Privacy Statement

Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems does not read any of your private online communications.

Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems and Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems collects and uses your personal information to operate the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems and its affiliates. Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, in order to determine what Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems pages, or register with Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems site or services, a cookie helps Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems at websupport@miemss.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

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