Privacy Policy

It is American Hand Therapy Foundation’s (AHTF’s) policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website.

Website Visitors
Like most website operators, AHTF collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. AHTF’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how AHTF’s visitors use its website. From time to time, AHTF may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

AHTF also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on WordPress.com blogs. AHTF only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that blog commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to AHTF’s websites choose to interact with AHTF in ways that require AHTF to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that AHTF gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for a blog at WordPress.com to provide a username and email address. AHTF collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with AHTF. AHTF does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics
AHTF may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. AHTF may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, AHTF does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
AHTF discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on AHTF’s behalf or to provide services available at AHTF’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using AHTF’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. AHTF will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, AHTF discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when AHTF believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of AHTF, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an AHTF website and have supplied your email address, AHTF may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with AHTF and our products. We primarily use our various product blogs to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. AHTF takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. AHTF uses cookies to help AHTF identify and track visitors, their usage of AHTF website, and their website access preferences. AHTF visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using AHTF’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of AHTF’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers
If AHTF, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that AHTF goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of AHTF may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by AHTF and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, AHTF may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in AHTF’s sole discretion. AHTF encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a WordPress.com account, you should also check your blog’s dashboard for alerts to these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.