Children's Privacy Policy
MedicAlert Foundation is a licensee of the TRUSTe Children's Privacy Program.  This Privacy Statement discloses the privacy
practices for www.medicalert.org. TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build users' trust
and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. Because this site wants to demonstrate
its commitment to you privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed
for compliance by TRUSTe. This Web site complies with the TRUSTe Children's Privacy Program, which has been approved by the
Federal Trade Commission as an authorized safe harbor under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule. When you and
your child visit a Web site displaying the TRUSTe trust mark, you can expect to be notified of:
MedicAlert's children's privacy policy is set forth below and is
available at www.MedicAlert.org. As stated in the children's privacy
policy, MedicAlert will not collect or use personal information about your
child unless you grant your consent by agreeing to the information in this
page below.
In accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection
Act, we have adopted special procedures applicable to personal information
from children under the age of 13. The following procedures applicable to
children supersede any conflicting portions of our general privacy policy.
What personal information does the website seeks to collect from your
child?
When a parent attempts to sign up their
child, the parent will be asked to provide his or her name, date of birth,
e-mail address, mailing address, day phone number and credit card
information, personal healthcare information, as well as to create a user
name and password. The parent will also be given the option of providing
the child's evening phone number, gender, emblem product sizing
information, and will be asked to either opt-in or opt-out of our mailing
list.
When a child under the age of 13 attempts to submit his or her
registration information, our system will reject the submission and give
the child the option of having their parent enroll them in the MedicAlert
service.
We will not collect or retain any personal information from a
child under the age of 13 unless you agree that you are the legal
parent/guardian of the child you wish to enroll. In addition we will not
collect any additional information other than that which will facilitate
medical care in an emergency.
Contact Information
This web site is operated by MedicAlert Foundation, 2323 Colorado Ave., Turlock, CA 95382
How the information is Used
With whom the information may be shared
Information about children under the age of 13 whose parents have
enrolled online will be used by us to notify doctors, hospitals, emergency
rescue teams, and family members that the child was found wearing a
MedicAlert emblem. Their condition, medications, and dosages, and any
other health issues will be conveyed to the above parties. Personal and
health information will also be conveyed to the responder for the purposes
of treating the child in emergencies situations.
Security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or
alteration of information.
We are required by
law to take reasonable security measures to protect personal information
about children. Registration information submitted by a child's parent
cannot be modified except by the parent/guardian themselves that enrolled
the child. All such information is contained behind secured networks and
is only accessible by a limited number of employees and contractors who
have special access rights to such systems. All contractors have signed
confidentiality agreements with us. All credit card information supplied
is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted
into our databases to be used and accessed only as described in this
policy.
How you can review and delete any information collected from your
child?
The legal Parent/guardian who enrolled their child with MedicAlert
online may also review or modify the information about their children
within their personal health record. Before disclosing
information about a child, we may request that the parent provide
reasonable information about the parent for identification purposes, such
as the parent's name, address, phone number, credit card number, or other
information.
How you can opt not to share personal information collected from your
child with 3rd parties, if you choose.
Children under the age of 13 will never be asked to consent to
disclosure to third parties, and their personal information will not be
disclosed to any third parties other than the agencies listed above. A
parent's consent to our collection and use of personal information about a
child will never be treated as a consent to disclosure of that information
to third parties.
If a parent wishes to terminate the child's membership
at anytime this can be done by calling 1-800-432-5378 and requesting the
appropriate form for termination.
|