Your Personal Information - We collect, retain, and use
information about individual customers only where we reasonably
believe it would be useful (and allowed by law) in providing you
with products, services, and other opportunities. We protect your
information against unauthorized access or release. We will not
sell or rent e-mail addresses to third parties without your consent.
E-mail addresses, aggregate information about which pages visitors
access, and information volunteered by site visitors (such as survey
information and/or site registrations) are used to improve the content
of the NCPSC.com Web site and are not shared with other organizations
for commercial purposes. We do, however, reserve the right to use
the information to selectively notify visitors about updates, products,
services, activities, or upcoming events.
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) -
We at the North Carolina Plastic Surgery Center, P.A. follow the HIPAA standard. The HIPAA
Privacy Rule establishes standards to protect the confidentiality of individually
identifiable health information maintained or transmitted electronically in connection with
certain administrative & financial transactions. The rule provides new rights for individuals with
respect to protected health information about them & mandates the obligations of health care
providers, health plans, & health care clearinghouses. Training of every staff member on the new
rights & new policies & procedures as they apply to the healthcare operation is also required. The
compliance date for privacy is April 14, 2003. Complete Privacy Rule Text. (Adobe reader download)
Editorial and Publishing Direction - Editorial and publishing
staff use visitor data to help shape and direct the creation and
maintenance of content.
E-mail - Messages that you send to us by e-mail may not
be secure. We recommend that you do not send any confidential information
to us by E-mail. If you choose to send any confidential information
to us via e-mail, you accept the risk that a third party may intercept
this information. We strive to respond to all e-mail requests in
a timely manner.
Ordering our Products - Any order that you place
through our web site will be made with a secure and 128 bit encrypted
process. S.S.L. (Secure Socket Layer) is the industry standard and
is present when you see a web address of "https://...", and a small
lock is located in the lower part of your screen. This feature will be added to
www.NCPSC.com very soon.
E-mail Alerts and Newsletters - This Web site offers e-mail
alerts and newsletters to those viewers who have provided us with
E-mail for notification of site events, special content and other
opportunities specific to your areas of interest. All e-mail alerts
and newsletters contain unsubscribe options so you may remove your
name from these notices at any time.
Other Sites - The NCPSC.com Web site contains links to other
sites on the Internet. These links are provided for your convenience
and do not constitute the NCPSC's approval or endorsement of linked
sites or their products or advertisements.
Limitation of Liability - Neither the NCPSC nor any of its
subsidiaries or affiliate entities, agents, employees, or subcontractors
shall be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential,
punitive, or exemplary damages, including lost profits (even if
we are advised of the possibility) arising in any way from the information
contained in this Web site or any information transmitted via this
Web site. The NCPSC is not liable for any damages or losses that
may be caused to any equipment and other software due to any viruses,
defects or malfunctions in connection with access or use of this
Web site.
Your Consent - By using this site, you consent to the collection
and use of this information by the NCPSC detailed in these privacy
principles. If we ever change our privacy policy, we will post any
changes on this page so that you are always aware of the information
that we collect and how we use it.
Contact us - Our site makes use of forms to contact us by email. We collect visitor's contact information (like an email address) on this form. Contact information from this form is used to send response to questions and information about our company to our customers. The customer's contact information is also used to get in touch with the visitor in response to the reason the visitor contacted us. We do not share these addresses with outside parties.
We welcome your feedback. If you have questions
or comments about our privacy policies, please contact
us, or call us at 336-275-0919.
