EthicAd, Committed to Quality Consumer Health Information

We Value Your Privacy

EthicAd adheres to the highest principles of protection of privacy. We never obtain, collect, or access your name or any other personal information about you unless YOU specifically authorize us to do so. Your personal information is never shared with or sold to third parties.

Our online information practices are contained within this privacy pledge. This privacy pledge describes what information is collected, how we use the information we collect, and to whom and under what conditions we may disclose this information. Questions regarding this pledge should be directed via email to info@ethicad.org.

This pledge is accessible from our home page and on pages where personally identifiable information is requested. EthicAd assumes that by visiting their site, www.ethicad.org, you accept the practices described herein.

Collected Information

We collect two standard types of information:

Personally-identifiable information, such as name, address, email, and other contact information that is voluntarily provided by the user;
"Aggregate" information that is non-personally identifiable, such as browser versions, search terms used, and total visitor traffic. Web servers normally collect this type of basic information as part of their Web log processes.

How the Information is Used

We use aggregate information gathered from your visit to better design our Web site. This information supplies us with a broad picture of how people use our Web site in order to help the management of our systems and to better serve our audience.

Disclosure of Information

EthicAd will respond to requests for information, comments about the site, or questions from users only if the user indicates a desire to be contacted. Information is kept confidential in all other cases. Personal information is never shared with or sold to third parties.

Use of Cookies

Persistent-state "cookies" are small pieces of data that a Web site can store on your computer to identify you during your visit to the Web site, or to identify you when you return to the Web site in the future. The EthicAd Web site does not use cookies for any purposes.

Links to Other Sites

Our Web site contains links to other Web sites that are not under our control. We are not responsible for the privacy policies, other practices, or contents of those external Web sites. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by EthicAd of that Web site.

Children

EthicAd.org is directed at users over the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not submit any information to this Web site without the permission of your parent or guardian.

Terms of Use

This World Wide Web site with its home page in the domain "ethicad.org" is a complimentary information service, with the express condition that users agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in this User Agreement. EthicAd reserves the right to change these terms and conditions any time. Use of this Web site constitutes your acceptance of all of the following terms and conditions:

Informational Purposes Only: You acknowledge that the information contained in this Web site is provided on an "as is" basis. There are no guarantees or promises associated with the contents of this Web site.
Limitation of Liability: By use of this Web site, users agree that they will not hold EthicAd and its associates responsible or liable for all claims arising out of or related to access or use of, or your inability to access or use, this Web site or the information contained in this Web site or other Web sites to which it is linked. This includes, but is not limited to, information or materials viewed or downloaded from this Web site (or another Web site to which it is linked) that appears to a user, or is construed by the user, to be obscene, offensive, defamatory, or that infringes upon personal intellectual property rights. In no event will EthicAd or its contributors of information to this Web site be liable to users for any decisions made or actions taken in reliance on such information.
Endorsements: Opinions and recommendations contained in this Web site are not necessarily those of EthicAd or endorsed by EthicAd. Web sites that are not under the control of EthicAd are provided as links for convenience of reference only. Referred organizations, companies, Web sites, and other entities, public or private, are not intended as an endorsement by or association of EthicAd.
Public Forums and Message Boards: The EthicAd Web site allows users to visit and use message boards sponsored on our site. Any messages or statements users make in public forums are public communications. It is highly recommended that users do not disclose any information in such areas that they wish to keep confidential, such as name or email address.

Usage of Content

Unless otherwise indicated, all information contained on this Web site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, and other media is copyrighted by and property of EthicAd, Inc.

This is especially valid and enforced in the case of the EthicAd Seal of Approval. Because the EthicAd Seal represents a rigorous approval process for select materials, this and other information may not be copied, reproduced, transmitted, displayed, distributed, sublicensed, altered, stored for subsequent use, or otherwise used in any manner, in whole or in part, without prior written consent from EthicAd exclusively.

The only exception is that the user may make such standard temporary copies in a single computer's RAM and hard drive cache as are necessary to browse the Web site, and the user may make one permanent printout of each page of the Web site to be used by the user for personal and noncommercial uses which do not harm the reputation of EthicAd.

Trademarks

The EthicAd name, Seal, and other marks are registered trademarks of EthicAd.

Linking Information

EthicAd may grant the owner of an approved outside Web site permission to use a hyper-text link on said Web site in accordance with the following provisions:

Any text-only link must clearly be marked "EthicAd.org;"
The link must direct the user to the URL http://www.ethicad.org and not to subpages within the EthicAd Web site;
The appearance, position, context, and other aspects of either the link or the host Web site may not be such as to damage or dilute the mission associated with EthicAd's name and trademarks;
The appearance, position, context, and other aspects of either the link or the host Web site may not create false impressions of affiliations, associations, or sponsorships with other entities in relation to EthicAd; and
EthicAd reserves the right to revoke its consent to the link at any time in its sole discretion by revising this Privacy Pledge.

Please note that this Privacy Pledge applies only to the EthicAd Web site. We reserve the right to change the information contained herein at any time. Our Privacy Pledge will be reviewed periodically and changes will be clearly noted.