At Terillion we are committed to providing you better healthcare. The tools and resources we provide will help you make informed healthcare decisions and improve your health. Our web site community offers opportunities for communication and encourages comments and feedback from patients, physicians, and other healthcare participants. This information is designed to educate you on healthcare issues and provider options. This site is not intended to offer medical advice or to persuade you to choose a particular healthcare provider. Our hope is that the facts and experiences presented here will help you make an informed decision regarding your health. Any questions or concerns about your health condition should be directed to a qualified healthcare provider.
The following Terms of Use rules are designed to make sure your use of this web site fulfills its purpose. Please read the following terms carefully before you log on and/or register at this site. These terms represent an agreement between you as the user under any capacity and Terillion, the owner and operator of this site.

By logging on to this site and/or registering an account on this site, you agree to comply with the:

1. Terms of Use
2. Privacy Policy
3. Posting Policy

Your compliance with the policies listed above will help make your experience with Terillion a positive one. However, we do not offer any guarantees or warranties of service.

Content: The content on this site is submitted by all members of the healthcare community, including patients, doctors and other healthcare facilitators. These users of the system may post comments, articles, blogs, images, personal stories and other helpful data to educate and inform the community of various health and wellness issues. The privacy groups defined in the Privacy Policy determines who has access to view the data you submit. When you submit information for public postings, please be aware that your information will not be confidential. Please follow the guidelines identified in the Posting Guidelines in submitting thoughtful and appropriate information. You will have the opportunity to submit ratings of doctors and hospitals on this site. Please do so responsibly and fairly as others may rely on your opinions. Your content may be used by us if posted to a public are of the site to share, copy, display or distribute to any other source we deem appropriate. We also reserve the right to identify your display name as the owner of the content. We do not review and edit the comments submitted by users before they are posted. Please report to us any misuse of the site by posting inappropriate or illegal material. We will remove or edit any content that we deem inappropriate and are not responsible for its presence on the site until we do so.

Use of Content: We own all the intellectual property and content on this web site. We give you permission to use this information for personal reasons and not for commercial purposes. You are permitted to cut and paste, print, download and store information on this site where permitted. This information may not be used for publishing or redistribution purposes. Please refer to the Posting Guidelines for more information about the use of content on this site.

Advertising: We do not accept advertising from doctors and other physicians. However, they are permitted to add comments and contribute to the content of this site. We permit advertising from other healthcare facilitators, such as medical device companies and pharmaceutical companies. We take every precaution to make sure the objectivity of this site is not compromised through our advertising activities. We are not liable for any transactions including losses or claims between you and any advertisers on this site.

Modifications: We may make changes to the Terms of Use without notice. Please refer to this policy on a regular basis for any changes. If a significant change is made, we will notify you by email if you have registered an account with us. We reserve the right to change, add or discontinue services, and we will publish these changes on the site as well. Your compliance with the modified terms will be demonstrated by your continued use of the site.

Registration and Automated Tools: Please refer to the Privacy Policy for a more detailed explanation of information required to register on the site. As a member at Terillion you will have access to make comments and add content to the site. The Privacy Policy outlines in detail the internet and system tools used and allowed to operate on this site. Your compliance with that policy is required.

Personal Information: The Terillion Privacy Policy explains in detail our practices in recording and using your personal information. They way you use the information at this site is recorded so that we may better serve the community in enhancing the site. Under the Terms of Use, you consent toour use of the data as outlined in the Privacy Policy.

Your Responsibilities: You are responsible for maintaining the integrity of your log in ID and password by keeping it confidential. If you suspect your password and other log in information has been compromised, please notify us immediately so that we may reset your password. Please refer to the Posting Guidelines for more information about posting comments or rating a physician. We reserve the right to seek legal action against anyone who tries to interfere with another’s access or damage the site in any way.

Links: Links to other web sites will be included on this site. We do not endorse these sites but offer them as additional information for your convenience. Be forewarned that some of these sites may contain inaccurate or subjective information. Your discretion is required to identify the data that is most helpful to you. We are not liable or responsible for the information these other sites contain. As a general rule, you do not need permission from Terillion to add a link to another site back to the Terillion site. However, we reserve the right to disallow this consent and request that you immediately remove the link. Please refer to these guidelines when building a link:

• The link must be a text-only link that clearly includes the phrases “Terillion.com" or “Terillion”.

• The link must "point" to a page on www.Terillion.com

• If the link points to any other page than the home page, the text link must also include the title of the target page. For example, if the link points to the “Cardiology” area of the Site, the link should include the words “Cardiology – Terillion”

• The content and appearance of the link must comply with the quality standards of Terillion and not damage the reputation of Terillion.

• The placement of the link on the other site must not imply that the site is sponsored by or endorsed by Terillion.

• When the link is initiated by a user, the Terillion site must be displayed on a full screen and not a reduced frame within the other web site. This link is not permitted to allow other pop up windows.

• A link is not permitted on a web site that another reasonable person may deem as offensive, obscene or malicious in any way.

Spam: You are not permitted to use any contact information in our database to facilitate any mass communications such as SPAM. You may not permit other uses to access this information for that purpose as well. Any violation of this requirement will result in legal action and termination of your rights to access to the site.

Contests: On occasion, we may offer games, sweepstakes or contests on our site. Very specific rules will be outlined on the site to govern these contests. Your compliance to these rules is required for participation.

International Use: As outlined in the Privacy Policy, this site is designed for use by U.S. residents. Users of this site from other countries are required to comply with the laws of that country.

No Warranties: We present this site to its users “as is” with no guarantees or representation of warranty. We make no implied or express warranties of satisfaction or services recommended in the content by its users. We do not guarantee that the results from the use of this site will be satisfactory or effective in meeting your requirements. There is not guarantee that you will be able to access the site from any location. We do not guarantee the appropriate disclosure required by government regulations for the disclosure of information on prescription drug products. You access and use this site at your own risk.

No Medical Advice: This site is designed to share health, wellness and nutritional information. It is not intended to take the place of seeking the care and treatment from a healthcare professional. The content presented here is for educational purposes only. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, you should consult with a physician or other healthcare provider. Do not allow an opinion on this web site convince you to omit the advice of a healthcare official. Advances in the medical arena may not be represented on this site and should be explored through the diagnosis, treatment and advice from a physician. There is no guarantee that information on the latest developments in a particular area of health is represented on this site. It is your responsibility to seek out this information. Your use and access to this site does not create a confidential relationship as would be represented with a patient/doctor relationship. We do not endorse or condone any treatment, drugs or tests identified on this site. If you rely on any content on this web site, you do so completely at your own risk.

General Limitation of Liability: In case of any dispute with us, your registration is cancelled immediately. Any claims made against us for the use or this site shall not exceed the total amount of any fees paid by you during the past six months. WE AND OUR SUPPLIERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE AND SERVICES. THESE EXCLUSIONS APPLY TO ANY CLAIMS FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF WE KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, OUR LIABILITY, AND THE LIABILITY OF SUPPLIERS, SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Termination: We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your registration without notice if there has been a violation of these Terms of Use. We may also cancel your account for any other reason such as inactivity for an extended period of time. We will attempt to notify you before such termination, but may proceed without your consent. When your account is terminated, any data you have stored or content you submitted will be unavailable. You may terminate your account at any time and recommend you transfer any data you stored on the site before doing so.

Indemnification: Under these Terms of Use, you agree to indemnify and acquit the site and its employees from any liability including attorneys’ fees related to your use or misuse of the site. We claim the right to control the defense of a third party claim subject to indemnification by you.

Electronic Contracting and Notices: Your use of this site constitutes an electronic signature agreeing to these Terms of Use. You also agree to allow us to send to you electronically any notices, reports, documents or other communications related to your use of the site. These forms of electronic communication include email notification to the email address you provide at the time of registration and posting of notices on the site. The effective date of such a notification is the date in which the notice is sent by us regardless of when you received the notification. Any exceptions to the effective date will be indicated by us. To discontinue receiving electronic notices you should terminate your account on the site. All contracts completed electronically will be deemed for all legal purposes to be in writing and legally enforceable as a signed writing.

Agreement: This contract and any supplemental terms, policies, rules and guidelines posted on the Site and the Services constitute the entire agreement between you and us and supersede all previous written or oral agreements. If any part of these Terms of Service is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.

Assignment: We reserve the right to assign this contract to a third party as part of a merger or sale to another company. Any changes of ownership will be posted to the site so that users will be properly notified. You may decide at that time to continue cancel your account or continue use of the site.

Copyright Infringement: We do not tolerate copyright infringement at Terillion. If you suspect you have copyrighted material on our site or accessible by this site, please contact us and provide the following information:

1. The electronic or physical signature of the owner (or person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf) of the copyrighted material.

2. A description of the work that has been copyrighted.

3. The original source of the copyrighted information (ie. the book or web site where the information was originally published).

4. The site or specific URL where the infringement was identified.

5. Your name, address, telephone number, and email address so that we may contact you.

6. A statement by you that you believe an infringement has occurred and that you believe the use of the material is not properly authorized by the original author.

7. A statement by you made under penalty of perjury that the above information is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Trademarks: Including Terillion, all trademarks on the site are the property of the respective owners. We do not authorize use of these trademarks under these Terms without express permission of the owner.

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Posting Guidelines

Effective Date: April 03, 2008

Terillion promotes personal empowerment and provides you a community to gather, share and enhance your well-being and enrich your life. Since the nature of this site is centered around Better Health, courtesy and compassion are doubly important. Use good taste in describing symptoms and sensitivity towards those who may be coping with illness or have concern for a loved one.

Terillion healthy communities provides a a place for you to meet others and share your health concerns. We encourage your participation to be honest and frank while promoting valuable discussions. However, if reported to us, posts containing an imminent threat of serious physical harm to oneself or another person will be removed from the site. If you feel you are in crisis, please seek professional guidance immediately.

These guidelines apply to all content you post to our site, including text, links, images and videos. To help create a positive environment, follow the guidelines below. Be sure to check periodically for updates to these guidelines as our community expands.

Do:

• Remember you’re in public — the information you post in public areas including public groups and some community features that you make viewable to “Everyone” can be seen by anyone on the Internet. Since health care is very personal, most places on the site provide you with the ability to post anonymously.
• Respect others' opinions — if necessary, agree to disagree.
• Behave ethically.
• Stay on topic — to change the subject, go to another topic area or create a new one.
• Use good judgment — stay in good taste when discussing sensitive or sexual topics.
• Focus on the facts — when rating or reviewing a doctors post honest and valuable information about your individual experience, not rumors or secondhand stories from others. The best reviews include not only whether you had a positive or negative experience but also why.
• Always be thoughtful about your recommendations, as everybody’s situation is unique.
• Be fair and informative — include both the pluses and minuses.

A word about language: Mild expletives and nonsexual anatomical references are allowed in our community areas. However, strong vulgar language or crude sexual references are not appropriate. Communities dealing with topics such as sexual dysfunction and some groups that deal with mature content may have more relaxed rules for personal expression.

Don't:

• Harass, verbally attack, or threaten others.
• Pretend to be someone you are not or claim false credentials.
• Post or link to content that is obscene or otherwise objectionable.
• Use the community for commercial or advertising purposes.
• Post content that isn’t yours — whether copyrighted or someone's personal material.
• Believe everything you read — postings may be inaccurate or inappropriate for you and should not be taken as medical advice.
• Engage in, link to, or promote illegal activities or content.
• Post personal information about someone else unless it’s OK with them.
• Use a review, a post, or a group as an opportunity to vent, disparage or flame another person, organization or entity
• Express negative opinions without supporting facts
• Post or link directly to any content with vulgarities directed towards another person, organization or entity.
• Get into revert and edit battles on Revolution Health pages.

Remember: All of the information in community areas is provided by people like you. The community content, including the content in Official Groups, has not been verified or fact-checked by us, and it is not medical advice or diagnosis. If you need specific medical advice or immediate medical attention, please contact your doctor or qualified health care provider.

Terillion does not edit community content, but we retain the right to remove any content that we deem inappropriate. Violations of these guidelines may result in warning, a suspension or deactivation of your Terillion account and all content associated with it. Groups that are found to be in violation of these guidelines are subject to removal without notice. Although private and hidden groups are for the most part member maintained, we reserve the right to investigate private or hidden groups when a violation is reported or is suspected by Terillion.

You may see things in the community area that you did not want to encounter. You can ignore it, but we prefer you report it by clicking on the Abuse link.

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Privacy Policy

At Terillion, we understand that your health is a very personal matter, and we appreciate the trust you place in us to treat your information carefully and sensibly. As part of our commitment to honoring your privacy, we provide this policy (“Privacy policy”) to make you aware of the choices you have about the way your information is used and to explain how we guard your information.
If you have any questions or concerns about our policy or its implementation, you may contact us at this email address: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Information collection and use

We collect personal and non-personal information to customize the content and advertising you see, fulfill your requests for services, improve our services, and contact you. We will also use your information to pre-fill fields to save you from entering the same information over and over again. By knowing about you, we can deliver more helpful health information, programs and tools, and offer you the most relevant services. There are many aspects of our site that can be enjoyed as a visitor, but you need to register in order to take advantage of certain free services on the site.

Information you provide

We collect personal information when you voluntarily provide it to us or authorize us to collect it on your behalf.

Registration: When you register for the site, we collect personal information from you such as your email address, password, and birth date. Registering allows you to use personalized features, health tools and content whenever you come to our site; build a public profile; create and join groups; participate in online discussions; and rate or review doctors, hospitals and treatments.

Opinions and polls: Occasionally, you may be asked to give your opinion when you visit our site. We use information from opinion polls to better understand the needs of our users and to gather information about health care trends and issues. Questions and answers are stored, but they are not linked to identifying information about you and will not be shared with third parties.

Contests and sweepstakes: When you enter a contest or sweepstakes sponsored by Terillion or one of our partners, we may ask you to provide additional information or answer certain questions in order to participate in a promotion. We may contact you in connection with a particular contest or sweepstakes in order to update you regarding your status, to administer the promotion, to let you know that a promotion has ended, and to fulfill other prize needs or contest and sweepstakes related messages.

Special note for parents: This site is a general audience site and not designed or intended to attract children younger than 13. We do not collect personal information from any person we actually know is younger than 13.

U.S. residents: This site is intended for use by U.S. residents. Users of this site from other countries are required to comply with the laws of that country.

Log information: When you visit our site, our servers will automatically collect log information. This information may include your web page request, Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. We collect log information so that we can properly administer our system and gather aggregate information about how our site is being used, including the pages visitors are viewing. Our Web advertising partner may use your IP address to determine your approximate geographic location in order to provide you with location-relevant advertising.

Cookies: We and our advertisers collect anonymous information about your use of our site through cookies. The cookie does not tell us who you are. Only you can tell us that.
The information collected by cookies helps us generate customized content, and also allows us to statistically monitor how many people are using our site and for what purpose. For contests or sweepstakes, we may use cookies in order to track your progress and the number of entries in some promotions. For polls, we may use cookies to help ensure that an individual can’t vote more than once on a particular question or issue. We do not store any identifying information in any cookies on your computer.

Our Web advertising partners may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser in order to control the sequence of advertisements you see and to make sure you don’t see the same ad too many times. These ads will be targeted only on the basis of the non-personal information that is automatically transmitted on the Internet, such as information collected in our Web logs and the approximate geographic location of your computer.

We have agreements with companies, sometimes called “Ad Networks,” that serve advertising on behalf of third parties. These Ad Networks may place or recognize a unique cookie, sometimes called a “third party cookie,” on your browser. Ad Networks use cookies to understand Web usage patterns of people who see advertisements, to control the sequence of advertisements you see, to provide you with the most relevant advertising, and to make sure you don’t see the same ad too many times. Ad Networks may connect information about pages you visited on our site with information about pages you visit on other sites and show you advertising based on this combined information. While we do not control Ad Networks or what they do with the information they collect, we have relationships only with organizations that have agreed to participate in the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) and abide by NAI principles, which prohibit members from connecting personally identifiable information to information they collect through cookies without your explicit consent.

Your browser software can be set to reject all cookies or to accept cookies only from our site. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies in the “Help” section of the toolbar. If you reject our cookies, you may not be able to log in or use certain functions and conveniences of our site.

Web beacons: We and our advertisers also use Web beacons, sometimes called single-pixel GIFs, that momentarily direct your browser to a server other than Terillion in a way that may not be apparent to you. Web beacons are used to count users who visited specific pages and determine which emails were opened and/or acted upon when we send HTML-formatted email messages. We do not link any identifying information to Web beacons. To avoid Web beacons in some emails, go to your Account, click on “Manage alerts” and select “text-only” alerts.

Information disclosure to third parties

We know how important it is to keep the information you’ve entrusted to us confidential. We will not rent, sell or share personal information about you with third parties except to provide you with a product or service you request or under certain circumstances as described below. In all other cases, we will ask for your permission before we disclose your personal information.

Disclosure for legal reasons: We may release personal 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 a physical threat to you or others, a threat to homeland security, a threat to our system or network, or cases in which we believe it is reasonably necessary to investigate or prevent harm, fraud, abuse, or illegal conduct. In the event that we are legally compelled to disclose your personal information to a third party, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you unless doing so would violate the law or court order.

Agents and contractors: Contractors sometimes have access to your personal information in the course of assisting in operating our business and providing products or services to you. These contractors include vendors and suppliers that provide us with technology, services, and/or content for the operation and maintenance of our site. Some of these relationships may be with companies that co-brand portions of their site and services or that provide services to you on our behalf. Co-branded sites may have their own privacy policies posted on their sites. If you visit a co-branded site, please read the privacy policy that is posted on that site. Access to your personal information by these contractors is limited to the information reasonably necessary for the contractor to perform its limited function. Contractors have an obligation under their contracts with us to keep your information confidential and to comply with our privacy and security policies.

Aggregated, non-personal information: We may share aggregated information about you with third parties. This is information that is combined with the non-personal information of other users and does not allow you to be identified or contacted. Depending on the circumstances, we may or may not charge third parties for this aggregated information. We also may not limit the third parties’ use of the aggregated information.

Contests and sweepstakes: Some or all of the information collected during a contest or sweepstakes may be disclosed publicly. It may also be shared with a co-sponsor(s) or a provider(s) of prizes in order to update you of your status, to administer the promotion, to let you know that a promotion has ended, or to fulfill other prize needs as indicated on the entry form. If data will be disclosed or shared, we will include a notice at the time of data collection.

Changes in our corporate structure: If all or part of our company is sold, merged or otherwise transferred to another entity, the personal information you have provided at this site may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will take steps to ensure that, without your consent, any personal information that is transferred will not be used or shared in a manner inconsistent with the Privacy Policy under which it was collected.

Choice and control over your personal information

Whenever reasonably possible, we offer you choices when we ask for personal information and we tell you why we collect different types of information. You may always decline to provide personal information to us and/or refuse cookies in your browser, although some features or services may not function properly as a result. To make it easy for you to make the choices that are right for you, we provide the following controls:

• My account: You can change or update your account information, including your contact information, marketing, communications and privacy preferences at any time.
• My blog: You can view and control the privacy settings for your blog by going to your Blog Settings. These settings will allow you to control who can see your blog and whether or not it shows up in search engine results.
• My group: You can create or join three types of groups: public, private and hidden. The different levels of access are described in the Community section below. If you are a group owner, you can view and control your group settings by clicking on “Change group settings” from the group homepage. As a group owner, you can also choose to delete your group at any time. As a group member, you can edit your postings to group discussions, and you can leave a group at any time
• Close my account: You can close your account by visiting your Account and clicking on “Close my account.” We will send you a confirmation email with a link that you must click in order to close your account permanently. Once you close your account by responding to the confirmation email, you will not be able to sign into the site to view or access any information you may have saved or created on the site, such as information from assessment tools or trackers, your blog, your clipboard or your health portfolio.

Communications

Email communications: Email communication that you send to us via the email links on our site may be shared with a Customer Care representative, employee, or the medical expert that is most likely to be able to address your inquiry. If you provide personal health information in your email, it will be used only for the purposes of answering your email. From time to time, we may send you service-related emails, such as a welcome email when you register with our site.

Group communications: When you join a group, group owners can email group announcements to all group members. These group announcements will not reveal your email address. If you don’t want to receive group announcements, you may decide to leave the group. As a group member, you can elect to receive alerts for new topics or replies to particular topics you select. To do so, go to the Discussion area and click on “Watch for new topics” or “Watch for new replies.” You can manage these alerts in your Account.

Invitations: When you invite a friend to join our site, your circle (network of friends) or your group, we will automatically send your friend an email invitation on your behalf. We will not use your friend’s email address for any other purpose. Similarly, when you email a message using the “Send to a Friend” function, the email addresses are used to facilitate the email communication and are not retained by us.

Newsletters and alerts: At various places on the site, you will be given the option to receive recurring informational newsletters and to set alerts and reminders. You can unsubscribe from newsletters by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any newsletter. You can manage your alerts in your Account.

Private messages: Private messaging enables you to send emails to other site users without revealing your email address. Only your screen name (the nickname you select for yourself when you register) will be visible to recipients of the email. We will not share your email address with other users unless you choose to make it viewable by others. If you do not want others to send you private messages or know when you’re signed into the site, you can manage these capabilities in your Account.

Community

Our site features Community areas where people with similar health and wellness interests can share information and support one another. In addition to blogs, groups, forums, public profiles, and stories, we provide the latest blogs, stories and postings from people who are in your support circle (or network). Please remember that any information that you post in public areas such as forums and public group discussions is, by design, open to the public and may appear in search engine results.

Most of your Community pages have two versions. The version that allows you to update the pages is viewable only by you and requires you to be logged into the site with your email address and password. The other version is viewable to others based on the privacy and anonymity controls you select. The privacy and anonymity controls described below will help you decide what others can see about you.

Forum postings, ratings and comments: By default, when you post to a forum or a group discussion, rate a doctor or treatment, review a hospital or comment on another user’s blog, story or profile, your post will be associated with your screen name and your photo if you’ve provided one in your profile.

Your groups: There are three levels of access in groups: public, private and hidden.

• Public groups: Public groups, their membership list, and the content posted in discussion areas can be viewed by anyone on the Internet and can be returned in search engines like Google. The public group membership list shows the screen names and profile photos of group members. When someone clicks on your screen name, additional information from your profile may be visible if you have chosen to make it public through your profile privacy settings. Public groups are open to all registered users and do not require an invitation to join them. Use particular care when posting personal information in a public group since these groups can be viewed by anyone and may include people you do not know. Your group membership will not show up in your public profile unless you list it there.
• Private groups: Only the name of a private group and its description can be viewed by the public and returned in search engines like Google. Private group membership lists and private groups’ content can be viewed only by a private group’s members. Only registered users who have received an invitation to join a private group may do so. If you’re interested in joining a private group, click “Request invite” and write a brief note describing your interest in the private group. The private group owner may respond with an invitation.
• Hidden groups: Hidden group names and group descriptions are not returned in search engines like Google. Since hidden groups, their membership list and contents are not visible to non-group members, you cannot request an invitation to join a hidden group. A leader of a hidden group must send you an invitation to join a hidden group.

Your blog: After you register, you can create your own blog.

• Privacy controls: You can choose the level of privacy that’s right for your blog. If you want “Everyone” to see your blog, your blog will show up in search engine results. If you don’t want your blog to show up in search results, select “My circle” or “Me” as your privacy setting.

Your public profile: When you register, you are automatically provided with a community profile that is public. Your profile shows your screen name and the date you registered with our site. Your screen name, the date you registered with our site, and your photo if you add one to your profile, are viewable by anyone on the Internet.

Efforts we take to safeguard your personal information

We are committed to protecting the security of your information through procedures and technology designed for this purpose by taking these steps:

• We limit access to your personal information to employees having a reasonable need to access this information to provide products and services to you. Employees who misuse information are subject to disciplinary action, including termination.
• We have physical, technical and procedural safeguards to help protect your personal information.
• In areas that contain your personal information, we use secure socket layer (SSL) encryption to help protect this information while it is in transit between our servers and your computer.

We may provide an additional level of authentication when you begin to receive data from third parties, such as laboratories, health plans and physicians.

What you can do to help keep your information secure

Choose your passwords carefully: Always create a password that’s easy for you to remember but difficult for someone else to figure out. Don’t use your name, address, phone number, initials, Social Security number, license plate or birthday. Don’t use names of your friends, family or pets, company names, common numerical sequences or the word “password.”

Suggestion: Use a mix of special characters, numbers, and upper- and lowercase letters. Also, remember to change your password frequently and never give your password to anyone.

Log out and close your browser: Open browsers invite snoops. When you finish your online session, close your browser to erase any information it may have temporarily stored on your computer.

Install antivirus software and spyware protection: Viruses are dangerous. Many viruses are sent as email attachments. They can slip into your system without your knowledge the moment you open the email. Some viruses such as Trojan Horses can capture the contents of your system, including your passwords. Installing up-to-date antivirus software and running it will help thwart these and other unwanted programs.

Spyware is a program or technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization, often without their knowledge, and includes programs like hijackers and keyloggers.

The best way to identify whether or not spyware is installed on your computer is to run and regularly update antispyware programs. Similar to antivirus software, antispyware software identifies and helps you remove spyware.

Changes to this Policy: We may update this Policy. We will notify you about material changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the email address specified in your account. We may also make nonmaterial changes to our Policy that generally will not affect our use of your personal information. If you don’t agree with the new policy, you always have the option of closing your account. Please see instructions for closing your account above. Our current policy, identified by its effective date, will be posted on the Site, and you should check it frequently.