Privacy Policy
Collecting and Using Personal Information
Welcome to Human Care Pathlabs’ website. We appreciate your interest in us! When you visit and navigate our sites and when you communicate with us via our website, we will not collect personal information about you unless you provide us with that information voluntarily. If you provide personal information to us voluntarily via our website, we will not sell, license or transmit that information outside of Pathology Laboratory and affiliated vendors/contractors who are involved in administering or providing services for the fulfillment of your specific information requests (newsletters and e-health information). We will disclose information in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and will require recipients to protect the information and use it only for the purpose provided.
By “personal information,” we mean data that is unique to an individual, such as a name, address, email, or mobile/telephone number. We may request personal information from you at our site to deliver requested materials to you, respond to your questions or deliver a product or service.
E-Mail and Asking Questions
First of all, you must realize that any online health services and health information are not intended as a substitute for direct information from a trained medical professional, such as a physician, nurse, or caregiver. You should always consult directly with a medical professional for diagnosis and treatment of any specific health problems or immediate health concerns. The information on our website is not medical advice!
We welcome your health-related comments or questions or general questions about our website and have provided e-mail contact opportunities for that purpose. We will share your comments and questions with our customer service personnel and those employees most capable of addressing your questions and concerns.
Beyond answering your question, website management personnel will periodically review questions (without patient identifiers or e-mail addresses) to determine if additional information should be placed on the website that would benefit other patients.
Healthcare Content on this Site
The healthcare content on this site has been authored by Pathology Laboratory staff members and physicians on our medical staff, except for some of the information contained in the “Health Information” section. This informative healthcare content was originally authored by our experts and approved by both experts and governing board of Human Care Pathlabs.
Information Security
We will use security procedures to protect the personal information you submit to us from misuse or unauthorized disclosure. The personal information that you submit to us is stored in a secure database behind an electronic firewall. You can access your personal information only by using a password. We encourage you to change your password regularly and not share it with anyone.
Access to the data is limited to a few computer technicians for our site who need to maintain the database and who also use passwords for that access, as well as outside vendors who may occasionally assist us in maintaining and improving our hardware and software tools.
We will make every effort to safeguard your personal information. However, like other Internet sites, we cannot guarantee that it is completely secure from people who might attempt to evade security measures or intercept transmissions over the Internet.
Other Information/”Cookies”
You should also be aware that when you visit our website, we collect certain information that does not identify you personally, but provides us with “usage data,” such as the number of visitors we receive or what pages are visited most often. This data helps us to analyze and improve the usefulness of the information we provide online. We do not collect information about your specific use of the site or track what you view.
We use IP addresses to collect aggregate information about the number of visitors and site usage. An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) whenever you access the Internet. This number may be the same each time you access the Internet or it may change. The address is logged on our server when your computer requests information. However, to allow users to access our site anonymously, your IP address is not linked with personal information about you. (We reserve the right, however, to use IP addresses to identify any individuals who threaten our site, service, or customers.)
As our website develops, we may also use what is known as “cookie” technology. A “cookie” is an element of data that a website can send to your browser when you link to that website. It is not a computer program and cannot read data residing on your computer or instruct it to perform any step or function. By assigning a unique data element to each visitor, the website can recognize repeat users, track usage patterns, and better serve you when you return to that site. The cookie does not extract other personal information about you, such as your name or address. Most browsers provide a simple procedure that will enable you to control whether you want to receive cookies by notifying you when a website is about to deposit a cookie file.
Linking to Other Sites
From time to time our website may provide links to other websites, not owned or controlled by Human Care Pathlabs that we think might be useful or of interest to you. We cannot, however, be responsible for the privacy practices used by other website owners or the content or accuracy of those other websites. Links to various outside websites do not constitute or imply endorsement by Human Care Pathlabs of these websites, any products or services described on these sites, or any other material contained in them.
Changes to This Statement
Human Care Pathlabs may change this statement from time to time without notice. This privacy statement is not intended to and does not create any contractual or other legal rights on or on behalf of any party.