User Agreement for the American
Social Health Association Website
The American Social Health Association (ASHA) is proud
to be a source of information about sexual health and the prevention of sexually
transmitted infections (STIs). The information on this site is based on professional
advice, published experience and expert opinion, but does not represent therapeutic
recommendation or prescription. It is provided for educational purposes only.
It is not intended to replace the services of a trained health professional
or to be a substitute for medical advice of physicians. The user should consult
a health professional in all matters relating to his or her health, and especially
regarding any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention.
Use of Information on the American Social Health Association
Website
The compilation of information on the American Social Health Association (ASHA) home page, including the design and organization, is copyrighted, and may not be reprinted or electronically reproduced.
Copyright laws protect the information, artwork, text,
video, audio and pictures you find on this site. You may only access and
use these materials for personal educational purposes. You may not modify
or use the materials for any other purpose without ASHA’s express written
consent. Except as provided below, you may not reproduce, republish, post,
sell, transmit or distribute any materials on the ASHA website.
None of the material on the ASHA sites may be reproduced without our written permission, with the exception of downloading or printing a single copy for yourself for offline viewing. When printing these materials for personal use only, you must include attribution to ASHA, indicate our location in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and include any copyright notice originally included with the materials.
Information included on the ASHA website has been compiled
from a variety of sources and is subject to change without notice.
Copyright laws protect all media files on the ASHA website.
You may not, under any circumstances, reproduce, record, publish, publicly
exhibit, sell or distribute any media files made available on this website
without ASHA’s express written content. Permission to photocopy or otherwise reproduce materials
should be directed to the VP of Health Program
Resources. You should not attempt to pass off any of this content as your
own work.
Sites Linked from the American Social Health Association
(ASHA) Website
Sites linked from the ASHA website are not under ASHA
control. ASHA is not responsible for the contents and communications messages
of any "off
site" Internet information referenced by or linked to the ASHA Internet
site. ASHA does not intend these links to be referrals or endorsements of
the linked entities, and are provided for convenience only.
Endorsements
Any reference to a commercial or non-commercial product, process, service or company is not an endorsement or recommendation by the American Social Health Association (ASHA). ASHA does not endorse or recommend products, services or manufacturers. ASHA assumes no liability whatsoever for the use or contents of any product or service mentioned.
User Privacy and Confidentiality
When you log on, you are not recognized and are anonymous.
For each visitor to our Web page, our Web server automatically recognizes
only the consumer’s domain name, but not the e-mail address. We collect
information volunteered by the visitor, such as survey information and/or
guest book and site registration. The information we collect can be used
for data and trends analysis or to contact visitors to support ASHA. If you
supply us with your postal address on-line, you may receive mailings from
us with information about new programs and services. We do not share information
with other organizations, and we do not sell our database.
Privacy Policy
GENERAL
This notice describes ASHA's Privacy Policy, including
how we collect information from you or about you, why we collect this information,
how we will use or disclose this information, and how you can update or delete
personably identifiable information collected about you from our records. We
are committed to protecting our visitors' and customers' privacy and all confidential
data supplied to ASHAstd.org, and may take reasonable steps to protect
such privacy and confidential data in accordance with accepted industry standards.
IP ADDRESSES
ASHA collects IP address information to properly
administer our system and to gather aggregate information on visitors to
our website and how our website is being used. To maintain your anonymity,
we do not associate IP addresses with records containing personal information.
However, we will use IP address information to personally identify you in
order to enforce our legal rights or when required to do so by law.
COOKIES
Our site places a text file called a "cookie" in
the browser files of your computer's hard drive. Cookies are pieces of information
that a website transfers to an individual's hard disk for record keeping
purposes. Most browsers automatically accept these cookies, but you usually
can change your browser setting to prevent the acceptance of cookies. Our
cookies do not contain personal information. They do enable ASHAstd.org
to relate your use of the site to information that you have specifically
and knowingly provided to our site.
SECURITY
ASHAstd.org has security measures in place to protect
the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. ASHAstd.org
employs strict security measures to safeguard online transactions. By accessing
the ASHAstd.org site you are hereby authorizing ASHAstd.org to utilize
industry accepted security measures such as secured databases and encrypted
Internet transmissions.
CHANGES
ASHAstd.org may change the terms and conditions of our privacy policy at
any time by posting modifications on our website. You agree to review our
privacy policy from time to time so that you are aware of any modifications
made to these policies. By accessing or using ASHAstd.org, you agree to
be bound by all of the terms and conditions of our privacy policy as posted
on ASHAstd.org at the time of your access or use.
CUSTOMER REGISTRATION
Our website's registration system requires customers of our Web store to
give us contact information such as their name and e-mail address, shipping
and billing address and telephone number. ASHA also collects marketing data,
such as demographic information pertaining to gender and age. Customer contact
information is used to contact the customer when necessary. This information
is not shared with third parties.
CREDIT CARD INFORMATION
All credit card processing for online purchases is transacted on a secure
web server through ASHA's Merchant Account. With e-commerce transactions,
we collect only the data necessary to complete the transaction and that
is furnished by the customer. All information is confidential and is secured
through industry standard encryption methods. None of this information is
made available to third parties.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact our Customer Service
Department at 1-800-783-9877 or e-mail at customerservice@ashastd.org.
Other
For purposes of this disclaimer notice, ASHA shall
include the American Social Health Association, its affiliates, contractors
and employees.
Copyright and Trademark Notices
Copyright 2007 American Social Health Association and/or
its licensees, all rights reserved. The American Social Health Association,
the National Herpes Resource Center, the HPV and Cervical Cancer Prevention
Resource Center, and www.iwannaknow.org are
registered trademarks of the American Social Health Association. For more
information, please contact:
American Social Health Association
P.O. Box 13827
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
(919) 361-8400
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