Eastern Plumas Healthcare District website is designed to provide useful information about our organization and to connect users with physicians, facilities, services and employment opportunities within Eastern Plumas Healthcare District. We may also provide an online donation service. We hope that the information provided encourages visitors to consider using Eastern Plumas Healthcare District for medical care, or to join our organization as an employee, volunteer, or donor.
Eastern Plumas Healthcare District is committed to protecting the privacy of the users of this website; therefore, this Website Privacy Policy describes how we collect information from you or about you through our website. This Website Privacy Policy also explains why we collect this information, how we will use or disclose this information and how you have the right to update or delete identifiable information about you from our records.
This Website Privacy Policy does not apply to our information collection and use policy or practices offline, which is governed by HIPAA and is available on our Patient Information page.
Eastern Plumas Healthcare District expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate any website user's access to any interactive services and/or to any or all other areas of this website due to any act that would constitute a violation of this Website Privacy Policy. Your use of this website signifies your agreement to the terms of this Website Privacy Policy. If you are not willing to accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use our website.
Collection and Use of Your Information
We keep track of visits to our website. This website use data is collected on an aggregate and anonymous basis, which means that no personally identifiable information is associated with the data. This data helps us improve content, effectiveness, and overall usage. The information is not shared with other organizations for their independent use. Specifically, we anonymously collect each website user's domain name (i.e., yahoo.com, aol.com, etc), referral data, including the address of the last URL a user visited prior to visiting our website, and browser and platform type such as a Netscape browser on a Macintosh computer. Also, we may collect aggregate user queries for internal reporting and we may also count, track, and aggregate the visitor's activity to analyze general traffic flows, including tracking where website traffic comes from, how traffic flows, etc.
Cookies
Small data files, called "cookies," may be placed in the web browser's file storage area of the website user's computer hard drive. Cookies are a standard part of Internet technology that allow the storage and retrieval of login information from a user's system. These cookies automatically identify your browser to our server whenever you interact with our website. Cookies can store your preferences through a password you select to access a website. Cookies also help us review website traffic patterns and improve our website. Most browsers automatically accept these cookies; you usually can change your browser setting to prevent the acceptance of cookies, but this may prevent you from using some of the features of our website. Information collected through cookies is not linked to any personally identifiable information.
Log Files
We may also collect and log IP addresses to analyze website visitation trends and administer our website. An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet, which allows computers and servers to recognize and communicate with each other. IP address information allows us to gather aggregate information on visitors to our website, help diagnose problems with our servers, and see how our website is being used. This aggregate information may be shared with Third Parties, such as our physicians, suppliers and other businesses. To maintain your anonymity, we do not associate IP addresses with records containing personal information, which means IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Security of Your Information
We take commercially reasonable precautions and security measures to keep all information obtained from our online visitors secure against unauthorized access and use, and we periodically review our security measures. Despite these measures, the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to or from us via this website by Internet or email cannot be guaranteed; therefore, you transmit information to us at your own risk. Additionally, you are responsible for keeping your login information and passwords confidential.
Some pages within our website, such as those dealing with e-commerce, may run in a secure-server environment. On such pages where you are asked to enter sensitive information, that information is encrypted and is protected with the encryption software SSL. Your web browser may alert you of a secure page with a padlock icon on your browser and/or warning pop-up window.
We also do everything reasonably possible to protect user information we collect. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information, is restricted in our offices. Only individuals who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personal information, which is password protected. Furthermore, all personnel having access to your personal information are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices.
Your Option to Opt-Out
As stated above, if a website user provides their e-mail address and requests information in an ongoing manner through this website, then the user may make a request to discontinue future mailings or receipt of related information. All such materials sent through e-mail will contain information about how you may opt- out.
Additionally, if you wish to delete or correct your personally identifiable information obtained through this website, you may contact: info@epch.org or via 500 First Ave., Portola, CA 96122.
Disclosure to Third-Parties
We do not sell your personal information to any Third Parties for commercial purposes. We reserve the right to disclose your personal information to another party, such as law enforcement officials, as required by law, including but not limited to: court orders, government or law enforcement agency requests, to protect or defend Eastern Plumas Healthcare District, or where we perceive an immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to someone resulting from user activity on our website. This right extends to situations where we may not have authority to first advise you of such disclosure. Eastern Plumas Healthcare District may also disclose personal information collected to contact users related to inappropriate use of our website, or in connection with a complaint about their use of our website filed by another person.
Children's Information Privacy
The Federal law, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), prohibits us from requesting personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without parental consent. This website is not intended or designed to attract children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly allow anyone under the age of 13 to participate in any activity on our website, and we do not knowingly allow persons under the age of 13 to create accounts that allow access to any secured features of this site. Any such information received with parental consent from users under the age of 13, is protected under our general security procedures as stated herein and their personally identifiable information will not be shared with third parties, regardless of their stated preference when registering to use this website.
Website Privacy Policy Changes
If we propose to use your personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time your personally identifiable information was collected, then we will notify you via email. The email notification will give you the ability to prevent us from using your personally identifiable information in this different manner. If, however, material changes are made to the Website Privacy Policy that do not affect personally identifiable information already stored in our database, then we will post a prominent notice on our website notifying users of the change and will not directly email you.
Comments or Questions
The information on our website is managed by the Eastern Plumas Healthcare District. For questions, concerns or suggestions please contact our Web Manager at info@ephc.org.
Comments or questions will be routed to the appropriate individual within the organization. You can also contact us via U.S. mail:
Eastern Plumas Health Care
Website Manager
500 First Ave.
Portola, CA 96122