CONSUMER REPORTS BEST BUY DRUGS WEB SITE PRIVACY POLICY

The CRBestBuyDrugs.org Web site is a free service provided by Consumers Union. Since 1936 Consumers Union has been committed to providing our customers with products and services characterized by outstanding quality, customer service, and value. The Consumers Union family of sites accepts no advertising. Our Online Privacy Policy continues our commitment to serve you and to protect your privacy online.

Our privacy pledge to you: Consumers Union does not sell or rent any information provided by you via this web site with any third party. No such information is shared with any third party except in limited circumstances to provide products and service to you or in response to a request from law enforcement.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE COLLECT IT

The information we gather on our site is limited to the tracking information collected as you navigate through our site.

Personally identifiable information

The information on the CRBestBuyDrugs.org site can be accessed without our collecting any personally identifiable information from you. You can surf CRBestBuyDrugs.org and view our content anonymously. For instance, you can access the information in our Drug Reports without giving out any personally identifiable information.

There is no need to subscribe or register to use any of the features on our site. We do not collect personally identifiable information about you such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number for any purpose. We do not collect individually identifiable health information.

Aggregate information

When you use our site, we may collect tracking information such as your browser type, the type of operating system you use, the domain name of your Internet service provider, and pages visited on the site. None of this information identifies you personally; we collect it for aggregate reporting on site activity. For example, we may want to know how long the average user spends on our site, or which pages or features get the most attention. We use this information to make the site more useful to you.

We use "cookies" to store and sometimes to track user information. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us e-mail address or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide this information to us by, for example, taking action on one of our advocacy campaigns and agreeing to be part of our advocacy network or subscribing to our site. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie contains a unique number that allows our site to recognize your computer. For example, cookies allow us to keep track of your user name and password (if you are a subscriber) so you don't have to re-enter that information each time you visit our site. The "help" function on most browsers contains information on how to set your browser to notify you before accepting cookies or to disable cookies entirely. However, if you don't accept cookies, you won't be able to take advantage of various features on our site that are available to other visitors.

LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES

CRBestBuyDrugs.org may contain links and pointers to other sites on the Internet which may be maintained by third parties. Such links do not constitute an endorsement by CU or its Affiliates of any third-party site or any materials contained therein. CU and its Affiliates do not control, and are not responsible for, the availability, accuracy, privacy policy, or currency of such third-party sites or any information, content, products or services accessible from such third-party sites.

HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions or concerns about the CRBestBuyDrugs.org Privacy Policy or its implementation, contact us at Consumers Union, Customer Relations, 101 Truman Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10703.

If you feel that we have not followed our privacy policy please let us know. Additionally, you may contact your state or local consumer protection office, The Direct Marketing Association's Committee on Ethical Business Practices at mgoldberger@the-dma.org, the Better Business Bureau, or The Federal Trade Commission by phone at (202) FTC-HELP (202/382-4357) and online at Drugs to Treat Heartburn & Ulcers: The Proton Pump Inhibitors .

This policy was last revised December 2004.

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CRBestBuyDrugs.org User Agreement

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