Somibo Privacy Policy

About This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to the Somibo Web sites owned and operated by Somibo, including the Somibo.com site. Somibo Web sites include any site that Somibo owns or controls. Somibo may share information among its subsidiaries or sites that it owns or controls, but it is always protected under the terms of this Privacy Policy.

The Somibo Web site contains links to other sites. Once you enter another Web site (whether through an advertisement, service, or content link), be aware that Somibo is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites. We encourage you to look for and review the privacy statements of each and every Web site that you visit through a link or advertisement on Somibo.

We hope that reading our Privacy Policy helps you understand how we manage information about you.

Non-Personal Information Collected
While you may use some of the functionality of Somibo without registration, many of the specific tools and services on our website require registration. If you choose to register with our Web site for certain Interactive Tools or other services, we require you to submit Personally Identifiable Information. We collect Personally Identifiable Information, like your name, email address, date of birth, and zip code, you provide to us when you register as a member of Somibo and/or when you update your member profile. We use the Personally Identifiable Information that you provide to respond to your questions, provide you the specific services you select, send you emails about Web site maintenance and updates, and inform you of significant changes to this Privacy Policy.

Newsletters and Emails Sent to You
At registration and at various times as you use Somibo, you will be given the option of receiving recurring informational/promotional newsletters via email from Somibo and/or directly from third parties. When you sign up for our email newsletters or at any time, you can choose to Opt-In to receiving additional promotional emails from Somibo or our Sponsors. In order to subscribe to Somibo newsletters via email, we need your contact information, like name and email address. You can unsubscribe from the newsletters by simply clicking on the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any email newsletter. An email to our automated unsubscribe service will be created on your computer. Click the "send" button. You will then be unsubscribed from that newsletter within two to three business days. You may also unsubscribe or change any of your email preferences by clicking on the applicable links in your email newsletter or by changing your profile settings by clicking on any of the view/manage links at the bottom of your Somibo Newsletter.

Email Sent to Somibo
This Privacy Policy does not apply to content, business information, ideas, concepts or inventions that you send to Somibo by email. If you want to keep content or business information, ideas, concepts or inventions private or proprietary, do not send them in an email to Somibo. We try to answer every email within 48 business hours, but are not always able to do so.

Blogs and Message Boards
As a service to our users, Somibo features message boards, chat rooms and other public forums where users with similar interests or medical conditions can share information and support one another or where users can post questions for experts to answer. We also offer online discussions moderated by medical or healthcare experts. Any information shared (including Personally Identifiable and Personal Health Information) that you reveal in a chat room, message board, Ask Our Expert posting or online discussion is by design open to the public and is not a private, secure service. You should think carefully before disclosing any Personally Identifiable or Personal Health Information in any public forum. What you have written may be seen, disclosed to or collected by third parties and may be used by others in ways we are unable to control or predict, including to contact you for unauthorized purposes. As with any public forum on any site, this information may also appear in third-party search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN etc.

Children
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. Neither Somibo nor any of its services are designed or intended to attract children under the age of 13. We do not collect Personally Identifiable Information from any person we actually know is under the age of 13

Information Collected by Third Parties Not Acting on Somibo Behalf
Sponsors or advertisers on Somibo may use their own Cookies, Web Beacons or other online tracking technologies in the banner advertisements served on Somibo and in emails, special promotions or newsletters we send you. Some advertisers use companies other than Somibo to serve their ads and to monitor users' responses to ads, and these companies ("Ad Servers") may also collect Non-Personal Information through the use of Cookies or Web Beacons on our Web site. In certain situations, information collection may be facilitated by momentarily directing your browser to the Web site of an Ad Server or other third party acting on behalf of the sponsor, partner, or advertiser before re-directing your browser to its selected destination (e.g., back to Somibo to show the ad, or to the advertiser's website); this re-direction process will not be apparent to you.

We do not control these third parties' use of cookies or Web Beacons, or how they manage the non-personal information they gather through them. However, we do require sponsors, advertisers and Ad Servers who collect cookie or web beacon information through our Web site to agree that they will not collect any Personally Identifiable Information from our site without your consent.

You can also find additional information and resources about how to opt out of advertising and related cookies by visiting the World Privacy Forum's Site.

Disclosure of Your Information
Except as described in this Privacy Policy or as specifically agreed to by you, Somibo will not disclose any Personally Identifiable or Personal Health Information it gathers from you on our website. We may only release Personally Identifiable or Personal Health Information to third parties: (1) to comply with valid legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order; or (2) 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 the event that we are legally compelled to disclose your Personally Identifiable or Personal Health Information to a third party, we will attempt to notify you unless doing so would violate the law or court order. In addition, we may disclose Personal Information as described below.

Updating Your Personally Identifiable Information
Somibo tools that collect and store self-reported data allow you to correct, update or review information you have submitted by going back to the specific tool, logging-in and making the desired changes. Somibo may store user submitted data in an active database for a period of six (6) months. After six (6) months, user submitted data, including PII and/or PHI will be held in an active database or on an inactive back-up medium for a period of not less than six (6) years.

Removing Your Personal Information
If you have a complaint or problem, please use our Customer Support Form (Contact Us.) Our customer service department will forward your complaint to the appropriate internal Somibo department for a response or resolution. We try to answer every email within 48 business hours, but may not always able to do so. If you want to (1) delete your Personally Identifiable Information from our systems, (2) update the Personally Identifiable Information that you have provided to us, or (3) change your preferences with respect to marketing contacts or other activities, select the privacy option on our Contact Us form.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
Personally Identifiable Information - We will inform you if a material change to the Privacy Policy, which means a change that expands the permissible uses or disclosures of Personally Identifiable Information allowed by the prior version of the Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Somibo Web site will indicate acceptance of the changes. You may of course choose to Opt-out of continuing to use the Somibo Web site. Please exit the site immediately if you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy or any revised policy.

Personal Health Information - We will inform you if a material change in the Privacy Policy is made that involves the use of your Personal Health Information, and your express Opt-in authorization will be requested. If you choose to not accept the new privacy policy, then the current privacy policy conditions will remain in effect, so long as Somibo Health Manager continues to make the functionality available. Somibo reserves the right to discontinue or limit functionality in all its products including Somibo and Somibo Health Manager.

Non-Significant Changes - Somibo may make non-significant changes to the Privacy Policy that do no affect Personally Identifiable Information or Personal Health Information. For these instances, Somibo may not notify you of such non-significant changes.

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the home page, and other places appropriate throughout our site so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, and by means of a notice on our home page