At Massachusetts General Hospital (“Mass General”), we are committed to protecting the privacy and security of visitors to our website dedicated to the educational offerings for the Athinoulas A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Mass General (the “Martinos Center”)(the “Website”). This Website privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) will tell you what information we collect, how it is used and your options as you interact with our Website. By using this Website, you agree to this policy. Please read the following carefully before using the Website.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the controlling language for this Agreement and the Website Privacy Policy is English. Any translation has been provided for Your convenience.
Your Consent
By using our Website, you consent to the collection, use and sharing of information as described in this Privacy Policy. By providing us with an email address, you agree that we may use your email address to communicate with you about educational offerings and other opportunities that we offer and that which might be of interest to you, important developments and advances from the Martinos Center and/ or Mass General or any Mass General affiliate (including our parent organization Mass General Brigham) and to send you select messages from our partners or affiliates.
(NOTE: Opt-out options are discussed in the section entitled “Cookies, Tracking and Internet-based Advertising”.)
Information That We Collect
You may browse our Website and view certain Website content without providing any personal information. However, we do collect certain information from Website users through their use of the site. Examples of information we and our Service Providers collect include how often someone visits this Website and what they do while on the Website. We and our affiliates and Service Providers use this information in the aggregate to understand how our visitors as a group use different resources and to help us improve our Website. Additional detail on this process is contained in the Cookies, Tracking and Internet Based Advertising section of this Privacy Policy below.
You may browse our Website, view certain content on our Website and search for and review Martinos Center educational opportunities on the Website without creating an individual account. There is no cost to use the Website to search for educational opportunities.
However, our Website provides an option for Website users to register for individual Martinos Center course offerings and to access additional Martinos Center educational sessions, course material and Website content and features through a secure registration portal.
Individual educational offerings require the completion of a registration form, the submission of additional information to complete that registration, may be offered for a fee and may be subject to additional terms and conditions specific to a specific individual educational offering.
We may collect additional personal information from you, such as first name, last name, registration type, payment type, email address, phone number, affiliation/institution name and current position or title when you register for an educational offering or complete an online form. We may also require users to answer additional questions and provide additional information as part of the registration process for a specific course or educational offering.
Website users are not required to create an account if they do not want to register for a course or other educational offering or access features and content that are only available to account holders.
If you submit to Mass General any personal information relating to other people, you represent that you have the authority to do so and permit us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. By submitting personal information, you grant Mass General the right to transmit, monitor, retrieve, store and use your information in connection with the operation of the Website.
No Use by Children Under the Age of 13
Use of the Website by anyone under 13 years of age is prohibited. If you are under the age of 13, please do not attempt to register with us at this Site or provide any personal information about yourself to us. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will promptly delete that information. If you believe we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, please contact us at CISPO@partners.org.
You represent that you are at least the age of majority in the jurisdiction where you live or, if you are not, your parent or legal guardian must consent to the Website Terms of Service and affirm that they accept those terms on your behalf and bear responsibility for your use. If you are accepting the Website Terms of Service and Privacy Policy on behalf of someone else or an entity, you confirm that you have the legal authority to bind that person or entity to this Agreement.
How We Use This Information
Mass General uses the information you provide to help us operate the Website, to provide information to you about Martinos Center educational opportunities, to allow you to register for specific educational offerings, to fulfill online requests for additional information and respond to customer service inquiries, as described in this Privacy Policy, or in other ways as permitted or required by law.
We may use and share your information to, without limitation:
- Provide methods for you to browse and review available educational offerings and courses offered by the Martinos Center
- Provide additional information to you about educational opportunities that might be of interest to you or in which you have expressed an interest;
- Personalize your experience and inform you about the Martinos Center educational opportunities in which you may have an interest;
- Improve your Website experience and send you important updates;
- Respond to your questions and requests and improve the educational opportunities and courses we offer;
- Administer surveys from time to time to better understand your experience using the Website;
- Communicate changes to our Privacy Policy or Terms of Use;
- Allow compliance, regulatory, quality and other groups to conduct audits, monitoring, and other oversight or review functions.
Data Security
Mass General is committed to protecting the privacy of the personal information you provide to us via this Website so that we can make sure it remains as secure as possible. Accordingly, we use reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access. We use a secure firewall and a security infrastructure that protects the integrity and privacy of personal information submitted to us via this website. As an additional security measure, your personal information is also encrypted during transmission using appropriate technology including Transport Layer Security. This is an industry standard.
Although we work hard to protect your personal information, Mass General cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us through online applications, and you do so at your own risk. Depending on the nature of the inquiry, your communication could be discarded or archived. If you wish, you can contact us instead by telephone at the numbers provided throughout our Websites.
Cookies, Tracking and Internet-based Advertising
This website works with companies that offer third-party products or services (“Service Providers”). These include Piwik Pro, and other Service Providers who help us track and analyze visitor activity on the website, measure the effectiveness of our advertising efforts, and support the optimization of our digital marketing campaigns.
The website uses “cookies,” tracking pixels and related technologies. These can be set by Mass General or by our Service Providers. Cookies are small data files that online services can store on, and retrieve from, a user’s computer or mobile device through the user’s web browser. The information is stored and retrievable either for the duration of a website visit (known as “session cookies”), or until some later point in time set by the website setting the cookie (known as “persistent cookies”).
Examples of information we and our Service Providers collect include how often someone visits this Website and what they do while on the Website. We and our Service Providers use this information in the aggregate to understand how our visitors as a group use different resources and to help us improve our Website. We and our Service Providers also collect information about the activity of individual Website users.
Most internet browsers accept cookies by default, but you can modify your browser preferences to block or restrict cookies if you do not want your web browsing activity tracked. There are a variety of tools publicly available to manage cookies and similar technologies that collect information related to your use of the website. Learn more from (i) the FTC or (ii) the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page, which allows users to opt out from receiving interest-based advertising.
We are not responsible for the effectiveness or compliance of third party opt-out mechanisms or programs. Please note that if you delete your cookies or upgrade your browser after having opted out, you will need to opt out again. Further, if you use multiple browsers or devices you will need to opt out on each browser or device. You can access the information on this website without enabling cookies in your browser but disabling cookies may result in a diminished ability to take advantage of the services and related informational content on the Website.
We use Piwik PRO Analytics Suite as our website/app analytics software and consent management tool. We collect data about website visitors based on cookies. The collected information may include a visitor’s IP address, operating system, browser ID, browsing activity and other information. See the scope of data collected by Piwik PRO.
We calculate metrics like bounce rate, page views, sessions and the like to understand how our website/app is used. We may also create visitors’ profiles based on browsing history to analyze visitor behavior, show personalized content and run online campaigns.
Our Service Providers may acquire additional information about your activity on our Website, including pages you visit, access times, visit duration, how you arrived at our Website and your IP address. An IP address is a string of numbers that identifies a device connected to the Internet. For most devices, the IP address changes on at least a weekly basis. Our Service Providers may also acquire device identifiers and specific information about the browser you use. In some cases, this information may be unique to you.
Certain Users Outside the United States
If you are located in certain other countries outside the United States with applicable data protection laws or regulations, you may have rights under those laws and regulations as detailed below. For example, if you are in the European Economic Area, those laws and regulations include the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679).
We will process your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy on the basis of our legitimate interests, your consent, or to comply with our legal obligations, as applicable to the particular processing. Without limiting the foregoing, by using the Website (or, as applicable, by registering for and participating in an online course), you consent to the processing of your personal information as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
Given that we are established in the U.S. and that our contractors and vendors may be established in the U.S. or other countries outside of the country in which you reside, you understand that your personal information will be transferred to the U.S. and these other countries (if applicable) for processing, where less strict privacy protections may apply than those in the country in which you reside. We will put in place appropriate safeguards to protect your personal information that is transferred outside the country in which you reside. By using the Website (or, as applicable, by registering for and participating in an online course), you consent to the transfer of your personal information as described herein.
You may withdraw consent to our processing of your personal information where such processing is based on your consent. To do so, you can contact us through our contact information provided in the next paragraph below. If you withdraw consent, then we will not further process your personal information except to comply with law. We may also anonymize your personal information and continue to process the anonymized data.
You have the right to request access to, correction of, or erasure of your personal information. Depending on the laws of the country in which you reside, you may also be able to request restrictions on or object to certain processing of your personal information, or request that your personal information be transferred to another person or entity. If you would like to make any such requests or would like more information about your rights related to your personal information, you can contact the Mass General Brigham Chief Information Security Officer at cispo@partners.org. You can also contact us by mail at the following address: Mass General Brigham, Attn: Chief Information Security Officer, 399 Revolution Drive, Somerville, MA 02145, United States. You understand and agree that our ability to comply with any requests you make regarding the processing of your personal information may be limited by applicable laws and regulatory requirements to which we are subject. You also have a right to lodge a complaint with your country’s supervisory authority.
Third-Party Vendors/ Content Providers
Mass General shares information with third parties, including as required by law or in order to provide the services requested. Mass General engages reputable third-party vendors to help us manage this Website, provide content and information, and interact better with our patients and visitors.
Transfer in the Event of Sale or Change of Control
If the ownership of our business changes or we need to transfer assets relating to this Website to a third party, we may transfer your personal information to the new owner. Your information would remain subject to the promises made in the applicable website Privacy Policy unless you specify otherwise.
Online Surveys
Occasionally we may request feedback on this Website to better understand how we can improve what information we present and how we present it. These surveys do not ask questions that could personally identify you. We may ask for contact information to follow-up, but you can decline to provide that information. Information that you provide in a survey may be shared with employees or third parties to aggregate the data.
Email Information
Please do not provide personal information via email to us unless it is through a secure channel (these will be marked as secure online forms, for example). Remember that email messages, unless encrypted while in transit, can be viewed by other Internet users. If you have personal information to communicate, please use the appropriate secure online form or contact the necessary party using traditional means such as phone or mail.
If you receive an email that looks like it is from Mass General and asks for your personal information, do not respond. This may be a scam or “Phishing” email intended to steal your information. Mass General will never request your password, user name, credit card information or other personal information through email.
Links to External Websites
This online Privacy Policy applies only to this Website. This Website contains links to other websites, within and outside of Mass General. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy on any other website before providing them with personal information.
Certain interactive applications may be linked to this Website as a convenience for you. If you choose to utilize a specific application, please be sure to read the privacy policy associated with that application.
Changes to This Policy
Mass General has the right to change or update this Website Privacy Policy from time to time without notice, so please review it periodically to keep informed of any changes. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or concerns about how we collect, use or protect your personal information, please contact us as listed below.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or concerns about how we collect, use or protect your personal information, please contact us.
