PRIVACY POLICY

Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (“ELSO”) is committed to protecting your privacy and has created this Privacy Policy to describe the information we collect about you when you visit the ELSO website (the “Site”), how that information may be used and disclosed and how we protect your information. This Privacy Policy applies to the Site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Site, you consent to the data practices described in this Privacy Policy.

ELSO collects personally identifiable information, such as your name, e-mail address, home or work address or telephone number. ELSO also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests, and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by ELSO. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used by ELSO for the operation of its services, to maintain quality of the services, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through ELSO public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.

The Site uses “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by a user’s Internet browser on a user’s computer hard drive. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the ELSO services or the Site.


ELSO collects and uses your personal information to operate the Site and deliver the services you have requested. ELSO also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from ELSO and its affiliates. ELSO may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

ELSO does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. ELSO may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (name, e-mail, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, ELSO may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you e-mail or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to ELSO, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

ELSO keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within ELSO, in order to determine what ELSO services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within ELSO to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. ELSO will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the law or comply with legal process served on ELSO; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of ELSO; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public.


ELSO secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure as described in the Terms of Use on the ELSO website. ELSO secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Communications with our Site are encrypted through Secured Socket Layer (“SSL”) connections.

ELSO makes every effort to protect your information. However:

ELSO CANNOT GUARANTEE SECURITY OR PRIVACY. ELSO ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT OCCURS BY NEGLIGENCE OF ELSO, ERRORS IN TRANSMISSION, UNAUTHORIZED OR ILLEGAL ACCESS, OR ANY OTHER VEHICLE FOR DISCLOSURE.

THE SITE CONTAINS LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES. ELSO IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT, TERMS OF USE, OR PRIVACY POLICIES ON ANY THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES, OR PRIVACY PRACTICES BY ANY THIRD PARTIES.


ESLO does not knowingly accept personal information from anyone under the age of 13. By using the Site and/or providing personal information, you represent and warrant that you are over the age of 13.


ELSO may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting the amended terms on this Site. By viewing, using or accessing the Site, you consent to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use then in effect.


If you have any questions about ELSO’s Privacy Policy, please contact us using the information on the contact page of the Site.