Joanna Dolgoff, MD, PC offers Dr. Dolgoff’s Weigh (“Dr. Dolgoff” “We” “Our” “Us”) as an informative website dedicated to your well being and is committed to your privacy. Please read the following policy which governs our website, products and outlines our information gathering and dissemination practice.

PERSONAL, HEALTH, ORDER AND UPDATE INFORMATION

DR. DOLGOFF collects personal information through its Website in order to process orders, provide services and communicate with its customers. The information collected for DR. DOLGOFF’s mailing lists includes the visitor’s name and email address (collectively the “Personal Information”).

The health information collected for DR. DOLGOFF’s suggested nutrition plans, includes the visitor’s name, e-mail address, gender, weight and age along with other health related information such as activity level and resting metabolic weight in order to personalize your experience (collectively the “Health Information”).

The information collected when making a purchase or paying for services, includes, relevant credit card and account information to process the order, bill the customer and update you on your order status (collectively the “Order Information”).
DR. DOLGOFF may communicate with its users through e-newsletters and e-mails about company information, updates, special promotions, announcements, surveys, blogs, events, pod-casts, product and service offerings, discounts, and messages from DR. DOLGOFF (collectively the “Update Information”).

We use the Personal, Health, Order and Update information to personalize your experience, learn more about our visitors, customers and potential customers, respond to your inquiries, request feedback, contact you if necessary and to help improve our services and product offerings. We will not use your telephone number for marketing purposes.

DISCLOSURE, SALE, RENTAL

DR. DOLGOFF will not sell or divulge your personal information to third parties without permission. DR. DOLGOFF may use other persons, companies, agents or contractors to perform services such as maintaining the Website, processing credit card transactions, analyzing customer interaction and conducting research and surveys. We may also provide postal addresses for delivery purposes. While providing such services, these parties may be aware of your personal information and we cannot be liable for their use or misuse of your personal information.

We may provide general information to potential or actual advertisers, providers of advertising services (including, website tracking services), commercial partners, sponsors, licensees, researchers and similar parties regarding the number of visitors to our Website, demographic breakdown and activities that visitors engage in while on our Website.

Any future subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under a common control (collectively “Affiliates”) may become privy to your personal information, in which case we will require the Affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.

DR. DOLGOFF reserves the right to disclose any information as required by law, or as we may believe is necessary to comply with relevant laws or respond to any subpoenas or warrants, and as necessary to defend our rights, property, websites, services and the safety of our users.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

We are committed to protecting the privacy of children and this Website is not intended for children under the age of 18. No child should utilize this Website without proper parental or guardian supervision and permission. Consistent with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without parental consent or notification which may include the collection of the parent or guardian’s e-mail address in order to e-mail them a notification. We urge all parents and guardians to participate in their children's exploration of the Internet, and to teach their children about protecting their personal information.

COOKIES

As you navigate this Website, certain information may be passively collected such as your Internet protocol address, browser type, domain names, access times, and operating system. We may use “Cookies” and navigational data like Uniform Resource Locators (URL) to gather information such as the date and time of your visit and information and services you searched and viewed. This type of information is collected to make our products, services and Website more useful to you.

An "Internet protocol address "or "IP Address" is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. In some cases your IP Address stays the same for each browser session but if you use a consumer internet access provider, your IP Address probably varies from session to session. We track IP Addresses solely in conjunction with session cookies to analyze our web page flow.
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that a website sends to your computer's hard drive while you are viewing a website. We may use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on our Website. Persistent Cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions. If you choose to disable Cookies, some areas of the Website may not work properly.

THIRD PARTY LINKS

DR. DOLGOFF’s Website may contain links to other websites. DR. DOLGOFF is not responsible for the privacy practices, content or conduct of such other Websites and we urge you to become familiar with their privacy practices.

CHOICE/OPT OUT

Please contact us to request the removal of your information from our database or to no longer receive future communications at info@drdolgoff.com with the word ‘unsubscribe’ in the subject line.

FEEDBACK

DR. DOLGOFF may publish and reproduce feedback, comments or other material which you may post, upload, submit or provide along with your name. You are solely responsible to ensure that any material submitted, posted, uploaded or transmitted via DR. DOLGOFF’s Website is original, appropriate and does not violate the rights of any person or entity and complies with our Terms of Use.
We are not responsible for the privacy of any information you may reveal or post in any public form (e.g. message board, blog) which may be available via our Website.

NO DOCTOR/PATIENT RELATIONSHIP

Please understand that while your privacy will be respected and the information provided by DR. DOLGOFF is intended to be helpful, the information, content, text and communications by DR. DOLGOFF and/or its representatives, staff and personnel via this Website, blogs, e-mails, newsletters and other communications is being provided for general informative and educational purposes and your use of this Website and submission of any personal information to and/or the personal response by DR. DOLGOFF does not constitute medical advice and will not create or imply any doctor/patient privileged relationship with DR. DOLGOFF. The information should not be used in the place of advice of your physician or other medical professional.

SECURITY

We wish to protect your privacy and security however there is no such thing as “perfect security” on the Internet or offline and we are not responsible for and cannot guarantee the success or full security of your transactions while visiting our Website. You must do so at your own risk and we strongly encourage you to use common sense on our Website and whenever you disclose personal information.

CHANGES

This policy may change at any time without notice so please check back periodically as your continued use of the Website will be considered acceptance of our Privacy Policy.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Website, you can contact DR. DOLGOFF at info@drdolgoff.com

Notice: This Privacy Policy was last modified January 26, 2009.