Health Value Institute is committed to protection of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains our online information practices. This Privacy Policy will describe our practices regarding the collection and use of your personal information which we collect and use as part of our business activities.
This Privacy Policy describes who is responsible for the personal information that we collect about you, what personal information we collect, how we will use such personal information, who we may disclose it to and your rights and choices in relation to your personal information.
In this Privacy Policy, where we use the words “Personal Information”, we use these words to describe information that is about you and which identifies you. This Privacy Policy will describe the personal information that we collect in more detail below.
For the purpose of data protection laws, Health Value Institute is the data controller in respect to the personal information that we collect and use as part of our business activities. As the data controller, we control, manage, and dictate the purpose for which your personal information is used and how we use your personal information for our business activity.
Some of the information collected is required for business engagement purpose, and other information is voluntarily given by the individual. The type of personal information that Health Value Institute may collect include, but is not limited to the following:
If you provide personal information to us regarding or related to a third party, then you confirm that you have the consent of the third party to share such personal information and that you have made the information in this Privacy Policy available to the relevant third party.
Sensitive or Special Categories of Information
Some countries consider some personal information particularly sensitive or special. Health Value Institute only collects this data when voluntarily given by the individual, such as processing accreditation for professional licensing or obtaining educational credits. Health Value Institute does not share this information with third parties for direct marketing purposes. Such information may include the following:
Website Usage Information
We collect information when you provide it to us, such as when you email us information, connect with us on social media, use the “contact us” feature, use the subscription feature located on our website, or when you engage in any other communication, recorded or otherwise communicated.
Health Value Institute collects certain information automatically when you use the website, such as the IP addresses and domain names of visitors, browser type, history of pages viewed and other usage information about your use of the website. We collect this information for site administration purposes, such as to analyze this data for trends and statistics. We may share statistical or aggregated non-personal information about our users with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, or other third parties. This data is used to customize our website content and advertising to deliver a better experience to our users. Please see the section below on cookies for information.
As noted above, we collect information from you in the course of your use of the Health Value Institute website, products, and services. For example, we collect information from you when you subscribe to our mailing list. We collect information from you when you contact or communicate with us (including through the website, by email, or otherwise). We collect your personal information while monitoring the Health Value Institute website, products, and services. We gather information about you when you provide it to us, or interact with us directly, for instance engaging with staff, registering or inquiring about the subscription and validation services. We may also in certain cases collect or receive information about you from other sources, such as third party companies.
Health Value Institute collects personal information for the following principal purposes. The list below will state the purpose and the reason for the purpose of collecting your personal information.
We do this for our legitimate business purposes, and under certain circumstances, to perform a contract between you and us. We may request your consent in circumstances where a legal justification over and above legitimate interests is required by applicable law.
Health Value Institute reserves the right to disclose and/or transfer personal information to a third party, if Health Value Institute has reason to believe that disclosing personal information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with our rights or property, other website users, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities. Additionally, Health Value Institute may disclose personal information in response to a subpoena, warrant, or other court order, or when we believe in good faith that a law, regulation, subpoena, warrant or other court order requires or authorizes us to do so, or it is required to respond to an emergency situation.
Health Value Institute reserves the right to disclose and/or transfer personal information to a third party in the event of a proposed actual purchase, sale (including liquidation, realization, foreclosure, or repossession), lease, merger, amalgamation or any other type of acquisition, disposal, transfer, conveyance or financing of all or any portion of Health Value Institute, or of any of the business of Health Value Institute’s affiliated entities, in order for you to continue to receive the same products and services from the third party.
We may share information with a Health Value Institute affiliated entity, such as a parent company or subsidiary. See more information regarding such transfers under the section entitled “Transfer of Personal Information Across Borders”.
We may share your information with personal advisors, such as accountants and lawyers, who assist us in carrying out our business activities.
Health Value Institute may share personal information with third parties engaged to assist Health Value Institute in providing services to you or to carry out one or more of the purposes described above. These service providers are prohibited from using your personal information for any purpose other than to provide this assistance and are contractually required to protect personal information disclosed by Health Value Institute and to comply with the general privacy principles described in this Privacy Policy. For example, we share your information with service providers, contractors and sub-contractors to help us provide the website, products, events, and services. For example, we may use a service provider to process payment information or provide analytics. When we use service providers, we provide limited access to your information so that such service provider can perform the tasks on our behalf.
In addition to the uses and disclosure of personal information noted above, personal information of Health Value Institute registrants at our events may be shared when we have obtained your consent prior to such disclosure. When you have provided such consent, we share your limited information, including personal information, as described at the time of consent, to a sponsor of one of our events or media partners. You will also have the option to opt-out of sharing this information when you register for the programs. The information provided will contain the name, title, company, and mailing address of all attendees.
If you choose not to provide Health Value Institute with your personal information, you may still visit some of the Health Value Institute website; however, you may be unable to access certain options, offers, and services.
If you choose to author a written resource or speak at a program (both live and recorded for further broadcasting), you will be required to provide a biography of your professional experience. Health Value Institute owns and maintains the copyright of the written resource, recordings of the programs, and any subsequent written materials provided with the program, including the submitted biographies. Health Value Institute reserves the right to make any and all written resources and programs with associated written materials available to the public at large without permission of the authors or speakers.
Health Value Institute is a United States organization, headquartered in the United States. While we are not a global company, we may allow your personal information to be shared with third-party service providers based both within the United States and in other countries. This may entail a transfer of your personal information from a location within the European Economic Area to outside the European Economic Area, or from outside the European Economic Area to a location with the Economic European Area. Please see the section entitled “Who do we Share your Personal Information with” for more detail on how the information be shared with Health Value Institute related entities and third-party service providers.
When we provide your personal information overseas, we do so in connection with providing information or services or as required or authorized under law. It is possible the overseas entities, which we share your information with, may not be subject to foreign laws that provide the same level of protection of information with, may not be subject to foreign laws that provide the same level of protection of information as your country of residence or employment, or may not be subject to any privacy obligations. Overseas entities may be required or compelled to disclose your personal information to a third party, such as an overseas authority. Where we transfer information outside of the European Economic Areas, we will implement appropriate measures to ensure that your personal information remains protected and secure in accordance with applicable data protection laws. For example, we will implement EU standard contractual clauses (as contemplated by Article 46(2) of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation) between World Congress related entities that share and process personal data. Where our third-party service providers process personal data outside the European Economic Area in the course of providing services to us, our written agreement with them will include appropriate measures, usually standard contractual clauses. For more information about the measures in place, please contact us (see section below “Contacting Health Value Institute with Questions, Concerns, or Complaints”).
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we use reasonable efforts to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our website and any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your personal information, we will use reasonable and appropriate procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.
If you change your mind on how World Congress discloses or uses your information, or wish to access, correct or update personal information (such as your address), we will endeavor to correct, update or remove the personal data that you give us.
THE BELOW LIST APPLIES ONLY TO INDIVIDUALS LOCATED IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA: If you are a citizen of the European Union or the European Economic Area, you have certain rights with respect to your personal information. The rights may only apply in certain circumstances and are subject to certain exemptions. Please see the list below for your rights.
If you are a citizen of the European Union or are located in the European Economic Area and would like to exercise your rights under the GDPR, please email: GDPR@worldcongress.com
9, How Long will we Keep your Personal Information
We will keep your personal information for no longer than necessary is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed.
Health Value Institute may contain links to other sites such as our sponsors or media partners. These sites are not controlled by Health Value Institute and Health Value Institute is not responsible for any content contained on any such website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by other sites, and the privacy practices employed by such sites may not be the same as Health Value Institute’s policies and practices.
Health Value Institute uses cookies to manage our website and email programs. A cookie is a small file placed on your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are used to store information to manage your website experience such as your type of web browser. A cookie can also store preference information to customize your website experience.
Cookies help us understand how consumers use our websites and emails so we can design better services in the future. Web browsers can be adjusted to disable cookies; however, World Congress may not be able to provide you with all the service or functionality you require on the Health Value Institute website if you choose to disable cookies.
If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about this Privacy Policy, please contact legal@healthvalueinstitute.org or via mail 250 First Avenue, Suite 333
Needham, MA 02494. If you do not want to make a long-distance phone call, please email us your contact information and the best time to reach you, and we will contact you at your requested time.
You are entitled to make an anonymous complaint or inquiry in relation to this Privacy Policy or your privacy rights; however, me way require you to identify yourself if required by law or it is impracticable for us to deal with your matter otherwise.
We will acknowledge receipt of any complaint and will strive to provide you with a written response within 30 days of receipt of your complaint. There may be instances where this is not possible due to the circumstances under which the complaint was made, the content of the complaint, and the scope of the complaint. If this is the case, we will respond to your complaint in a reasonable and practical time.
MOBILE MESSAGING TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The Health Value Institute (“Validation Institute”) operates a mobile messaging program subject to these Mobile Messaging Terms and Conditions. The Program and our collection and use of your personal information is also subject to our Privacy Policy and our general terms of use agreement https://validationinstitute.com/privacy-policy/ By enrolling, signing up, or otherwise agreeing to participate in the Program, you accept and agree to these Mobile Messaging Terms and our Privacy Policy and our general terms of use agreement.
A. Program Description: We may send promotional and transactional mobile messages in various formats through the Program. Promotional messages advertise and promote our products and services and may include promotions, specials, other marketing offers, and abandoned checkout reminders. Transactional messages relate to an existing or ongoing transaction and may include registration or inquiry notifications and updates, appointment reminders, and other transaction-related information. Mobile messages may be sent using an automated technology, including an autodialer, automated system, or automatic telephone dialing system. Message frequency will vary but will not exceed 3 messages per month. You agree that we, our affiliates, and any third-party service providers may send you messages regarding the foregoing topics or any topic and that such messages and/or calls may be made or placed using different telephone numbers or short codes, except in connection with marketing purposes. We do not charge for mobile messages sent through the Program but you are responsible for any message and data rates imposed by your mobile provider, as standard data and message rates may apply for short message service and multimedia message alerts.
B. User Opt-In: By providing your mobile phone number to us, you are voluntarily opting in to the Program and you agree to receive recurring mobile messages from us at the mobile phone number associated with your opt-in, even if such number is registered on any state or federal “Do Not Call” list. You agree that any mobile phone number you provide to us is a valid mobile phone number of which you are the owner or authorized user. If you change your mobile phone number or are no longer the owner or authorized user of the mobile phone number, you agree to promptly notify us at [insert email or other contact method]. Your participation in the Program does not require that you make any purchase from us and your participation in the Program is completely voluntary.
C. User Opt-Out and Support: You may opt-out of the Program at any time. If you wish to opt-out of the Program and stop receiving mobile messages from us, or you no longer agree to these Mobile Messaging Terms, reply STOP, QUIT, CANCEL, OPT-OUT, and/or UNSUBSCRIBE to the mobile number the message is sent from. You may continue to receive text messages for a short period while we process your request and you may receive a one-time opt-out confirmation message. You understand and agree that the foregoing is the only reasonable method of opting out. If you want to join the Program again, just sign up as you did the first time, and we will start sending messages to you again. For support, reply HELP to any mobile message from us. Our mobile messaging platform may not recognize requests that modify the foregoing commands, and you agree that we and our service providers will not be liable for failing to honor requests that do not comply with the requirements in these Mobile Messaging Terms. We may also change the telephone number or short code we use to operate the Program and we will notify you of any such change. You acknowledge that any requests sent to a telephone number or short code that has been changed may not be received by us and we will not be responsible for failing to honor a request sent to a telephone number or short code that has been changed.
D. Disclaimer of Warranty and Liability: The Program is offered on an “as-is” basis and may not be available in all areas, at all times, or on all mobile providers. You agree that neither we nor our service providers will be liable for any failed, delayed, or misdirected delivery of any mobile message or information sent through the Program.
E. Modifications: We may modify or cancel the Program or any of its features at any time, with or without notice. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may also modify these Mobile Messaging Terms at any time. Any such modification will take effect when it is posted to our website. You agree to review these Mobile Messaging Terms periodically to ensure that you are aware of any modifications. Your continued participation in the Program will constitute your acceptance of those modifications.
Please refer to Health Value Institute Terms of Use on all issues related to accessing, posting, and sharing information through the Health Value Institute website and communication services.
Any changes to this Privacy Posted will be posted on this page. The updated Privacy Policy will take effect as soon as it has been updated.
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