Website Privacy Policy
Jefferson Diabetes Consultants, LLC (“JDC”) is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our website (www.jdcdiabetes.com). Information gathered on our website is used to monitor our effectiveness in providing relevant and credible health information, in answering questions, online scheduling, appointment requests, online bill payment, virtual/ tele- health, and in improving our website.
Our website (www.jdcdiabetes.com) is developed by Jefferson Diabetes Consultants, LLC. Our postal address is: Jefferson Diabetes Consultants, LLC, 9449 S. Kedzie Avenue, PO Box 560, Evergreen Park, IL, 60805. Contact us with questions or concerns about our website.
What information do we collect?
This site recognizes and collects, when possible, the domain name of a visitor's server (e.g., jdcdiabetes.com, aol.com), IP address, browser type/ version, date/ time/ pages of your visit to our site, and/ or any additional diagnostic data. 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 our contact form;
Emailing us with a comment or question;
Scheduling an online appointment, via a third party vendor- Advancedmd.com;
Requesting an appointment, via our contact form or email at info@jdcdiabetes.com;
Completing an online bill payment, via the third party vendors- Advancedmd.com and OpenEdge Payments, LLC (Global Payments Integrated);
Scheduling and/or use of virtual/ tele- health visits, via the third party vendor- Advancedmd.com;
Performing online check-in, via the third party vendor- Advancedmd.com;
Using site-based location functions.
We use Google Universal Analytics to collect website data that allows us to get a better understanding of how our site visitors interact with our online content. If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website or download information, Google Universal Analytics will automatically gather and store certain information about your visit. This information does not identify you personally and is used in a general way to help us improve our website and tell us the number of visitors to our site each day.
Our web server automatically collects and records the following information:
Aggregate information on what pages are accessed;
Address of the website that linked to us (referral URL);
Date and time you access our site;
Name and release number of web browser software used;
Operating system used;
Visitor's domain name, but not the email address;
Visitor's IP address;
Age, gender and interests.
This site recognizes and collects, when possible, the domain name of a visitor's server (e.g., jdcdiabetes.com, aol.com). 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 our contact form;
Emailing us with a comment, question and/ or request.
How do we use the information we collect?
Jefferson Diabetes Consultants, LLC (“JDC”) does not sell, trade or rent personal information about its website visitors.
The information we collect about the domain name of the server from which you are visiting is aggregated and used solely to determine the number of visitors to our site each day, and sources of traffic.
Email addresses provided by visitors are used to respond to comments, questions, and/ or requests submitted through our contact form, when indicated. Information provided by visitors who choose to establish a personal homepage, via the third party vendors- Advancedmd and OpenEdge Payments, LLC (Global Payments Integrated), is used to furnish that page with the data requested by the visitor and to send information requested by the visitor.
If a website visitor asks us to send material that cannot be transmitted electronically, we will need to know the visitor's name, telephone number, email address and/ or mailing address. We will use that information only to fulfill the visitor's request.
Information provided to schedule online appointments, pay online bills, conduct virtual/ tele- health visits and other web functions will be transferred to the third party vendors and partners to continue service (e.g. Advancedmd, OpenEdge Payments, LLC).
How can you get your name removed from our files?
If you do not want to receive emails from Jefferson Diabetes Consultants, LLC (“JDC”), please follow the guidelines below and email us at info@jdcdiabetes.com. When you write, it is imperative that you provide the following information so that we can be sure to honor your request:
Your full name;
Your active email address (If you use more than one email address, send a message to us from each of your email accounts.);
A sentence asking that your email address be removed from our files.
We will process your request as quickly as possible.
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 our contact form, registration(s), online bill pay, virtual/ tele- health visits, or other forms, or by email. Additionally, some areas of our website might be available only to certain persons and will require a login and password to access these areas (e.g., Advancedmd, OpenEdge Payments, LLC). In order to be granted a login and password you may be asked some demographic information about yourself.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children, and we require our contact form, email, registration(s), online bill pay, virtual/ tele- health visits, or other forms be completed by Illinois residents, who are at least 18 years of age. In specific forms where we may ask for information about children we take steps to protect the privacy of those children by making reasonable efforts to ensure that a parent has entered and authorized the collection of the child's personal information. In addition, all persons less than 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian for virtual/ tele- health visits.
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, but we do so in ways that keep the information anonymous. 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 anonymous 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 acknowledge that you are an Illinois resident, who is at least 18 years of age, and you consent to the collection and use of the information discussed above by Jefferson Diabetes Consultants, LLC (“JDC”). 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
Jefferson Diabetes Consultants, LLC (“JDC”) is committed to its mission of serving the health care needs of individuals, diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, their families and their support systems. 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 JDC's core values of compassion, equality, respect, merit, partnership, integrity and care. 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
Jefferson Diabetes Consultants, LLC welcomes your questions and comments about privacy. Contact us.
Last updated October 2021