Fine Healthcare Strategic Marketing Services (Pty) Ltd (a company registered in the Republic of South Africa) is an advertising and strategic communications company focusing on the medical market.
Fine Healthcare Strategic Marketing Services (Pty) Ltd would like to present this privacy statement, to disclose its information practices and make certain commitments to users around its privacy practices.
If users have questions or concerns regarding this statement, they should contact Fine Healthcare's Customer Service Department by e-mail at accounts@finehealthcare.co.za
Any references in this privacy statement to:
1. "we", "our" or "us" shall refer individually and collectively to Fine Healthcare Strategic Marketing Services (Pty) Ltd
2. "the Web Site" shall mean www.finehealth.com and www.finehealth.co.za
Information Collection
Fine Healthcare Strategic Marketing Services (Pty) Ltd is the sole owner of the information collected from our users at several different points on the Web Site or through the Service.
Registration
In order to use the Service , a client must complete the registration procedure. The client is required to give his/her name and all necessary information to the accounts executive. We use this information to update our client database and facilitate the user's utilisation of the Web Service.
Client Profiles
We do not knowingly share client information with other third parties.
Cookies and Log Files
We do not use log files. We do log certain information when users access the Web Site or the Service and this includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, platform type and date/time stamp, in order to administer the Web Site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are linked to a user's personally identifiable information but are securely stored.
Newsletter
The Fine Healthcare newsletter, is updated regularly and appears on the web site.
Customer Service
We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account, this is done via email.
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every reasonable effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on us.
Due to the nature of the Service and the nature of the medium of the Internet and telecommunications facilities, we cannot guarantee that information (which may include personal information) transmitted by the user to us or through the Service or to third parties, will not be intercepted by, or disclosed to, unauthorised parties during or after transmission. Similarly, when we send a message to a third party at the request of the user or as part of the Service, we also cannot guarantee that the information contained in that message will not be intercepted by, or disclosed to, unauthorised parties during or after transmission.
Third Party Advertisers
We DO NOT share information with third party advertisers which can be used to identify a specific user.
Business Transitions
In the event that Fine Healthcare Strategic Marketing Services (Pty) Ltd goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users' personal information may, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred. Users may be notified via e-mail and a prominent notice on the Web site for 30 days prior to a change of ownership or control of their personal information. If as a result of the business transition, the users' personally identifiable information will be used in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection they will be given choice consistent with our notification of changes section.
Links
The Web Site and the Service contain links to other websites. Please be aware that these other sites may have different privacy practices and/or we may have no control over the privacy practices of these sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave the Web Site or the Service and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by the Web Site and the Service.
Security
We take reasonable precautions to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information to the web service, we attempt to ensure that their information is protected both online and offline.
Users must take note, however, that due to the nature of the Service and due to the nature of the medium of the Internet and telecommunications facilities, we cannot guarantee that information transmitted by the user to us or through the Service or to third parties, will not be intercepted by, or disclosed to, unauthorised parties during or after transmission. We also have no control over the facilities and security utilised by users.
If users have any questions about the security around the Web Site or the Service, users can send an email to accounts@finehealthcare.co.za
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating User Information
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as email address), we provide a way to correct or update that user's personally identifiable information. This can usually be done by emailing our Customer Service at accounts@finehealthcare.co.za
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post generally those changes to this privacy statement and will give notices of the changes on the homepage of the Web Site, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. However, if users have opted out of all communication with the Service, or deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used in this new manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on the Web Site notifying users of the change. In some cases where we post a notice we will also email users, who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.
Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding this privacy statement, please contact us at accounts@finehealthcare.co.za
Disclaimer
Should we knowingly execute or omit to complete any action, then in such event the spirit of the policy will be upon proper notification thereof to take steps to rectify the position.