Privacy Policy

Desert Doctors is committed to protect your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Desert Doctors web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Desert Doctors website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

This Privacy Statement covers Desert Doctors (collectively, “we”, “us”, “our”), and our website located at www.DesertDoctors.org (the “Site”). It does not apply to entities that we do not own or control. By using or accessing the Site you consent to be bound by our Statement. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use the Site. Each time you use the Site, the current version of this Statement applies.
Accordingly, you should check the Statement regularly and review any changes since the last time you reviewed it, based on the updated Effective Date. Definitions. Capitalized terms not defined in this Statement are defined in the Terms and Condition of Use.

Collection of your Personal Information

Desert Doctors may collect personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Desert Doctors also may collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Desert Doctors. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring web site addresses. This information is used by Desert Doctors for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Desert Doctors web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Desert Doctors public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Desert Doctors is not responsible for any of your private online communications.

Desert Doctors encourages you to review the privacy statements of web sites you choose to link to from Desert Doctors so that you can understand how those web sites collect, use and share your information. Desert Doctors is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on web sites outside of the Desert Doctors and Desert Doctors related pages of web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Desert Doctors collects and uses your personal information to operate the Desert Doctors web site and deliver the services you have requested. Desert Doctors also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Desert Doctors and its affiliates. Desert Doctors may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Desert Doctors does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Desert Doctors may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Desert Doctors may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis,send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Desert Doctors, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Desert Doctors does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Desert Doctors keeps track of the web sites and pages our users visit within Desert Doctors, in order to determine what Desert Doctors services are meeting their needs. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Desert Doctors to users whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Desert Doctors web sites will not disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Desert Doctors or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Desert Doctors; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Desert Doctors, or the public.
No information from children under age 13. If you are under age 13, please do not attempt to provide any personal information to us. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe we might have any information from a child under age 13, please contact isning@isning.com. The Site is intended for individuals who are at least 18 years old.

Use of Cookies

Desert Doctors web site use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Desert Doctors pages, or register with Desert Doctors site or services, a cookie helps Desert Doctors to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Desert Doctors web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Desert Doctors features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Desert Doctors services or web sites you visit.

Security of Your Personal Information

Desert Doctors secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Desert Doctors secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, physically secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. It is also protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Desert Doctors will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Desert Doctors encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Desert Doctors is protecting your information.

Copyright

Copyright Infringement/DMCA Notice. If you are a copyright owner, and you believe that the Site or any Content on the Site infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(3), the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by providing our designated copyright agent with the following in writing to dvip@desertdoctors.org :

(i) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
(ii) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
(iii) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;
(iv) Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, electronic mail;
(v) A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
(vi) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Failure to comply with the all of the aforementioned requirements may render your DMCA notice invalid. We reserve the right to change or amend our privacy policies at any time.

Contact Information

We take your concerns seriously. You have the right to file a formal, written complaint with us at the address below, in regards to questions, issues, or violations of the provisions of this notice or the policies and procedures of our office. We will not retaliate against you.

Desert Doctors HIPAA Officer
42222 Rancho Las Palmas, Unit 1603
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
E-mail: dvip@desertdoctors.org Phone: 760-232-4646