The Maine Health Information
Management Association (MeHIMA) is committed to providing access
to services and information online in a manner that respects and
protects the privacy of our members and general users who access
this site. This statement describes our information collection
practices and how we use and protect your personal information.
Log-on information is needed in
the
Members Only
section of the website which requires unique identifiers
(membership identification numbers) to verify the user’s
identity. This unique and individually identified information
is never sold nor provided to third parties nor are passwords
stored on the website.
Cookies are small text files
that many web sites transfer to users’ hard drives to enable the
site to deliver personalized services or to provide persistent
authentication. The information contained in a cookie typically
includes information collected automatically by the web server
and/or information provided voluntarily by the user. The user
controls, via the computer’s operating system, whether cookies
will be accepted and, if so, how they will be handled (for
example, deleted or saved). Our web site does not use cookie
technology.
Our organization is committed
to ensuring the security of your information. We have put in
place reasonable physical, technical and administrative
safeguards designed to prevent unauthorized access to, or use
of, any information collected on line. This information is also
protected from loss, misuse, and alteration of information under
the organizations control.
MeHIMA does not sell or rent
the contact information of its members or customers.
This site may contain links to
other web sites not affiliated with our organization. We are
not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites.
We encourage you to read the privacy statements of other sites
for assurance that their practices safeguard your privacy.
Online surveys, polls, and all
demographic information collected through our website are used
for internal benchmarking and research. Identifying information
is not disclosed to outside parties.
We reserve the right to modify
this privacy statement at any time and will post the changes on
this site.
We welcome suggestions and
questions about our privacy statement. Please send them to the
current President of MeHIMA. The contact information can be
located in the
About Us
section of the website.
