PRIVACY STATEMENT
Policy Statement on Privacy & Confidentiality for Internet CME Activities
Center for Continuing Medical Education
Albert Einstein College of Medicine & Montefiore Medical Center
This statement explains the Center for Continuing Medical Education’s online information practices to assure your privacy when participating in CME activities on the Internet.
INFORMATION COLLECTED AND PURPOSE
Regarding visitors to the Internet site:
- We collect aggregate information on what pages are visited in order to assess and improve the content of the site.
- Our Web server does not automatically recognize information regarding individual users, e.g. domain name or E-mail address.
- We do not set any “cookies” to track visitor’s identification or use of the site.
When visitors register for CME activities:
- We ask for information about their identity in order to maintain a record of their participation.
Additionally, when visitors participate in Internet CME activities:
- We ask participants to complete a knowledge test as part of a CME activity in order to provide feedback concerning the participant’s understanding of the content.
- We ask participants to evaluate CME activities in order to improve these activities and future ones.
OTHER USES OF INFORMATION
We may use the information you provide to contact you:
- To check on potential verification problems, e.g. duplicate registration for the same activity
- To ask for more detail about information you have provided, e.g., on your suggestions for improvements.
You may request that we provide you with a copy of our record of the information that you provided to use. (See “Contact Information” below.)
CHANGE IN POLICY
If our information practices change, we will modify this policy statement and use for these new purposes only data collected from the time of the policy change forward.
SECURITY
We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you.
CONCERNS ABOUT FOLLOWING POLICY
If you feel that actions associated with this site are not consistent with this privacy policy, you may contact the CCME office directly (see “contact Information” below). Alternatively, you may contact the Center for Continuing Medical Education by E-mail at cme@montefiore.org.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have questions about this privacy policy or other questions regarding CME at the Center for Continuing Medical Education, you are welcome to contact us:
Phone
(718) 920-6674
Fax
(718) 798-2336
E-mail
cme@montefiore.org
Mail
Center for Continuing Medical Education
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center
3301 Bainbridge Avenue
Bronx, New York 10467