Privacy Policy

Medical Database, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company (“Medical Database, We, Us”), the owner of medicaldatabase.com (the “Website”) respects the privacy of its members and visitors (“you”, “user”) to the Website. To protect online privacy, Medical Database has implemented the following privacy policy.

This privacy policy sets out how Medical Database and its parent company other subsidiaries and affiliates) will use and protect any information that you share with give Medical Database when using the Website.

What We Collect

When you visit the Website, we may collect the following information:

  • name and job title
  • contact information including email address
  • demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
  • other information relevant to user surveys and/or offers

Any data Medical Database collects is used to help us better serve you and improve our Website’s content.

What We Do With The Information We Gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

  • Internal record keeping.
  • We may use the information to improve our products and services.
  • We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
  • From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.
  • We may use aggregate information for marketing purposes and may provide that information to our marketing partners

Medical Database may share information among its subsidiaries, parent or sites that it owns or controls, but is always protected under the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Non-Personal Information We Collect About You

Even if you do not register or purchase a membership with Medical Database, we may collect non-personal information about your use of our Website - information that is not traceable back to any individual and cannot be used to identify an individual (”Non-Personal Information”). For example, click stream information (a record of all the pages you have visited during your visit to a particular website or the services you accessed from the site or from an email. Click stream information is associated with your browser and not with you personally. It records the archives of your browser, is Non-Personal Information, as is information such as gender, age, city and state when not linked with other personally identifiable information. Personally, identifiable information is information that can be traced back to an individual (contrast with Non-Personal Information and aggregate Information) (“Personally Identifiable Information”). Examples of Personally Identifiable Information include your name, home address, telephone number, email address, and Social Security number. If other pieces of information are linked to Personally Identifiable Information, they also become Personally Identifiable Information. For example, if you use a nickname to chat online and give out your real name while chatting, your nickname becomes Personally Identifiable Information when linked with other Personally Identifiable Information.

Security

There is no such thing as "guaranteed security," whether online or offline. Having established this fact, Medical Database is committed to ensuring that your information is secure to the highest level employed by websites offering similar products and services. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we employ generally accepted industry standards and suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How We Use Cookies And Web Beacons

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes, by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

Medical Database may use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our Website in order to tailor it to user needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help Medical Database provide you with a better website experience, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

We may collect Non-Personal Information about your use of our Website and your use of the websites of selected sponsors and advertisers through the use of cookies. Every computer that accesses our Website may be assigned a different cookie by Medical Database. The information collected by cookies (i) helps us generate dynamic advertising and content on web pages or in newsletters, (ii) allows us to statistically monitor how many people are using our Website 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 aids and as session timers.

We also may use web beacons to collect Non-Personal Information about your use of our Website and the websites of selected sponsors and advertisers, and your use of special promotions or newsletters. Web beacons are tiny graphic image files, imbedded in a web page in GIF, jpeg or HTML format, typically used to monitor activity on a web page and send back to its home server (which can belong to the host site, a network advertiser or some other third party) information from your browser, such as the IP address, the URL of the page on which the beacon is located, the type of browser that is accessing the site and the ID number of any cookies on your computer previously placed by that server. Web beacons can also be used to place a cookie on your computer. 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 Website 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.

You Can Decline/Disable Cookies

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Website.

Links To Other Websites

Our Website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over those other websites and their operation. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and review the privacy statements applicable to the websites in question.

Sponsors or advertisers on our Website may use their own cookies, web beacons or other online tracking technologies in the banner advertisements served on our Website and in emails, special promotions and/or newsletters we send you. Some advertisers use companies other than Medical Database 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 Website. In certain situations, information collection may be facilitated by momentarily directing your browser to the website 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 (e.g., back to our Website to display the ad, or to the advertiser's website); this re-direction process will not be apparent to you.

Certain content and services which may be offered to you through our Website are served on websites hosted and operated by a company other than Medical Database ("Third Party Websites"). Medical Database does not disclose your Personally Identifiable Information to these Third-Party Websites without your consent; however, you should be aware that any information you disclose once you access these Third-Party Websites is not subject to Medical Database’s Privacy Policy. Medical Database does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for the privacy practices of these Third-Party Websites. You should review the privacy policy posted on these Third-Party Websites to understand how they collect and use your Personally Identifiable Information. Medical Database will notify for you when you are about to leave our Website and enter one of these Third-party Websites, either by requiring you to click on a link or by notifying you on the site before you visit the third-party site. Medical Database may also provide links to websites provided by Third Party Websites that have business arrangements with Medical Database to pay commissions based on sales of products or services generated through Medical Database. We do not control the use by these Third-Party Websites of Cookies or Web Beacons, or how they manage the Non-Personal Information they gather through them.

Controlling Your Personal Information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your Personal Identifiable Information in the following ways:

  • whenever you are asked to fill in a form on our Website, simply click the box provided to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
  • if you have previously agreed to our usage of your Personally Identifiable Information for direct marketing purposes, you may revoke such consent at any time by writing to or emailing us at info@medicaldatabase.com. Please allow at least ten business days for such renovation to go into effect.

    • Medical Database will not sell, distribute or lease your Personally Identifiable Information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your Personally Identifiable Information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you opt in to such communications.

Google Analytics

Our Website may use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Medical Database does not provide any Personally Identifiable Information to Google Analytics. Google Analytics uses cookies to help the Website analyze how users use our Website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on Website activity for Website operators and providing other services relating to Website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this Website. By using Medical Database’s Website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

If you believe that any information Medical Database possesses regarding you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will correct any information found to be incorrect as soon as practicable.

Privacy Of Children

The Federal Trade Commission has issued special laws protecting the collection and transfer of the personal information of minors on the Internet. Medical Database is committed to protecting the privacy of minors. Neither Medical Database nor any of its services are designed or intended to attract children under the age of 13. We do not collect Personally Identifiable Information from any person we actually know to be under the age of 13.

Medical Database’s Operations And Maintenance Contractors

Medical Database’s operations and maintenance contractors sometimes have limited access to your Personally Identifiable Information in the course of providing products or services to Medical Database. These contractors include vendors and suppliers who provide us with technology, services, and/or content for the operation and maintenance of our Website. Unless you have opted-out of receiving emails and newsletters from Medical Database, these contractors also may have access to your email address for the purpose of sending newsletters or special promotions to you on our behalf or to send emails to you for purposes of conducting market research on our behalf. Access to your Personally Identifiable Information by these contractors is limited to the information reasonably necessary for the contractor to perform its limited function for Medical Database. We also contractually require that our operations and maintenance contractors 1) protect the privacy of your Personally Identifiable Information consistent with this Privacy Policy, and 2) not use or disclose your Personally Identifiable Information for any purpose other than providing us with products and services as required by law.

Membership

When you agree to license materials on the Medical Database through a paid membership, you may be asked to provide Personally Identifiable Information. This Personally Identifiable Information is used for Medical Database’s internal purposes only and will not be released to third parties for any reason. Medical Database may place a cookie on your computer as a result of your membership to be used only for the benefit of your use of the Website. We do not receive, collect or store any credit card or financial account numbers. You will be directed to a different website for the processing of any credit card transactions.

Except as described in this Privacy Policy or as specifically agreed to by you, Medical Database will not disclose any Personally Identifiable Information or personal health information it gathers from you on our Website. We may only release Personally Identifiable Information 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 Information or personal health information to a third party, Medical Database will attempt to notify you unless doing so would violate the law or court order.

When your Personally Identifiable Information is combined with known health characteristics, it becomes Personal Health Information. We do not collect Personal Health Information.

Information We Collect When You Register

Visitors registering for services on our Website are asked to provide us with identifying information, such as name, contact information and institution with whom you are affiliated. Any user information housed on our servers is secured through a current SSL certificate. All financial information required is handled through our third-party payer, Stripe. Stripe keeps your financial information securely encrypted and does not share it with sellers or merchants. Stripe is compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard ("PCI DSS") as a Level 1 service provider. To learn more about Stripe’s privacy policy and security please visit On our registration screen, we clearly label which information is required for registration, and which information is optional and may be given at your discretion. Our Website will display terms of use to any visitor interested in becoming a member before collecting any Personally Identifiable Information.

Protection Of Information

Medical Database has established the following security systems and policies to protect and secure the privacy of all Personally Identifiable Information collected through our Website.

General Policies

We have implemented technology and security policies, rules and other measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from unauthorized access, improper use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction, and accidental loss. Any user information housed on our servers is secured through a current SSL certificate. We also protect your information by requiring that all our associates and affiliates who have access to or are associated with the processing of your data respect your confidentiality. Medical Database uses security methods to determine the identity of its registered users, so that appropriate rights and restrictions can be enforced for that user. Reliable verification of user identity is called authentication which is used in our webpage for any user. Medical Database will send the password to new or modified user to his given email and ask the user to go through authentication to be certified as a user. Furthermore, our system uses both passwords and usernames to authenticate users. Users are responsible for maintaining their own passwords and they can change as many times as they like.

Your Consent

By using the Medical Database’s site, you acknowledge your acceptance of this Privacy Policy as well as the Website's Terms Of Use (click here to review Terms of Use).

Medical Database reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Accordingly, you are encouraged to review our Privacy Policy frequently. In the event, we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you here, by email, and by means of a notice on our home page. The revised version of our Privacy Policy will be effective as of the time we post it. If we decide to amend our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes to on this page, the home page, and other places appropriate throughout our Website so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

If you have questions or concerns regarding Medical Database’s Privacy Policy, we encourage you to contact us by email at info@medicaldatabase.com.