Privacy and Ethics Policy

The Hepatitis Foundation International (HFI) understands how important the privacy of personal information is to our visitors and the organizations to which they belong. HFI is committed to honoring your privacy and to offering special protections for any personal health information you may share with us.

• This privacy policy applies to any personal and medical information you share with us via our web site, www.hepfi.org, including any communication with HFI enabled by our web site to include telephoned and emailed communications.

Information We Collect

• You are free to use the majority of our site without providing any personal information. www.hepfi.org does not use cookies(temporary or permanent) for any purpose.

• Our web site does invite you to become a site member. If you elect to do so, all the information you provide to us in the process of joining is held privately within HFI, and is never shared with any outside organization or person. We have implemented procedures and other measures to protect the personal data we have under our control from unauthorized access and accidental loss. Should you wish to resign your site membership, please call 1-800-891-0707 or send an email to info@hepfi.org and your information will be removed.

• Our Web site also invites you to purchase an array of educational products relating to liver health in our E-Store. You may purchase two ways: 1) via fax; or 2) via an e-form sent to us via a secure server. In both cases, your credit card and personal contact information comes directly to HFI where its confidentiality is safeguarded and never shared with any outside organization or person. If you use a credit card, the card is pre-validated by our service bureau just as in most regular retail stores.

Outside Links

• This site contains links to other non-HFI sites. We have chosen these sites carefully but cannot attest to their privacy practices or to the accuracy of their content.

How We Use Your Information

• We use site member information to periodically send email and/or conventionally mailed newsletters dealing with liver health and hepatitis education. If you do not wish to receive email or free perodicals from HFI you may email us at info@hepfi.org, or call us at 1-800-891-0707.

• We also use information you share with us to provide you with physician specialist suggestions, to link you to a hepatitis patient support group nearest to you, or to include you in our Patient Advocacy Telephone Support System (PATS). Any information you share with us to help us make recommendations of this nature is considered completely private and is never shared.

• We also may use our site member list to solicit donations to HFI via email or U. S. Mail. If future solicitation are not wanted, the opt out procedures are as above.

Children’s Privacy

• This site is intended for use by adults, not minors under 18. Minors aged 13- 18 may only register for site membership with the express consent of their parent or guardian sent via email to info@hepfi.org referencing the full name of the minor child. Minor children aged 12 and under may not register for site membership.