Privacy Policy for Medical Learning Institute Inc.

Effective: 1/2/2025

1. Types of Information Collected

MLI’s Collection of Information

We may collect certain types of information from our visitors, such as:

• Contact Information – Such as name, address, city, state, ZIP code, email address and telephone number.
• Account Information – Such as User ID and password.
• Product Preferences
• Content You Provide Voluntarily – Such as reviews, comments, or any information you provide to us about your use of our products and services.
• Usage Information – Such as the content and web pages you access.
• Accessed Educational Content – Such as webinars or monographs viewed or awarded CE credit for.

Tracking Technology

We may use certain technologies to collect other information from our visitors, including, but not limited to:

• Traffic Data – When you visit our sites, we automatically track and collect the following categories of information: (1) your Internet protocol and domain server address; (2) the date and time of your visit to the sites; (3) the type of web browser and operating system you used to access the sites; (4) the web pages that you accessed at the sites; (5) other information not identified or tracked to you personally such as searching (collectively “Traffic Data”). Traffic Data is anonymous information that does not identify or track you personally. We use Traffic Data to evaluate and improve the content of the sites and to make the sites more useful to visitors. We also use it to diagnose problems with our server, to keep our server running smoothly, and to monitor the number of visitors to the sites and the type of technology they use.
• Access and utilization of MLI’s free educational resources
• Tracking Code – We may also track the pages you view on our sites, links to and from our sites that you click, emails that we send, or other online behavior on our sites through methods such as tracking codes, customer relationship management and messaging software, web beacons, or pixels. These tools may be used to measure customer usage, prioritize the development of product features, enable customization or personalization, measure the popularity of our products by identifying which content is accessed most often, and the effectiveness of our email campaigns by identifying the individuals who open or act upon an email message, when an email message is opened, how many times an email message is forwarded, the type of software, device, operating system and browser used to access our website and content delivered through our website.
• Device Type – If you access our sites from a mobile device, tablet, or desktop, we may collect data about the operating system on your device.
• Tracking Scripts – If you refuse or delete cookies, site functionality may be limited.

2. Uses of Information Collected

MLI’s Use of Information

We may collect, maintain, and use your information for the following purposes:

• Individual Accounts – Your personal information is used to open, maintain, administer, and service your user profile or account. MLI also uses personal information to authorize access to your personalized web pages on the sites.
• Services and Support – MLI will use your personal information to respond to your inquiries or comments; to provide services, support, and MLI products to users, including contacting users when necessary; and to analyze and improve the sites, including tailoring it to users’ preferences.
• Credit Card Information – payment information is not collected, as MLI offers free educational services.
• Email – MLI may periodically use your information to send you email messages or other marketing or promotional materials regarding current legal changes and updates or informing you of our products and services that we believe may be of interest to you, including announcements of new products, and special offers. If you do not wish to receive emails from MLI, follow the instructions contained in each email or please email us at admin@mlieducation.org.
• Marketing and Advertising – We may use your information to market and advertise products and services of ours or of third-party vendors via direct email or mail. Our mailings to you may also include information about similar products from select publishers. You may opt out of the marketing and advertising of our services at any time, by emailing us at admin@mlieducation.org with your request.
• Free Content – MLI will use your CME consumption information as part of our efforts to report outcomes and suggest relevant content on our websites or within our marketing communications.

User Choice Regarding Collection of Personal Information – You may choose not to provide us with any personal information. If so, you will be able to access and use some portions of the sites, but you will not be able to access MLI products and services or access those parts of the sites that require you to sign in using your personal user ID and password. If you have any questions or comments about MLI’s collection, use, or sharing of personal information, please email us at admin@mlieducation.org.

3. Sharing of Information

MLI may share your personal information with third parties such as affiliates, subsidiaries, service providers, vendors, and unaffiliated third parties for the uses described in this Privacy Policy, including the marketing of products.   MLI does not sell, rent, exchange, or loan any personal information regarding its customers or other users of the sites to any third parties, except as described in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to send you marketing information from ourselves or from third party vendors that is related to the services we are providing to you. We reserve the right to transfer personal information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets. Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use personal information you have provided to us in a manner that is consistent with our Privacy Policy. Following such a sale or transfer, you may contact the entity to which we transferred your personal information with any inquiries concerning the processing of that information. In addition, we may share your information if necessary to protect the safety, property, or other rights of us, our customers, or employees, or when otherwise required by law.

Your personal and non-personal information will be stored in MLI databases (including local storage).

4. Security of Information

MLI has security measures in place to protect against unauthorized access, use, disclosure, or alteration of information under our control. These security measures include using a firewall to prevent unauthorized access to our systems and maintaining registration information on a server inaccessible to the public. Although MLI exercises reasonable care in providing secure transmission of information between your computer and our servers, MLI cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to us over the Internet and accepts no liability for any unintentional disclosure.

5. Collection of Information from Children

MLI does not intentionally collect personal information from children under 13 years of age, and children under age 13 should not submit any personal information to us. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal information without parental consent, or a parent or guardian of a child contacts us through the contact information provided below, we will use reasonable efforts to delete the child’s information from our databases.

6. User Ability to Access, Update, and Correct Personal Information

The personal information we collect is saved in a customer profile in industry-standard cloud storage. You can help us maintain the accuracy of your profile by notifying us whenever you change your address, telephone number, or email address. We maintain a procedure to help you confirm that your personal information remains correct and up-to-date. At any time, you may review and change your personal information by logging in with your personally-created email address and password, and accessing the Account functions, or by emailing admin@mlieducation.org.

7. Updates and Changes to Privacy Policy

MLI reserves the right, at any time and without notice to you, to add to, change, update, or modify this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification on the sites. Any such change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the sites. If updated, the Privacy Policy will note the effective date of the update. Please check the effective date at the top of this page to determine if the policy has been modified since you last reviewed it. If MLI does make significant changes to its Privacy Policy, MLI will endeavor to post a statement to that effect on the sites for at least two months from the effective date of the update; provided, however, that, the Privacy Policy as changed shall be effective despite any failure by MLI to post such a statement. Your continued use of any portion of our sites following posting of the updated Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the changes.

8. Contact Us/California Privacy Rights

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or any other matter regarding the sites, please send them by email to admin@mlieducation.org.

California residents may have certain additional rights including the right to information about how personal information is shared with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. California residents may make such a request by contacting us according to the contact information above.