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Web Site Privacy Policy
Logansport Memorial Hospital is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our website (www.logansportmemorial.org). Information gathered on our website is used to monitor our effectiveness in providing relevant and credible health information, in answering questions, and in improving our website. As a not-for-profit, healthcare delivery system, Logansport Memorial Hospital is committed to making certain that our website is used as a resource to fulfill our mission of serving the healthcare needs of individuals, families and the communities in which they live.
What information do we collect?
This site records web traffic for statistical purposes. This site does not collect and store personal data without your authorization. The only way we obtain your name or e-mail address is when you choose to provide that information to us. Examples of how you might provide us with such personal information include:
- Completing a survey or feedback form;
- E-mailing us with a comment or question;
- Subscribing to our e-mail notification service for new editions of Vital Signs magazine.
Any transactions performed requiring your credit card information are performed in a secure environment, and credit card information is not stored by this site.
How do we use the information we collect?
Logansport Memorial Hospital does not sell, trade or rent personal information about its website visitors.
E-mail addresses provided by visitors are used to respond to comments submitted through our feedback and surveys forms, when indicated. E-mail addresses provided when subscribing to e-mail bulletins are used to distribute the bulletins via e-mail to subscribers. If a website visitor asks us to send material that cannot be transmitted electronically, we will need to know the visitor's name, e-mail address and mailing address. We will use that information only to fulfill the visitor's request.
Website visitors who complete a website survey and indicate a willingness to participate in future surveys are asked to provide their name, e-mail address and telephone number. That information is shared with carefully screened market research firms with which Logansport Memorial Hospital has business relationships.
Linked sites
The Logansport Memorial Hospital site may have links to other sites that contain information Logansport Memorial Hospital believes may be helpful to you. Logansport Memorial Hospital is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other Web sites.
Data Collection
You may browse many areas of our Web site, including our home page, without disclosing any personal information about yourself. Within these areas we only collect and store the information that is automatically recognized by the Web server.
We collect the personal data that you volunteer on registration, survey, or other forms, or by e-mail. Additionally, some areas of our Web site might be available only to certain persons and will require a login and password to access these areas. In order to be granted a login and password you may be asked some demographic information about yourself.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from persons under the age of 18. In specific forms where we may ask for information about children we take steps to protect the privacy of those children by making reasonable efforts to ensure that a parent has entered or authorized the collection of the child's personal information.
Data Analysis
As described above, we sometimes collect anonymous information from visits to our site to help us provide better customer service. For example, we measure visitor activity on our Web site, but we do so in ways that keep the information anonymous. We use the information that we collect to measure the number of visitors to the different areas of our site and to help us make our site more useful to visitors. This includes analyzing these logs periodically to measure the traffic through our servers, the number of pages visited and the level of demand for pages and topics of interest. The logs may be preserved indefinitely and used at any time and in any way to prevent security breaches and to ensure the integrity of the data on our servers.
Cookies and Other Technologies
We collect the anonymous information we mentioned above through the use of various technologies, one of which is called "cookies". A cookie is an element of data that the Web site can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive. Cookies may last for only a single session or may span multiple sessions. We use cookies to track user activity by our registered users. Finally, cookies are employed in other applications that require the storage of user data from one screen to the next.
Encryption: Logansport Memorial Hospital employs SSL encryption in the use of its products. We recommend the use of a browser supporting 128-bit encryption though the site will support down to 40-bit encryption.
Your consent
By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of the information discussed above by Logansport Memorial Hospital. Changes in this policy will be posted on this page so that you may always be aware of what information is being collected, how it is being used, and under what circumstances it is being disclosed.
Our commitment
Logansport Memorial Hospital is committed to its mission of serving the healthcare needs of individuals, families and communities. We will live up to the privacy standards outlined in this policy because we are obligated to act in good faith, to fulfill the organization's mission of service and to act in accordance with Logansport Memorial Hospital’s core values of compassion, equality, excellence, partnership and stewardship. Meeting these obligations compels us to be honest, to act in the public's best interests and to protect the privacy and confidentiality of all information provided to us, as outlined in this policy.
How can I get my name removed from your files?
If you do not want to receive e-mail from Logansport Memorial Hospital, please let us know by sending an e-mail notification to
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. When you write, it is imperative that you provide the following information so that we can be sure to honor your request:
- Your full name
- Your active e-mail address (If you use more than one e-mail address, send a message to us from each of your e-mail accounts.)
- A sentence asking that your e-mail address be removed from our files.
- The specific name of the Logansport Memorial Hospital e-mail bulletin(s) that you no longer wish to receive.
We will process your request as quickly as possible.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy statement, the practices of this Web site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:
Webmaster Logansport Memorial Hospital 1101 Michigan Avenue Logansport, IN 46947 or e-mail
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