Alexa Privacy Policy
Mary Free Bed Privacy Policy- Alexa Skill
At Mary Free Bed, we respect your privacy and are committed to maintaining your trust. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to visitors of our sites and users of Mary Free Bed services.
Mary Free Bed understands how important the privacy of personal information is to our users. This Privacy Policy will tell you what information we collect about you and about your use of Mary Free Bed and its services. It will explain the choices you have about how your personal information is used and how we protect that information. We urge you to read this Privacy Policy carefully.
This Privacy Policy applies to websites owned and operated by Mary Free Bed that are intended for use by consumers (non-professionals) for non-commercial personal, family or household purposes, including MaryFreeBed.com and including the mobile optimized versions of these sites and our Mobile Device Applications or “Apps” (we refer to these sites and Apps collectively as the “Mary Free Bed Sites”). We refer to the Mary Free Bed Sites and Apps, along with the information and services made available to you through the Mary Free Bed Sites and Apps, as the “Services.”
Except where noted, statements in this Privacy Policy with respect to the Mary Free Bed Sites also apply to the Apps. If you do not want us to collect, use or disclose information about you and your use of the Services as described in this Privacy Policy, then you should not use the Services. By using the Services, you must agree to the Mary Free Bed Terms of Use, which is the contract between us and users of the Services. By accepting the Mary Free Bed Terms of Use, you confirm that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy and you acknowledge that we will store, use and otherwise process your information in the United States where we are located.
References to “Mary Free Bed,” “we” or “us” mean Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, including any company that Mary Free Bed controls (for example, a subsidiary that Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation owns). Mary Free Bed may share information among its subsidiaries or websites that it owns or controls, but information collected under this Privacy Policy is always protected under the terms of this Privacy Policy. Except as otherwise noted in this Privacy Policy, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation is the data controller responsible for the processing of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Information Collected About You
Some of our Services do not retain your personal information, while others store your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Even if you don not register with or provide any personal information to Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation, we collect information about your use of the Mary Free Bed Sites, Apps and Services. To provide the functionality of Mary Free Bed services and related support, we may use information for legitimate business purposes including:
Reporting and trending
- To better understand you and other users, so that we can tune and personalize our offering.
- For trending statistics and to improve our products and services.
To accomplish business purposes
- For audits, to verify that our internal processes function as intended and are compliant with legal, regulatory or contractual requirement.
- For fraud and security monitoring purposes, for example: to prevent and detect cyber-attacks or attempts to commit identity theft.
- For responding to legal duties, such as requests from public and government authorities.
- To defend our legal rights or those of others.
We will engage in these activities to comply with a legal obligation or because we have legitimate interest. To the extent that we process your personal information based on your consent, you may withdraw consent at any time.
Registration
While you may not use most of the Services without registering, certain Services do require that you register with Mary Free Bed for them to function properly. If you choose to register or update an existing account with Mary Free Bed or access certain Services, you may be required to provide certain personal information, such as your name, address, telephone number, gender, email address and date of birth, and a username and password to access your Mary Free Bed account. You are responsible for ensuring accuracy of the personal information that you submit to Mary Free Bed.
Email Newsletters
At registration and at various times as you use Mary Free Bed sites, you will be given the option of providing us with personal information in order to receive informational/promotional newsletter – such as a newsletter relating to a specific health condition – via email from Mary Free Bed and/or directly from third parties. From time to time Mary Free Bed may offer users of third-party websites the opportunity to subscribe to our newsletters through those websites.
Market Research
From time to time, Mary Free Bed may conduct online research surveys on behalf of itself and third parties through email invitations, pop-up surveys and online focus groups. When participating in a survey, we may require you to provide your location, age, and your name for information purposes. The information that you submit in a survey may be used by Mary Free Bed for research and measurement purposes, as described below, including to measure the effectiveness of content, advertising or programs. We will not knowingly invite individuals who are under the age of 13 to participate in market research surveys. Market research surveys conducted by or on behalf of Mary Free Bed will contain a link to this Privacy Policy.
User Reviews and Other Public Forums
Users are able to submit provider reviews. Our reviews are open to the public and should not be considered private. Any information (including personal information) you share in any review, or other forum is by design open to the public and is not private. You should think carefully before posting any personal information in any public forum. What you post can be seen, disclosed to or collected by third parties and may be used by others in ways we cannot control or predict, including contact you for unauthorized purposes. As with any public forum on any site, the information you post may also show up in third party search engines. Users agree to and does not hereby indemnify, hold harmless and defend Mary Free Bed and its governing board, officers, employees and agents from every claim or demand made and every liability cost, liability loss, damage or expense, of any nature, which may be incurred by reason of, or which may be directly or indirectly related to use of Mary Free Bed sites.
Emails You Send to Mary Free Bed
This Privacy Policy does not apply to information, content, business information, ideas, concepts or inventions that you send to Mary Free Bed by email.
Services and Device Information
When you access and use the Services, Mary Free Bed automatically collects and stores in its server logs information from your browser or mobile device such as your IP address or unique device identifier, browser information (including referring URL), your preferences and settings, cookies and information about the content you have viewed and actions taken (e.g. search inquiries, ad engagement, clicks and the associated dates and times). Mary Free Bed may also collect device-specific information when you install and use an App including your device model, operating system information, advertising ID (which is unique, user-resettable identification number for advertising associated with a mobile device) and App version and usage information. When enabled by you, we collect precise location information provided by your mobile device, which you may disable through device settings.
Precise Geolocation Data
When enabled by you, we collect precise location information provided by your mobile device. We do so to provide you more relevant content including advertising based on your location. You may disable the collection and use of your location data through your device settings. To change location settings on your device, please refer to your device’s official knowledge base.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
We and our partners use cookies to collect information about your use of the Services. “Cookies” are small data files assigned to your browser when you visit a Mary Free Bed Site which enable recognition of your browser and collect and store information about your use of the Services, as described above. In addition to cookies, we and our partners use other tracking technologies that collect information about your use of the Services, including mobile identifiers and “web beacons” which are small graphic files (sometimes called “clear GIFs” or “web pixels”) embedded in a web page or email typically used to monitor activity and send relevant information back to a home server (which can belong to the host site, a network advertiser or some other third party). The information collected by such tracking technologies may be combined with other information that our partners have access to, including your name, email address and physical address, so that we can send you materials, either directly or electronically that may be of interest to you.
Our advertising service partners may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about your use of Mary Free Bed Sites, including content you have viewed. These third parties may use this information to help Mary Free Bed deliver advertising on the Mary Free Bed Sites and on other third-party websites based on your browsing activity on the Mary Free Bed Sites. Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation may further tailor the advertising on the Mary Free Bed Sites and these third-party websites based on additional information to the extent known by Mary Free bed or these third parties.
To see how Google may use information collected through our use of the Google services on the Mary Free Bed Sites visit https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners.
To see how Facebook may use information collected through your use of FaceBook services on the Mary Free Bed Sites visit https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy.
To provide you with certain personalization and advertising services described herein, when you use our Mary Free Bed Sites, we may share information that we may collect from you, such as your email address (in hashed form), IP address or information about your browser or operating system, and its affiliates, which may in turn link demographic information or interest-based information to your browser. We may retain information for as long as needed to permit in light of the purpose(s) for which it was obtained and consistent with applicable law.
We also work with third-party ad networks to display advertising on our Mary Free Bed Sites and third part websites. Our ad network vendors use technologies to collect information about your activities on the Mary Free Bed Sites to provide you cookie-based targeted advertising on our Mary Free Bed Sites and on third-party websites based upon your browsing activity and your interests.
When you download and install one of our Apps onto your mobile device, we assign a random number to your App installation. This number cannot be used to identify you personally, and we cannot identify you personally unless you choose to become a registered user of the App. We use this random number in a manner similar to our use of cookies as described in this Privacy Policy. Unlike cookies, the random number is assigned to your installation of the App itself and not a browser, because the App does not work through your browser. Therefore, the random number cannot be removed through settings. If you do not want us to use the random number for the purposes for which we use cookies, please do not use the Apps. Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies on our mobile optimized sites and are similar to our use on our desktop sites.
Cross Device Tracking
We and our service providers collect and store information about users’ interactions with unaffiliated websites and applications that use our technologies, including cookies and similar tracking technologies. This allows us to infer the presence of a common user or household behind multiple devices. We do so in order to:
- provide personalized advertising on each device that is inferred from the browsing patterns on all the devices;
- detect and prevent fraud;
- allow users to use our service on one device and pick up seamlessly where they left off on another device;
- limit the number of times a user is shown the same advertisement, across known or inferred devices
For information on your advertising choices and opt-out, please see the “Your Choices and Rights” section of this Privacy Notice.
How Information Collected About You Is Used
Information about your use of the Services may be used for the following purposes:
- to provide, improve and create new Services,
- to respond to your inquiries and to send you administrative communications about the Mary Free Bed Sites and Services,
- to obtain your feedback about the Mary Free Bed Sites and Services,
- to send you secure electronic messages and personalized emails pertaining to your interests as inferred from your use of the Services, including news, announcements, reminders and opportunities from Mary Free Bed,
- to statistically analyze trends and user behavior and activity including how frequently areas of the Mary Free Bed Sites are visited, how the Services are being used and how many emails are received and opened,
- to provide you and people with similar demographic characteristics and interests with more relevant content including advertising both on and off the Mary Free Bed Sites and Apps,
- to offer lead generation services,
- to detect and defend against fraud and other threats to the Services and our users,
- to identify issues with the Services,
- to conduct research and measurement activities, including those described below, and
- to administer your account.
In addition, Mary Free Bed may use personal information about you for other purposes that are disclosed to you at the time we collect the information and/or with your consent.
Mary Free Bed may combine your personal information and other information collected about your use of the Services, and supplement with information from external sources for the purposes Mary Free Bed described in this Privacy Policy. For example, information that collects about you may be combined by Mary Free Bed with other information available to Mary Free Bed through third parties for research and measurement purposes, including measuring the effectiveness of content, advertising or programs. This information from other sources may include age, gender, demographic, geographic, personal interests, product purchase activity or other information. We may report aggregate information, which is not able to be identified back to an individual user of the Mary Free Bed Sites, to our current or prospective advertisers and other business partners.
Sharing Your Information
Mary Free Bed Subsidiaries and Corporate Affiliates:
We may share your information with our subsidiaries, affiliates and companies acquired by or merged with us and our affiliates. In the event of a corporate change in control resulting from, for example, a sale to, or merger with, another entity, or in the event of a sale of assets or a bankruptcy, Mary Free Bed reserves the right to transfer your personal information to the new party in control or the party acquiring assets. In the event of such a change, your personal information will continue to be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy unless any changes to the Privacy Policy are made in accordance with the section below that discusses “Changes to This Privacy Policy.”
Companies and Contractors that Work with Mary Free Bed
Mary Free Bed works with third party companies and contractors that help us provide the Services and to otherwise assist in the operation of the Mary Free Bed Sites and Apps, including those that provide services relating to technology, data analysis, research, email management and deployment, sweepstakes and contest administration, advertising and marketing and/or content. Mary Free Bed contractors sometimes have limited access to your information in the course of providing products or services to Mary Free Bed. We contractually require that our contractors not use or disclose your information for any purpose other than providing the limited service or function for Mary Free Bed.
Links to Other Websites
This privacy policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy information or other practices of any third-parties, or other products and services used in connection with Mary Free Bed. the inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by our affiliates.
Please note that we are not responsible for the collection, usage and disclosure policies and practices (including data security practices) of other organizations, such as Apple, FaceBook, Google, Microsoft, RIM, or any other app developer, app provider, social media platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider or device manufacturer, including any personal information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with Mary Free Bed, including our social media pages.
Third-Party Advertisers and Third-Party Websites
We may share information that we have about you, such as cookie ID or IP address, with third-parry advertising service providers who may use this information, on our behalf, to help Mary Free Bed deliver advertising on the Mary Free Bed Sites as well as on third-party websites.
Certain content, services and advertisements offered to you through the Mary Free Bed Sites are served on, or contain links to, websites hosted and operated by a company other than Mary Free Bed. Mary Free Bed does not share your personal information with third-party websites without your consent, but you should be aware that any information you disclose to third-party websites is no subjected to this Privacy Policy. Mary Free Bed does not endorse and is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites. You should review the privacy policy posted on third-party websites to understand how that third-party website collects and uses your information. Mary Free Bed makes an effort to make it obvious to you when you leave a Mary Free Bed Site and enter a third-party website, either by requiring you to click on a link or by notifying you on the Mary Free Bed Site before you visit the third-party site. In addition, if you see a phrase such as “powered by”, or “in association with” followed by the name of a company other than Mary Free Bed, then you are on a website hosted by a company other than Mary Free Bed.
We may also include social widgets on the Mary Free Bed Sites which enable you to interact with the associated social media services, e.g., to share an article. These widgets may collect browsing data which may be received by third parties. You may be able to manage your privacy preferences directly with the applicable social network platform.
Compliance with Law, Regulation, and Law Enforcement Requests
To cooperate with government and law enforcement officials and private parties to enforce and comply with law, we may release personal information to third parties:
- to comply with legal requirements such as law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order
- when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud or respond to a government request.
- in special cases, such as in response to a physical threat to you or others, to protect property or defend or assert legal rights.
In addition, we may disclose personal information as described below.
How Your Information is Secured and Retained
The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter personal information (including personal health information in various services), we encrypt the transmission of that information or use SSL connections (Secure Socket Layer) technology.
We take reasonable security measures to protect your personal information. Despite Mary Free Bed’s efforts to protect your personal information, there is always some risk that an unauthorized third-party may find a way around our security systems or that transmissions of your information over the Internet may be intercepted.
We will retain your personal information as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you Services. At any time, you can remove your personal information or instruct us to remove it, but you should be aware that it is not technologically possible to remove each and every record of the information you have provided to Mary Free Bed from our servers. See “Your Choices and Rights” below for more information on how you can update or remove your personal information. We will also retain your personal information as necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.
Your Choices and Rights
Updating/Removing Your Personal Information:
If you do not want your personal information used by Mary Free Bed as provided in this Privacy Policy, you should not use the Mary Free Bed Sites, Apps and Services. You can correct, update or review personal information you have previously submitted by going back to the specific Service, logging-in and making the desired change. You can also update any personal information you have submitted by contacting us using the contact information listed below or through the Contact Us link provided at the bottom of every page of the Mary Free Bed Sites.
If you have registered and desire to delete any of your registration information you have provided to us from our systems please contact us using the contact information listed below in the “Contacting Mary Free Bed About Your Personal Information or Privacy” section or through the Contact Us link provided at the bottom of every page of the Mary Free Bed Sites. Upon your request, we will delete your registration information from our active databases and where feasible from our back-up media. You should be aware that it is not technologically possible to remove each and every record of the information you have provided to the Mary Free Bed Sites from our servers.
When you sign up to receive email communications for any of our Services, including our email newsletters, or at any time, you can choose to opt out of receiving additional newsletters or other email communications from Mary Free Bed or our advertisers or sponsors.
If you decide that you would prefer not to receive personalized email or secure electronic messages from Mary Free Bed, you may also “Opt-out” of the Service by clicking on the settings tab on your Health Manager home page and changing your email preference or following the unsubscribe instructions included in each email.
All promotional emails that Mary Free Bed sends with opportunities from Mary Free Bed or with offers or informational materials from Mary Free Bed on behalf of our sponsors will contain an opportunity to unsubscribe from getting additional emails of that type in the future unless you re-subscribe.
Cookies
Most browser software can be set to reject cookies. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies in the “Help” or “Settings” or “Preferences” section of your browser’s toolbar.
Mobile Opt-out
You may also control interest-based advertising on your mobile device by enabling the “Limit Ad Tracking” setting in your iOS device’s settings or “Opt out of Ads Personalization” in your Android device’s settings. This will not prevent you from seeing advertisements but will limit the use of device advertising identifiers to personalize ads based on your interests. If you have questions about how to reject cookies on your specific device, please check with the device manufacturer.
California Residents
If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information. For more information relevant to our users who are California residents, please click here.
Children
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. The Mary Free Bed Sites are not designed or intended to attract children under the age of 13. The Mary Free Bed Sites do not collect personal information from any person we know is under the age of 13. The parent or guardian is solely responsible for providing supervision of the minor’s use of Mary Free Bed Alexa skill. The parent or guardian assumes full responsibility for ensuring that any registration information is kept secure and that the information submitted is accurate. The parent or guardian also assumes full responsibility for the interpretation and use of any information or suggestions provided through the Mary Free Bed Alexa skill for the minor.
Contacting Mary Free Bed About Your Personal Information or Privacy
Please send us an email by using the Contact Us link at the bottom of every page of the Mary Free Bed Sites if you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the personal information, we maintain about you. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
You can also contact Mary Free Bed’s Privacy Office at:
Mary Free Bed
Attn: Privacy Officer
235 Wealthy Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI
49503
Phone: 616.840.8216
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change or modify this Privacy Policy and any of our Services at any time and any changes will be effective upon being posted unless we advise otherwise. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by means of a notice on the Mary Free Bed Sites and/or by email to our registered users (sent to the email address specified when you register) prior to the change becoming effective. By continuing to use the Services after changes are made to this Privacy Policy, you agree to such changes. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy for the latest information on our privacy practices. If you do not accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, we ask that you do not register with us and that you do not use the Mary Free Bed Sites. Please exit the Mary Free Bed Sites immediately if you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.