INTERNET PRIVACY POLICY

University Care Plus maintains the UT-Houston Physicians web site as a public service. The following is the privacy policy for the site www.utdocs.com, www.utphysicians.orgwww.uthearingaids.com, www.utcosmetics.com and www.utcardiovascular.com:

1. Due to the multiplicity of the UT Physicians, different web authors may publish information on this site.

2. To improve the usefulness of our web site, we collect traffic information from our site's server logs. This information does not identify the visitor individually. The information we collect consists of:

• The name of the domain from which the visitor accesses the Internet.
• The Internet Protocol (IP) number.
• The date and time that the web page was visited.
• The Internet Browser type.

3. Some pages use cookies to maintain sessions or to automate navigation. Most UT Physicians sites do not use cookies or any other similar technology to collect information about our visitors.

4. Confidentiality of data relating to individual patients and visitors, including their identity, is respected by this Web site. The Web site owners undertake to honor or exceed the legal requirements of medical/health information privacy that apply in the USA and Texas.

5. We collect the e-mail addresses of those individuals who communicate with us via e-mail or who give us their e-mail address. We may redirect your message to another government agency or person who is in a better position to answer your question.

6. We collect information voluntarily provided by those individuals who communicate with us via e-mail or who submit forms on our web site.

7. We use e-mail addresses and volunteered information to send news, notices of upcoming events, and tax information to those who request it. We will not market the information we collect.

8. This site contains links to other sites. UT Physicians is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.

9. The information we collect may be subject to public disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act.

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