Asklepios

Asklepios CME respects the importance of member's privacy of their personal information. Our commitment to honouring your privacy is demonstrable by the special protections we have in place for all personal information registered with us. This includes confining access to our member's website solely to practitioners registered with us.

Asklepios CME's privacy policy is outlined below and describes:
•   notification of future policy changes
•   what information we may collect from you
•   what uses we make of this information
•   what precautions we take against unauthorised access or use of your information
•   how you can control the information you provide to us.

Privacy policy changes
•   Asklepios CME will make every effort to notify you of the changes to our privacy policy.
•   Minor changes to the policy may occur that will not affect our use of your details.
•   When the privacy policy change in a way that significantly affects the way we handle personal information, we will not use the information we have previously gathered without obtaining consent from the appropriate individual.
We will post privacy policy changes on our websites in a timely manner.

Information we collect
In this section of our privacy policy, we discuss the different types of information we may collect about you, and the ways in which we collect them.
Information we collect from unregistered visitors
Visitors to www.asklepios.com.au can access the website's home page, and browse some areas of the site, without disclosing any personally identifiable information.
We do track information provided to us by your browser, including the website you came from (known as the ‘referring URL’), the type of browser you use, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you.
However, only practitioners registered with us as users can gain access to the entire site.

Information we collect when you register
Clinicians registering as members on our website are asked to provide us with identifying information such as:
•   name
•   contact information
•   medical or board registration number
•   state of registration
•   other identifying information.
Asklepios CME's website will ask for the member's consent before collecting personally identifiable information.

Other information
•   No Third Party will have any access, at any time, to view members details or contact members. Any contact between Asklepios CME members and a Third Party will be conducted through the appropriate Asklepios CME personnel, or communication mediums proposed by Asklepios CME.
•   Our web server will automatically collect information such as your IP address and domain name.
•   Asklepios CME will use this information to personalise its offerings, services and communications to you.
These details also facilitate your movements throughout our website.

Use of cookies
•   Cookies are a technology used by the Asklepios CME website to identify a user as the user moves through the website.
•   Your browser allows us to place some temporary information on your computer's hard drive that identifies the computer you are using.
•   We use session cookies to authenticate your identity while you are on our site and they are deleted when you end your session.
•   Your web browser can be set to allow you to control whether you will accept cookies, reject cookies, or to notify you each time a cookie is sent to you.
•   If your browser is set to reject cookies, websites that are cookie enabled will not recognise you when you return to the website, and some website functionality may be lost.
•   The 'Help' section of your browser will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting cookies.
•   Although cookies do not normally contain personally identifiable information, if you are a registered member we may associate your registration information with cookies our website places on your computer's hard drive.
•   Associating a cookie with your registration data allows us to offer increased personalisation and functionality. For example, you can elect to have our websites 'remember' your user name and password and bypass the sign-in process on each visit to the site. Without cookies, this functionality would not be possible.
•   It is our policy that we forbid any advertisers to use cookie information to track our member's activities once they leave the www.asklepios.com.au website.
•   However, because of the way advertisements are served on our website, we do not have total control over how advertisers use cookies on our website.
•   If you become aware that a Asklepios CME advertiser is placing an unwanted cookie on your hard drive, please contact our privacy officer to assist us in resolving the issue.

Uses we make of information
In this section of our privacy policy, we identify the ways we may use information that we have collected about you.

Aggregate data
We may generate aggregate data about activities on our website for internal CME product development and improvement activities. Aggregate data will be viewed by the education provider for the purposes of quality assurance and educational planning, and may be provided to the activity sponsor as feedback on their sponsorship.

Third parties access
In addition to aggregate information (discussed previously), we may share other kinds of information with third parties as described below.
Other companies: We may, as the need arises, contract with other companies and individuals to help us provide services. In order to perform their tasks, these other companies may have limited and temporary access to some of the personal information we maintain about our members.
We require all such companies to comply with the terms of our privacy policy, to limit their access to any personal information to the minimum necessary to perform their obligations, and not to use the information they may access for purposes other than fulfilling their responsibilities to us. Asklepios CME will make every effort to limit other companies' access in areas where personally identifiable information may be involved.

Legal requirements: We may release account and other personal information when we believe release is required to comply with law. Other than that Asklepios CME will comply with the Victorian health privacy bill and all other privacy legislation requirements.
When we share information with third parties, we require in writing that they consent to and abide by the Asklepios CME's privacy policy.
If we discover that a third party inadvertently disclosed personal information about any of our members, we will take immediate action to try and remedy any issues that may arise from such an event and to prevent further occurrences.
Other than the cases described above, Asklepios CME will not release personally identifiable information to a third party without the member's consent.

Protection of information
In this section of our privacy policy, we discuss the security measures we take to protect information that we have collected about you.

General policies
Respect for our members' confidentiality is always a priority. We have implemented technology and security policies, rules and other measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from unauthorised access, improper use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction, and accidental loss.
We also protect your information by:
•   requiring employees and others who have access to or are associated with processing your data to undergo internal and internet security training
•   using security methods to determine the identity of its registered users, so that appropriate rights and restrictions can be enforced for that user (reliable verification of user identity is called authentication)
•   using both a log-in username and passwords to authenticate users (members are responsible for maintaining their own passwords).

Storage of members’ information
The emphasis we place on the security of your details and personal privacy is further exemplified by the following safeguards.
•   All information is downloaded to servers at the Asklepios CME data centre.
•   We have a firewall to prevent individuals from accessing information without authorisation.
•   Our data centre is physically secure and protected from unauthorised access by unauthorised persons.
•   Physical access to the Asklepios CME server requires individual authorisation and authentication.
•   Information in our data centres is backed up routinely, in order to aid in the recovery of information in the event of accidental damage of information or due to a natural disaster.
•   The backup media is stored in a physically secure storage facility.

Amendments and access to information
In this section of our privacy policy, we tell you how to obtain and correct information we have about you, and how to choose what types of information you may share with us.

Correction of information we have about you
If you believe that registration information collected by our website is in error or outdated, you may edit your personal profile at any time. You can:
•   directly edit your user profile on our www.asklepios.com.au website
•   ask for your record to be deleted (this may result in your removal from the registry, however we may keep certain demographic information about you for product improvement purposes)
•   contact Member Support and ask for the changes that you would like to be made on your behalf.

Access by Adrenalin Strategics Pty Ltd employees
•   Adrenalin Strategics Pty Ltd employees are required to keep customer information private, as a condition of their employment with the company.
•   Only selected, authorised Adrenalin Strategics Pty Ltd employees who have undergone internal and internet security training are permitted to access your information.
•   Employees are also required to attend confidentiality/privacy training, and to sign a confidentiality agreement.
•   All employees and contractors must abide by our privacy policy, and those who violate that policy are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of their employment and legal action.

Privacy questions or concerns about our web site
For privacy questions or concerns about the Asklepios CME web site, please contact support@asklepios.com.au.

Related information
Terms of use: Our terms of use agreements can be found at www.asklepios.com.au.