O'Bleness Memorial Hospital is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy as a visitor to our web site. While you may be asked to provide personal data in using this web site, we assure you that this information will be treated with the same care we treat all patient information. Any data we collect about you will only be used to help develop customized programs and services suited to your needs and interests. We will not share your personal data with any party outside O'Bleness Memorial Hospital.

The policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically. If you have any questions about our privacy policies, we encourage you to contact the web site administrator.

What Information Do We Collect?

Automatic Collection of Information:
If you browse through our web site or download information, our system will automatically gather and store certain information about your visit. This information does not identify you personally and is used in an aggregate way to help us improve our web site and tell us the number of visitors to our site each day. This information may include your IP address, aggregate information on which pages are accessed, and date and time the site is accessed.

Permission-based Collection of Information:
Depending upon the feature you use, you may be asked to volunteer information such as your name, e-mail, mailing address and telephone number. This information is collected when you provide user-specific information while submitting various application or request for information forms on our web site.

How Do We Use the Information We Collect?

The information we gather is used to respond to requests by distributing news and other health information requested by the visitor and to help us improve our web site. We do not share information gathered during visits to this web site with any organization for any purpose. We do not rent, sell, exchange or in any way provide personally identifiable information to any third-party organization.

Our Use of Cookies

We do not use cookies to store or collect information on our web site.

Security of Communications

We recognize that many people are concerned about the privacy and protection of information as it is transmitted over the Internet. We have taken reasonable steps to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of personally identifiable information that you may provide via our web site.

On-line Donations

We process credit card payments for donations on our web site. When processing your credit card payment, we will ask for the card type, number, expiration date and your card's billing address. We will transmit credit card numbers in an encrypted format using industry-standard, SSL (secure socket layer) encryption. We will keep this information in the strictest confidence and will maintain the privacy and security of the information at all times.

Links to Other Sites

This web site includes links to non-affiliated external web sites. We encourage visitors to review the privacy policy of each linked site, as we cannot be responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. These linked web sites often hold potential value to visitors. Inclusion of the other sites by links does not imply any endorsement of the material or information on the other sites.

Web Site Contact Information

If you have questions about our privacy policy, or feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, please contact us.

O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
55 Hospital Drive
Athens, Ohio 45701
Contact: Kristine Barr
E-mail: kbarr@obleness.org
Telephone: (740) 592-9380

Modification Date

This privacy statement was last modified on October 11, 2002.