Privacy Policy

Overview
The Memorial Sloan Kettering – Hackensack Meridian Health Partnership (“The Partnership”, “we”, “us”) is committed to protecting the privacy of our Users’ data. The Partnership uses its best efforts to ensure that the information you submit to The Partnership’s website remains private, and is used only for the purposes as set forth herein.

Applicability of Policy
This privacy policy applies to all information collected from you or submitted by you on The Partnership’s website located at MSK-HMHPartnership.org (“the Site”). If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us at info@MSK-HMHPartnership.org.

This privacy policy does not cover the information collected through the individual websites of the Partnership organizations i.e. Memorial Sloan Kettering (“MSK”) and Hackensack Meridian Health (“HMH”) when you visit each of those sites.

This privacy policy also does not cover the information that either of the Partnership organizations (i.e. Memorial Sloan Kettering or Hackensack Meridian Health) collect through other channels (including from the doctors at each organization) if you are a patient of either organization. Each organization’s use of any information it collects about you as a patient, and their use of patient medical records and patient health information are governed by that organization’s patient Notice of Privacy Practices which is available on each organization’s individual websites.

BY PROVIDING YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO THE PARTNERSHIP OR OTHERWISE USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND OUR WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

The Information We Collect and Use
When we use the term “Personal Data” we mean information that we directly associate with a specific person, or that we can reasonably use to identify a specific person such as a name or email address. We collect and use information through your use of the Site in the following ways.

1. Personal Data You Provide To Us
When a user registers for attendance at an event, such as a symposium, the information collected includes but is not limited to name, mailing address, and email address. We use this information to register you in the program and facilitate and administer the event. We may also use this information to contact you to respond to your requests or inquiries and provide support, or to contact you about The Partnership programs, products, or services that we believe may be of interest to you, including new Partnership service announcements or event invitations.

2. Information We Collect Automatically
We use certain technologies on the Site to collect information that does not directly reveal your identity (“Other Information”). The Partnership only uses Other Information anonymously and in aggregate (i.e., non-User specific) form. If we associate Other Information with Personal Data, we will treat the combined information as Personal Data in accordance with this privacy policy.

The technologies we use include the following:

• Web Log File Data. Like most other websites, we collect some basic information automatically about you and store it in log files. This information may include IP address, browser type, internet service provider, pages you visit from and pages to go to after leaving the Site, date and time stamp, clickstream data, website traffic patterns and server usage statistics. We use this information for site management and administration, to improve the content, overall performance and user experience on the Site, for fraud protection and for protecting our rights.
• Cookies and Other Data Collection Technologies. The Partnership and our service providers may use cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to manage the Site and to collect information about you when you use the Site. Cookies are small files that your Web browser places on your computer’s hard drive. The Partnership may use cookies, if at all, for remembering user names and passwords (if applicable) and preferences, tracking click streams, and for load balancing. These technologies help us to recognize you, analyze your use of the Site and identify solutions for how to make the Site more useful. These technologies also allow us to enhance the usability of the Site by aggregating demographic and statistical data and providing this information to our service providers. Additionally, third party widgets such as Facebook or YouTube may install cookies as well, depending on their configurations. Most browsers allow you to turn off cookies if you do not want your preferences tracked. You can still use the Site if cookies are turned off, but disabling cookies may result in a diminished ability to take advantage of the features of the Site. The “help” menu on most internet browsers contains information on how to disable cookies, or you can visit www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-control-cookies/.
• Information for Analytics. The Partnership uses analytics providers such as Google Analytics to help us evaluate and measure the use and performance of the Site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve this site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

3. Additional Uses of Personal Data
In addition to the uses described above, The Partnership may use your Personal Data for the following purposes:

• Maintaining and delivering the Site and its services;
• Improving our Site and services;
• Developing new resources and services;
• Preventing, investigating and providing notice of fraud, unlawful or criminal activity or unauthorized access to or use of Personal Data, the Site or our data systems, or to meet legal obligations;
• Investigating and resolving disputes and security issues and enforcing our Terms and Conditions
• For any other lawful, legitimate business purposes.

How We Share and Disclose Personal Data
The Partnership only shares or discloses Personal Data collected through the Site in the following ways:

• Partnership Organizations and Affiliates. The Partnership may share information collected from this website with The Partnership organizations i.e. Memorial Sloan Kettering (“MSK”) and Hackensack Meridian Health (“HMH”) so that they too may understand how our users use this website and so that MSK and HMH may advise you of upcoming events, send a newsletter or otherwise communicate with you regarding MSK or HMH happenings. We also may share Personal Data with legal entities that are affiliated with us for purposes and uses that are consistent with this privacy policy and applicable law.
• Third-Party Service Providers. We may engage vendors who perform services on our behalf, including helping us manage the Site, manage our communication channels and conduct analysis of your use of the Site. These Third Party- Service Providers may only use your Personal Data on our behalf. Our third-party service providers may include:
  • IT service and support providers, including those providers involved in hosting and monitoring the Site;
  • Analytics providers;
  • Marketing and advertising providers, including those providers involved in our newsletter emails and digital advertising campaigns;
  • Payment and e-commerce providers, including those providers facilitating the event pages;
  • Providers of tools, widgets or buttons on the Site, including those providers facilitating blog comments, sharing tools, forums and questionnaires; and
  • Learning management platform providers, including those providers involved in the provision of virtual education and continuing learning programming.
• Legal Process, Safety and Terms Enforcement. We may disclose your Personal Data to legal or government regulatory authorities in response to a search warrant, subpoena, court order or other request for such information or to assist in investigations. We may also disclose your Personal Data to third parties in connection with claims, disputes or litigation, when otherwise required by law, if we determine such disclosure is necessary to protect the health and safety of us or our users or to enforce our legal rights.
• Business Transfers. Personal Data may be disclosed as a part of a Partnership business transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, reorganization, joint venture or financing or sale of our assets, and could be sold or transferred to a third party as part of such a transaction. Personal Data also may be disclosed to a successor hospital, provider or other legal entity in the event of insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership.

Ad Partners and Your Choices
The Partnership supports the self-regulatory principles of the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”). We work with advertisers, advertising networks, advertising servers, and analytics companies (“Ad Partners”) that use different technologies to collect data about your use of the Site (such as pages visited or articles viewed or clicked on) in order to deliver relevant advertising.

These technologies may include cookies, web beacons and other data collection technologies on our Site placed by these Ad Partners to understand how our Site is being used, to analyze where users go and what they do after their leave our Site, to link various devices they may use, and to serve ads that are more relevant to the user. These advertisements may appear on other websites or services that you visit.
For more information about how Ad Partners use the information collected by the technologies on our Site and about your options not to accept cookies placed by some of these companies on our Sites, please visit the DAA’s opt-out page.

The opt-outs described above are device- and browser-specific and may not work on all devices. If you choose to opt-out through any of these opt-out tools, this does not mean you will cease to see advertising. Rather, the ads you see will just not be based on your interests. In addition, when you opt out using one of these methods, our Ad Partners will continue to collect Other Information for any other purpose permitted by the DAA’s rules. Since these opt-outs are cookie-based, if you clear your cookies at any time, you will need to opt out again through the links above.

Please note that this privacy policy does not cover the practices of our Ad Partners. The Partnership does not have control over these third party technologies or the information contained in them.

Child Privacy
The Partnership intends use of this website for adults who are over the age of 18. The Partnership website does not specifically or intentionally collect information about children. If you are concerned about your child’s use of The Partnership website, you may use web filtering technology to supervise or limit access to The Partnership website.

Opt-Out
The Partnership permits you to opt-out of receiving certain communications from The Partnership website. To opt-out of receiving communications from this website, you may edit your preferences and elect not to receive communications. You may at any time cease using this website or elect not to receive communications from this website.

Links to Other Websites or Mobile Applications
The Site may contain links to websites or mobile applications owned and operated by third parties. A link to another website or mobile application does not imply an endorsement of that website’s or mobile application’s content or services. This privacy policy does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, the privacy practices of third-party websites or mobile applications that are not owned by us. We encourage you to read privacy statements of any third-party websites or mobile applications to learn about their information practices.

Changes to Privacy Policy
This privacy policy may be updated from time to time. Changes to the privacy policy will be posted to The Partnership website. It is your obligation to review this privacy policy from time to time, and your continued use of the Web Site after changes have been posted will be deemed your acceptance of the revised policy. If at any time you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy, you may contact The Partnership via e-mail at info@MSK-HMHPartnership.org.

General
This privacy policy is governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of New Jersey, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under these Terms and Conditions shall lie exclusively with the state and federal courts within the State of New Jersey. If any provision of this privacy policy is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this privacy policy, which shall remain in full force and effect. The failure of The Partnership to enforce any term or condition of this privacy policy shall not be deemed a waiver thereof and shall not prevent its later enforcement.