This Privacy Policy outlines the privacy practices of Moldfear, LLC LLC and its affiliates, collectively known as “Moldfear, LLC,” “us,” “we,” and “our.” It pertains to your use of our websites, mobile applications, and other resources designed for healthcare professionals, referred to as the “Moldfear, LLC .” The services provided include personalized information, medical news, reference content, clinical tools, applications, sponsored programs, advertising, email communications, continuing medical education, market research opportunities, and discussion forums.
This Privacy Policy does not cover properties and services that feature a link to a separate privacy policy. If we extend our Moldfear, LLC by acquiring another company and/or its properties, that company might operate under its own privacy policy accessible through a link on its properties. However, once we align its privacy practices with ours, a link to this Privacy Policy will be shown on its properties.
We offer our services as a professional tool to assist healthcare providers in delivering top-notch medical care to patients. The decision to use our services is entirely yours. If you opt to use them, you must agree to the Moldfear, LLC Terms of Use, a contract between us and users. By agreeing to these terms, you acknowledge that you have read and understood our Privacy Policy. This policy outlines how we handle your information when you use our services and the rights you have concerning your data. If you do not wish for us to collect and use your information as outlined in the Privacy Policy, please refrain from using our services. By using our services, you consent to us storing, using, and processing your information in the United States and other countries where the Moldfear, LLC operates. Note that privacy laws may vary between countries. Unless stated otherwise, Moldfear, LLC LLC is responsible for the personal information collected as outlined in the Privacy Policy.
Information about your use of the Services is collected as follows:
To access the Services, registration and providing specific personal details like name, email, zip code, profession, occupation, specialty, and in some cases, medical license number or equivalent might be necessary. You can update or add to this information anytime through your account settings or by contacting Customer Service.
Services Information Information regarding your interaction with the Services is automatically gathered and stored, including your engagement with content, sponsored programs, email activity, search history, and device details such as IP address and location. Various tracking technologies like cookies and pixels are used to collect this data. For more details, refer to our Cookie Policy.
Cross-Device Tracking We and our partners collect data on users’ activities across different devices to personalize advertising, prevent fraud, enable seamless transitions between devices, and manage ad frequency. Visit the “Choices and Control” section in the Privacy Notice for advertising preferences and opt-out option
Market Research You may be asked to participate in market research surveys for internal purposes or on behalf of third-party sponsors. Personal information may be required for follow-up or payment purposes.
Public Forums Your username, specialty, and degree may be displayed when commenting on public forums. Additional profile information can be shown by adjusting your settings. Any content shared in public forums is considered public and subject to use by us and third parties as outlined in the Terms of Use.
Information and Registration Forms Occasionally, you may receive offers for additional information or services from us or third parties, including advertisers. Providing personal details may be necessary to access such opportunities, and the information shared will be used as described in the Privacy Policy.
Information from Third Party Sources Additional information about you may be obtained from third-party sources to enhance service delivery, verify data, conduct research, or personalize the Services, including advertising.
Non-registered Users Full access to the Services requires registration with the company. Limited access may be granted to non-registered users; however, information on their usage, like browser type, viewed content, and access times, is still collected using tracking technologies.
This Privacy Policy outlines Moldfear, LLC LLC’s privacy practices and applies to your use of the Moldfear, LLC , which includes websites, mobile apps, and resources for healthcare professionals. Here are some key points from the policy:
Moldfear, LLC LLC and its affiliates are collectively referred to as “Moldfear, LLC,” “us,” “we,” or “our.”
The Privacy Policy focuses on the collection and use of personalized information and services within the Moldfear, LLC .
Different properties and services may have separate privacy policies.
By using the Services, you agree to the Moldfear, LLC Terms of Use.
Information collected includes registration details, services information, cross-device tracking data, market research insights, public forum contributions, and details from third-party sources.
Non-registered users can access limited services, and their information is still collected through cookies and tracking technologies.
Information regarding you may be utilized for the following purposes:
Service Provision The information gathered about you could be used to provide and enhance the Services, as well as to create new Services.
Member Profiles Your usage of the Services can be linked with your registration details and other relevant information to form a Member Profile. This is necessary to offer tailored Services based on your preferences and interests, as outlined in the section on Personalizing Services Including Advertising.
Profiles Your registration information and data from Third-Party sources may be used to generate a Profile accessible to other Moldfear, LLC members. This Profile may be associated with your interactions and posted comments.
Communications By registering as a member of Moldfear, LLC, you agree to receive communications regarding the Services and other relevant information. These communications may include advertisements from third-party sponsors, including pharmaceutical companies.
Personalizing Services Including Advertising Services, advertisements within Moldfear, LLC, and email communications may be personalized based on the information in your Member Profile. This personalization is conducted in collaboration with third parties using cookies and tracking technologies to tailor advertising to your interests and activities.
Personalization is essential for the service agreement between you and us to provide the Services. Your preferences and interests are analyzed based on various factors, such as your profile information, interactions with the Services, and other websites, to recommend suitable Services. This process uses algorithms and machine learning to identify connections and patterns in user behavior and characteristics. Your access to Services within Moldfear, LLC will not be restricted by this analysis.
Sharing Your Information with Third Parties
Verification Purposes Your information may be used, alongside data from third parties, to identify you as a registered member during your visits and to confirm your identity and professional qualifications. Proof of identity, particularly in healthcare professions, may be requested, and failure to provide satisfactory evidence may result in denial of access to the Services. While efforts are made to verify healthcare professionals, no guarantees are made regarding their credentials or licensure status.
Account Management Information collected may be used for managing your account, addressing inquiries, fulfilling requests, and sending administrative communications regarding the Services.
Investigations Data may be utilized to identify, investigate, and defend against fraudulent or unlawful activities, violations of the Moldfear, LLC Terms of Use, and to establish, exercise, and protect legal rights.
Legal Grounds Moldfear, LLC is relying on to use personal data Moldfear, LLC provides tailored content from various sources through a unified platform, offering customized information free of charge to healthcare professionals. Revenue from advertising and partnerships sustains the development of specialized content aiding in disease diagnosis and treatment for practicing healthcare professionals. Personal data is used to optimize advertising for relevant commercial communications to support high-quality medical content creation.
The use of personal data is essential to:
Fulfill the contract between Moldfear, LLC and users for tailored content delivery, including interest-based sponsored content and commercial communications.
Address Moldfear, LLC’s legitimate interests in maintaining and enhancing its Services.
Obtain consent for activities like newsletters, interest-based advertising, or sharing data with sponsors, with the option to revoke consent.
Process personal data based on user consent for market research surveys and contractual obligations.
Adhere to legal obligations and protect Moldfear, LLC’s legal rights concerning the Services.
Information about your use of the Services may be shared as follows:
We collaborate with third-party service providers to support us in delivering our services and aiding in the operation of Moldfear, LLC, across various areas such as email management, analytics, marketing, advertising, market research, sweepstakes and contest administration, identity validation, content distribution, customer service, payment processing, event coordination, website maintenance, and data security.
Personal information about our users may be shared with these service providers to enable them to fulfill their duties. However, it is ensured that they only utilize this information for the designated tasks. For personalized services and advertising, certain information like hashed email addresses, IP addresses, or browser details may be shared with our service provider, LiveRamp Inc., and its affiliates, who may link demographic or interest-based data to your browser. Opt-out options are available.
Advertising and Sponsored Programs Personal information may be disclosed to third-party sponsors of advertisements and Sponsored Programs in accordance with the law. When users are exposed to advertisements or engage in Sponsored Programs through Moldfear, LLC services, personal information like names and specialties may be shared with the relevant sponsor. Details of user engagement with advertisements or Sponsored Programs may also be provided to these third parties, along with information received from external sources. Additionally, when registering as a member, personal information may be shared with potential sponsors of advertisements and Sponsored Programs, subject to legal requirements. Users are advised to review the Privacy Policies of these third parties. All advertisements and Sponsored Programs within Moldfear, LLC’s services are clearly labeled for user awareness.
Member Profiles Member Profiles, excluding contact information and specific CME and CE activity participation details, may be shared with third parties, including advertising clients, for marketing purposes.
Profiles User Profiles may be visible to other Moldfear, LLC members for personalization and networking within the community.
Market Research Personal information may be shared with payment fulfillment vendors and market research companies for compensation and survey purposes. Participation in market research programs may involve identifying users to these companies for recruitment and survey conduction. Survey responses are kept anonymous from sponsors.
Continuing Medical Education Moldfear, LLC is accredited to provide continuing education for healthcare professionals. Personal information related to CME/CE participation is periodically submitted to accrediting bodies. Personal information may be shared with accredited providers for processing credits, reporting to accrediting bodies, and internal recordkeeping. Commercial supporters receive aggregated data on activities they support, and surveys related to CME/CE or IME activities may be sent by affiliates.
Live and Virtual Events When you sign up for or attend specific promotional webinars and non-CME/IME live and virtual events, we might share your participation details and personal data (such as your name, specialty, and contact information) with the partners and sponsors of these events.
Logging in to Another Website Using Your Moldfear, LLC Credentials Certain third-party websites allow you to log in using your Moldfear, LLC username and password. If you opt to log in to one of these sites with your Moldfear, LLC access details, we may provide the website with information from your registration profile, including personal details like your name, specialty, occupation, and email address (excluding your Moldfear, LLC username and password). The site operator will use this information in line with its privacy policy. Prior to logging in, it is advisable to review the privacy policy of the third-party website. If permitted by the site’s privacy policy, we might receive data about your activity on that site, which we will handle in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Adverse Event Reporting If you disclose information regarding an adverse event related to a pharmaceutical product or medical device, we may need to share this information and your contact details with the manufacturer to fulfill reporting obligations to the relevant regulatory authority. If you prefer this information not be shared with the manufacturer and regulatory authority, please refrain from providing us with adverse event information.
Consent Your personal information may be disclosed to a third party in a manner not covered by this Privacy Policy, subject to your consent at that time.
Aggregated Information We may share aggregated user data from our Services with third parties at our discretion. For instance, Moldfear, LLC might inform a customer about the percentage of registered users residing in a certain geographic location or specializing in a specific clinical area, or the percentage of survey participants selecting a particular response.
Social Widgets Our websites and apps may contain social widgets that allow interaction with associated social media services, such as sharing articles. These widgets may gather browsing data, which the providing third party receives and controls. You may have the option to manage your privacy preferences directly with the relevant social platform.
Affiliates We may share your information with any companies within our group (including subsidiaries, our parent company, and its subsidiaries) for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, including marketing through various channels as described herein, in compliance with applicable laws. We collaborate with our affiliate, PulsePoint, Inc., for purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, such as measurement, analytics, identification, personalization, advertising, and sponsored programs. In line with applicable laws, we may share your information with PulsePoint, which may use cookies and other tracking technologies for behavioral or targeted advertising, analytics, insights, and related services to you or third parties. Kindly refer to PulsePoint’s privacy policy for further details on its privacy practices.
Business Transfers In the event of a corporate change in control, like a sale, merger, or bankruptcy, we may transfer your personal information to the new controlling party or asset acquirer. Your personal data will still be handled in line with this Privacy Policy, which may be adjusted as specified below.
Legal Requirements We might disclose personal information if we are compelled to meet valid legal obligations such as laws, regulations, search warrants, subpoenas, court orders, national security, or law enforcement needs. Alternatively, we may release information if it is deemed necessary to address a physical threat, protect property, or uphold the legal rights of you, us, or others.
Security of Information
We have put in place suitable technical and organizational security measures to safeguard the personal information under our control from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, and accidental loss. When you provide personal information, we encrypt the data transmission or utilize SSL connections (Secure Socket Layer) technology. It is your responsibility to ensure the security and confidentiality of your account username and password. While we make every effort to protect your personal information, please note that no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is entirely secure. Consequently, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Retention of personal data by Moldfear, LLC:
Personal data of a user will be retained for up to one (1) year after deactivation of the user’s account, as per relevant provisions of applicable law. Subsequently, the data will be archived (especially to comply with any applicable statute of limitations) or fully anonymized.
Choice and Control:
Account Information: You can update your registration details anytime using the Account Management feature on our platforms or by contacting Customer Support at CustomerSupport@Moldfear, LLC.net for updates or deletions. If your account is deleted, certain de-identified information about you may be retained for internal business purposes like research, analytics, and reporting.
Cookies: Most browser software allows you to reject all cookies, including third-party cookies. However, rejecting our cookies may limit your access and use of the Services. Refer to our Cookie Policy for more details on opting out of cookies.
Interest-Based Ads: Opt-out of interest-based advertising on our sites by rejecting cookies as mentioned above or through the preferences manager. If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), you can also opt-out here. Note that even after rejecting cookies and opting out of interest-based advertising, you may still receive generic advertisements through the Services. Our websites do not acknowledge web browser “do not track” signals. To manage your ad preferences online, particularly for many third-party advertisers, you can access resources from the Digital Advertising Alliance at https://www.aboutads.info or the Advertising Initiative at https://optout.advertising.org. If you delete cookies, switch devices, or change web browsers, you may need to opt out again.
Mobile Opt-out
You can manage interest-based advertising on your mobile device by activating the “Limit Ad Tracking” setting on your iOS device or opting out of Ads Personalization on your Android device. This won’t stop you from seeing ads but will restrict the use of device advertising identifiers to personalize ads according to your interests.
Precise Location Information
Disable the sharing of precise location data through your device settings. To adjust location settings, check your device’s official knowledge base.
Email Communications
To stop receiving specific email communications, unsubscribe by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in the email footer and following the prompts. You can also control your newsletter subscriptions in your account settings. Please note that some emails are essential for service and cannot be unsubscribed from as long as you are a member. Additionally, if you have provided multiple email addresses, we may still reach out using the other addresses until you unsubscribe from them.
Push Notifications
We might send you push notifications occasionally to update you on upcoming events or promotions that we believe would interest you. If you prefer not to receive these notifications, you can disable them at the device level.
U.S. Residents
If you reside in a U.S. state where data privacy laws are in place, these laws may grant you additional rights concerning the use of your personal information by us. For more details applicable to you, please visit this link.
To the extent permitted by relevant laws (especially in the European Union), you can request access to your personal data, ask us to correct, delete, restrict, or transfer your personal data, and object to the use of your personal data. If the processing of personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent for such processing at any time without affecting the legality of the processing that occurred before your withdrawal. For processing necessary to fulfill a contract or based on legitimate interests, we may not be able to comply with your request to stop the processing, or if we do, it may result in you losing access to the Services as a Moldfear, LLC member. To exercise these rights, please click here.
If you have any concerns, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority if you are worried about how your personal data is utilized within or in connection with Moldfear, LLC or the Services.
Certain personal data is mandatory if you wish to become a Moldfear, LLC member. If you choose not to provide some or all of your personal data, you may not be able to enjoy all or part of the Moldfear, LLC and Services.
The Moldfear, LLC and its Services are tailored for adult use and not intended for children under 18. Personal information is not gathered from individuals under 18 years old.
Changes to Privacy Policy
We hold the right to adjust this Privacy Policy at any time, with changes taking effect upon posting unless stated otherwise. In case of significant alterations, we will notify you via email or through a notice on our websites before the changes are implemented. It is recommended to review this Privacy Policy periodically for the most up-to-date privacy practices. Your continued use of the Services after any changes to this Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of the modifications.
Contacting Us
If you have general questions about your account or the Services, contact Customer Support at info@moldfear.com.