Web Privacy Statement

This page describes the information gathering and dissemination practices of the Mission Hospice website and is in accordance with the following statement.

It is the policy of Mission Hospice that personal information about citizens will be collected only to the extent necessary to provide the service or benefit desired; that only appropriate information will be collected; and that the citizen shall understand the reason the information is collected and be able to examine their personal record which is maintained by a public body.

In addition to the Mission Hospice Web Privacy Statement, specific notices about the collection and use of any personal information associated with pages requesting such information will be available.

What type of information is collected
When you visit the Mission Hospice website, we collect various types of information in order to provide you with improved services.

Non-personal usage data
We collect non-personal data for statistical reporting purposes in order to assess demands and usage to provide you with a better website. This usage data may include information such as:

  • Your IP address
  • Date and time
  • Pages visited and time spent on those pages
  • Type of browser and version used
  • Referring web page, if present
  • Unique device identifiers
  • Other diagnostic data

Personal data
Some Mission Hospice webpages require us to collect personal information in order to provide services that you have requested. If you choose to share personal information with us by sending an email or by filling out an online form with personal information, we will use the information only for the purposes you authorized or in support of Mission Hospice programs. Should you not desire to provide this personal information, we will be unable to provide you some of the services we offer online.

Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, city, state and Zip code

Cookies: What are cookies and what do we do with them?
Cookies are files with small amounts of data sent from a website and stored on your computer through your web browser. Cookies and similar tracking technologies are anonymous identifiers not associated with your personal identity. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on services, prepare customized web pages, and improve services.

The Mission Hospice website uses cookies to identify users and remember information to track a visitor’s path throughout the site to better understand how each person uses our site and what information is most helpful.

Analytics
Mission Hospice may use third party companies, such as Google Analytics, in order to analyze how our services are used. Third parties have access to your data that are collected only to perform this monitoring and analysis for our services.

You can opt out of having your activity available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Security
Mission Hospice provides the following security:

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online, consistent with Mission Hospice policies.

Information disclosure
Any personal information that you choose to supply will be kept exclusively within Mission Hospice and will not be supplied to any other non-Mission Hospice entity or organization except as required by law. Information you provide is only used to provide requested services and for internal statistics.

Links to other sites
This site may contain links to external (non-Mission Hospice) websites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to an external site. Mission Hospice is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such websites. We recommend you review the privacy policy of every site that you visit.

Contact us
If you or your representative believe that your privacy rights have been violated, you or your representative have the right to express complaints to Mission Hospice and/or to the Office of Civil Rights:

Office for Civil Rights-DHHS
90 7th St., Suite 4-100
San Francisco, CA 94103

If you wish to review or change information gathered about you via the Mission Hospice website, you may contact the Mission Hospice Compliance Officer at 650.288.6323 or by email.