Privacy Policy and Copyright


Copyright © 2010 Joint Commission Resources, 1515 West 22nd Street, Suite 1300W, Oak Brook, IL 60523  USA - All materials posted on this site are subject to copyrights owned by Joint Commission Resources. ("Joint Commission Resources"). Joint Commission Resources hereby provides limited permission for the user of this site to print for such user's own personal use (and for such personal use only) part or all of any document on this site as long as the copyright notice and permission notice contained in such document or portion thereof is included in such printing. All other reproduction, retransmission, or reprinting of all or part of any document found on this site is expressly prohibited, unless Joint Commission Resources has expressly granted its prior written consent to so reproduce, retransmit, or reprint the material. All other rights reserved.

Trademark

The names, trademarks, service marks, logos, and icons of Joint Commission Resources appearing on this Web site may not be used in any advertising or publicity, or otherwise to indicate Joint Commission Resources sponsorship or endorsement of or affiliation with any product or service, without Joint Commission Resources prior express written permission.

Disclaimers

Joint Commission Resources is providing information and services on the Internet as a benefit and service in furtherance of Joint Commission Resources mission. Joint Commission Resources makes no representations about the suitability of this information and these services for any purpose. Although this site includes links providing direct access to other Internet sites, Joint Commission Resources has not participated in their development and does not monitor or exert any editorial control over these sites. Further, any such linkages do not constitute any Joint Commission Resources endorsement of products and services appearing on other web sites.

Privacy and Security

Joint Commission Resources has a commitment to privacy. The following are our information gathering and dissemination practices for this site.

We will not share personal or financial information gathered on this site with third parties. If you elect to provide us with information about yourself by signing up for our free resources and newsletters, such as name and e-mail address, or other personal data, you may receive information about our educational offerings, unless you request to be removed from this list.

Our online ordering site uses an order form and "shopping cart" system for customers to register for programs and order publications and multimedia offered on the site. We utilize browser cookies placed on the customer’s machine to keep track of the customer’s shopping cart. We also collect user contact information (such as name, address, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses) and financial information (such as credit card numbers) to process for registration. We may also use a customer’s information to contact the customer when necessary. Financial information collected on the site is used only to bill the customer for products and services.

Our online ordering site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. We use modern security and encryption services (RSA 128 bit SSL) to secure credit card transactions and ensure that your shopping experience is safe and worry free.

We detect and use the IP address of visitors to the site in order to assist us with diagnosing and solving problems with our server and to assist with the administration of our web site.


JCR Social Media Comment Policy:

JCR encourages you to comment on our blogs and social media pages. You may not post any unlawful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, pornographic or other material that would violate the law. All comments should be relevant to the topic and remain respectful of other authors and commenters. You are solely responsible for your own comments, the consequences of posting those comments, and the consequences of any reliance by you on the comments of others. By submitting your comment, you hereby give JCR the right, but not the obligation, to post, air, edit, exhibit, webcast, re-use, publish, reproduce, use, license, print, distribute or otherwise use your comment(s) and accompanying personal identifying and other information you provide via all forms of media now known or hereafter devised, worldwide, in perpetuity.