Privacy Policy

DRSPECTSCAN web site and J. Michael Uszler, M.D., Inc., understand how important the privacy of personal information is to our users. This Privacy Policy will tell you what information we collect about you and about your use of DRSPECTSCAN site, Webinars and other services. It will explain the choices you have about how your personal information is used and how we protect that information. We urge you to read this Privacy Policy carefully.

This Privacy Policy applies to the DRSPECTSCAN Web site and Webinars owned and operated by DRSPECTSCAN, including the Drspectscan.com site, and the Drspectscan Webinars. Reference to "DRSPECTSCAN" means Drspectscan.com, Webinars, and J. Michael Uszler, M.D., Inc., including any company that DRSPECTSCAN controls (for example, a subsidiary that DRSPECTSCAN owns). DRSPECTSCAN may share information among its subsidiaries or sites that it owns or controls, but it is always protected under the terms of this Privacy Policy.

The DRSPECTSCAN Web site contains links to other sites. Once you enter another Web site (whether through an advertisement, service, or content link), be aware that DRSPECTSCAN is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to look for and review the privacy statements of each and every Web site that you visit through a link or advertisement on DRSPECTSCAN.

While you may use some of the functionality of DRSPECTSCAN without registration, many of the specific tools, content and services on our website require registration and participation in our Webinars. If you use our Web site without registering, the only information we collect will be Non-Personal Information (For example, Click Stream Information is Non-Personal Information, as is information such as gender, age, city and state when not linked with other Personally Identifiable Information) through the use of Cookies or Web Beacons. If you choose to register with our Web site for a Webinar or other certain Interactive Tools or services, we require you to submit Personally Identifiable Information. Depending on the tool or service you have selected, we may also collect Personal Health Information. You are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the Personally Identifiable Information and Personal Health Information you submit to DRSPECTSCAN. Inaccurate information will affect the information you receive when using our site and tools.

COLLECTION OF NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION

We collect Non-Personal Information about your use of our Web site and your use of the Web sites of selected sponsors and advertisers through the use of Cookies. Every computer that accesses a DRSPECTSCAN Web site is assigned a different Cookie by DRSPECTSCAN. The information collected by Cookies (i) helps us dynamically generate advertising and content on Web pages or in newsletters, (ii) allows us to statistically monitor how many people are using our Web site, Webinars and selected sponsors' and advertisers' sites, (iii) how many people open our emails, and (iv) for what purposes these actions are being taken. We may use Cookie information to target certain advertisements to your browser or to determine the popularity of certain content or advertisements. Cookies are also used to facilitate a user's log-in, as navigation aides and as session timers.

Most browser software can be set to reject all Cookies. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject Cookies in the "Help" section of the toolbar. If you reject our Cookies, certain of the functions and conveniences of our Web site may not work properly but you do not have to accept our Cookies in order to productively use our site. We do not link Non-Personal Information from Cookies to Personally Identifiable Information without your permission and do not use Cookies to collect or store Personal Information about you.

We also may use Web Beacons to collect Non-Personal Information about your use of our Web site, Webinars and the Web sites of selected sponsors and advertisers, and your use of special promotions or newsletters. The information collected by Web Beacons (i) allows us to statistically monitor how many people are using our website and selected sponsors' and advertisers' sites, (ii) how many people open our emails, and (iii) for what purposes these actions are being taken. Our Web Beacons are not used to track your activity outside of our Web sites or those of our sponsors'. We do not link Non-Personal Information from Web Beacons to Personally Identifiable Information without your permission and do not use Web Beacons to collect or store Personal Health Information about you.

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We collect Personally Identifiable Information that you provide to us when you register for a Webinar and/or when you update your profile information. Personal information means any information that is related to an identified person, or that may be used to identify an individual, including: first and last name; email address; a home, postal or other physical address or other contact information; title, birth date, gender, occupation, industry, or personal interests; and other personal information necessary or useful to provide a product or service that you have requested. We use the Personally Identifiable Information that you provide to respond to your questions, provide you the specific services you select, send you emails about Web site maintenance and updates, send you information relating to a specific Webinar, billing for services and inform you of significant changes to this Privacy Policy. 

CREDIT CARD INFORMATION

When you sign up for a Webinar, we will also collect your credit card, billing and shipping information.  Credit card information is not stored or re-used in any manner. Only authorized personnel can access credit card information solely for the purpose of performing adjustments or refunds at the customer's request. Visitors are warned never to send credit card information through regular e-mail. Please use the secured forms provided on this site to register for activities. If you choose not to provide the information we request, you can still visit some of the web site, but you may be unable to access certain options, offers, downloads, and services.  Despite these security measures, DRSPECTSCAN DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WILL BE PROTECTED AGAINST LOSS, MISUSE OR ALTERATION BY THIRD PARTIES.

At signup and at various times as you use DRSPECTSCAN, you will be given the option of receiving recurring informational/promotional newsletters via email from DRSPECTSCAN, J. Michael Uszler, M.D., Inc., and/or directly from third parties. These emails will not contain Personal Health Information. However, in order to receive such newsletters via email, we need your contact information, such as name and email address.

EMAILS USER SENDS US

This Privacy Policy does not apply to content, business information, ideas, concepts or inventions that you send to DRSPECTSCAN by email. If you want to keep content or business information, ideas, concepts or inventions private or proprietary, do not send them in an email to DRSPECTSCAN.

MESSAGE BOARDS/PUBLIC FORUM

As a service to our users, DRSPECTSCAN may feature message boards, chat rooms and other public forums where users with similar interests or medical conditions can share information and support one another or where users can post questions for experts to answer. We also offer online discussions moderated by medical or healthcare experts.

Any information shared (including Personally Identifiable and Personal Health Information) that you reveal in a chat room, message board, Ask Our Expert posting or online discussion is by design open to the public and is not a private, secure service. You should think carefully before disclosing any Personally Identifiable or Personal Health Information in any public forum. What you have written may be seen, disclosed to or collected by third parties and may be used by others in ways we are unable to control or predict, including to contact you for unauthorized purposes.

CHILDREN

We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. We do not collect Personally Identifiable Information from any person we actually know is under the age of 13. A parent or guardian, however, may use DRSPECTSCAN Web site or Webinars for a minor. The parent or guardian assumes full responsibility for ensuring that the registration information is kept secure and that the information submitted is accurate. The parent or guardian also assumes full responsibility for the interpretation and use of any information or suggestions provided through DRSPECTSCAN for the minor.
THIRD PARTY INFORMATION COLLECTION

Sponsors or advertisers on DRSPECTSCAN may use their own Cookies, Web Beacons or other online tracking technologies in the banner advertisements served on DRSPECTSCAN and in emails, special promotions or newsletters we send you. Some advertisers use companies other than DRSPECTSCAN to serve their ads and to monitor users' responses to ads, and these companies ("Ad Servers") may also collect Non-Personal Information through the use of Cookies or Web Beacons on our Web site. In certain situations, information collection may be facilitated by momentarily directing your browser to the Web site of an Ad Server or other third party acting on behalf of the sponsor, partner, or advertiser before re-directing your browser to its selected destination this re-direction process will not be apparent to you.

We do not control these third parties' use of cookies or Web Beacons, or how they manage the non-personal information they gather through them. You should review the privacy policy of other sites you visit or link to from our site to understand how these other sites use cookies and how they use the information they collect through the use of cookies or web beacons on their own sites. Certain Ad Servers allow you to prevent them from collecting data through the use of cookies. In order to do so, you must opt-out of such data collection with each individual site.

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy or as specifically agreed to by you, DRSPECSCAN will not disclose any Personally Identifiable or Personal Health Information it gathers from you on our website. We may only release Personally Identifiable or Personal Health Information to third parties: (1) to comply with valid legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order; or (2) in special cases, such as in response to a physical threat to you or others, to protect property or defend or assert legal rights. In the event that we are legally compelled to disclose your Personally Identifiable or Personal Health Information to a third party, we will attempt to notify you unless doing so would violate the law or court order.

CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY

Personally Identifiable Information - We will inform you if a material change to the Privacy Policy is made, which means a change that expands the permissible uses or disclosures of Personally Identifiable Information allowed by the prior version of the Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the DRSPECTSCAN Web site will indicate acceptance of the changes. You may of course choose to Opt-out of continuing to use the DRSPECTSCAN Web site. Please exit the site immediately if you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy or any revised policy.

Personal Health Information - We will inform you if a material change in the Privacy Policy is made that involves the use of your Personal Health Information, and your express Opt-in authorization will be requested. If you choose to not accept the new privacy policy, then the current privacy policy conditions will remain in effect, so long as DRSPECTSCAN continues to make the functionality available. DRSPECTSCAN reserves the right to discontinue or limit functionality in all its products..

Non-Significant Changes – DRSPECTSCAN may make non-significant changes to the Privacy Policy that do no affect Personally Identifiable Information or Personal Health Information. For these instances, DRSPECTSCAN may not notify the user of such non-significant changes.

OPT-OUT

To Opt-out please:

1. Call (310) 264-0080
2. Send an Email with your current contact information to drspectscan@hotmail.com
3. Send a request with your current contact information to: Drspectscan Webinars, Attn: Privacy Manager, 2428 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste 302, Santa Monica, CA 90404

DRSPECTSCAN will take reasonable steps to implement your request to Opt-out.  However, please note that due to production and mailing timelines, it may take around six (6) weeks to make the requested changes and, until that change takes effect, you may still receive promotional information from us.