Introduction
The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) is committed to respecting your privacy. We recognize that when you choose to provide us with information about yourself, you trust us to act in a responsible manner. You may visit our web site and browse without giving us any personal information. You will need to register however, to gain access to member-only content.
By using our web site, you consent to the collection and use of your information by AONE and HospitalConnectTM as set forth. If we decide to change our statement, such changes will be posted here on the web site, so please check back periodically to insure that you have the most current statement.
Types of Information Requested
Except as disclosed in this statement, AONE does not collect any identifiable information about visitors to our web site.
User Provided Information
Upon registration with AONE and HospitalConnectTM we may ask for information such as your name, e-mail address, and various other personal information that is needed to facilitate use of the web site. Various HospitalConnectTM affiliated web sites may require additional information in connection with:
Purchasing Products and Services
Subscriptions
Surveys
Contests
Requesting Information
The information above supplied to HospitalConnectTM affiliated organizations is not subject to this statement and your information may be used for commercial purposes. You need to check the statement of each such HospitalConnectTM affiliated organization.
How Your Information is Used and Who has Access to Your Information
Uses For Specific Types of Information
AONE uses weblog information to help us design our web site, to identify popular features, and to make the web site more useful for visitors. We do not normally try to identify individuals from weblogs; however, we may use web logs to identify any person attempting to break into or damage our web site. Our web servers collect the domain names of visitors to our web site. This information is aggregated to measure number of visits, average time spent on web sites, pages viewed, etc. We use this information to measure the use of our web site and to improve content.
Privacy Statement Coverage
This privacy statement is not intended to cover any information collection practices that take place outside of AONE.
Passwords
In order to bring you more personalized services, we may ask you to establish one or more passwords to gain access to certain services or sections of the web site. You are solely responsible for the control and use of each password you create.
Public Forums
Please remember that any information disclosed in chat rooms, discussion forums, message boards and the like becomes publicly available and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information in these areas. AONE reserves the right to remove any postings that it deems inappropriate.
