Privacy Statement
The Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association and its website
(mhalink.org)
The Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
(MHA) is highly sensitive to the privacy interests of consumers and
believes that the protection of those interests is one of our most
significant responsibilities. You may visit our web site and browse
without giving us any personal information.
You may be asked
to provide limited contact information when sending MHA messages via the
web site. Contact information submitted to MHA is intended solely
for the use in communications specific to the comment or question
submitted.
Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored
by your browser on your computer's hard drive. MHA uses cookies to
personalize your visit on mhalink.org. For example, cookies allow
us to recognize you when you return to our site. Most web browsers
are automatically set to accept cookies. To change this, or to show a
warning each time a cookie request is received, please review your
browser's guidelines.
While MHA provides general information to
the public about hospitals in the state of Massachusetts, we also
develop guidance materials for hospitals and health systems that only
MHA members may access through our members-only secure content website
(My MHA).
In acknowledgment of our obligations to protect
the privacy interests of consumers, mhalink.org has adopted the
following Privacy Policy applicable to information about consumers
acquired in the course of our business:
- Acquisition of
Information. We do not acquire any more information about consumers than
is necessary to provide a high level of service.
- Our Employees
and Privacy. We give access to information about consumers only to those
employees who require it to perform their jobs.
- Disclosure to
Third Parties. We will provide individually-identifiable information
about consumers to third parties only if we are compelled to do so by
order of a duly-empowered governmental authority, we have the express
permission of the consumer, or it is necessary to provide our
services.
- Privacy and Our Affiliates and Partnering
Organizations. When we make our technology or services available to our
members, we will not share with them any more consumer information than
is necessary. We will also make every reasonable effort to assure,
by contract or otherwise, that they use our information in a manner that
is consistent with this Privacy Policy.
By using mhalink.org
you consent to the collection and use of your information by MHA as set
forth. If we decide to change our statement, such changes will be
posted here on the web site, so please check back periodically to insure
that you have the most current statement.
Please take a moment to
also review the MHA website Terms of Use. If you have questions
about this privacy policy, please send an e-mail to info@mhalink.org