Midwest Fertility Center-privacy

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. This Privacy Policy is subject to the Terms and Conditions posted on this Site and may be amended without notice. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Privacy Policy on this site. Site users are encouraged to periodically check this policy to see if any changes have been made that may affect them. By using the Midwest Fertility Center (MFC) site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Personal-identifying information is data that can be used to identify or contact you MFC collects only the personal-identifying information you provide to us through web pages at (the “Site”), such as when you request information about the MFC services, or when you use certain features of the Site, such as making an appointment or emailing general inquiries to the practice. All personal-identifying information, however collected, is used only by MFC and for the sole purpose of acting as requested by the user and responding to the user, and is not disclosed to any third parties. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any other data, including, without limitation, data that MFC may collect on websites that are linked to the Site.

MFC reserves the right to disclose any personally identifying or non-personal identifying information collected through the Site if we are required to do so by law or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary in order to: fulfill a government request, conform with the requirements of the law or to comply with legal process served on us; protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the Site; transfer to a successor entity in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, sale of assets or other corporate change respecting MFC or this Site; protect or defend the legal rights or property of MFC, this Site or its users; or, in an emergency, to protect the health and safety of this Site’s users or the general public.

We may also collect non-personal-identifying information through the use of “cookies”, which are small text files stored on your computer’s hard drive or web server and are used to aid in web page navigation. MFC does not store any personal identifying information in any cookies on your computer. Site users have the option whether or not to accept cookies by resetting their web browsers to give notice when a cookie is being sent to their hard drive. Cookies may also be deleted from a hard drive, however, some parts of this Site may not function properly or may be slowed considerably if cookies are not accepted or disabled.

MFC uses Google Analytics as its web analytics tool. It helps us understand how visitors engage with our website. As a Google Analytics customer, MFC can view a variety of reports about how visitors interact with our website so we can improve the user experience. Google Analytics collects information anonymously. It reports website trends without identifying individual visitors. To view Google Analytics Privacy Policy, click here: http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html

This Site is not intended for use by minors. MFC does not knowingly allow anyone under the age of 14 to participate in any activity on the Site. MFC does not provide services outside of the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, by submitting information to MFC you are consenting to the transfer of your data to the United States and our processing of your data in the United States in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

If you fill out a contact form and/or provide your telephone number on-line you will be contacted by a representative of MFC in order to provide you with the information you requested. Communications with or through the Site are not intended to and do not establish a patient-physician relationship, nor does it constitute the provision of health care services. A Notice of Privacy Practices pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) is made available at the time any prospective or actual patient first receives services from MFC.

MFC takes reasonable steps to ensure the security of its website infrastructure and data, however we make no guarantees or warranties concerning the security of any information you disclose or transmit to us online and cannot be responsible for the theft, destruction or inadvertent disclosure of personally identifiable information.

The Site may contain links to other web sites that MFC does not own or control. MFC does not endorse the content on any third-party websites and is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites, sites framed within the MFC Site, the privacy practices employed by third-party sites, or third-party advertisements, and does not make any representations regarding their content or accuracy. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such sites. MFC does not endorse any product advertised on the MFC Site.

In the course of developing MFC’s business, MFC may buy or sell assets. If another entity acquires MFC or all or substantially all of its assets, personally identifiable information and other information collected from users of the Site may be transferred to the entity as one of the transferred assets. If any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding is brought by or against MFC, all such information may be considered an asset of MFC  and as such may be sold or transferred to third parties.

Upon request we provide Site visitors with access to a description of information that we maintain about them and offer visitors the ability to have inaccuracies corrected in contact information. Site users can have this information corrected by writing to us at the below address.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy please contact the Webmaster at:

4333 Main St. | Downers Grove, IL 60515

Revised: March 2017
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