Effective as of January 1, 2011
This Privacy Policy (referred to as the “Policy”) applies to NursesPad.com. (referred to as “NursesPad.com,” “we” or “us”) a social networking website known as NursesPad.com. It does NOT, in any way, shape or form, apply to other online or offline NursesPad.com websites, products or services.
This Policy explains what information we collect about you and what we do with that information. We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time and we will notify you of any material changes to the Policy by posting the new Policy here and changing the “Effective Date” at the top. We encourage you to check this page periodically for any changes. By using or navigating through NursesPad.com, you acknowledge that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by this Policy or any modified Policy as posted. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use or visit any portion of NursesPad.com.
On NursesPad.com, we collect personal information submitted by users to include, but not be limited to, names, e-mail addresses and age in order to authenticate those users and to send administrative messages to them. NursesPad.com collects other personal information such as gender, school name, majors, hobbies, and interests to facilitate communication between users. This information is collected upon establishing your user profile on NursesPad.com.
On NursesPad.com, we collect and monitor content and messages that you have uploaded onto the website. We will also manage the storage of email addresses in our users’ internal NursesPad.com address books.
We collect IP addresses and anonymous demographic information and may use this data to update and revise the website to improve your experience on NursesPad.com. This information may also be used to provide you, the user, with content that may cater to your interest as well as provide you with content based on your preferences.
NursesPad.com makes every effort to not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 18 years old or to knowingly allow such persons to register onto NursesPad.com. No one under the age of 18 years old is permitted to provide or post any personal information on NursesPad.com. In the event we learn that such information has been collected and uploaded, we will delete that information as soon as time permits. In the event that you discover any wrongdoing by such a user, please contact us immediately at contact@NursesPad.com.
The personal, demographic, and profile information obtained by NursesPad.com, from you, will be used to create your personal profile on the website. We also use the information collected from you to analyze, evaluate, and improve our services.
Personal information collected on NursesPad.com is stored and processed in the United States and by using any portion of NursesPad.com, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
NursesPad.com will not sell your personal information to third parties. In some instances, however, we will share information collected (including personal information or anonymous demographic information) with third parties with whom we partner to co-promote and administer sweepstakes and contests on NursesPad.com.
We may also share information we collect with third party service providers to manage certain aspects of the services we provide to you. These services can include the maintenance of our servers and the platform on which NursesPad.com is built.
We may also disclose your information, if required to do so by law, court order or other governmental authority or when we believe in good faith that disclosing this information is otherwise necessary or advisable. This can include circumstances to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interfering with the rights or property of NursesPad.com, another NursesPad.com user or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.
In the event of a change in ownership, or a merger with, acquisition by, or sale of assets to another entity, we reserve the right to transfer all user information collected in connection with NursesPad.com, including email addresses, to a separate entity. NursesPad.com will notify you, at our discretion, of such a transfer and you may choose to modify your registration information at that time to prevent the transfer of your information to the new owner.
On NursesPad.com, you post content and information AT YOUR OWN RISK. Please keep in mind that any information you disclose on NursesPad.com is shared with other users and becomes public information, meaning that other users and visitors on NursesPad.com will have access to any personal data you include in your content, profile, and messages. While we’ve provided certain privacy settings on NursesPad.com to limit who can view the content you submit, no measure is for sure. Because you voluntarily disclose any personal data in the public areas of NursesPad.com, you should be cognizant of the information you choose to provide on the website. We do not control these disclosures, and are not liable in any way for anyone’s use or misuse of any information that you disclose on NursesPad.com. Accordingly, you should exercise caution when deciding whether to disclose your personal information on NursesPad.com.
We cannot control the actions of other users with whom you may choose to share your pages and information. Therefore, we cannot and will not guarantee that the information and content you post on NursesPad.com will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on NursesPad.com. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of your content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other users have copied or stored your content.
NursesPad.com is committed to maintaining your privacy and the security of your information on the internet. We have taken reasonable measures to protect you against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information you provide, which is under our control. All information is stored in a secure location behind a firewall with limited administrative access.
Additionally, your member account is secured by a password created by you and therefore, we advise you to not share this information with anyone. It is your responsibility to keep your password confidential and NursesPad.com cannot be held liable for any loss or misuse of your password.
NursesPad.com may contain links to other websites, resources and sources of NursesPad.com. By clicking on any ad banner or other link, you will be redirected off of NursesPad.com and to third party websites. NursesPad.com is not responsible for the privacy policies of these sites. You should make sure that you read and understand the terms, conditions, and privacy policies of these sites and direct any concerns regarding external links to the site administrator or webmaster of that third party website.
Any and all e-mails you receive from us will include specific instructions on how to unsubscribe, and you may unsubscribe at any time. Additionally, we give you the following options for removing your information from our database:
- Send an email to contact@NursesPad.com, or
- Change your email preferences on your profile settings.
NursesPad.com allows you to correct and/or update your personal information by editing your profile information. You may also accomplish this by sending us an email at contact@NursesPad.com. Keep in mind, however, that even if you update or remove your information from our database your personal data may be retained in our backup files and archives.