MyEvaluations.com  is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build users' trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. Because this web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe. By displaying the TRUSTe trustmark, MyEvaluations.com has agreed to notify you of:

1. What personally identifiable information of yours or third party personally identifiable information that is collected from you through the web site
2. The organization collecting the information
3. How the information is used
4. With whom the information may be shared
5. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information
6. The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under MyEvaluations.com's control
7. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact MyEvaluations.com (www.MyEvaluations.com) by email, or call (646) 422-0554, or write to: MyEvaluations.com c/o Privacy Policy, 1275 First Avenue #234, NY, NY 10021.   If you do not receive acknowledgment of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should then contact TRUSTe at TRUSTe Watchdog TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with the Web site to resolve  your concerns. 

Privacy Principles

MyEvaluations.com knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This notice was last updated December 30, 2006, and describes our Privacy Principles.

  What Do We Gather?

We receive and store information that is provided by your institution (e.g., Hospital, University, or Organization) and your responses to evaluation questions. Some of the evaluation information we collect (e.g. resident-of-attending or nurse-of-resident evaluations) is anonymous, while some of the evaluation information we collect (such as attending-of-resident or resident-of-student evaluations) is not anonymous.

As a registered user we use your first initial and last name as your username when possible, as provided by your institution.

MyEvaluations.com offers services for collecting and tracking patient confidential information in a HIPAA compliant manner (http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/). These features may be used by you and at the sponsoring institution's own choosing. These features are related to the Procedure and Patient Log Tracking Modules. Some of the patient confidential information may include the patient's name, medical record number, diagnosis, and procedures related data. Once you enter this information into MyEvaluations.com the data will be stored and used to process various reports related to your patient and procedure history. You are able to delete and update this information.

We do not monitor individual traffic patterns on our site—only information on aggregate behavior is collected. We monitor overall traffic patterns and overall usage of target pages, including origination of the traffic (City & State). We do not collect user specific information or traceable information.  Example of what we collect:

• The name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account, or harvard.edu, if you are connecting from Harvard University's domain); the date and time; the Internet address of the website you left to visit us; the names of the pages you visit while at our site; the Internet address of the website you then visit; and your personal identifier if you sign up for a customized web service.
• To do this, our web server will write a "cookie" to your hard drive upon your first visit to our site. This tiny electronic file is tracked during your visit and helps us understand what parts of our site visitors find most useful and where they are likely to return over time. This information allows us to improve the site and make it more useful.

We use cookies for user access to our secure pages and to monitor overall traffic patterns as outlined above.  These featured are required for the proper functioning of MyEvaluations.com.  A user who chooses not to accept cookies (by modifying their Browser's settings) will not be able to access our services appropriately. When a user logs into MyEvaluations.com their username is temporarily stored within cookies that allow proper navigation and page access. No other personal identifying information is stored within cookies.

MyEvaluations.com utilizes VeriSign^® 128-bit SSL Encryption for your data protection. 128-bit SSL is the world's strongest state-of-the-art SSL encryption allowing secure communication and protection of your personal and patient confidential information from interception and hacking.

We accept feedback by email and web forms, but personal identification here is voluntary. Other than the data and methods listed above, we don't collect any other personal information by any other means. By submitting such communication you authorize us to use this information to respond to your inquiry and/or comments.

We want to be very clear:  we will not obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide such information to us.  We do not share any of your information with any third-parties unless authorized by you or your sponsoring institution.

  What Do We Do with the Data?

Once your sponsoring institution registers a new user, an automatic username and password is generated for each registered user.  This provides access to MyEvaluations.com services.

We register information on individual log-ins, in order to verify that a user has logged into the system to complete an evaluation, submit duty-hours, procedures or patient logging. 

We receive and store evaluation information and responses to evaluation questions. Some of the evaluation information we collect (e.g. resident-of-attending or nurse-of-resident evaluations) is anonymous, while some of the evaluation information we collect (such as attending-of-resident or resident-of-student evaluations) is not anonymous.  Anonymous data is reported to the sponsoring institution without any identifying information from the evaluator. For example, a resident is able to evaluate a supervisor attending with complete anonymity.

 Do We Contact You Directly?

NO. MyEvaluations.com will not use your registration information to contact you by email, telephone, or mail, or any other means. 

However, your organization may use MyEvaluations.com services to send email reminders to you, for completing your on-line evaluations, duty-hours, conference attendance, procedures and patient logs and other responsibilities.

  Who has Access to the Data?

MyEvaluations.com and the organization you represent have access to the data collected.  The individuals at your organization with access to this data include administrators such as the Dean, Program Director, Chairperson, and/or other individual/s directed to have access by your organization.  The individuals at MyEvaluations.com with access to this data include the Database programmer, System Manager, and other personnel in charge of supporting your organizations account with MyEvaluations.com.  However, neither party is able to correlate individual users to the specific information they have provided.  

MyEvaluations.com employee access to database information is limited to those individuals with a business reason to know such information. Employees are educated on the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of this information and on the Privacy Principles on this page. 

  Do We Share Data?

NO. We DO NOT share or distribute the collected data with third parties other than as outlined within this privacy policy.

 What are Your Rights?

You have the right to correct, withdraw and destroy any personal information we hold about you. All of these requests are handled through the same form that is used to volunteer the information directly through your sponsoring institution and/or department. For other requests please use our feedback form.  

To change personal information such as your name, password, or email address, please contact the administrator at your organization.  In most cases, he/she will be the same person who originally gave you access to the system.

 What Happens if We Changes These Privacy Principles?

If we decide to change our privacy principles, we will post those changes on this page so you will always know what information we gather, and how we might use that information. 

Any changes to our Privacy Principles will be communicated through this page at least 30 days in advance of implementation. Information collected before changes are made will be secured according to the previous Privacy Principles.

 What are our Security Measures?

Our Web site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. MyEvaluations.com also utilizes VeriSign^® 128-bit SSL encryption for your data protection. 128-bit SSL is the world's strongest state-of-the-art SSL encryption allowing secure communication and protection of your personal and patient confidential information from interception and hacking.

We have taken steps to protect the integrity of this information:

• Servers are located in a locked and secure environment.  

• Databases are backed-up on a regular basis with secure remote data back-ups.

• Employees have limited access to database information.

• All employees have read and agreed with the Privacy Principals on this page and have agreed to abide by them.

• All employees have signed a Non-Disclosure and Business Associate Agreement in order to maintain privacy at all times.

  Legal Disclaimer

Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.

MyEvaluations.com is not responsible for the content of third party sites hyperlinked from this page, nor does it guarantee the products or services offered on third party sites. You should review the privacy statement of a website before you provide personal or confidential information.