Privacy Policy
Last updated: November 30, 2024
Protecting your privacy is important to Medication Guide. We do not collect your personal information, such as names and mailing or e-mail addresses, while you visit this website unless you knowingly provide this information to us. By using this website, you consent to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
What Information Do We Collect From You?
You can use our website without registering for an account or submitting any personal information. You will be asked to provide us with personal information linked to you specifically if you engage in the following activities on the website:
- Registering for an account
- Making a donation
The personal information you will be asked to provide if you engage in these activities includes name, e-mail address and billing address. If you donate to the project through our website, we will require your credit card information. Credit card transactions on the website are processed by Stripe, our third-party payment vendor. Medication Guide does not collect or store credit card information and all payments are handled by Stripe. Please consult Stripe’s Privacy Policy here.
How Do We Use Your Information?
We may use personal information collected from you in the following ways:
- To enable you to access and use our website, including logging into your account
- To process and complete donations, and send you related information, including donation confirmations and invoices.
- To provide service and support, including responding to your comments, questions and requests.
If we want to use your information for any other purpose, we will ask you for consent and will use your information only on receiving your consent and then, only for the purpose(s) for which grant consent unless we are required to do otherwise by law.
Do We Share Your Information?
We will not share your personal information with third parties for the purpose of marketing their products, but we may share your personal information with companies that provide us with support services in operating the website and marketing our services. We share your personal information only if these companies require such information to perform their functions. We do not authorize these companies to use your personal information for any other purpose. We will share your personal information with the appropriate authorities if we believe in good faith that doing so is required by law or court order, to protect our rights or property, or to protect the safety of our users or the public.
Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of data that is transferred to your browser by a server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies are widely used by websites in order to help them work better and more efficiently, as well as to provide analytical information.
We use cookies to help us improve the website experience and deliver more personalized service to our customers. For instance, cookies enable our website to remember unique information about your visit such as your shopping cart contents. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can set your browser preferences to block cookies and delete existing cookies from your browser. We recommend that you accept cookies so that all of the features of the website function properly.
We also use the following third party cookies on the website:
- Like many website providers, we use Google Analytics to monitor and analyze traffic to the website. This service collects information about browsers and users and their activity on our website. To opt out and prevent your data being used by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On. For further information, see Google’s privacy policy.
- Stripe is the online payment vendor we use to process credit card transactions on the website. Stripe optimizes and operates their services using cookies for authentication, fraud detection & prevention and more. For further information, see Stripe’s privacy policy and cookie policy.
- We use Cloudflare’s CDN services for content delivery optimization. Cloudflare uses cookies as part of its security and threat detection measures. For further information, see Cloudflare’s privacy policy.
Is My Information Secure?
We strive to maintain the safety of your information. All information you provide to us is stored on a secure server. All credit card transactions are processed by Stripe, which uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to protect the security of your payment information. Access to your account information requires a password. You are responsible for keeping this password confidential.
Notwithstanding our commitment to protect your information (including personally identifiable information), the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. As a result, although we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee the security and privacy of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. We assume no responsibility for unauthorized access to your information.
Policy Towards Children
In accordance with our Terms of Use, Medication Guide is only intended for users aged 18 and above. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, please do not provide us with any personal information. If we learn that we have collected any personally identifiable information from a child under 13, we will take steps to promptly delete the information.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
Medication Guide may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. You can review the current version of the Privacy Policy by clicking on the website’s Privacy Policy link, available at medicationguide.org/legal/privacy. All modifications are effective immediately when we post them and will be prospective only. You agree that your use of the website after a modification will be treated as acceptance of the modified Privacy Policy. We recommend that you check this Privacy Policy each time you plan to submit personally identifiable information so that you understand how the information you are submitting will be used.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or practices, please contact us at [email protected].