Medical Identity Fraud Alliance (MIFA) Privacy Statement
MIFA is committed to respecting the privacy and security of all visitors to our Website. We recognize that when you choose to provide us with information about yourself you trust us to protect your privacy and to provide you with choices about how that information is shared.
By using our Website, you consent to the collection and use of your information by MIFA, as described below.
Types of Information Requested
Users may visit the Website without giving MIFA any personal information. However, in order to gain access to pages restricted to our membership, users must be a member of MIFA through one of the available membership categories.
MIFA will collect name, title, institution, mailing address, telephone numbers, fax numbers, email address, contact and demographic information voluntarily provided by individuals who register to access MIFA’s member’s only content.
How Your Personal Information Is Used
MIFA does not disclose to third parties any information it gathers from the Website which could be used to track your individual access and navigation of our site. MIFA may use email and street addresses voluntarily provided by site visitors to notify them of updates, products, services or upcoming events. Site visitors who do not wish to receive such notifications via email can choose to opt out of receiving such information at any time by indicating either at time of registration or upon receipt of any promotional email.
Non-identifiable Website visitor data may be collected and used in the aggregate to help shape and direct the creation and maintenance of content.
Cookies
We use cookies on our site to support our multiple levels of access to MIFA’s Website. We also use cookies to better understand how our visitors use the site. A “cookie” is a text file stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. This information helps us to statistically monitor how many people are using our site and for what purpose.
Messages that you send to us via email may not be secure. MIFA suggests that you do not send any confidential information to us by email. If you choose to send confidential information to us by e-mail, you accept the risk that a third party may intercept your information.
Links
MIFA’s Website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of other sites. We encourage users when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each Website that collects personally identifiable information.
If you have any questions and/or concerns regarding what is done with information provided via this site, please e-mail your concerns to [email protected]