As a health care
provider, Mercy Health System of Kansas is both experienced and strongly committed
to protecting the right of privacy for patients. We do not share any personally
identifiable information submitted through the forms or e-mail links on this site
with any entity outside Mercy Health System of Kansas unless you authorize us
to do so or we are required to do so by law.
Anonymous Access
You can access our Web site home page and browse our site without disclosing
your personal data.
The services and links of our Web site
Our Web site may enable you to communicate with other visitors or to post
information to be accessed by others. When you do so, other visitors may collect
your data.
Log Files/Cookies
We collect and log the IP address of each visitor to gather aggregate data
on visitors to our site and how our site is being used. We do not associate
IP addresses with any personally identifiable information.
Cookies may be sent to your computer to collect general information
about how our site is viewed. We do not use cookies to store personal data,
nor do we link non-personal information stored in cookies with personal data
about specific individuals.
Data Collection and Purpose Specification
We collect the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services.
This information will be used to fulfill user requests for information.We do
not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public
records or bodies, or private organizations.
E-mail Communication and Newsletters
This web site provides you with the opportunity to send and receive communication
from Mercy Health System of Kansas. We give you the option of using a secure
transmission method to send us the following types of personal data via the
forms on our site:
- primary personal data (such as name and contact details)
- specific personal data (such as medical data)
If you decide you would like to stop
receiving communications from this web site, you may send an e-mail to
Marketing
and Development or send mail to the following
postal address:
Mercy Hospital
800 West Myrtle Street
Independence, KS 67301
Attn: Marketing and Development
Confidentiality/Security
We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect
the personal data that we have under our control from:
- unauthorized access
- improper use or disclosure
- unauthorized modification
- unlawful destruction or accidental loss
All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and
are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect
the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data.
Other Sites
This site contains links to other sites that we believe may be valuable
to our users. Mercy Health System of Kansas is not responsible for the privacy
practices or the content of other web sites. Users should read the privacy policies
of each site they visit to determine what information is collected.
Questions
If you have any questions about our privacy statement, please send them
to Marketing
and Development.
