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.