Our Commitment to Privacy
The sharing miracles website (sharingmiracles.com) (the “Website”) is presented by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and administered by Qorvis Communications, LLC (collectively, “PhRMA”). PhRMA and its affiliates respect the privacy of your information. We provide this explanation about our online information practices as a show of our commitment to protect your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies only to this Website, and does not apply to any other website, including to any other website operated by PhRMA.

The Information We Collect
We may collect and store any information that you choose to enter through the Website. For instance, at the time you register on our site, submit a story or comment, sign up to receive communications or other information, or send us a communication, we collect and store such information as you may provide, which (depending on the circumstances) can include your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, personal or business interests, relevant experiences, and other personally-identifying information.

In addition, we may automatically gather, store and process general statistical information about our Web site and visitors, such as IP addresses, browsers, pages viewed, number of visitors, etc. without referencing you by individual name, e-mail address, home address, or telephone number. When you visit the Site, we may also assign your computer a “cookie” (a small, unique identifier text file) to remember who you are, allow us to record session information, and provide access to information that requires online registration. We also may include other information in our cookie files; for example, if you arrived at the Site via a link from a third-party site, we may include the URL of the linking page.

The Ways We Use and Disclose Information
We use or disclose information about you, including personally-identifying information, in various ways, such as those described below.

We may use your information in our outreach and educational efforts, to analyze site usage, to improve our content, and to customize our site’s content, layout, and services. We may also use this information to communicate with Federal legislators and other policy-makers.

We may use your information to communicate and deliver information to you that, in some cases, may be targeted to your interests, such as e-mail alerts and news updates. You can opt out of receiving this information as applicable – for example, by unsubscribing to the newsletter.

We use your contact information, such as your e-mail address, mailing address, and phone number, to contact you regarding administrative notices and communications relevant to your use of the site. We will not send promotions or announcements unless you give us permission.

We may also use or disclose your information to resolve disputes, investigate problems, or enforce our Terms of Use. At times, we may review the status or activity of multiple users to do so. We may also use or disclose your information whenever (i) we believe in good faith that the law so requires, (ii) to defend or protect our rights or property or (iii) if we otherwise consider it may be necessary to do so to maintain or provide our services (e.g., the Website), or improve our products and services. However, we do not sell or rent personally-identifying information collected during your use of our Website to third parties for their direct marketing purposes without your permission.

We use non-personally-identifying information that we automatically collect to help diagnose problems with our server, to manage our Website and to enhance and improve our site and our services. We may provide this information to third parties, but when we do so we do not provide personally-identifying information without your permission.

Security
We employ reasonable and current security methods to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of your information. However, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure. As a result, while we try to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or guarantee the security of any information you transmit or attempt to transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.

How You Can Update, Correct or Delete Your Information
You can access the information that we collect online and maintain through normal updating methods. To update, correct or delete this information, you can contact us here

Children Under 13
This Website is not directed toward children under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you are under 13, please do not submit any personally identifiable information to PhRMA. Should we learn that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will delete that information from our database.

A special word about user submissions

Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online in public forums, including by providing stories or comments for posting on the Website, that information can be collected and used by others. For this reason, we encourage all users to refrain from providing or sharing their personal information in stories, comment threads, and other areas in which we allow users to submit content to be made available to the public.

Third-Party Practices
The privacy policy of an advertiser or promotional service appearing at our site may differ from ours. We encourage you to read that policy before responding to the offer or sharing information with that other website.

Material Changes to Our Policy
Any material changes to our Privacy Policy will be communicated to you, including through our Website at least fifteen days in advance of their effective date. Information collected before changes are made will be secured according to the previous Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, please contact us here.

Your Consent
By using our Website, you consent to the collection and use of this information in the manner we describe.

Effective Date

This Privacy Policy is effective as of April 22, 2008.

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