Privacy Policy
The Medical Professionals Learning & Career Consultants LLC (“MPLCC.LLC”) operates https://www.thepolishedMD.com and may operate other websites. It is MPLCC.LLC’ policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, MPLCC.LLC collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, the date and time of each visitor request, among others. MPLCC.LLC’ purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how MPLCC.LLC’ visitors use its website. From time to time, MPLCC.LLC may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
MPLCC.LLC also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on thepolishedmd.com blogs/websites. MPLCC.LLC only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Sharing Data with Third Parties
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Necessary personal, billing, and financial information may be relayed to necessary third parties to complete purchases and transactions. Your sensitive financial information is never stored by MPLCC.LLC.
MPLCC.LLC may Disclose Personal Information to unrelated third parties to enable outsourcing of functions (such as billing, customer relations management and order fulfillment), where that is Disclosure or Use for a related Secondary Purpose and has been notified to individuals or where such Disclosure is within the individual’s Reasonable Expectations.
MPLCC.LLC will take reasonable steps to ensure that its contracts with third parties include requirements for third parties to comply with the Use and Disclosure requirements of the Privacy Act.
MPLCC.LLC may Disclose Personal Information to law enforcement agencies, government agencies, courts or external advisers where permitted or required by law.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to MPLCC.LLC’ websites choose to interact with MPLCC.LLC in ways that require MPLCC.LLC to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that MPLCC.LLC gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at thepolishedmd.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with MPLCC.LLC are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. Financial information is not collected by MPLCC.LLC. In each case, MPLCC.LLC collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with MPLCC.LLC. MPLCC.LLC does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
MPLCC.LLC may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. MPLCC.LLC may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, MPLCC.LLC does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
MPLCC.LLC discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its managers, employees, contractors and affiliated entities that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on MPLCC.LLC’ behalf or to provide services available at MPLCC.LLC’ websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those managers, employees, contractors and affiliated entities may be located outside of your home country; by using MPLCC.LLC’ websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. MPLCC.LLC will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, MPLCC.LLC discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when MPLCC.LLC believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of MPLCC.LLC, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an MPLCC.LLC website and have supplied your email address, MPLCC.LLC may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with MPLCC.LLC and our products and/or services. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. MPLCC.LLC takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Business Transfers
If MPLCC.LLC, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that MPLCC.LLC goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of MPLCC.LLC may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by MPLCC.LLC and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, MPLCC.LLC may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, at any time, and in MPLCC.LLC’ sole discretion. MPLCC.LLC encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Disclosure
This website contains links and references to products and services that may include affiliates, sponsorships, or other business relationships in which MPLCC.LLC may receive compensation from referrals or sales actions. MPLCC.LLC may be a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. MPLCC.LLC is a participant in the Rakuten Marketing Affiliate Network, an affiliate advertising program that may compensate MPLCC.LLC for the promotion and advertising of various products or services.
None of the academic institutions or third parties referenced in MPLCC.LLC materials are associated with nor endorse MPLCC.LLC, and are used pursuant to the Fair Use Doctrine.
These may include but are not limited to:
ERAS, electronic residency application system, “The MATCH” is a registered trademark of the National residency matching program(NRMP), the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), Educational Commission for Forgein Medical Graduates (ECFMG), Federal State Medical Boards (FSMB) and USMLE, a trademark of the NBME.