Terms of Use
Welcome to the New York State Tobacco Dependence Resource Center. By using our Web site, www.tobaccodependence.org, you agree to the following terms of use, which constitute an agreement between the New York State Tobacco Dependence Resource Center and you.
We include a lot of information on Tobaccodependence.org, including articles, references, and tools. While we hope you find it helpful, you should remember that it is not meant to serve as a substitute for the clinical judgment of a healthcare professional. If you are a consumer who chooses to use the professional-level information on Tobaccodependence.org, you should not rely on that information as professional medical advice or use it to replace any relationship with your physician or other qualified healthcare professional. For medical concerns, including decisions about medications and other treatments, consumers should always consult their physician or, in serious cases, seek immediate assistance from emergency personnel.
We ask that you not post any messages to our Community Discussion Forum with misleading, false, or inappropriate language or statements. We reserve the right to remove any offensive or fraudulent content at any time without your consent.
By becoming a Member of our Web site you agree with all the terms and conditions of this agreement.
Privacy Policy
Visitors to our Web site can access the Web site's home page and browse some areas of the site without disclosing any personally identifiable information. We do track information provided to us by your browser, including the Web site you came from (known as the "referring URL"), the type of browser you use, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you. You must become a Member to use the entire site.
Customers becoming a member of our Web site are asked to provide us with identifying information, such as name, gender, contact information, and other personal information. On our membership application screens, we clearly label which information is required for membership, and which information is optional and may be given at your discretion.
We create aggregate data about visitors to our Web site for product development and improvement activities. We also use it for market analysis. We may provide information from our Web site in aggregate form, with identifying information removed, to the New York State Department of Health Division of Chronic Disease Prevention and Adult Health. When aggregated information is provided, we pool it from many individual records and strip it of any data that could be used to identify an individual before it is used.
We have implemented technology and security policies, rules and other measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from unauthorized access, improper use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction, and accidental loss. We also protect your information by requiring that all our employees and others who have access to or are associated with the processing of your data respect your confidentiality.
We use security methods to determine the identity of our Members, so that appropriate rights and restrictions can be enforced for each user. Reliable verification of user identity is called authentication. We use both passwords and usernames to authenticate users. Users are responsible for maintaining their own passwords.
Questions or Concerns about Our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy
If you have any questions or concerns about our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy, please contact us via surface mail at: One Columbia Place, Suite 400, Albany, NY 12207, via email at tobaccodependence@asapnys.org, by telephone at 518.426.3122, or by fax at 518.426.1046.
