Privacy Policy - Endoscopy Cost

At EndoscopyCost.com, accessible from https://www.endoscopycost.com/, the privacy of our visitors is of paramount importance to us. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of personal and non-personal information collected and recorded by EndoscopyCost.com, how we use that information, and your rights under applicable data protection laws including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

1. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide better services to our readers and improve our educational resources. The information collected includes:

Voluntary Personal Information: When you contact us directly via email or our contact form, you may provide details such as your name, email address, and the specific contents of your inquiry or feedback.
Log Files & Technical Data: Like most standard websites, EndoscopyCost.com utilizes log files. These files log visitors when they access the site. Information collected includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamps, referring/exit pages, and the number of clicks. This information is not linked to any personally identifiable information and is used exclusively for trend analysis, site administration, and technical optimization.

2. Cookies and Web Beacons

EndoscopyCost.com uses 'cookies' to store information including visitors' preferences, session data, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize user experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type or other technical settings.

Google is a third-party vendor on our site. It uses cookies, specifically known as DoubleClick DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to EndoscopyCost.com and other sites on the internet.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites across the web.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our readers based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the internet.
Visitors may choose to opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's official Google Ads Settings.
Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative at optout.networkadvertising.org or the Digital Advertising Alliance at www.aboutads.info/choices.

4. Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons in their respective advertisements and links that appear on EndoscopyCost.com, which are sent directly to users' browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that EndoscopyCost.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

5. CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California consumers have specific rights regarding their personal data, including:

The right to request that a business disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data collected about consumers.
The right to request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
The right to request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data. EndoscopyCost.com does not sell personal information to third parties.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

We want to ensure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

7. Children's Online Privacy Protection (COPPA)

Another priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity. EndoscopyCost.com does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you believe your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

8. Medical Information & Non-HIPAA Scope

EndoscopyCost.com is an independent educational publisher and price transparency website. We are not a healthcare provider, clinic, or covered entity under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). We do not collect, process, or store Protected Health Information (PHI). Any communications sent through our website do not establish a patient-physician relationship.

9. Contact Information

If you have additional questions, require more information about our Privacy Policy, or wish to exercise your data rights, do not hesitate to contact our editorial and compliance team via email at [email protected] or visit our Contact Us page.