View Notice of Privacy Practices
At Highmark Inc. ("Highmark") we take the issue of privacy very seriously. We want to assure Users of our Walk for a Healthy Community Web sites (meaning any individual, including site visitors as well as those individuals who provide personal information via this Web site, herein referred to as “User(s)”) that their information is secure and maintained in confidence, consistent with applicable state and federal laws. Please read through the following pages, which describe our online privacy policy.
I. Information Collected Online
A. General
How you use the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community site will determine whether or not we need to collect information from you and how much information we collect. For many features, we do not require any information on whoyou are or ask questions about you. For some of our features, such as registration for walks, we need to collect sufficient information from you to provide the service of that feature.
B. Email
Highmark invites Users to send messages to Highmark regarding the Walk for a Healthy Community program. The information provided through the use of these secure messages and feedback forms will be used by Highmark representatives or other appropriate third parties who need to view this information to respond to the inquiry.
C. Use of Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of information about an internet session that may be created when an individual accesses a web site.
Cookies can contain a variety of information, including the name of the web site that issued them, where on the site the User visited, passwords, and even User names and credit card numbers that have been supplied via forms. Note that most Web browsers can be modified by the User to prevent cookies from being attached to the User.
Highmark's Walk for a Healthy Community Web site, and certain sites it provides links to, use cookies to facilitate easier navigation within the sites and provide a higher level of convenience for Users. The use of cookies by the linked site is subject to the company's own privacy policies and in some circumstances is subject to contractual obligations between Highmark and the company.
II. Use of Information Collected Online
Highmark does not sell your non-public personal information to anyone.
All information submitted by any individual to Highmark may be retained to provide a record of such communications and to comply with any applicable legal and/or regulatory requirements and may be verified for accuracy. In addition:
Highmark uses any information submitted by you on the Walk for a Healthy Community site to provide prepare materials for and facilitate the walks in various communities. When you register for a walk and select a sponsoring organization, your registration information is shared with that organization for the same purposes, which may include contacting you to remind you of a walk date.
Information may also be "cleansed" by Highmark (stripped of any information which could identify you personally, such as your name or e-mail address), aggregated with other data, and used for general research, classification purposes, marketing, or other purposes without permission, but only in non-individually identifiable forms.
III. Access to Information Collected Online
A. Employees
Certain Highmark employees may be provided with information regarding Users in order to respond to the individual's needs and provide requested information. Highmark employees are required, by written confidentiality statements, corporate policies, and state or federal laws or regulations to maintain the confidentiality of personal information and to use strict standards of care in handling the information. Employees who do not conform to these confidentiality requirements are subject to disciplinary sanctions that may include dismissal.
B. Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community organization partners
As described above, Highmark may disclose personal information of its Users collected through this Web site as permitted by law to the organizations it partners with in presenting the Walk for a Healthy Community program. Those partners use the information to prepare materials and activities for the walks and the participants who will be walking under their sponsorship, including, in some cases, contacting Users with reminders about walk dates and activities.
C. Third Parties
Other than as set forth above, Highmark does not transmit any personal information collected through its Web sites to any third party without the permission of the individual. Personal information may be transmitted, however, if there is a specific need to complete a transaction requested by the individual.
IV. Compliance Assurance
A. Security
Highmark makes reasonable efforts to protect your information from unauthorized use or alteration. However, you should be aware there is always some risk in sending information over the internet.
B. Internal Compliance Program
Highmark maintains an internal privacy compliance program to ensure compliance with this privacy policy. This program includes oversight of the compliance program by a Chief Privacy Officer whose function is to create, maintain, and enforce privacy procedures in accordance with this policy. Highmark also has a Chief Information Security Officer who oversees our information security systems and procedures. Additionally, our compliance programs include on-going employee training, on-going maintenance and updating of security systems and practices and maintenance of customer feedback and complaint resolution process. Highmark reserves the right to amend this policy at any time.
C. Questions and Concerns
If you have questions about this online privacy policy, or concerns regarding your personal information, please send us your question by clicking Contact Us from the top of any of our web pages.
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