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| • Privacy Policy |
Medical Assurance Group ("MAG") respects
the privacy rights of our visitors and is committed to protecting
the information we collect about you online. To further this commitment,
we have adopted a corporate wide Online Privacy Policy that guides
how we collect, use, disclose, and protect the information you provide
online to MAG. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before
you use the MAG Website.
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| HIPAA: |
| Medical Assurance Group recognizes that our clients
are seeking to ensure our organization is continually assessing our
compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act (HIPAA). Our goal is to protect the privacy and security of individually
identifiable health information and our clients’ ability to
use our services.
A primary focus of our Privacy Officer is to research privacy and
security regulations and legislation on both the federal and state
level. We are continually assessing the impact of HIPAA on MAG’s
business processes. We remain confident that our efforts produce
the results necessary to achieve our compliance goals.
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| Information Collection: |
MAG will collect customer identifiable information
to provide services or to inform you of services that may better
meet your needs. This means that MAG may use your customer identifiable
information to market new services to you that we think will be
of interest to you, but we will not disclose your customer identifiable
information to third parties who want to market products or services
to you.
MAG also obtains personal health information in connection with
specific customer requested services. We will not use or share personally
identifiable health information from any examinee, for any purpose,
other than providing all relevant information to the medical specialists
responsible for conducting requested service.
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| Security of Collected Information: |
We maintain strict physical, electronic, and administrative
safeguards to protect individual and customer information from unauthorized
or inappropriate access. We restrict access to this information
to those MAG employees who need to know the information to respond
to your inquiry or request. Employees who misuse customer information
are subject to disciplinary action.
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| Using the Internet: |
| When you access the Internet, the computers that host
Web sites you visit (Web servers) automatically receive some anonymous
information. This "usage data" may include a record of which
pages a Web browser has visited. MAG servers receive usage data when
customers visit the MAG Web site. MAG may use usage data to provide
advertising about services that may be of interest to MAG customers,
but MAG will not use information about your activities on the Internet
together with any information that identifies you without your consent.
Small files called "cookies" may be attached to your
Web browser. These files identify your browser and save information
such as passwords so that Web sites can recognize you. You can set
your browser to disable cookies, as our Web site does not use cookies,
but other Web sites may not work properly if you do this.
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| Using E-mail: |
Please note that your e-mail, like most, if not
all, non-encrypted Internet e-mail communications, may be accessed
and viewed by other Internet users, without your knowledge and permission
while in transit to us. Although the information you provide to
us via our online “Request for Service” form is sent
to us encrypted and fully protected, you should also know that unless
otherwise noted, other e-mail functionality on our website does
not provide a completely secure and confidential means of communication.
In order to protect your privacy, please do not use e-mail to communicate
information to us that you consider confidential.
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| Disclosure: |
MAG will not sell, trade, or disclose to third
parties any customer identifiable information derived from the registration
for or use of MAG online services -- including customer names and
addresses -- without the consent of the customer (except as required
by subpoena, search warrant, or other legal process or in the case
of imminent physical harm to the customer or others).
When MAG uses other agents, contractors or companies to perform
services on its behalf, MAG will ensure that the company protects
your customer identifiable information consistent with this Policy.
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| Links to Other Sites: |
MAG's Web site may contain links to other sites.
While we try to link only to sites that share our high standards
and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the content,
security, or privacy practices employed by other sites.
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| • Diversity Policy |
MAG is committed to acknowledging and valuing
employee differences and to creating an environment in which every
individual's unique strengths and abilities are developed and valued.
All MAG employees share in the responsibility for creating this
environment, and are expected to demonstrate mutual respect and
acceptance in the work place.
At MAG, we believe that utilizing our employees' uniqueness enhances
communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills, thereby
improving organizational productivity and performance. We also believe
that if our employees mirror the diverse make-up of our communities
and our customers, we will be able to better understand, and more
effectively respond to, market changes.
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| • Changes to Policies |
Please check this policy page periodically to
inform you of any changes. We reserve the right to modify or supplement
our policies without notice.
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| • Questions and Comments |
The policies at Medical Assurance Group have been
developed out of respect for the privacy preferences and choices
of our customers and partners. We have established procedures to
ensure that every reasonable effort is made to address any concerns.
If you have any questions about our policies, please Contact
Us. We welcome your questions and comments.
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