This Website Privacy Policy describes how Pacific Clinics collects personal information from you or about you through our website at www.pacificclinics.org, why we collect this information, how we may use or disclose this information, and the choices you have about the information we maintain.
This Website Privacy Policy does not apply to protected health information we collect from individuals under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Information on our privacy practices concerning protected health information can be found on the HIPAA Privacy Practices page.
Information Collection
Personal Information You Provide. You may submit personal information, which can be used to identify you individually, when you interact with the Website. For example, we may collect certain personal information from you when you donate (“Donation Page”) to Pacific Clinics, sign up to receive our newsletters, request information about our programs or services, submit a concern (“Concern or Grievance”) or apply for a position through our career page (“Career Page). Generally, we may collect certain contact information, such as name, email address, postal address, or phone number, from visitors to the website. When you interact with our Donation Page, we may collect payment card and billing information.
When you interact with our Careers Page, we may collect your educational background, work experience, and information about certifications and licensure. You may voluntarily choose to provide us with your racial or ethnic identity, gender identity, and veteran status when you apply for a position on the Careers Page.
In addition, we may engage vendors to provide certain features on the website. Your use of these features is voluntary, and we may retain the information that you submit through these features. For example, we may offer an interactive chat feature to assist you with navigating the website and for other purposes. When you participate in the interactive chat, the contents of the chat may be captured and kept as a transcript. By using these features, you understand that our vendors may process the information obtained through the feature to provide the service on our behalf.
Information Collected Automatically. We and our vendors may use tracking technologies (such as cookies, log files, and pixels) that automatically or passively collect certain information from website visitors. This information may include IP addresses, device identifiers, language preferences, referring URLs, and browser and platform details.
Cookies are small data files stored on a computer’s hard drive that allow a website to recognize a visitor’s device, record visitor preferences, track the pages a user visits on a website, and identify the referral website. Our website uses both session ID cookies and tracking cookies. Session ID cookies make it easier for you to navigate the website and expire when you close your browser. Cookies help us understand how you use the website and enhance your visitor experience. Most browsers automatically accept these cookies, but you usually can change your browser settings to remove or reject cookies. Please note that blocking cookies on our website may prevent you from using some of its features. Also, disabling cookies may invalidate opt-outs that use cookies to recognize devices that have opted out.
We may use certain third-party technology vendors, such as Instagram and Blackbaud, in connection with your activity on certain pages, including for advertising purposes and to understand details about your use of the website, including referring URL, clicks, cursor movement, and scrolling activity, and personalize content for you.
Blackbaud may collect information subject to its Privacy Statement: https://www.blackbaud.com/company/privacy-policy/blackbaud-id.
Contact Contact may collect information subject to its Privacy Practices at https://knowledgebase.constantcontact.com/email-digital-marketing/articles/KnowledgeBase/5536-constant-contact-privacy-policies-for-protecting-customers?lang=en_US
We may use Google Analytics on certain pages to understand details about your use of such pages. For more information on how Google Analytics uses the data it collects, visit policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. To opt out of Google Analytics, visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. To adjust your Google advertising settings, visit myadcenter.google.com.
We may also use the personal information we collect to facilitate and personalize your user experience, monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities of visitors, take specific action about any suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity or activity that violates our polices, comply with applicable laws, rules, regulations, and legal processes, and for any other purpose, with your consent.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Pacific Clinics may disclose personal information we have collected through the Site to our business partners and vendors. For example, we may use service providers to help us operationally or to administer activities on our behalf, such as sending emails.
Pacific Clinics may disclose your personal information (1) to comply with legal requirements (for example, to respond to court orders); (2) to protect or defend Pacific Clinics; (3) where we perceive a threat or risk to individuals or property as a result of activity on our website; or (4) in connection with their inappropriate use of our website or if you submit a form on the Concern or Grievance page on our site.
Security
We take reasonable precautions to ensure your information remains confidential; however, you must remember that as you navigate through our website, any transmission via the Internet is not completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the security of the information you collect through our website.
Your Choices
Pacific Clinics may use your information to send you information and materials that may interest you. If you do not wish to receive any further promotional emails from us, you can unsubscribe by following the instructions included in any such email. Please note that even if you unsubscribe from receiving promotional emails from us, we may still send you transactional or informational emails.
Links
Our website may contain links to features or websites not operated by Pacific Clinics, including social networks operated by unaffiliated parties. You may be asked by these websites to provide personal information or to release information you may have provided on our website. Please note that this Website Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected through those websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, nor any adverse consequences that may result from your interaction with such third-party websites. We encourage you to be cautious when leaving our website and to review the privacy statements of other websites.
Information for Users Outside the United States
Please be aware that any personal information you submit will be transferred to and processed in the United States. The data protection laws and regulations that apply to your personal information may differ from those in your country of residence.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
This Website Privacy Policy is subject to change at our discretion. We will notify you of changes to this Privacy Policy by posting an updated version on our website.
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact Pacific Clinics Public Relations.