© 2003 SAEMSC

Thank you for visiting SAEMS.com. Our web pages are designed to make it easier and more efficient for EMS providers, EMS practitioners, citizens and businesses to interact with Southern Alleghenies EMS Council, Inc. (SAEMS).  As with all online resources, we appreciate that many visitors to our sites will be concerned about their privacy.  SAEMS is committed to preserving your privacy when you visit our sites. 

This policy addresses the collection, security and access to information that may be obtained through the use of the sites maintained by SAEMS.  This policy covers the following topics:

Information we Collect

When you visit SAEMS.com, we collect the following information:

  • The name of domain; for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private internet access account, or "yourschool.edu", if you are connecting from a university domain;
  • An IP address; a number assigned to your computer when you are using the internet;
  • The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
  • The internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our site (including search engine information);
  • The amount of time spent visiting each page on our site
  • The pages you visit within the site; and
  • The links made to other web sites through this site.

This information is collected for statistical analysis using standard third-party software programs. The statistics are used for the purpose of determining what information is of most and least interest to all visitors and identifying system performance or problem areas.  This information is not collected for commercial marketing purposes and SAEMS does not sell information collected online for commercial marketing purposes. 

If, during your visit to SAEMS.com, you voluntarily provide personally identifiable information, we will collect such information. Examples of personally identifiable information may include:

  • An email address if you are communicating to us through email;
  • Information you voluntarily submit to SAEMS for the purposes of completing or submitting an application or form online; and
  • Other information volunteered, such as survey information or content of email.

In general, please note the information collected, whether or not personally identifiable, is not limited to text characters and may include audio, video and other graphic formats you send us.

Public Disclosure 

As a general rule, SAEMS does not disclose any personally identifiable information collected online except where you have given us permission, or where the information is public information under the Pennsylvania Right to Know Act 65 P.S. 66.1 et seq., or other applicable laws.  Visitors should be aware that information collected by SAEMS on its websites may be subject to examination and inspection, if such information is a public record and not otherwise protected from disclosure. 

Access

Any personally identifiable information you enter in a user profile will be open and accessible to you for review and modification.

If you have any questions or comments about the information presented in this Privacy Policy, you can contact SAEMS as follows

By Fax: 814-696-0101

By Mail: Olde Farm Office Centre, 1 Carriage House, Duncansville, PA  16635

By Email: saems@saems.com

Choice

You may decline participation in any activity that asks for information (i.e., surveys or emails).  Your choice to not participate will have no effect on your ability to access information on the SAEMS.com web site. 

Cookies

SAEMS.com does not use cookies.  If at any time in the future, SAEMS begins to utilize cookies, this policy will be updated as necessary.  SAEMS has no responsibility to individually notify users of SAEMS.com of a change to this policy beyond updating this page.

If you have further questions about cookies, the Computer Incident Advisory Capacity Unit that monitors computer problems for the U.S. Department of Energy issued a study on March 12, 1998, of the risks to users of cookies, titled “Information Bulletin 1-034: Internet Cookies".

You can refuse a cookie or delete a cookie file from your computer at any time by using any one of a number of widely available methods. 

Link Disclaimer

SAEMS provides links to state governmental agencies and the federal government.  We also provide links to web sites of other businesses and organizations in order to provide visitors with certain information.  A link does not constitute an endorsement of content, viewpoint, policies, products or services.  Once you link to another web site not maintained by SAEMS, you are subject to the terms and conditions of that web site, including but not limited to its privacy policy.

Information Disclaimer

Information provided on the SAEMS.com web site is intended to allow the public immediate access to public information.  While all attempts are made to provide accurate, current and reliable information we recognize the possibility of human and/or mechanical error.  Therefore, SAEMS, its employees, and officers expressly deny any warranty of the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of any information published by this system and shall not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance upon the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information.  Any person who relies upon such information obtained from this system does so at his or her own risk.

Published January 21, 2003