Privacy Policy
Diagnostic Innovations
LLC respect your preferences concerning the collection and use of your
personal data. Our goal is to deliver content targeted to the industry
you work in, the products you use, the role you play in your organization,
and your specific preferences. In order to provide you with relevant information,
fulfill your specific requests, and enhance your experience across our
Web site, we may at times request personal information from you. The information
collected and how it is used will vary across the site. This policy is
our way of letting you know how we collect information, what we collect
it for, and what choices you may have. Your private information will be
regarded with respect.
Diagnostic Innovations LLC
also provides links to non-Diagnostic Innovations LLC sites we believe
may be of interest to you. These sites are provided as a convenience and
are beyond our control. You are advised to check the privacy policies
of those sites before providing your personal information to them.
To learn more about
Diagnostic Innovations LLC's privacy policy, review the sections below
for information pertaining to:
-
Types of Data Collection
- How
we use Personal Data
-
Customization, Preferences, and Opt Out
-
Account Access
- Advertising
- Security
- Compliance
Issues
-
Policy Updates
Note: www.diagnosticinnovations.com
is the main gateway to Diagnostic Innovations LLC on the Web, containing
the general privacy policy for diagnosticinnovations.com. Because we have
tried to simplify your access to our privacy policy, this policy describes
the potential use of visitor information throughout the Diagnostic Innovations
LLC website. Parts of the site may make far less use of personal information
than we have outlined in the policy, but we wanted to provide you with
an inclusive statement of our practices.
1. Types of Data Collection
Diagnostic Innovations
LLC collects data from users in four main ways.
- Registration screens
and online forms
- In the process
of online purchases (transaction records) and sales inquiries
- In e-mails sent
to Diagnostic Innovations LLC from users
- Through automated
means such as communications protocols and cookies
Diagnostic Innovations
LLC may receive data from you as part of the communication connection
itself - the standard electronic greeting between your computer, the network,
and our servers. This information often consists of network routing (where
you came from), equipment information (browser type), date and time. At
this time our server will also query your computer to see if there are
"cookies1" set by Diagnostic
Innovations LLC.com to facilitate log in or other site navigation procedures.
Some parts of the
Diagnostic Innovations LLC site use cookies to collect information about
visitors' use of the Web site and to facilitate return visits. The information
collected from cookies is tracked to enhance security and to improve the
functionality of the Web site by avoiding duplicate data entry, facilitating
navigation, and increasing the relevance of content. Cookies on the site
may collect the following information: a unique identifier, user preferences
and profile information used to personalize the content that is shown,
and membership information to access Diagnostic Innovations LLC's online
communities. Some cookies used by Diagnostic Innovations LLC.com may remain
on the user's computer after they leave the website.
Cookies also serve
as a convenience to users by creating a more streamlined login process,
keeping track of shopping cart additions and preserving order information
between sessions. In the future, as we enable further customization of
the site, cookies will help in assuring that information provided to you
will be the most relevant to your needs.
You can set your Web
browser to alert you when a cookie is being used. You can also get information
on the duration of the cookie, and to learn what server your information
is being returned to. You then have the opportunity to accept or reject
the cookie. Additionally, you may set your browser to refuse all cookies
or accept only cookies returned to the originating servers. Users may
generally disable the cookie feature on their browser without affecting
their ability to use the site, except in some cases where cookies are
used as an essential security feature necessary for transaction completion.
In order to provide maximum site utility, Diagnostic Innovations LLC also
uses a tracking technique that uses embedded URLs2
to allow use of the site without cookies. Embedded URLs manifest themselves
as plain-text or encoded extensions to the URL that appears in the browser
address or location toolbar. This technology allows limited information
to follow you as you navigate the site, but is not identified to personal
information and is not used beyond the session. While this increases your
ability to surf the site, it does not replace the functionality or streamlining
of cookies and may limit your use of many convenience features offered
by the site.
To learn more about
cookies and browser functionality relating to cookies please search for
"cookies" in the help function of your browser.
2. The data we collect and how we use it
Diagnostic Innovations
LLC collects information from users for the following purposes:
- To engage in
transactions or communications. Name, address, e-mail, purchase
details, and credit card/payment information may be collected and stored
as part of the transaction history. The majority of the information
collected under this category is business contact information. Diagnostic
Innovations LLC may need to share some of this information (address,
payment...) with delivery services, credit card clearing houses and
other similarly situated third parties that are required to accomplish
the transaction.
- To provide future
service and support. Information collected for this purpose is both
contact information and information related to products and service/support
requested. This information is also used to provide service, product
update, and similar notices.
- To select content.
Information may be collected to help create Web site content and navigation
that is most relevant and user friendly. This includes information collected
as a result of site navigation as well as information provided in forms.
- To respond to
user inquiries and requests for information. This information includes
registrations for newsletters and specific requests for further information.
- To provide our
customers with relevant product alerts and updates. These updates
are related to product releases, prices, terms and special offers. These
updates are only sent out as a result of the customer signing up for
the relevant program or online account.
- To better tailor
marketing to user needs. We may use information from purchases and
requirements to provide you with timely and pertinent notices of product
releases and service developments that address your needs and requirements.
Marketing notices are subject to the general opt-out elections.
- To better respond
to requests for service or quotes for product and equipment purchase.
Diagnostic Innovations LLC will pass contact information to the appropriate
Diagnostic Innovations LLC sales person, distributor or consultant for
follow-up related to your request. Diagnostic Innovations LLC may also
ask if you wish to have your contact information shared with other selected
partners that offer complementary products or services related to your
inquiry. While those partners have separate privacy policies, we ask
them to limit the use of your personal information for purposes of responding
to your request for service or information.
- To provide information
on educational events or relevant partner products. We occasionally
co-sponsor events with partners that provide services of potential benefit
to Diagnostic Innovations LLC users. We may provide information on such
events and services to users that have provided information indicating
interest in the subject matter or service. To help assure respect of
your information, we maintain control of the information and limit the
use of the information by these partners.
- To power joint
sales or product promotions. Diagnostic Innovations LLC and its
partners may engage in joint events or provide bundled products. Such
promotions will always reference the partners involved3.
Both Diagnostic Innovations LLC and the partner(s) will have access
to that information. While we carefully choose our partners, privacy
is a very subjective concern and we advise you to review the privacy
policies of these partners.
- To address performance
and fix issues. On occasion, patches and other fixes to software,
such as security patches addressing newly discovered vulnerabilities,
are developed by Diagnostic Innovations LLC. We may communicate the
availability of these patches or fixes to registered owners of software
and parties who have identified themselves to us as users or developers.
These communications will not contain marketing messages and will not
be subject to general opt-out elections, due to the potential importance
of these patches and fixes.
- As a result
of legal requirements, Diagnostic Innovations LLC may be required
to provide personally identifiable information to comply with legally
mandated reporting, disclosure or other legal process requirements.
3. Customization, Preferences and Opt Out
Diagnostic Innovations
LLC recognizes that users may not wish to be contacted about new or related
products. Diagnostic Innovations LLC.com allows you to opt out of any
e-mail marketing that may result from use of the site. Diagnostic Innovations
LLC allows visitors to self-select into communities as a way to provide
initial customization to the Diagnostic Innovations LLC web site. There
are also plans to allow users to determine the way requested information
is delivered.
Diagnostic Innovations
LLC only shares information with selected companies after providing users
with an ability to either opt out of or opt into the sharing. In some
cases, where the service is designed to provide marketing, the opt out
may be not to utilize the service. The limitations to such opt outs/opt
ins are in the case of joint sale or joint events where the information
goes to both Diagnostic Innovations LLC and the other party at the same
time, where the customer has requested follow up which involves Diagnostic
Innovations LLC partners, and as needed with third parties required to
accomplish the transaction including delivery and credit card clearing
services. As we further develop our preference tools we will endeavor
to have our partners join in their use as well to provide the user with
a more seamless and streamlined environment.
Please contact
us if you believe you have mistakenly received information after opting
out or if you would like to opt out of receiving information and have
any trouble using the mechanisms provided on Diagnostic Innovations LLC.
4.
Access
Diagnostic Innovations
LLC has provided you with the ability to create an account or profile
of information. We maintain the information and allow you to update it
at any time. To change this information, please log in as usual and follow
the prompts to "update my profile." We continue to work on these
methods to increase the scope of information that you may access and update.
Please contact
us should you require further assistance concerning your information
or if you have trouble accessing your profile.
While the majority
of questions and issues related to access can be handled quickly, a few
complex requests may take more research and time. In such cases, access
issues will either be addressed within thirty days or you will be contacted
as to the nature of the problem and appropriate next steps.
5.
Advertising
Diagnostic Innovations
LLC permits a limited amount of sponsorships and advertisements on its
Web sites. No personally identifiable information is passed back to the
advertisers as part of this process, but aggregate profile information,
such as user community, may be used in the selection of advertising to
make sure that it has relevance to the user.
The privacy practices
of advertisers, like other external links, are beyond the control of Diagnostic
Innovations LLC and you should review the privacy policy of any associated
site before providing any personal information.
6.
Security
Diagnostic Innovations
LLC is concerned with the security of the personally identifiable information
we have collected and has in place reasonable measures to prevent unauthorized
access to that information. These measures include - policies, procedures,
and technical elements relating to data access controls. In addition,
Diagnostic Innovations LLC uses standard security protocols and mechanisms
to exchange the transmission of sensitive data such as credit card details.
7.
Compliance Issues
Should you believe
your personal information has been used in a way that is not consistent
with this policy or your stated preferences, or should you have further
questions related to this policy, please contact us by e-mail.
8.
Policy Updates
We may update this
policy from time to time to describe how new site features affect our
use of your information and to let you know of new control and preference
features that we provide you. Please check our website for updates, or
contact
us to be added to our policy mailing list.
We appreciate your
comments
on Diagnostic Innovations LLC's privacy practices.
1A
cookie is a small piece of information sent by a web server to
store on a web browser so it can later be read back from that browser.
2A
URL is a Uniform Resource Locator, a standard way developed to
specify the location of a resource available electronically. URLs make
it possible to direct both people and software applications to a variety
of information, available from a number of different Internet protocols.
3Examples
could include: joint seminars and sales promotions, jointly developed
products and joint announcements.