Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the progressivechc.org Website
(“Website”) operated by Progressive Community Health Centers, a non-profit, federally
qualified health center, operating in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (“Progressive,” “us,” “we,”
“our”), as this Privacy Policy contains important information regarding your privacy and
how we use the information we collect about you.
Your access to and use of the Website is conditional upon your acceptance of and
compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to everyone, including,
but not limited to: visitors, users, and others, who wish to access or use the Website.
By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you
disagree with any part of the Privacy Policy, then you do not have our permission to
access or use the Website.
View Progressive’s Notice of Privacy Practices
Progressive supports and recognizes our patients’ right to expect that their medical
records and other information about their care will be kept confidential. Our Notice of
Privacy Practices, effective June 1, 2015, includes:
- When we are required to obtain your authorization for disclosures;
- How we may use your information, as well as your right to restrict or opt-out of
receiving such communications; - Your right to receive notification if a breach occurs.
For further questions regarding the Notice of Privacy Practices, or other HIPAA
concerns, please contact Progressive’s Compliance & Privacy Officer at (414) 935-8000
Ext. 1068.
Website Privacy Policy
Progressive is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our Website
(progressivechc.org). Information gathered on our Website is used to monitor
our effectiveness in providing relevant and credible health information, in answering
questions, and in improving our Website. As a non-profit, federally qualified health
center, Progressive is committed to making certain that our Website is used as a resource to fulfill our mission of improving the health and quality of life of the community
by providing culturally competent services that address identified needs.
Our Website is developed by Progressive Community Health Centers, Inc. Our postal
address is: Progressive Community Health Centers, 3522 W. Lisbon Avenue,
Milwaukee, WI 53208. Contact us with questions or concerns about the Website.
What information do we collect?
We do not automatically collect the full email address of visitors to our Website. The
only way we obtain your name or email address is when you choose to provide that
information to us. Examples of how you might provide us with such personal information
include:
- Completing a feedback form;
- Email us with a comment or question;
- Submitting an online donation.
How do we use the information we collect?
- Progressive Community Health Centers does not sell, trade or rent personal
information about its Website visitors. - Email addresses provided by visitors are used to respond to comments
submitted through our feedback forms, when indicated. - If a Website visitor asks us to send material that cannot be transmitted
electronically, we will need to know the visitor’s name, email address and mailing
address. We will use that information only to fulfill the visitor’s request. - Information provided may be transferred to 3rd party vendors and partners to
continue service. - Your IP address may be used for routine Website functions and maintenance
purposes (e.g., verifying form submissions, debugging, and monitoring site traffic
levels).
Data collection
You may browse many areas of our Website, including our home page, without
disclosing any personal information about yourself. Within these areas we only collect
and store the information that is automatically recognized by the Web server, such as
your IP address and files you request from the server.
We collect the personal data that you volunteer on forms or by email.
Important Note: Information provided by you in any form(s) on the Website or sent by
email are neither transmitted nor stored in a HIPAA-compliant manner.
For this reason, we request that you do not use Website’s forms or email us to submit
protected health information (e.g., medical records) and/or other sensitive information.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Data analysis
As described above, we sometimes collect anonymous information from visits to our site
to help us provide better customer service. For example, we measure visitor activity on
our Website. We use the information that we collect to measure the number of visitors to
the different areas of our site and to help us make our site more useful to visitors. This
includes analyzing these logs periodically to measure the traffic through our servers, the
number of pages visited and the level of demand for pages and topics of interest. The
logs may be preserved indefinitely and used at any time and in any way to prevent
security breaches and to ensure the integrity of the data on our servers.
Cookies & other technologies
We collect the information we mentioned above through the use of various
technologies, one of which is called “cookies”. A cookie is an element of data that the
Website can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive.
Cookies may last for only a single session or may span multiple sessions. We use
cookies to track user activity by our registered users. Finally, cookies are employed in
other applications that require the storage of user data from one screen to the next.
Your consent
By using our Website, you consent to the collection and use of the information
discussed above by Progressive Community Health Centers. Changes in this policy will
be posted on this page so that you may always be aware of what information is being
collected, how it is being used, and under what circumstances it is being disclosed.
Our commitment
Progressive is committed to its mission of improving the health and quality of life of the
community by providing culturally competent services that address identified needs. We
will live up to the privacy standards outlined in this policy because we are obligated to
act in good faith, to fulfill the organization’s mission of service and to act in accordance
with Progressive’s core values of compassion, service, quality and empowerment.
Meeting these obligations compels us to be honest, to act in the public’s best interests
and to protect the privacy and confidentiality of all information provided to us, as
outlined in this policy.
Tell us what you think
Progressive welcomes your questions and comments about privacy. Contact us.