Privacy Policy

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to 4LeafMedical.com, and 4-Leaf Medical and governs data collection and usage. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to 4-Leaf Medical include 4LeafMedical.com and 4LM. The 4LM website is a medical student resources, products, services, advice and information site. By using the 4LM website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with products and services offered, 4LM may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

  • First and Last Name
  • Mailing Address
  • E-mail Address
  • IP Address
  • Phone Number
  • Medical Education Institution
  • Details about educational/professional status and goals
  • Details about hobbies and interests
  • Details about sex, race, or other demographical traits

If you purchase 4LM’s products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.

4LM may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your:

  • Age
  • Gender
  • Race
  • Religion
  • Political Affiliation
  • Household Income

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through 4LM’s public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

Use of your Personal Information

4LM collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have requested.

4LM may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from 4LM and its affiliates.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

4LM may sell, rent, or lease customer information to third parties for the following reasons:

At 4LM, we are committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of our users’ personal information. This Privacy Policy section outlines our practices regarding the sharing of information with third parties when you use our website. Please read this section carefully to understand how your information may be shared.

  1. Information Collection and Use: We may collect personal information from you when you visit our website or interact with our services. This information may include but is not limited to your name, email address, contact details, and any other information you provide voluntarily. We collect this information to provide you with our services, respond to your inquiries, and enhance your overall user experience.
  2. Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your personal information with trusted third-party service providers that assist us in operating our website and delivering our services. These third parties may have access to your personal information but are obligated to keep it confidential and use it only to perform the specific services we require. These service providers may include hosting providers, payment processors, customer support platforms, and analytics tools.
  3. Legal Requirements and Protection: We may disclose your personal information if required by law or in good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) comply with a legal obligation, (b) protect and defend our rights or property, (c) prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our services, (d) protect the personal safety of users of our website or the public, or (e) act in urgent circumstances to protect the security of our website or users.
  4. Business Transfers: In the event that 4LM is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personal information may be transferred as part of the transaction. We will notify you before your information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
  5. Aggregated and Non-Personal Information: We may share aggregated or non-personal information with third parties for various purposes, including analytics, marketing, and improving our services. This information does not identify you personally and cannot be used to contact or identify you.
  6. Consent: By using our website and providing your personal information, you consent to the sharing of your information as described in this Privacy Policy section.

Please note that this Privacy Policy section only applies to the information collected through our website and does not cover any third-party websites or services that may be linked to or integrated with our website. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those third parties for information on their data practices.

We reserve the right to modify or update this Privacy Policy section at any time. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting the revised version on our website. Your continued use of our website after the posting of any modifications constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions or concerns about our information sharing practices, please contact us using the contact details provided on our website.

4LM may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is transferred to the third party. 4LM may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to 4LM, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

4LM may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on 4LM or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of 4LM; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of 4LM, or the public.

Opt-Out of Sale or Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties

In connection with any personal information we may sell or disclose to a third party for a business purpose, you have the right to know:

  • The categories of personal information about you that we sold and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold; and
  • The categories of personal information that we disclosed about you for a business purpose.

You have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to opt-out of the sale or disclosure of your personal information. If you exercise your right to opt-out of the sale or disclosure of your personal information, we will refrain from selling or disclosing your personal information, unless you subsequently provide express authorization for the sale or disclosure of your personal information. To opt-out of the sale or disclosure of your personal information, visit the Web page https://4leafmedical.com/opt-out.

Tracking User Behavior

4LM may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within 4LM, in order to determine what 4LM services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within 4LM to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by 4LM. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the 4LM website.

Use of Cookies

The 4LM website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security of your Personal Information

4LM secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. 4LM uses the following methods for this purpose:

  • SSL Protocol

When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

  • Delete your personal information from our records; and
  • Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.

Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

  • Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
  • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
  • Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
  • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
  • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
  • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
  • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
  • Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
  • Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

Children Under Thirteen

4LM does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

Opt-Out & Unsubscribe from Third Party Communications

We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from third-party partners of 4LM by contacting us here:

  • Web page: https://4leafmedical.com/opt-out
  • Email: legal@4leafmedical.com

E-mail Communications

From time to time, 4LM may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive notification when you open an email from 4LM or click on a link therein.

External Data Storage Sites

We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.

Changes to this Statement

4LM reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgement of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information

4LM welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that 4LM has not adhered to this Statement, please contact 4LM at:

4-Leaf Medical
4007 Glen Abby Circle
Stockton, CA 95219

Email Address:
legal@4leafmedical.com

Effective as of May 25, 2023