Terms of use

The following provisions apply to information Sky Lakes Medical Center Inc. learns about or obtains from you when you visit the Sky Lakes Medical Center website.

These provisions may be changed from time to time and without notice at Sky Lakes Medical Center’s sole discretion and as provided by applicable law. You should check this Privacy Policy frequently for any such changes, however, your continued access or use of the site shall constitute acceptance of any modifications of the Privacy Policy.

Sky Lakes Medical Center’s use of information gathered or obtained, whenever used, is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of such use.

Sky Lakes Medical Center is a leading healthcare facility serving southern Oregon and northern California and collects and uses certain personal information from you in connection with your use of this website (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy is designed to inform users how we collect and use personal information on this Site so you can make informed decisions about using our Site and submitting personal information.

The following provisions apply to information you give us and automated information we regularly collect and log when you visit the Site.

What we collect

Sky Lakes Medical Center receives and stores personal information you enter on the site or provide to us in any other manner. This may include but is not limited to your personally identifiable information such as your name, address or e-mail address. You may choose not to provide information.

One or more areas of the Site may require you to register for access. As part of the registration process, you may be asked for a username, password, or other personally identifiable information in order to verify your identity, establish the account, promote security and enable your access to various online features.

If you sign up for free newsletters, reminders or an e-mail service, Sky Lakes Medical Center, through its web service provider, will collect your name, e-mail address and other personal information for the purpose of sending you the requested communications. Instructions for unsubscribing from the newsletters and other e-mail services are located at the bottom of each newsletter or e-mail. Click the link given and your subscription will be deleted.

The Site may from time to time request information from you via surveys. If you wish to participate, you may be asked to provide personal information in addition to any feedback that you wish to share.

If you want to see information you have submitted or to update or correct such information, please contact us.

Our web service provider automatically receives and logs certain types of information whenever you visit the Site. In addition to information you voluntarily provide to us, we may log the name of the domain and host from which you access the internet, the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using, the browser and operating system you are using, the date and time you access the Site, and the internet address of the website from which you linked to the Site. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the Site, track users’ movements through the Site and to gather broad types of information for aggregate use.

Internet Protocol (IP) addresses are numbers automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider each time you access the Internet. This number may change or may stay the same each time you go online. The IP address is logged on the server of our web service provider when your computer requests information from the Site. Like many other websites, the Sky Lakes Medical Center web service provider may use IP addresses to collect aggregate information that is not linked with personal information about you.

Sky Lakes Medical Center and its web service provider may use cookies to track your site usage for security purposes or to target your interests in an effort to enhance your experience on the Site. Cookies are files that help your browser remember certain information from the Site so that you can retrieve it later. Cookies transmit information back to the Site each time your browser requests a page from the Site.

If you do not want to receive and store cookies from the Site, you can set your browser to not accept cookies. Consult the help section of your browser for more information about turning the cookie feature off. If you decide to turn off cookies, you may not be able to access or use portions of the Site or they may not display properly. Some of the business partners to which the Site links may use cookies on the Sky Lakes Medical Center Site and we have no access to or control over these cookies.

How we use the information

Sky Lakes Medical Center and its web service provider use the information you provide and that we collect to contact you about your use of the Site or about our products and services; administer the Site and diagnose problems with the server used for the Site; enroll you in e-mail services; fulfill the specific purpose for which the information was provided; reply to your comments, questions and requests for information; to measure the usage of the Site and how the Site is used in order to make the Site as useful as possible to our visitors.

Neither Sky Lakes Medical Center nor its web service provider will sell, share or rent any of your personal information to others in ways different from that which is disclosed in the Privacy Policy without first obtaining your consent.

If you are accessing this Site or a co-branded version of this Site through another provider’s website, then any information collected by Sky Lakes Medical Center or its web service provider may be shared with that provider.

Sky Lakes Medical Center through its web service provider may disclose personal information you provide to independent contractors, service providers and consultants who are engaged by or working with Sky Lakes Medical Center or its web service provider, consistent with all applicable laws and regulations. We may also partner with other parties to provide specific services and will share information with them in order to facilitate their provision of service to you.

Sky Lakes Medical Center may also contract with outside companies to administer or provide other services, such as mailing lists. Your personal information may be shared with an outside company for the sole purpose of administering the products, services and programs you have selected. Sky Lakes Medical Center, through its Web services provider, makes an effort to ensure, but does not guarantee, that all third-party partners agree to the same high level of privacy safeguards that Sky Lakes Medical Center, through its web services provider, provides to its Site users. We may share aggregated information (that is, information we collect that does not allow you to be personally identified such as demographic and site usage information) with third parties without your authorization. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual. Sky Lakes Medical Center reserves the right to share information with third parties if required to do so by laws or regulations or if in our good-faith judgment such action is reasonably necessary to comply with the legal process, to respond to any claims or to protect the rights of Sky Lakes Medical Center, its customers or the public.

This Site may contain links to other websites. These links are for the convenience of visitors to the Site only and Sky Lakes Medical Center makes no representations whatsoever regarding such other sites. Users should review the privacy policies of other sites carefully before providing any information to such sites. Sky Lakes Medical Center is not responsible for the privacy policies, procedures or content of any other website. This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected on this Site.

Parents of babies born at Sky Lakes Medical Center’s Family Birth Center may choose to have electronic images of their newborn infant posted to the Babies Online section of the Site. Sky Lakes Medical Center maintains a business partnership with New Baby News for the photo service on the Site. Information other than that authorized for release to the Site is not shared except as required by applicable laws and regulations and when legally required to do so.

Users who choose to access the email announcement and electronic baby book features of the Babies Online section will go to a portion of newbabynews.com maintained by a party other than Sky Lakes Medical Center or its web services provider. Neither Sky Lakes Medical Center nor its web services provider receive any personal information about you or your messages from newbabynews.com.

We will respond to any subpoena received from a government agency without prior notice to users. Unless prohibited by law or by a valid court order, we will notify you of any subpoena received from any other party (i.e., for civil litigation) which requires us to disclose your identity and will wait 14 days or a lesser amount of time as required by the deadline in the subpoena before providing the information requested by the subpoena.

Online purchases

When users visit the gift shop portion of the Babies Online section of the Site and click on an offered item, they will be directed to either amazon.com or proflowers.com or another website maintained by a party other than Sky Lakes Medical Center’s web service provider. Sky Lakes Medical Center through its web service provider maintains relationships with and provides links to amazon.com, proflowers.com or any other such website in order to let users easily purchase books, flowers and gifts directly from amazon.com and proflowers.com. Neither Sky Lakes Medical Center nor its web service provider receives information about your financial transactions on those websites. Sky Lakes Medical Center through its web service provider may receive general information from amazon.com or proflowers.com or such other websites indicating how many users visit amazon.com, proflowers.com or other such websites through our Site.

Neither Sky Lakes Medical Center nor its web services provider handles any financial transaction through our applications. Sky Lakes Medical Center maintains an associate relationship with amazon.com and an affiliate relationship with proflowers.com. These relationships give users the option to leave the Site and go to amazon.com or proflowers.com to purchase books, gifts and flowers. Neither Sky Lakes Medical Center nor its web services provider receive any personal information about you or your financial transactions from amazon.com or proflowers.com.

Security

The Site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information under the control of Sky Lakes Medical Center or its web services provider.

The Site is not directed at children under the age of 13. Sky Lakes Medical Center complies with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Neither Sky Lakes Medical Center nor its web services provider will knowingly permit registration or submission of personal information by anyone younger than age 13.

Opt out

If you do not want Sky Lakes Medical Center or its web services provider to share information we collect or receive about you, you may notify us by contacting us or writing to Webmaster, Sky Lakes Medical Center, 2865 Daggett Ave., Klamath Falls, OR, 97601; or calling 541.882.6311.

Conditions of use

Your access and use of the Site is subject to this Privacy Policy and the applicability of the laws of the state of Oregon.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or any other questions concerning the Site, please contact us or write to Webmaster, Sky Lakes Medical Center, 2865 Daggett Ave., Klamath Falls, OR, 97601, 541.882.6311.

Joint Notice of Privacy Practices

We understand that medical information about you and your health is personal. All of us at Sky Lakes Medical Center are committed to protecting medical information about you. We create a record of the care and services you receive at the medical center. We need this record to provide you with quality care and to comply with certain legal requirements.

This notice applies to all of the records of your care generated by the medical center, whether made by medical center personnel or your personal doctor. Your personal doctor may have different policies or notices regarding the doctor’s use and disclosure of your medical information created in the doctor’s office or clinic.

This notice will tell you about the ways in which we may use and disclose medical information about you. We also describe your rights and certain obligations we have regarding the use and disclosure of medical information.

We are required by law to

Make sure that medical information that identifies you is kept private.

Give you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to medical information about you.

Follow the terms of the notice that is currently in effect.

This Joint Notice of Privacy Practices describes how protected health information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.

If you have any questions about this notice, please contact the Privacy Officer at 541.274.6248.

The Joint Notice of Privacy Practices.

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