this Site based on your preferences
Combine and analyze statistics and trends
Communicate information to you (if you have requested it)
For marketing and research purposes
Create reports for internal use to develop programs, products, services or content
Share it with or sell it to third parties

Other business purposes:
As you navigate through this Site, certain anonymous information can be passively collected (that is, gathered without your actively providing the information) using various technologies, such as cookies, Internet tags or web beacons, and navigational data collection (log files, server logs, clickstream). Your Internet browser automatically transmits to this Site some of this anonymous information. You may set your browser to notify you when a cookie is sent or to refuse cookies altogether, but certain features of this Site might not work without cookies.

Personal Information:
Personal information is information we collect through this Web Site that we can use to specifically identify you, such as your:

Name
Telephone number
e-mail address

Date of birth:
In some places on this Web Site you have the opportunity to send us personal information about yourself. For example, you may fill out a registration form, a survey, or an e-mail form.

You also may choose to allow us to personalize your visits to the Web Site, in which case we may ask you for certain personal information to make your visits to our Web Site more helpful to you. When this information is combined with the non-personal information that we collect through cookies (described above), we will be able to tell that you have visited our Web Site before and can personalize your access to our Web Site, for example, by telling you about new features that may be of interest to you.

Use of Personal Information:
We may keep and use personal information we collect from you through this Web Site to provide you with access to this Web Site. In addition, we may keep and use your personal information for the following:

To respond to your requests
To personalize your access to our Web Site, for example, by telling you about new features that may be of interest to you
To develop records, including records of your personal information
To contact you with information that might be of interest to you, including information about clinical trials and about products and services of ours and of others
For analytical purposes and to research, develop and improve programs, products, services and content
To enforce this Privacy Policy and other rules about your use of this Web Site
To protect our rights or property
To protect someone's health, safety or welfare
To comply with a law or regulation, court order or other legal process

Sharing Personal Information With Third Parties:
Saroff Consulting will not share your personal information collected from this Web Site with an unrelated third party without your permission, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy. In the ordinary course of business, we may share some personal information with companies that we hire to perform services or functions on our behalf. In these cases, we provide the vendor with information to process your order such as your name and mailing address. In all cases in which we share your personal information with a third party, we will not authorize them to keep, disclose or use your information with others except for the purpose of providing the services we asked them to provide.

We may disclose your personally identifiable information you provide via this Site to third parties if we feel that the disclosure is necessary, such as:

Contractors we use to support our business, in which case we will require such third parties to agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy and se it for the same purposes
Protect our rights or property
Protect someone's health, safety or welfare
In connection with the sale, assignment, or other transfer of the business of this Site to which the information relates, in which case we will require any such buyer to agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy and use it for the same purposes
To respond to law enforcement requests or where required by applicable laws, court orders, or government processes

Privacy on Other Web Sites:
This Web Site may contain links to other Web Sites. We provide the links for your convenience, but we do not review, control, or monitor the privacy practices of Web Sites operated by others. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any other web site. We are not responsible for the performance of web sites operated by third parties or for your business dealings with them. Therefore, whenever you leave this Web Site we recommend that you review each web site's privacy practices and make your own conclusions regarding the adequacy of these practices.

Communicating Directly with Visitors to This Web Site:
We may contact you periodically by e-mail, mail or telephone to provide information regarding programs, products, services and content that may be of interest to you. In addition, some of the features on this Web Site allow you to communicate with us using an online form. If your communication requests a response from us, we will send you a response via e-mail. The e-mail response or confirmation may include your personal information, including personal information about your health, your name, address, etc. We cannot guarantee that our e-mails to you will be secure from unauthorized interception.

Special Rules About Children's Privacy:
We care about protecting the online privacy of children. We will not intentionally collect any personal information (such as a child's name or e-mail address) from children under the age of 13. If you think that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, please contact us.

Security:
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. You should keep in mind that no Internet transmission is ever 100% secure or error-free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from this Site may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail

Changes to This Privacy Policy:
If this Privacy Policy changes, the revised policy will be posted on this Site. Please check back periodically, and especially before you provide any personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy was last update August 20, 2003.