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I. American CRNA Magazine - Terms of Use and Copyright
II. American CRNA Magazine - Privacy Policy and Disclaimers
I. Terms of Use and Copyright
American CRNA Magazine Online and its electronic newsletters are owned
by American CRNA Magazine and contain information, magazine
content, and hypertext links to information of interest
to our subscribers and the general public. The material and
hypertext links provided on this Web site and in our
e-mail newsletters are offered in good faith and for informational
purposes only. American CRNA Magazine assumes no responsibility for any material
on our site that may be accessed through any hyperlink presented
on our site or in an e-newsletter or for any unauthorized uses of
these links or of our material.
With the exception of those items denoted "public domain,"
all materials presented on American CRNA Magazine Online’s Web
site or in a newsletter offered on the site are protected by
international trademark and copyright laws and must only be
used for personal, non-commercial purposes. This means that you may
only view or download material from this site for your own use, and
you must keep all copyright and other proprietary notices attached
to the downloaded material.
You cannot print or photocopy the materials on this site for
re-distribution in any medium, or redistribute the materials in
electronic form, without the written permission of American CRNA Magazine. Some
material on the site is owned by copyright holders other than American CRNA
Magazine, and is presented here by permission. In these cases, permission
of the individual copyrightholder(s) may be required for any use
other than personal viewing.
Requests for permission to reproduce or distribute materials found
on this site can be made by contacting American CRNA Magazine.
Contact our Customer Service Department.
American CRNA Magazine has the right to refuse or revoke subscriber membership/site access, or any portion thereof, at any time, for any
reason, at our discretion. If a client subscriber's site access is revoked, any non-expired advertising package or purchase
paid for by the client subscriber will be refunded on a pro-rated basis.
II. American CRNA Magazine Privacy Policy
Information Collection
American CRNA Magazine is the sole owner of the
information collected on AmericanCRNA.com. We will not sell, share, or rent
this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed
in this statement. American CRNA Magazine collects information from our visitors
at several different points on the American CRNA Magazine site. In order to
provide our visitors the greatest level of comfort on the American CRNA Magazine
site, we do not collect personally identifiable information until
we have notified the site visitor of how the information will be
used. We do not share personally identifiable information collected
on the American CRNA Magazine site with third parties without the visitor’s
prior consent.
Registration
In order to use personalized services on the American CRNA Magazine site, a
visitor will be asked to fill out a registration form. During
registration the visitor is required to give his or her contact
information (such as name and e-mail address). This information is
used to maintain a list of authorized visitors and may be used to
contact the visitor about the services on our site for which he or
she has expressed interest. We require a visitor’s American CRNA Magazine
registration ID (email address) to provide services such as
access to Members Only information.
Whenever personal profile information is collected in connection
with a specialized service such as site membership and e-newsletter
subscription, responses are optional but are encouraged so
we can assemble aggregate data that will help us
better understand and serve our visitors.
Purchases
We request information from the visitor on order forms for products
and services. A visitor must provide contact information (such as
name, e-mail, and shipping address) and financial information (such
as credit card number, expiration date and billing address) to our
credit card payment service provider, CyberSource, for product
and service purchases. This information is used for billing purposes and to fill
customer’s orders. If we have trouble processing an order, the
information is used to contact the visitor. American CRNA Magazine
DOES NOT store financial information or credit card numbers. Payment
information is managed by CyberSource and Bank of America.
Information Use
The information collected is used to fulfill a visitor’s
request for customer service, support, products, programs, and other
services, to respond to inquiries about our offerings, and to offer
other products, programs or services that we believe may be of
interest to the visitor.
In addition, American CRNA Magazine uses the information a member provides to keep
our database current with contact information, preferences in communication,
and participation in the American CRNA Magazine online community.
Cookies/User Sessions
American CRNA Magazine uses cookies to establish user sessions
on the AmericanCRNA.com Web site. A user session is established
when a user logs in to the American CRNA Magazine site. User
sessions are established to manage access to and within the site.
Cookies established within the AmericanCRNA.com user session do not
contain sensitive or personal information.
Log Files
Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. Our web hosting
provider, Bottomline Web Hosting, tracks the following technical information in
our site logfiles in relation to site access: date, time, client ip address,
username, service name, server name, server port, server ip-address, method,
bytes sent/received, cookies, and user Agent. If needed, we will utilize
information contained in the log files to help us in resolving technical issues
or general management of the site, as deemed necessary by American CRNA Magazine.
This would also include protecting AmericanCRNA.com from unauthorized access and/or use
of the site. American CRNA Magazine also utilizes AddFreeStats.com to track visits to
our website for traffic reporting and site management.
Communications from American CRNA Magazine
We send all new registered visitors an email with information
regarding their registration, once the user has been approved.
As a registered user, you consent to receiving email communications
from American CRNA Magazine regarding special offers, services,
and information regarding your account.
Registered users who wish to opt-out of all communications from
American CRNA Magazine, EXCEPT required communication about your account, please
contact our Customer Service Department.
Newsletter
The American CRNA Magazine CRNA e-Newsletter is optional and can
be requested or declined by registered users via the CRNA profile
update in the CRNA Member Area.
Service Announcements
On occasion, it is necessary to send out a strictly service-related
announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended
for maintenance, we might send users an e-mail. These communications
are not promotional in nature. Generally, site visitors may not opt
out of these communications.
Customer Service
We communicate with visitors to provide requested services regarding
issues relating to their account via e-mail, phone or mail, in
accordance with the visitor’s wishes.
Sharing Information with Business Service Providers
American CRNA Magazine partners with third parties to provide specific services.
These services include Web site hosting through Bottomline Web Hosting,
and credit card payment services through Bank of America/Cybersource.
As mentioned above, our policy is to share only aggregated data with
our business partners and advertisers. However, where such information is required to
deliver the service, and where the visitor has agreed to this use of
personalized information, we may give business partners or service
providers such access to or use of personalized information, as is
necessary, for the third party to provide these services.
We do not
allow these parties to use personally identifiable information
except for the purpose of providing these services. American CRNA Magazine
does not sell your personal information to third-parties for marketing, or
any other use other than what has been described above.
Legal Disclaimer
Though we attempt to preserve visitor privacy whenever possible, we
may be required to disclose personal information when required by
law or when we in good faith believe that such action is necessary
to comply with judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process
served on American CRNA Magazine site, or to protect ourselves, our site or our
visitors. American CRNA Magazine shall not be liable for any damages, compensatory
or otherwise, based on any cause of action that arises from such
personal information being disclosed, provided we acted in good
faith and have not willfully disclosed such information with an
intent to injure. The claimant shall have the full burden of proof
that American CRNA Magazine willfully disclosed information with an intent to
cause injury.
Third-Party Advertisers
American CRNA Magazine may allow third-party advertisers to display advertisements
on the American CRNA Magazine site. American CRNA Magazine does not use
a third-party ad-serving service. All advertisments on the American CRNA Magazine
site are managed by American CRNA Magazine. When a user clicks on these ads and
visits the advertiser’s Web site, they may have a cookie placed
on their computer by the advertiser. American CRNA Magazine does not have access to
or control of the cookies that may be placed by third parties whose
site you visit from American CRNA Magazine Online. Please read the
advertiser’s privacy policy for information about how it uses cookies.
American CRNA Magazine Online Career/Job Posting Board
American CRNA Magazine is not responsible for job/career information posted
by our advertising clients. Information submitted by client advertisers
may be inaccurate.
Users of American CRNA Magazine accept complete responsibility for
information posted and utilized on the AmericanCRNA.com Web site.
Except as specifically stated on this site, neither American CRNA Magazine (AmericanCRNA.com)
nor any of its directors, employees, or other representatives
will be liable for damages arising out of or in connection with
the use of this site. This is a comprehensive limitation of
liability that applies to all damages of any kind,
including, and without limitation, compensatory, direct, indirect or
consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or
damage to property and claims of third parties.
Links
The American CRNA Magazine site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that
we, American CRNA Magazine, are not responsible for the privacy practices of other
such sites. We encourage our visitors to be aware when they leave
our site and to read the privacy statements of each Web site that
collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement
applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
Surveys
From time to time, our site requests information from visitors via
surveys. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary and
the visitor has a choice whether or not to provide any requested
information. Information requested may include contact information
(such as name and shipping address) and demographic information
(such as income level or age group). Survey information will be used
for purposes of monitoring or improving the use of and satisfaction
of our site.
List Rentals
We DO NOT make American CRNA Magazine member names, mailing addresses, or other
personal information available to other organizations outside of
American CRNA Magazine and its service providers. Our member information is not for sale.
Security
The American CRNA Magazine site takes substantial precautions to protect our
visitors’ information. American CRNA Magazine maintains practices and
procedures designed to ensure the security, integrity and
confidentiality of member and subscriber information. We restrict
and limit access to our database information only to those who need
it to carry out their business functions. Credit card
information is securely transmitted via the CyberSource payment gateway and is not
stored or maintained by American CRNA Magazine.
If you have any questions about the security of the American CRNA Magazine site,
you can contact our Customer Service Department.
Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a registered user’s personally identifiable information changes
(such as zip code, phone, e-mail or postal address), it can be updated by the registered user
via the user's personal account in the online Member Area. If a visitor
no longer desires our service and wishes their profile to be
removed from the site, we must receive an email request for removal.
Profile removal does not include information saved in previous
database backups. Removal of a user's profile does not free the
user from responsibility and/or legal liability from the user's
use of the site up to and including the date the profile is removed.
Profile removal requests must be sent to our Customer Service Department.
Notification of Changes
If American CRNA Magazine implements a change to our privacy policy, we will post those
changes to this privacy statement, as well as notify our registered users via email.
In addition, if we would like to use visitors’ personally
identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at
the time of collection, we will notify visitors via e-mail. Visitors
will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in
this different manner.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
This notice is hereby given that AmericanCRNA.com will not accept submissions
of any kind from children under the age of 13 years. Such unwanted submissions include,
but are not limited to, applying for membership to the American CRNA Magazine site as a CRNA, client,
or advertiser.
We will not accept communication from children under the age of 13 years via postal mail, email,
telephone, or other means of communication. Member registrations found to have been submitted
by a minor will be rejected.
Publishing Information/Affiliations
American CRNA Magazine is a private publication. We are not affiliated with the AANA or any other professional organization,
public or private. American CRNA Magazine is published as a free private online community for certified registered nurse anesthetists
(CRNAs) living and working in the United States.
Contact Information
If visitors have any questions regarding our privacy
policy, please contact our Customer Service Department.
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