Privacy policy

Web Privacy Policy

WorldCare International, Inc. and its affiliated organizations (“WorldCare” or “we” or “our”) are committed to maintaining security and privacy of information of its members, clients and other visitors to our website (our “website”). This Privacy Policy describes WorldCare’s information collection practices in connection with the use of our website WorldCare.com. WorldCare collects and uses information in the course of its members’, clients’ and other visitors’ (“you” or “your”) use of our website. Use of our website does not provide or replace the consultation, guidance, or care of a health care professional or other qualified provider.

Privacy Statement

Thank you for visiting our website. Our privacy policy is that  we will not collect personal information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information to us or as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy.

What information is collected/stored automatically
Below is how we handle information about your visit to our website.

If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:

1. The Internet domain name from which you access our web website (for example, “xcompany.com” if you use a private Internet access account; or “yourschool.edu” if you connect from a university’s domain) and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access websites using the internet).

2. The type of browser and operating system used to access our website

3. The date and time you access our website

4. The pages on our website you visit

5. If you linked to our website from another website, the address of that website

We use this information to help us make our website more useful to visitors – to learn about the number of visitors to our website and the types of technology our visitors are using. We do not track or record information about individuals and their visits.

What if you send us personal information

If you choose you may provide us with personal information, by filling out a form with your personal information and submitting it to us through our website. Such personal information may include your name, title, email address, phone number, address, and similar information by which you may be personally identified. We use that information to respond to your message and to help us locate for you the information you have requested. We treat emails and form submissions the same way that we regard letters sent to WorldCare. We do not collect personal information for any purpose other than to respond to you. Moreover, we do not create individual profiles with your personal information you provide or  rent, sell or share your personal information with other persons for their direct marketing or other purposes, without your permission.. The information that we collect from you may be used for marketing of our services only.

How we use information

We may use the information we collect for a variety of purposes, including to:

  • Provide, operate, maintain, improve, promote, and personalize our website for you;
  • Communicate with you, including responding to your comments and questions; providing customer service and support; providing you with information about our website and services, including technical notices, security alerts, changes in our terms, administrative messages, or advertising or marketing messages; and providing other news or information about us and The WorldCare Consortium®;
  • Investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions, unauthorized access to our website, and other illegal activities;
  • Evaluate candidacy for employment if you applied for a job through our website;
  • For business purposes, such as data collection and analysis, developing new products, services, features, and functionality; we may anonymize and aggregate data collected through our website; and
  • Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our website to better understand how users access and use our website, both on an aggregated and individualized basis, in order to improve our website to our members, clients and other visitors. We may combine and compile your personal information with other individuals’ information for the purpose of analysis.

When we share information
We may share your personal information with third party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform function or services on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work and perform our business, in each such case in full compliance with applicable law.  Examples include data analysis, payment processing, hosting services, marketing and advertising services, and customer support functions. Such third-party service providers will only have access to the your personal information as necessary to perform their functions and pursuant to agreements they enter into with us that require them to fully comply with our data protection policies and this Privacy Policy.

We may use and disclose your personal information to a third party if: (i) we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (ii) to enforce our agreements, policies and terms of service; (iii) to protect our operations and the security or integrity of our products and services; (iv) to protect the property, rights, and safety of WorldCare, you, our clients or the public from harm or illegal activities; or (v) to investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations and to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.

We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company. In the event of such an event, an acquiring company will be responsible for informing you about material changes to the way your personal information is used.

When you visit other websites linked to WorldCare.com

Our website has links to a few other websites. In most cases we link to private organizations, with their permission. Once you access another website through a link that we provide you are subject to the privacy policy of the new website.  We are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our website nor the information or content contained therein. Often links to other websites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our website. Please remember that when you use a link to go from our website to another website, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link on our website, is subject to that website’s own rules and policies. Please read over those rules and policies before proceeding.

California privacy rights

California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits users of our website who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact our Privacy Officer at privacy@worldcare.com.

Children’s privacy

Our website is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 18. By using this website, you warrant that you are 18 years of age or older.

Website security

Maintaining the privacy and security of your personal information is important to us. WorldCare has implemented appropriate safeguards to prevent unlawful use or disclosure of information. These include administrative, physical, and technical security safeguards that reasonably and appropriately protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information we receive, maintain, or transmit. Nevertheless, while security of information is of tremendous importance to us, no data transmission (over the internet or any wireless network) or method of electronic storage can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. In the event of a security breach, we will notify affected individuals, regulatory authorities, and others consistent with requirements under federal and state law or contractual obligations. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on our website are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986, as amended.

Information retention

WorldCare’s collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information are generally governed by this Privacy Policy and by law. Your personal information is retained only for as long as we have a valid business purpose and in accordance with applicable law. We may retain your personal information as necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements and other authorized uses under this Privacy Policy. Your personal information may persist in backup files for periods of time consistent with federal and state laws.  Copies of your personal information that have been modified or deleted may remain viewable in cached and archived pages of the website for a period of time.

Comments/questions

If you have any comments or questions about the information presented here please contact us. If you wish to notify us of a Privacy Issue or would like to file a report, please email privacy@worldcare.com.