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If you are a member of a HealthPartners health plan, please consult the Health Plan Privacy Notice for a description of our privacy practices and the rights of our health plan members. If you are a self-insured member (that is, if your employer is self-insured), please check with your employer for more information about your employer's health plans privacy practices.
If you are a patient at a HealthPartners clinic, please consult the Medical and Dental Clinics Privacy Notice for a description of our privacy practices and the rights of our clinic patients.
If you are a patient at Regions Hospital, please consult the Hospital Privacy Notice for a description of our privacy practices and the rights of our hospital patients.
WEB SITE PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: March 1, 2008
This Web Site Privacy Policy applies to use of this Web site by a visitor. This Privacy Policy discusses what information we collect, how we use it, and how we protect it. HealthPartners members and patients of HealthPartners Clinics and Regions Hospital should also consult the applicable Notice of Privacy Practices described above which may provide additional protection.
Your Personal Information
Personal information refers to specific facts used to identify you as an individual. This information includes your name, email address or other individually identifiable information. We collect personal information at this site only when you supply it to us, such as when you send an e-mail or sign up for a program or service.
To learn what areas of our site are most popular, we collect anonymous, non-personal data about the pages you go to through the use of cookies small files that are placed on your computer's hard drive. Each cookie is automatically deleted after a period of time or when you close your web browser.
How does HealthPartners use my information?
We may use and disclose your personal information for the following purposes:
(1) To our employees and contractors who provide services to you;
(2) To organizations that perform services for us or on our behalf, including, without limitation, to provide customer service; to conduct research, marketing, or data processing; or to provide marketing and promotional services for HealthPartners, to the extent that information is necessary;
(3) To protect the site and our rights; to protect ourselves against liability or prevent fraudulent activity; or, where necessary, to permit us to pursue available remedies or limit any damages that we may sustain;
(4) In connection with the sale, merger, spin-off, or other corporate reorganization, where the information is provided to the new controlling entity in the regular course of business;
(5) If required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, or an order made by a court, person or body with jurisdiction to compel the production of information, or to comply with the rules or court relating to the production of records; and
(6) If we believe in good faith that a law, regulation, rule or guideline requires it.
How does HealthPartners protect my information?
We maintain a variety of physical, electronic and procedure safeguards designed to protect your personal information and prevent unauthorized access.
When you submit personal information over our Web site, the only people who are allowed to see it are those who need it in order to provide the information or service you requested. We may need to share your personal information to comply with legal, regulatory or accreditation requirements.
Although we have used reasonable precautions to safeguard the confidentiality of information received and sent over the Internet or by e-mail, the e-mail functionality on our site does not provide a completely secure and confidential means of communication. It is possible that the information you send by e-mail may be accessed or viewed by an unauthorized third party while in transit to us. Such access is beyond our control.
External Links
This site may contain links to Websites operated by third parties. These links are provided solely for convenience and reference purposes only. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by HealthPartners of the content of any Web site to which this Web site provides a link, nor are we liable for your reliance on or use of any information or materials contained in them. This Privacy Policy applies only to this Web site. Please be aware that HealthPartners isn't responsible for and has no control over the privacy policies and practices of third party sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every Website that requests personal information from you.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may change or supplement this Privacy Policy from time to time and we will post revised versions of this Policy on the site. Privacy Policy changes will apply to the information collected from the date we post the revised Privacy Policy to the site, as well as to existing information held by us.
Contact Information
All questions and concerns about your privacy can be sent to Privacy@healthpartners.com or by mail to:
HealthPartners
8170 33rd Ave. S.
Bloomington, MN 55425
GP:2279548v1
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