Your Privacy On This Site
What personally identifiable information is collected on this site?
For those individuals who wish to register as users for the purpose of commencing requests for professional services RFPs or purchasing legal forms, we require that you provide us information through a user registration questionnaire collecting such data as name, zip code, and e-mail address. User profiles stay in database for one year and then are automatically deleted unless the user specifically requests that the profile remain in our database for a longer period.
Do you sell or otherwise release user data such as email addresses to third parties?
We never sell user data. In the case of user initiated professional services RFPs, the user selects up to seven professionals who can receive data about their case plus the user's first name, city of residence and email address (IP address not given). We only release user data to professionals identified by the user. In the case of credit card purchases from our web site, we transfer user data to Authorize.net® who processes our credit card transactions.
Do you store user credit card data?
We do not store user credit card data. We ended that practice in 2007. For professionals charged for premium listings on our site, we store their credit card data offline at the offices of MedLawPlus.com®.
What anonymous information is collected on this site?
Anonymous clickstream information is collected for every visitor to this site. This includes pages viewed, date & time, and browser type. IP numbers are not stored, but are temporarily used to determine domain type and in some cases, geographic region. With the exception of those user actions described below, there is no association made by system between IP addresses and a visitor's identity. This information is used solely on an internal basis as business management resource.
When are user IP addresses collected and also identifiable with specific users?
User IP addresses are collected during user registration and stored with the user profile in our database. Also, when a user initiates an Ask A Lawyer question, Ask A Plastic Surgeon question, or user comment anywhere on the web site, the user's IP address is recorded and stored with the database record for this question or comment. User questions and comments are stored indefinitely in our system.
How is user specific IP address information used?
The company has never employed user IP addresses for any internal or external use as of July 2008. In the case of credit card transactions for purchases from the web site, it could be used to defend against a claim of fraud against MedLawPlus.com, Inc. In the case of user comments posted to the web site, the IP address information could be used to defend MedLawPlus.com, Inc. against third party claims such as libel.
Data Security
User information other than IP address is collected via an SSL connection provided by GeoTrust. Click on below icon for further information. Security of user information stored within our database is handled by our hosting company, Cybermill, Inc.
