Privacy Policy
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Information submitted via ‘Contact Us’ forms and related website messaging forms will be retained indefinitely and archived in the mail client. Your name and email address will be retained for future communications including news, new product information, marketing and related messages.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist until deleted, cleared or otherwise deleted. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Credit card and other payment information
We do not retain or otherwise store complete credit card or payment information within our server. The last 4 digits of your payment information may be saved in the server to allow for a reference of the account or card used for payment, but the complete details are not saved (the account information is not complete, so that should a breach occur the information stolen from our site would not be sufficient to make unauthorized transactions). All information is transmitted in a SSL secured manner to our credit card processor. The processor may offer the option to save payment information for future purchases or subscriptions. There is also the option to not save this information.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
We will not actively or directly sell, rent or otherwise share your information with other businesses. We do utilize 3rd analytics in order to understand the effectiveness of our site, but our understanding is that this information does not contain personally identifiable information.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Comments and direct emails may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Name and related account information, including your email address, may be exported into 3rd party systems for the purpose of sending communications including news, new product information, marketing and related messages. Please refer to their website (identifiable in the communication footer or meta data) for their privacy policies and related information.
Our contact information
To request an export of the information we have retained about you please email your request to privacy@innovativeinstruments.net, call us at (800) 460-6886, or write us at Innovative Instruments, LLC, 108 N Maple Rd, PO Box 160, Saline, MI 48176-9998
How we protect your data
Information your send to our site is encrypted via SSL as configured by our hosting provider. For additional information you should be able to click on the ‘lock’ icon in your browser address bar to ensure the SSL information and certificate is valid and up-to date. If you have any reservations or concerns about the security of our site and the information you enter or transmit to our site, we ask that you do not submit any information and leave our site immediately.
What data breach procedures we have in place
No one really wants our information – there’s not much here. If we are notified of a data breach or that our hosting server is compromised we will contact you to notify you of said breach.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
The information and products on our site are intended for adult (over 18 years of age) licensed or authorized healthcare personnel. We will never knowingly ask for details or information, nor do we want details or information, that may be in violation of HIPAA or any other federal, state or local laws and regulations. Any published or unpublished comments, data, content or other information on our site are solely the opinion of the user who submitted or otherwise allowed us to display or retain their comments, data, content or other information.
Content on this site is for reference purposes, and in no way should the information on our site be used or construed as substitute for advice given by a physician, pharmacist, or other licensed health-care professional. You should not use this information to diagnosis or treat a health problem or disease for yourself, patient or other person.
Additional information
Look, we’re regular people just like you. We’ve all experienced instances where our contact information get’s out ‘in the wild’ and are then flooded with spam and unsolicited offers. We don’t like that; we’re sure you wouldn’t like that; we won’t do that to you.
Since we are regular people, please know that we are not lawyers either. There are a multitude of federal, state and probably even local regulations that pertain to privacy on the web. There may be instances where our written policies are too broad or not broad enough. Please reach out to us with any questions pertaining to your data and your privacy on our site so that we can attempt to answer any questions and resolve any issues directly with you. We’re sure there are legal rights that you have as a user, and we have as a provider, have, that are not set forth in this page. Below is some additional legal stuff that we pulled from a template we found on the web:
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify Innovative Instruments. LLC and its affiliates and hold Innovative Instruments. LLC harmless against legal claims and demands that may arise from your use or misuse of our services. We reserve the right to select our own legal counsel.
Limitation on liability
Innovative Instruments. LLC is not liable for any damages that may occur to you, your patients or other persons as a result of your misuse of the information in, on or submitted to our website.
Innovative Instruments. LLC reserves the right to edit, modify, and change this privacy policy at any time. This Agreement is an understanding between Innovative Instruments. LLC and the user, and this supersedes and replaces all prior agreements regarding this website.