Privacy Policy

PURPOSE OF POLICY
The Louisiana Public Health Institute ("LPHI," "us" or "we") is committed to respecting the privacy rights of visitors and users of its Website, www.LPHI.org, (the "Site"). LPHI has created this Website Privacy Policy ("Policy") to give you confidence as you visit and use the Site, and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of privacy.
Your use of LPHI's site or your provision to us of any personal information constitutes your agreement to the privacy terms contained herein and any subsequent changes we may make to these terms. Please do not use this site or provide information if you do not agree with all of the terms contained in this policy.

INFORMATION COLLECTION PRACTICES
What Basic Information Does LPHI Collect?
In operating the Site, LPHI may include registration, online surveys, polls and other online forms that ask users to provide their names, e-mail addresses, and other contact information and preferences.
What Additional Information Does LPHI Collect?

AUTOMATIC COLLECTION
Our servers automatically recognize visitors' domain names and IP addresses (the number assigned to computers on the Internet). No personal information about you is revealed in this process. The Site may also gather anonymous "traffic data" that does not personally identify you, but that may be helpful to improve the content offered through the Site.

COOKIES
From time to time, we may use the standard "cookies" feature of major browser applications that allows us to store a small piece of data on your computer about your visit to our Site. We do not set any personally identifiable information in cookies, nor do we employ any data capture mechanisms on our website other than cookies. Cookies help us learn which areas of our Site are useful and which areas need improvement. You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings on your browser. However, if you choose to disable this function, your experience of our Site may be diminished and some features may not work as they were intended.

USE AND SHARING OF INFORMATION
What Does LPHI Do with Collected Information?

PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will not share your personal information with any third parties without your consent, except as described in Section 3.1(a)(i) provided below. We may use your personal information to verify your identity. We may also use your contact information to inform you of any changes to the Site or to send you additional information.

Disclosure of Personal Information

We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on LPHI or its subsidiaries or affiliates, (2) protect and defend the rights or property of LPHI or the users of the Site, or (3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the safety of the public or users of the Site.

ANONYMOUS INFORMATION
We use anonymous information to analyze our Site traffic, but we do not examine it for individually identifying information. In addition, we may use anonymous IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer our Site, or to display the content according to your preferences. Traffic and transaction information may also be shared with business partners and advertisers on an aggregate and anonymous basis.

USE OF COOKIES
We may use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our Site, or for other purposes.

SALE OF INFORMATION
We will not sell information collected through this Site to any third party. Please note that if LPHI or substantially all of its assets are acquired, Site information may be one of the assets transferred to the acquirer.

ACCESS TO INFORMATION
We do not maintain any procedures for you to review or request changes to the information that we collect about you, except that you may request that we remove your contact information from our database by contacting us in accordance with Section 6.1 below.

SECURITY
The Site has security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse and alteration of the information that we obtain from you, but we make no assurances to you or any third party about our ability to prevent any such loss, misuse or alteration.

WEBSITE AREAS BEYOND OUR CONTROL
Public Forums

The Site may include interactive forums such as comment areas. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
Third-Party Websites

The Site may contain links to other websites (including social media sites) controlled or maintained by third parties. If you choose to visit those websites, LPHI is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those other websites, and it is your responsibility to review the privacy policies at those websites to confirm that you understand and agree with their policies.

CONTACT INFORMATION AND POLICY UPDATES
Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Policy, our practices related to this Site, or if you would like to have us remove your contact information from our database please contact us at: info@LPHI.org.

Updates and Changes

We reserve the right, at any time, to add to, change, update, or modify this Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification on the Site and without any other notice to you. Any such change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site. It is your responsibility to review this Policy from time to time to ensure that you continue to agree with all of its terms.

SMS COMPLIANCE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Agreement to Receive Text Messages
By providing your mobile number, you agree that LPHI may send you periodic SMS or MMS messages containing but not limited to important information, updates, deals, and specials.

  • You will receive up to 4 messages per month.

  • You may unsubscribe at any time by texting the word STOP to (206) 761-7316. You may receive a subsequent message confirming your opt-out request.

  • For help, send the word HELP to (206) 761-7316.

  • Message and data rates may apply.

  • United States Participating Carriers Include AT&T, T-Mobile®, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, Boost, U.S. Cellular®, MetroPCS®, InterOp, Cellcom, C Spire Wireless, Cricket, Virgin Mobile and others.

  • T-Mobile is not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

  • You agree to notify us of any changes to your mobile number and update your account with us to reflect this change.

  • Data obtained from you in connection with this SMS service may include your cell phone number, your carrier’s name, and the date, time and content of your messages, as well as other information that you provide. We may use this information to contact you and to provide the services you request from us.

  • By subscribing or otherwise using the service, you acknowledge and agree that we will have the right to change and/or terminate the service at any time, with or without cause and/or advance notice.

If you have any questions, please contact LPHI at info@lphi.org.

Will I be charged for the text messages I receive?
Though SimpleTexting will never charge you for the text messages you receive, depending on your phone plan, you may see some charges from your mobile provider. Please reach out to your wireless provider if you have questions about your text or data plan.

SMS COMPLIANCE PRIVACY POLICY

DATA

We collect personal and activity data, which may be linked.
We use technologies like cookies (small files stored on your browser), web beacons, or unique device identifiers to identify your computer or device so we can deliver a better experience. Oursystems also log information like your browser, operating system and IP address.

We also may collect personally identifiable information that you provide to us, such as your name, address, phone number or email address. With your permission, we may also access other personal information on your device, such as your phone book, calendar or messages, inorder to provide services to you. If authorized by you, we may also access profile and other information from services like Facebook.

Our systems may associate this personal information with your activities in the course of providing service to you (such as pages you view or things you click on or search for).

We do not knowingly contact or collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us so we can promptly obtain parental consent or remove the information.

LOCATION

We may collect and share anonymous location data. To customize our service for you, we and our partners may collect, use, and share preciselocation data, including the real-time geographic location of your computer or device. This location data is collected anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you and isused only to provide and improve our service. We may obtain your consent on your first use of the service.

ACCESS

You can request to see or delete your personal data. You can sign into your account to see or delete any personally identifiable information we have stored, such as your name, address, email or phone number. You can also contact us by email to request to see or delete this information.

DELETION
We may keep data indefinitely.

SHARING
We may share personal data with companies we trust.

We may share personally identifiable information (such as name, address, email or phone) with trusted partners in order to provide you with relevant advertising, offers or services.

California residents are legally entitled (at no charge and no more than once annually) to request information about how we may have shared your information with others for direct marketing purposes. Contact us for this information: nathan@simpletexting.net.

No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

AD TRACKING
Ad companies collect anonymous data. You can opt out.
Ad companies may use and collect anonymous data about your interests to customize content and advertising here and in other sites and applications. Interest and location data may be linked to your device, but is not linked to your identity.

CONTACT
You can ask privacy questions.
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policies, please contact us: info@lphi.org.

VENDORS
Service providers access data on our behalf.
In order to serve you, we may share your personal and anonymous information with other companies, including vendors and contractors. Their use of information is limited to these purposes, and subject to agreements that require them to keep the information confidential. Our vendors provide assurance that they take reasonable steps to safeguard the data they hold on our behalf, although data security cannot be guaranteed.

Analytics companies may access anonymous data (such as your IP address or device ID) to help us understand how our services are used. They use this data solely on our behalf. They do not share it except in aggregate form; no data is shared as to any individual user. Click to see company privacy policies that govern their use of data.

Vendors access data on our behalf.
In order to serve you, we may share your personal and anonymous information with other companies, including vendors and contractors. Their use of information is limited to these purposes, and subject to agreements that require them to keep the information confidential. Our vendors provide assurance that they take reasonable steps to safeguard the data they hold on our behalf, although data security cannot be guaranteed.

Analytics providers access data on our behalf.
Analytics companies may access anonymous data (such as your IP address or device ID) to help us understand how our services are used. They use this data solely on our behalf. They do not share it except in aggregate form; no data is shared as to any individual user. Click to see company privacy policies that govern their use of data.

SPECIAL
Special situations may require disclosure of your data.
To operate the service, we also may make identifiable and anonymous information available to third parties in these limited circumstances: (1) with your express consent, (2) when we have a good faith belief it is required by law, (3) when we have a good faith belief it is necessary to protect our rights or property, or (4) to any successor or purchaser in a merger, acquisition, liquidation, dissolution or sale of assets. Your consent will not be required for disclosure in these cases, but we will attempt to notify you, to the extent permitted by law to do so.

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Our privacy policy may change from time to time.