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First Medical Transcription Corporation offers several Medical & healthcare related
services through their web site named firstMT.com. In this document firstMT.com
represent the website as well as
First Medical Transcription Corporation.
At firstMT.com, we are committed to protecting your privacy and to developing
technology that gives you the most powerful and secure online experience related
to medical technology. You can travel through most of our site without giving us
any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide
services that you request, and this statement of privacy explains data
collection and use in those situations. This privacy statement explains data
collection and use practices of firstMT.com; it does not apply to other online
or offline firstMT.com sites, products or services. Please read the complete
firstMT.com privacy statement.
Collecting your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you
(personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information
is requested when you are registering before entering a contest, ordering e-mail
newsletters, joining a limited-access site, signing up for an event, or when
purchasing and registering firstMT.com products. Personal information collected
by firstMT.com often is limited to e-mail address, language, country or
location, but may include other information when needed to provide a service you
requested.
For example: If you choose a service or transaction that requires payment, such
as making a purchase, we will request personal information necessary for billing
and/or shipping, such as: name, address, telephone number, and credit card
number.
When you buy and install a new product, we may ask you to register your purchase
electronically. When you do, we keep this registration information on file with
any information you've already given us on previous visits to our Web site. This
is considered your personal profile.
firstMT.com uses username and passwords as its authentication service. This
allows you to access your personal information at firstMT.com, plus execute
secure transactions other participating
firstMT
services, by signing in with your unique username and a password. When you
register with us, your personal profile may have been created.
If you ever want to review or update your profile, simply email us at
info@firstmt.com with your revised personal
information. We’ll ask you to disclose your firstMT.com username and verify some
other security information so that only you can alter your profile.
Use of your Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
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To make the site easier
for you to use by not making you enter your personal information more than
once.
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To deliver services that
you request or purchase.
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To help you quickly find
software, services or information on firstMT.com.
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To help us create and
publish content most relevant to you.
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To alert you to product
upgrades, special offers, updated information and other new services from
firstMT.com.
We
occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf,
including packaging, mailing and delivering purchases, answering customer
questions about products or services, sending postal mail and processing event
registration. We will only provide those companies the information they need to
deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any
other purpose.
firstMT.com may disclose your personal information 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 firstMT.com or the
site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of firstMT.com and its
family of Web sites, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal
safety of users of firstMT.com, its Web sites, or the public.
Your information may be stored and processed in the
United States or any other country in which firstMT.com or its affiliates,
subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent
to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
Control of your Personal Information
When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, firstMT.com
will not share that information with third parties without your permission,
other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for
the purposes stated above.
firstMT.com occasionally allows other companies to offer our registered
customers information about their products and services. If you do not want to
receive these offers, you should email us at
info@firstMT.com,
otherwise we assume that you have stated "firstMT.com partners can send me
information about their services or products."
firstMT.com may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service
issues related to a product or service you requested. You will not be able to
choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential
part of the service you have chosen.
Access to your Personal Information
We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is
correct and current. You may review and update this information at any time by
sending an email request. You can:
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Change personal
information you have already given us at firstMT.com.
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Tell us whether you want firstMT.com to send you marketing information.
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Choose whether you want
third parties to send you their offers by postal mail.
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Subscribe, or cancel
subscriptions, to newsletters about our services and products.
Security of your Personal Information
firstMT.com strictly protects the security of your personal information and
honors your choices for its intended use. We carefully protect your data from
loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
Your personal information is never shared outside the company without your
permission, except under conditions explained above. Inside the company, data is
stored in password-controlled servers with limited access.
Outside firstMT.com, you also have a significant role in protecting your
information. No one can see or edit your personal information without knowing
your username and password, so do not share these with others.
Protection of Children's Personal Information
The firstMT.com site does not publish content that is targeted to children.
However, if you are concerned about your children providing firstMT.com any
personal information without your consent, contact us via email & let us know
about potential incidences.
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Use of Cookies
To ensure we are publishing content customers need and want, firstMT.com
collects site-visitation statistics using cookies. We only use this
information in aggregated form and only use site-visitation statistics for
improving our site.
When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on the customer’s machine (if
the customer accepts cookies) or is read if the customer has visited the site
previously.
Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology, or action tags, assist in
delivering the cookie. This technology tells us how many visitors clicked on
key elements (such as links or graphics) on a firstMT.com Web page. We do
not use this technology to access your personally identifiable information on
firstMT.com; it is a tool we use to compile aggregated statistics about
firstMT.com Web site usage. We may share aggregated site statistics with
partner companies but do not allow other companies to place clear gifs on our
sites.
firstMT.com also uses cookies in connection with the use of your authenticated
account on the firstMT.com Web site as explained above.
If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the firstMT.com
Web site, you will be able to view the text on the screens, however you will
not experience a personalized visit nor will you be able to subscribe to the
service offerings on the site.
If you
have questions regarding this statement, you should first contact
info@firstMT.com.
Changes to this Statement
firstMT.com will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we
will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement.
For material changes to this Statement, firstMT.com may notify you by
placing prominent notice on the Web site.
Contact Information
firstMT.com welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy; please
contact us by
e-mail,
or postal mail.
firstMT.com Privacy
First Medical Transcription
Corporation
22 W 19th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10011
Last
Updated:
9/23/2002
7:27:11 PM
©2003
First Medical Transcription
Corporation.
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