Privacy Policy

Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At kidneyback.com, we want to make your online experience satisfying and safe.

Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand our policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.

INFORMATION WE GATHER

kidneyback.com gathers two types of information about users:

• Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions to receive electronic newsletters, to participate in message boards or forums, emails, and from participation in polls and surveys.

• Information we gather through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience.

kidneyback.com gathers User Information In The Following Processes:

OPTIONAL VOLUNTARY INFORMATION

We offer the following free services, which require some type of voluntary submission of personal information by users:

1. Electronic newsletters
   
   We will offer a free electronic newsletter to users. kidneyback.com gathers the email addresses of users who voluntarily subscribe. Users may remove themselves from this mailing list at any time. Users can also subscribe to the newsletters at the time of registration.
    
2. Message boards/forums/blogs
   
   Users of the site's Message Boards, Forums and Blogs may register separately for these services in order to post messages. During registration the user is required to supply a username, password, and email address.
    
3. Polling
   
   We may offer interactive polls to users so they can easily share their opinions with other users and see what our audience thinks about important issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and are not identifiable to any particular user. kidneyback.com may use a system to "tag" users after they have voted, so they can vote only once on a particular question. This tag is not correlated with information about individual users.
    
4. Surveys
   
   kidneyback.com may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target our content to our audience. We sometimes share the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with our sponsors, advertisers and partners. We never disclose information about an individual user to a third party.

Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.

kidneyback.com tracks user traffic patterns throughout the site. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users.

kidneyback.com sometimes tracks the search terms that users enter. Based on traffic patterns, we use tracking information to determine which areas of our site are popular. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build better content for you.

We may place a text file called a "cookie" in a browser file of your computer. A cookie my contain personal information which you decided to share with us. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. We use cookies to track traffic patterns (as described above). You may refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. However, you do need cookies to participate actively in message boards, forums, polls and surveys.

USE OF INFORMATION

kidneyback.com uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our network of sites, whether to provide interactive elements on the sites or to plan future content based on the interests of our users.

kidneyback.com uses information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic newsletters, to enable users to participate in polls, surveys, message boards, and forums.

We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites readers like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read. We track search terms as one measure of what interests our site visitors. However, we don't track which search terms individual users enter.

kidneyback.com creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and partners. This allows our advertisers to provide relevant information customized to the readers needs. However, the advertiser will never know which individual user clicked their ad. We will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

SHARING OF THE INFORMATION

kidneyback.com uses above mentioned information to tailor our content to suit your needs and help advertisers better understand our audience. We will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or promote valuable products and services.

SECURITY

kidneyback.com operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers.

OPT-OUT POLICY

We give users options wherever necessary. Such choices include:

• Opting not to register to receive our electronic newsletters or emails.
• Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas.

YOUR CONSENT

By using this web site, you consent to the terms of our Privacy Policy, Terms and Conditions, and to kidneyback.com processing of Personal Information for the purposes given above. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it.