Privacy Statement
Collection and Use
Allegheny Plastic Surgery, a private practice operating in the state of Maryland, uses the following set of privacy principles:
1. The only information Allegheny Plastic Surgery obtains about individual visitors to its Web site is that which is supplied voluntarily by visitors.
2. Personally identifiable information (name, e-mail or home address, etc.) will not be disclosed to anyone other than the physicians and staff of Allegheny Plastic Surgery.
Log Files and IP Addresses
An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet. All computer identification on the Internet is conducted with IP addresses, which allow computers and servers to recognize and communicate with each other. alleghenyplasticsurgery.com collects IP addresses in order to conduct system administration, evaluate aggregate such as total traffic to the site, and conduct site analysis.
If a visitor requests (clicks on links to) pages within Allegheny Plastic Surgery, the alleghenyplasticsurgery.com servers enter the visitor's IP address into a log. To maintain visitor anonymity, Allegheny Plastic Surgery does not associate IP addresses with records containing personal information. However, we do use IP addresses to identify any visitors who refuse to comply with our in-house rules or terms of service, and to identify visitors who threaten our service, site, customers or others.
Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to an individual's hard disk for record keeping purposes. Allegheny Plastic Surgery does not use cookies.
External (Destination) Links
In order to provide visitors with greater value, the physicians at Allegheny Plastic Surgery may provide links to various third party Web sites. However, even if a third-party affiliation exists between this site and that destination site, Allegheny Plastic Surgery exercises no authority over linked sites, each of which maintains independent privacy and data collection policies and procedures.
Allegheny Plastic Surgery assumes no responsibility or liability for these sites' independent methods or actions and is not responsible for the independent policies or procedures of destination sites. Similarly, we cannot take responsibility for the privacy initiatives or the content of such Web sites. These destination links are provided only for your convenience; access them at your own risk.
Security Measures
Allegheny Plastic Surgery does not use encrypted messaging. Any message sent over email has the possibility, albeit small, to be intercepted by a third party.
Allegheny Plastic Surgery maintains strict policies about which staff and other parties may view patient identifiable information. If you wish to request a copy of our internal policy, please contact us.
Contacting Us About Privacy Issues
If you have any questions about the our privacy statement, the practices of this Web site, or your interaction with this Web site, contact us.
Disclaimer
The views expressed herein are solely those of Allegheny Plastic Surgery. The information and descriptions contained herein are not intended to be complete descriptions of the procedures, products and services offered by Allegheny Plastic Surgery nor of the limitations, conditions, exclusions and other considerations relating thereto. Such information is provided by Allegheny Plastic Surgery for general information purposes only and cannot be relied upon by any third party without the expressed written consent of Allegheny Plastic Surgery.
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