Our
Privacy Statement
Your Privacy Really Matters to Us
Your name, email
address, or any other information you provide to us will
NEVER be given out to anyone...that's our promise to you!
QuitSmokingSupport.com
has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to
protecting all of our visitors privacy. The following discloses the information gathering
and dissemination practices for our web site:
This site makes chat rooms, forums,
message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any
information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal
information.
We are pleased to offer you the
reassurance that your visit will never be recorded or sold to anyone who might later
approach you through regular mail or email solicitations. This Web site receives personal
information that is voluntarily given out and collects information in such areas as the "Daily Email Support Program" -
(Trial and Purchased Program), "Ex-Smokers List", "Remembering Those Who We
Lost From Smoking", "Why & How You Quit", and "The Straw
That Broke the Camels Back" which personally
identifies you. We do not share any of this personal information with any third parties
nor do we use any personal information that is provided by users for any purposes. All
information included in these interactive areas is only added once approval is given from
the visitor/authors.
We occasionally use outside ad companies
to display ads on our web site. We make sure that these banner ads NEVER contain cookies.
While visiting QuitSmokingSupport , your
exploration of our material is private unless you voluntarily choose to make your identity
known to other readers in our various bulletin boards or interactive participation areas.
You choose whether or not to include your email address or to use an alias name. You never
have to include your email address, real name, or personal information anywhere on this
site unless you choose to do so!
When you click on any of the external
links on this site you will no longer be on QuitSmokingSupport's web site and may
therefore be visiting a web site which will/may track your stop at every page, and sell
this information to companies who will try and sell you products or services related to
the topics found on the pages you visited. This site contains links to other sites.
QuitSmokingSupport.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such
Web sites.
Our Visitor Bill of Rights
Whether our vistors are members of the public or
healthcare professionals, we believe that we have certain duties and obligations when it
comes to being chosen as their online quitting smoking health information provider. The
following principles are the standards that we have set for ourselves to better meet their
expectations of service and quality from our web site. This is our commitment to you:
- QuitSmokingSupport.com will support a superior visitor
experience.
- QuitSmokingSupport.com provides serious, in-depth, trusted
information and interactive tools to assist you in quitting smoking or to help you to help
someone you know and care about to quit smoking.
- All content adheres to sound editorial principles and
utilizes the provision of evidence-based content from peer-reviewed sources.
- All users can expect active and well monitored online
communities – bulletin boards, chat, live events - where they will be treated with
compassion and respect.
- QuitSmokingSupport.com will provide full and complete
disclosure of sponsor and advertising relationships.
- All sponsorship programs are designed to add value to the
visitor experience.
- All visitors can expect the utmost privacy as outlined in
our published privacy policy.
- QuitSmokingSupport.com provides consistent navigation that
takes the visitor as quickly and intuitively as possible to the information or services
sought.
Our Newsletters
If you decide to submit your email address to us in order
to be added to our mailing list, you may be assured that you will not receive separate
emails from other marketers as a result of joining our newsletter. You will receive no
offers from our sites other than those made through the newsletter itself, which, of
course, you have elected to receive. You may unsubscribe at any time through the text and
link provided in the newsletter. There is no means on the site to allow you to
unsubscribe.
Our Surveys
You may elect to respond to our brief on-site Visitor
Surveys. Some of the information requested is of a personal nature but there is certainly
no obligation to answer every question.
Our Bulletin Boards and Support Group Policies
Our Support Groups have a bulletin board format that
allows our visitors the opportunity to interact with our on-line community for quit
smoking support. These areas are strictly moderated to keep inappropriate messages
from being posted. You are offered the opportunity to include your email address with your
message but you are not obligated to do so. If you do include your email address then it
is visible to the general public on the bulletin board and we cannot control the actions
of any 3rd parties. We will not sell email addresses from our bulletin boards.
Cookies
A cookie is a very tiny piece of text we're asking
permission to place on your computer's hard drive. If you accept a cookie, then your
browser adds the text in a small file. The purpose of the file is to let us know when you
visit QuitSmokingSupport.com. This text, by itself, merely tells us that a previous
visitor has returned; it doesn't tell us anything else (who you are, your email address,
or anything personal). They are similar to the stamp placed on the back of a child's hand
when visiting a fair or carnival; they merely indicate that you have visited before.
Cookies help us evaluate your use of our site, such as
what kind of information you want to see and what kind you will never read. Cookie
technology allows Web sites to ask for your registration and preference questions only
once. The next time you return to the Web site you will not necessarily need to "sign
in" again. Remember that cookies are "non-executable" pieces of code; that
is, they are incapable of doing anything to your hard drive.
Cookies are easy to delete from your hard drive; talk to
your systems administrator or your Internet provider for detailed instructions.
We hope you are reassured that QuitSmokingSupport will
not knowingly violate your privacy in any way. Please feel free to use our pages as you
deem appropriate to help yourself. If you have any questions or concerns concerning our
privacy policies please feel to email us! |
