AAMI Web Site Policies
This Web site is owned and operated by AAMI. We welcome you and encourage you to advise us if your specific needs are not met. For your information and protection, the following policies apply to this Web site and its visitors.
Copyright Information
All materials posted on this site are subject to copyrights
owned by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
(AAMI) and other individuals or entities. Any reproduction, retransmission,
or republication of all or part of any document found on this site
is expressly prohibited, unless AAMI or the copyright owner of the
material has expressly granted its prior written consent to so reproduce,
retransmit, or republish the material. All other rights reserved.
The names, trademarks, service marks and logos of AAMI appearing
on this site may not be used in any advertising or publicity, or
otherwise to indicate AAMI's sponsorship or endorsement of, or affiliation
with, any product or service, without AAMI's prior express written
permission.
Linking Policy
The links on the AAMI Web site are provided for the use
and convenience of AAMI members and visitors to the site. AAMI assumes
no responsibility for the content or the accuracy or completeness
of any information contained on any such linked site, and does not
exert any editorial or other control over such sites. Further, links
to an external site do not constitute AAMI's approval, sponsorship
or endorsement of that site or the products or services represented
or displayed on such sites.
AAMI encourages links to its Web site; however, if you wish to link to the site, please contact us at webmaster@aami.org for a copy of AAMI's Web Linking and License Agreement.
Disclaimer
AAMI is providing information and services on the Internet as
a benefit to AAMI Web site visitors, both members and the general
public. AAMI makes no representations about the suitability, accuracy
or completeness of this information and these services for any purpose.
Privacy Policy
AAMI respects the privacy of every individual who uses this
website. This Privacy Policy outlines the information that AAMI
will collect and how we will use that information. Therefore, please
read it carefully.
Use of Personally Identifiable Information
When you visit this Web site, we will not collect any personally
identifiable information about you (such as your name, address,
telephone number, billing and shipping information, credit card
information or e-mail address) unless you provide it to us voluntarily.
If you opt not to provide us with this information, no material
consequences will result, although you may be unable to receive
certain information, or participate in certain transactions through
this Web site. Parties wishing to participate in any transactions
through this Web site are required to provide AAMI with a variety
of necessary and personally identifiable information.
AAMI may store and process your personally identifiable information to better understand your needs and how we may improve our services, and we may use your personally identifiable information to contact you (for example, we may send you information on the organization, we may respond to your comments, or we may contact you if needed in the course of processing your requests). In some limited cases, we may share the data you provide with a third party in order to engage in (on AAMI's behalf) any of the activities listed above. However, AAMI does not generally provide or release names or e-mail addresses of site visitors to any third party without the visitor's explicit permission. Personally identifiable information provided by a site visitor, such as survey information and/or site registrations are used for AAMI's internal use only and are not shared with other persons or organizations for commercial purposes. Note that nothing in this Privacy Policy shall be deemed to prohibit AAMI from disclosing your identity if AAMI is required to do so by law.
Security
AAMI will make reasonable efforts to keep secure the data you provide
us and will take reasonable precautions in an effort to protect
your personally identifiable information from loss, misuse or alteration.
Further, AAMI cares about the safety and security of credit card
transactions. This site uses high-grade encryption and the https
security protocol to communicate with browser software. This method
is the industry standard security protocol, which makes it extremely
difficult for anyone else to intercept the credit card information
sent via the Internet. Messages sent to AAMI by e-mail may not be
secure. Do not send confidential information to AAMI via e-mail.
If you prefer to telephone an order, call 1-800-332-2264.
Non Personally Identifiable Information Collected Automatically
In some cases, we may collect information about you that is not
personally identifiable. Examples of this type of information include
the type of Internet browser or computer system you are using and
the domain name of the Web site from which you linked to our site
or general demographics. In addition, when you view our Web site,
we may store some information on your computer. This information
will be in the form of a "cookie" or similar file and will help
us in many ways. For example, cookies allow us to tailor our Web
site to shape and direct the creation and maintenance of content,
as well as determine the information to be seen by site visitors
while visiting the AAMI Web site. Most Internet browsers enable
you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies,
or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Please refer to
your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these
functions. Please note that you may be unable to access certain
areas of the members only and marketplace portions of the site if
you have disabled cookies on your browser. Also note that AAMI makes
no attempt to link information collected automatically to previously
submitted personally identifiable information.
Limitation of Liability
Neither AAMI nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliated entities,
agents, employees, or subcontractors shall be liable for any direct,
indirect, special, incidental, consequential, punitive, or exemplary
damages, including lost profits (even if we are advised of the possibility)
arising in any way from the information contained in this Web site
or any information transmitted via this Web site. AAMI is not liable
for any damages or losses that may be caused to any equipment and
other software due to any viruses, defects, or malfunctions in connection
with access or use of this Web site.
Changes to Privacy Statement
Because of changes in Internet technology and practices, this
Privacy Policy may change periodically. When changes to this policy
do occur, AAMI will post notice of these changes on this portion
of the AAMI Web site. By using this Web site after AAMI posts any
changes to its Privacy Policy, you agree to accept those changes,
whether or not you have reviewed them, and such acceptance shall
be deemed legally conclusive.
Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using this Web site, you have agreed to and accepted AAMI's
Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not
use the Web site.