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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.</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">“Protected health information” as defined under the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act and related regulations (collectively referred to as “HIPAA”), including information you provide to a Mass General facility while being treated as a patient of that facility or within the Patient Gateway portal, is separate and subject to the <a href="https://www.partners.org/Assets/Documents/Notices/Partners_Privacy_Policy_English.pdf">Mass General Brigham Notice of Privacy Practices</a>. </span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: nudista-web, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Your Consent</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">By using our Website, you consent to the collection, use and sharing of information as described in this Privacy Policy. By providing us with a physical address or an email address, you agree that we may use your physical address or email address to communicate with you about our services and select messages from our partners or affiliates.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">(NOTE: Opt-out options are discussed in the sections entitled “Cookies, Tracking and Internet-based Advertising” and “Newsletter/ Press Release Subscriptions”.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: nudista-web, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Information That We Collect</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">You may use our Website without providing any personal information. When you reply to any of our communications with a request, we may need to collect additional information. For example, you may be asked to provide personal information, such as name, email address, and demographic information, if you choose to complete any of the online forms used for email or print subscription sign-up or to provide feedback.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">Patients can opt to create a Partners Patient Gateway account. Partners Patient Gateway is a secure portal available for patients to manage their health. Features include reviewing test results, managing appointments, messaging your doctor, renewing your prescriptions and paying your bills. Before creating an account, please review the Terms of Use available on the Partners Patient Gateway website (<a href="https://patientgateway.partners.org/public">https://patientgateway.partners.org/public</a>).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: nudista-web, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Data Security</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">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. (Encryption is a common method used to protect transmission of sensitive data across the Internet.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">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 617-726-2206.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: nudista-web, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Publication and Newsletter Subscription</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">If you wish to subscribe to our print publication or e-newsletter, we collect and store first and last names, email address, and information about how you engage with our content. We may also ask for additional information to send you content that is relevant to your interests. This information is used for distribution purposes. If you would like to unsubscribe from our email newsletters, please use the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of every e-mail communication or you can visit <a href="https://pages.connect.massgeneral.org/subscription-preferences-center.html">our subscription preferences center</a> or click the “unsubscribe” or “manage your email preferences” link in the email you have received.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: nudista-web, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Cookies, Tracking and Internet-based Advertising</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">This Website works with third-party products or services (“Service Providers”). These include Google, Facebook, 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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">The Website uses “cookies,” tracking pixels and related technologies. These can be set by Mass General or by our Service Providers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">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”).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">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. This information may be used to direct related Mass General advertisements and/or informational content to Website users when they visit other websites.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">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 <a href="https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0042-online-tracking">FTC</a> or (ii) <a href="http://www.aboutads.info/choices">the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page</a>, which allows users to opt out from receiving interest-based advertising.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">We use web analytics and tag management services and tools provided by Google and other third parties to collect certain information relating to your use of this Website. You can find out more about how Google uses data when you visit our Website by visiting “<a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps</a>.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">Mass General deploys the Facebook Pixel on this Website. The Facebook Pixel may enable Facebook to match website visitors with their Facebook User Accounts. You can find out more about how Facebook uses data from our Website by visiting “<a href="https://www.facebook.com/policy.php">What kinds of information do we collect?> information from partners</a>”.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">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 number 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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: nudista-web, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">How We Use This Information</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">Mass General uses the information you provide to fulfill online requests and respond to customer service inquiries, or in other ways as required by law.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: nudista-web, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">We may use your information to:</span></strong></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">Help us improve the services we offer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">Tailor digital advertisements on third-party websites based on your interactions on our Website</span></li><li><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">Improve our website offerings and send you information and updates</span></li><li><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">Respond to your questions and requests and improve customer service</span></li><li><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">Administer a promotion, survey or other site feature</span></li><li><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">Communicate changes to our Privacy Policy or terms of use</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">In some cases, third parties contracted by Mass General may have access to your information to perform a specific task, for example, to send you an e-newsletter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: nudista-web, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Users in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">EEA or Switzerland residents are entitled to the rights under Chapter III of the EU General Data Protection Regulation or Section 2 of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection with respect to the processing of personal data, which includes the right to access, rectify and request erasure of personal data. Please contact us at feedback@massgeneralinfo.org with your request. In order to verify your identity, we may require you to provide us with personal information prior to accessing any records containing information about you.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: nudista-web, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Third-Party Vendors/ Content Providers</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;"><a href="https://www.massgeneral.org/notices/privacy/websiteprivacy#transfer"><span style="font-family: nudista-web, sans-serif;"><strong>Transfer in the Event of Sale or Change of Control</strong></span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: nudista-web, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Online Surveys</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: nudista-web, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Email Information</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">To unsubscribe from Mass General email communications, visit <a href="https://pages.connect.massgeneral.org/subscription-preferences-center.html">our subscription preferences center</a> or click the “unsubscribe” or “manage your email preferences” link in the email you have received.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">Please do not provide personal information via email to the hospital 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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: nudista-web, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Links to External Websites</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">This online Privacy Policy applies only to this Website. This Website contains links to other websites, within and outside of Partners HealthCare. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policy on any other websites before providing them with personal information.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">Certain interactive patient applications may be linked to this Website as a convenience for you. If you choose to utilize a specific patient application, please be sure to read the privacy policy associated with that application. Partners Patient Gateway, which offers patients secure electronic messaging to participating practices, is an example of such a patient application.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: nudista-web, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Changes to This Policy</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: nudista-web, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Contact Us</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or concerns about how we collect, use or protect your personal information, please contact us at feedback@massgeneralinfo.org.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: nudista-web, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Last Revised</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px;">December 1, 2021</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><footer id="footer" class="body-content bg-body color-white"><div class="wrapper"><div class="body-content content flex-row"><div class="body-content l"><div class="site-logo"><div class="logo"> <a class="proto" href="https://protomag.com/" rel="home" title="Proto Magazine"> Proto Magazine </a></div></div><nav id="footer-menu"><ul><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page level-0 menu-item-19586"><a href="https://protomag.com/about/">About Us</a></li><li class="desktop-only menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page level-0 menu-item-19592"><a href="https://protomag.com/contact/">Contact</a></li><li class="desktop-only menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current-menu-item page_item page-item-19589 current_page_item level-0 menu-item-19591"><a href="https://protomag.com/privacy/" aria-current="page">Privacy Statement</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page level-0 menu-item-24265"><a href="https://protomag.com/terms-of-use/">Terms of Use</a></li></ul></nav></div><div class="body-content r"><nav class="social-menu"><ul><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom level-0 menu-item-19593"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/ProtoMag">Facebook</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom level-0 menu-item-19594"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/protomagazine">Twitter</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom level-0 menu-item-19595"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/proto.magazine">Instagram</a></li><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom level-0 menu-item-19596"><a rel="noopener nofollow" href="#linkedin">LinkedIn</a></li></ul></nav></div></div></div></footer><div id="cookie-bar" class="body-content bg-body color-white"><div class="wrapper"><div class="body-content align flex-row align-center-justify wrap"><div class="body-content content"><p>We use cookies and other tools to enhance your experience on our website and to analyze our web traffic. 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