Notice of Privacy Practices

Thank you for visiting HealthQ’s website and for reviewing our Website Notice of Privacy Practices. We collect no information about you other than information automatically collected and stored (as defined below) when you visit our website, unless you choose to provide additional information.

If you make an online donation to, or purchase material from, HealthQ, you will be asked for your credit card information. Our donation and purchase pages are stored on a secure server (evidenced by https://healthq1.wpengine.com/) that is designed to protect sensitive information. After you click “submit”, your information is encrypted before being sent to HealthQ.

HQ’s third-party vendors employ SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browsers remain private and integral. SSL is an industry-standard.

The information you provide is used only to process donations or materials sales and will not be disclosed, sold, traded, or rented to any other third party.

To read more about the security measures maintained by our third-party database vendor, click here

When you browse through any website, certain personal information about you can be collected. Through our website, we automatically collect and temporarily store the following information about your visit: The name of the domain you use to access the Internet (i.e., aol.com, if you are using an American Online account, or stanford.edu, if you are connecting from Stanford University’s domain), the date and time of your visit, the country where your Internet service provider is based, the pages you visited, and the referring website address. We use this information for statistical purposes only and to help us make our site more useful to visitors. Unless it is specifically stated otherwise, no additional information will be collected.

A cookie is a small text file that a web server places on a user’s computer hard drive to be a unique identifier. Cookies enable sites to track usage patterns and deliver customized content to users.

HealthQ’s site contains links to other sites. These links are provided to help you find information or services that relate to our mission and may be of interest to users of this website. HealthQ is not responsible for, and makes no representation regarding, the privacy practices or content of those sites. You should check the policy statements of those websites.

You do not have to give us personal information to visit our website. If you choose to provide additional information about yourself through an e-mail message or form, we will only maintain the information for its intended purpose and will not share it with any other party. E-mail addresses that are provided for a specific purpose are used solely for that purpose, such as our advocacy e-mail list. Otherwise they are used solely to respond to a question, comment, or request via the e-mail address provided.

To read more about the security measures maintained by our third-party electronic medical records vendor, click here

When visitors supply contact information, they may receive periodic contacts from us. If supporters wish to receive only certain mailings, or wish to receive no correspondence at all, or if any personal information needs to be corrected, please let us know by contacting us via any method described below. We will try to ensure that all requests are honored.

HealthQ does not disclose, give, sell or transfer any personal information about our website visitors, including e-mail addresses, unless required by law enforcement or statute.

Feel free to contact HealthQ with any comments, questions, or issues about this policy via any of the methods listed below

HealthQ maintains this website to enhance public access to its information and resources.

We try to maintain this website with accurate and timely information and links. However, we are not responsible for any changes or inaccuracies on sites or pages that are linked to this site or for any viruses that may be transmitted through linked sites.

The content and links on this site may be changed at any time without notice. Links to other sites are intended as a service to website users, but do not constitute an endorsement of those sites or a verification of the accuracy or currency of those sites. Any link on this site will be removed upon request by the linked entity. Please notify the webmaster of any flawed links.

Information on this website is only intended as general summary information that is made available to the public. It is not intended to provide specific medical advice or to take the place of either the written law or regulations.

Information resources are designed to help users better understand reproductive health care services, family planning issues, and their own health and diagnosed conditions. Individuals are urged to consult with qualified health care providers for diagnosis and treatment and for answers to personal health care questions.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of electronic documents and resources provided on this website. HealthQ makes no warranties, expressed or implied, regarding errors or omissions and assumes no legal liability or responsibility for loss or damage resulting from the use of the information contained within.