What information we gather and how we gather it
How we use and disclose your information
Opt-in/Opt-out
Reviewing or changing your information/Profile Page
Improper Conduct
Protection for Children
Your Consent
Contacting Us

1. What information we gather and how we gather it.

• Membership Application and Online Registration -- To process your Alzheimer Research Forum membership and/or your online registration, we may ask you to provide common required information including name, email address, etc.

• Discussions and Community Tools -- The Alzheimer Research Forum offers community sections including discussions, information directories, etc. available to all users. Your e-mail posts are previewed by our editorial staff before being posted on the web site. The Alzforum is a public forum, so please use considerate and respectful language.

• We do not sell your personally identifiable information to third parties or mass marketers. For example, we will not sell another company your name or email address. On occasions, we may ask for your consent to share particular data with a third party. In addition, the Alzheimer Research Forum reserves the right, without disclosing your personally identifiable information to third parties, to use the information you provide to offer you additional Alzheimer Research Forum or third party products and services that we think will be of interest to you.

• We do disclose aggregated data to our sponsors and co-branded partners to generate reports and marketing research. For example, we tell funding agencies how many people visit the web site or specific parts of the web site. Where available, we may offer additional information about viewer characteristics. However this does not include personally identifiable information about you or your online usage patterns.

• You have the option to sign up for free Alzheimer Research Forum Newsletter by submitting your email address via the Newsletter sign-up page on the Alzheimer Research Forum web site. We will use these newsletters to provide you with news, events, special offers, site upgrades and much more. To opt out from receiving these emails, you can click on the link located at the bottom of the email newsletter.

• On occasion, the Alzheimer Research Forum may use the content you post in the community section including chat rooms and discussions or any other public section of the Network for promotional purposes, in email newsletters, in promotional collateral, or elsewhere and by using any site in our Network you agree that we may do so. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information in these areas.

• We may share your personally identifiable information with third parties with which we contract to help enhance the functionality of the Network and provide new products, services and content. We make sure that these third parties do not use this information for any other purpose and do not share the information with any other third party.

3. Opt-in/Opt-out

• You have the option to sign up for free Alzheimer Research Forum Newsletter by submitting your email address via the Newsletter sign-up page on the Alzheimer Research Forum web site.

• To opt out from receiving these emails, you can click on the link located at the bottom of the email newsletter.

• The Alzheimer Research Forum is not responsible for removing information from third-party lists or databases.

In order to ensure that the information we maintain is accurate, the Alzheimer Research Forum gives users the option to change or modify their information previously provided.

The restrictions above will not apply in the event that you engage in certain improper conduct. Specifically, the Alzheimer Research Forum shall have the right to itself use or release to third parties personally identifiable information regarding users who are suspected of having used this web site or any other site in the Network for any fraudulent purposes or having otherwise violated any law rule or regulation.

We have no intention of collecting personally identifiable information from children (i.e., individuals under the age of 13). Where appropriate, we take reasonable measures to inform children not to submit such information to our site or in response to advertisements. If a child has provided us with individually identifiable information, that child's parent or guardian should Contact Us to have this information deleted from our records.

By using any web site in the Network or any other site that we own or control, you consent to the collection and use of information by the Alzheimer Research Forum in the manner explained above. If we decide to change this privacy policy, we will correct it to reflect those changes so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please Contact Us.