Privacy PoXXlicy

Dr. Gervais Fréchette is committed to protecting the privacy of any information you choose to provide to us. This privacy policy may change from time to time. Questions or comments regarding it may be directed to info@drfrechette.com, or in writing to Dr. Gervais Fréchette, 37 Union Square West, Suite 4th Floor, New York, NY 10003

Collection and Use of Personal Information

You do not need to provide any information that identifies you ("personal information") to obtain information from Dr. Fréchette. In general, you can visit the site without revealing your identity or any personal information. Your decision to provide personal information, including your name, e-mail address is completely voluntary.

You may choose to provide Dr. Fréchette with personal information for the following purposes:

* Information Updates
You may opt to give us your e-mail address and join a list of visitors to whom Dr. Fréchette may distribute regular updates about new features, information and services (such as new treatment options, forums, conference coverage, or clinical trial services we may offer from time to time). These updates are distributed by e-mail. We do not furnish these e-mail addresses to third parties.

* Cookies
Web sites can gather certain non-personal information about the usage of their sites through the use of "cookies." "Cookies" are small text files that are used to recognize repeat visitors, facilitate ongoing access to some sites, allow sites to understand how and when pages are visited and by how many people, and maintain identities during user sessions.

Dr. Fréchette currently uses cookies to maintain identities during user sessions. We do not track your movements to other sites and neither we, nor our servers of advertisements have agreements with third-party advertisers or others to use cookies to create user profiles.

Disclosure of Personal Information

Dr. Fréchette takes very seriously his responsibility to keep your personal information private. Accordingly, unless you have explicitly agreed otherwise, we do not make any of your personal information available to third parties. We may hire third-party technology providers to host our equipment or enable certain functions at our Web site and store your information, but we ensure that these technology providers are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality of all personal information.

How We Protect Personal Information

Our goal is to take measures to protect the privacy of any information you choose to provide that are reasonable in the context of the information provided. Accordingly, Dr. Fréchette uses physical, electronic, managerial, and contractual procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online, and we use encryption and heightened security procedures when storing or transferring data provided to us by visitors seeking to participate in research opportunities. We only keep information for certain periods of time; we delete personal information received when such information is no longer needed or has become outdated in our judgment.

We also safeguard personal information from unauthorized access. Only authorized employees and agents required by contract to observe our privacy practices are permitted to access personal information, and they only may do so for permitted business functions.

External Links

Dr. Fréchette provides links to various Web sites other than our own, and we do not control them. Even if an affiliation exists between Dr. Fréchette and such a third-party Web site, Dr. Fréchette exercises no control over linked sites. When you click on one of these links, you will be transferred out of Dr. Fréchette and connected to the Web site of the organization or company that you selected. Each of these linked sites maintains its own independent privacy and data collection policies and procedures. If you visit a Web site that is linked to Dr. Fréchette, you should consult that site's privacy policy before providing any personal information.

Terms, Changes and Questions

By using Dr. Fréchette, you signify your agreement to the terms of our privacy policy. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not disclose any personal information through Dr. Fréchette. If we decide to change Dr. Fréchette's privacy policy, we will post those changes here so that you will be aware of what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we will disclose it to anyone.

Questions or comments about this policy or the use of personal information may be sent to info@drfrechette.com. We will use reasonable efforts to promptly investigate any complaint you may have regarding our use of personal information.