WEBSITE AND PORTAL PRIVACY

This Website and Portal Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to your use of the Advocacy Partners, Inc. website, www.trustadvocacypartners.com, including all public areas, as well as the Partner Portal area and other private areas.  Advocacy Partners, Inc. (“AP, "us," "we" or "our") created this Policy to explain what information we collect and what we do with the information we collect. 

Your use of the Website and Partner Portal signifies your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and the Advocacy Partners, Inc. Website and Portal Terms of Use (the “Terms of Use”).. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use, please immediately discontinue use of the Website and the Partner Portal.

This Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use are subject to revision by us, effective upon publication.

1.   WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT 

a.  Anonymous Traffic Data. Whenever you access any web site or portal, your web browser transmits some information to the server hosting the web site. We may automatically collect, track and log this anonymous traffic data when you use the AP Website. "Anonymous traffic data" means information that does not personally identify you. For example, we may collect information concerning the number of visitors to our Website each day, what time of day visitors access our Website, which pages these visitors view, which Internet service providers (ISPs) these visitors use and what search terms visitors use with our Website's search feature. We are not able to tie any of this information to specific individuals. Anonymous traffic data is helpful for marketing, improving, administering and analyzing usage of the AP Website.

b.  Personal Information. In order for you to use some services offered by the AP Website, we require that you provide us personal information about yourself. We ask for personal information because it allows us to provide a personalized service to you, such as e-mailing to you specific information that you request.

Personal information may include, for example: (a) Contact Data (such as your name, mailing and e-mail addresses, and phone and fax numbers), and (b) Demographic Data (such as your age or city/state), and (c) Client Content (such as health information regarding an individual who chose for you to have Partner Portal access, such as their age, date of birth and signs/symptoms and behaviors, AP staff activity summary and detail, as well as their location).  If you communicate with us by e-mail, post messages to any chat groups, bulletin boards or forums that we may have, complete any online forms, surveys or contest entries, or purchase any goods or services, any information provided by you may be collected as personal information. We only have access to and know personal information, however, if you choose to disclose it to.

In addition, if you have been granted access to the Partner Portal, you will have “read only” access to protected health information via client written request and consent.  “Traffic” data is collected, for example, we may collect information concerning the number of logins to our Partner Portal site each day, what time of day visitors access our Portal, and which pages these visitors view.

c.  Cookies. A "cookie" is a small text file sent from our server to your computer when you first use the AP Website and Partner Portal. When you revisit the AP Website and Partner Portal, the cookie allows us to recognize that your web browser is accessing the site. We use cookies to record information so that you do not have to re-enter information to use the services offered by the AP Website and Partner Portal, and to track and log usage of the AP Website and Partner Portal. Also, sometimes you may receive cookies from our partners; however, we do not control these cookies, and they are not subject to this Policy. We recommend that you review the privacy policies of our partners to learn how they use cookies. Please review the "help" information provided by your browser to learn how to disable cookies or monitor when you are receiving them.

2.  WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

a.  Use of Anonymous Traffic Data and Cookies. We use anonymous traffic data and information obtained from our use of cookies that does not personally identify you for marketing purposes, improving the services offered by the AP Website, administering our Website, and tracking and analyzing usage of our Website for us and our customers. We also track and log search terms entered into our Website's search feature to improve the site's search functionality and to deliver content and develop programs and services that we think you might be interested in.

b.  Use of Personal Information. We may use personal information to provide services to you via the AP Website and Partner Portal, to improve the services and content offered to you, to customize the services provided to you, to contact you about your use of services offered by our Website, and to investigate any breach of our Terms of Use. We may use your Contact Data to send you information about Advocacy Partners and our services.

Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we will keep your Personal Information  private and will not share it with third parties, unless such disclosure is necessary to (a) provide services pursuant to HIPAA confidentiality agreements; (b) comply with a court order or other legal process, (c) protect our, your or a third party's rights or property, or (d) enforce our Terms of Use. We use reasonable efforts to secure your personal information and client content but cannot guarantee that no unauthorized third party will gain access to your personal information or client content. We provide you with the capability to transmit your personal information and client content via secured and encrypted transmission. We cannot guarantee or warrant that any transmission of information over the Internet is secure.

Please be aware that whenever you disclose information in public forums, such as chat rooms or open bulletin boards, the information may be collected by third parties, who may use the information to contact you or for other unauthorized purposes. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information in these public forums.

We may share with third parties data that do not personally identify you. For example, we may share gender and age usage statistics with third parties to assist us in developing services and products that may be offered through the AP Website and Partner Portal.

3.  LINKS TO OTHER SITES

The AP Website and Partner Portal may contain links to other web sites, which may not follow the same privacy policy as Advocacy Partners, Inc. Such links may be to content providers and other partners that may use our logo. These sites may send their own cookies to your browser, and may collect and use information in a manner inconsistent with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

4.  OTHER TERMS

a. Updates and Changes to Website and Portal Privacy Policy. We reserve the right, at any time, to add to, update, modify or otherwise change this  Privacy Policy. Any such addition, update, modification or other change will be effective immediately upon posting on the AP Website and Partner Portal. You should review this Privacy Policy periodically to be aware of its current terms.

b. Ownership, Archiving, Transfer. All information collected in accordance with the Privacy Policy shall be the property of AP.  Anonymous traffic data and personal information may be archived and retained indefinitely. We may transfer all such information and its ownership to a third party acquiring all or part of our assets.