Privacy Policy

I. General
The American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine respects the privacy of every individual who visits this site. This privacy statement outlines the information the American Osteopathic Acedemy of Addiction Medicine will collect and how we will use that information.

II. Personally Identifiable Information
The American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine will not collect any personally identifiable information about you (that is, your name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address) unless you provide it to us voluntarily. If you do not want your personally identifiable information collected, please do not submit it to us. When you do provide us with personally identifiable information, we may use that information in the following ways, unless stated otherwise: we may store and process that information to make meeting arrangements and complete your certification paperwork; we may use that information to contact you; we may use that information to provide the Center for Substance Abuse and Treatment and the US Drug Enforcement Agency with proof of your completion of a training program.

III. HIPAA
As a covered entity, the American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine has taken steps to ensure that we will be in compliance with all regulatory requirements of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA). Protecting your privacy and the confidentiality and security of your personally identifiable information is a high priority for us. We recognize the importance of data privacy and security by addressing the confidentiality, integrity and availability of vital systems and information. Current security measures include access and authorization controls, virus protection, firewalls, encryption, audit and incident response procedures, network and communications security, contingency planning and integrity controls. We are well positioned for HIPAA compliance and are committed to the continual process of improving the quality of our data privacy and security program through risk analysis, requirements and technological advancements.

IV. Children
The American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine has no intention of collecting any personally identifiable information (that is, name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address) from individuals under sixteen years of age. Where appropriate, the American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine will specifically instruct children not to submit such information on our site.

V. Non Personally Identifiable Information collected automatically
In some cases, we may collect information about you that is not personally identifiable. Examples of this type of information include the type of Internet Browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using, and the domain name of the site from which you linked to our site or advertisement.

VI. Information we may place automatically on your computer's hard drive
When you view our site, we may store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a "Cookie" or similar file and will help us in many ways. For example, Cookies allow us to tailor a site or advertisement to better match your interests and preferences. With most Internet Browsers, you can erase Cookies from your computer hard drive, block all Cookies, or receive a warning before a Cookie is stored. Please refer to your Browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions.