The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, NHPCO is committed to respecting the privacy and security of all visitors to our CaringInfo.org 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 Web site, you consent to the collection and use of your information by NHPCO, as described below.
Types of Information Requested
Users may visit the CaringInfo.org website without giving NHPCO any personal information.
For those who go from CaringInfo.org to the NHPCO website, nhpco.org, access to member-only pages as well as shared materials may require voluntary provision of information such as name, title, institution, mailing address, phone numbers, email address, contact, and demographic information. For individuals who register for conferences or make publications purchases – additional payment-related information will be collected.
How Your Personal Information Is Used
In order to maintain the integrity of the personal information you provide, we deploy computer encryption technology to protect your information from unauthorized access or release. To defer the costs of bringing you online service, we may at times distribute aggregate information about our users to advertisers or business associates, but we will never individually identify you.
NHPCO may use email and street addresses voluntarily provided by site visitors to notify them of updates, products, services, or upcoming events of interest. 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 Web site 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 to better understand how our visitors use the CaringInfo.org website. 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 e-mail may not be secure. NHPCO suggests that you do not send any confidential information to us by e-mail. 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
NHPCO’s CaringInfo.org 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 Web site 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 the NHPCO Communications Team at communications@nhpco.org.