Privacy Policy

We are committed to protecting your privacy.

This privacy policy tells you about:

• What data we collect about you
  • Information we collect from you directly
  • Information we collect about you
  • Information you choose to share with us
• How we use your data
  • To contact you
  • To conduct our business
  • To engage third parties
• How you can control the information DiMe has about you
  • Important DiMe policies about
  • The data of minors and children
  • Response to legal requests for your data
  • Cross-border transfer of your data
• Technical details
  • Logging practices
  • External links
  • Cookies and beacons
  • Do Not Track (DNT)
• Our contact information
• Updates to our Privacy Policy

This privacy policy covers all of the personal data we collect and process. It covers all of our business activities. It applies to all of DiMe’s employees, volunteers, contractors, partners, and users of this website.

If we become bankrupt, merge, are acquired, or are reorganized, your data may be transferred. This privacy policy will still apply to your data as transferred to the new entity.

• Your name and contact details
• Your DiMe purchasing and payment information
• Your DiMe subscription preferences
• Your education and professional information
• Feedback and testimonials related to our products and resources

• Your pattern of use of DiMe products and services
• Your registration and participation in DiMe events and activities
• Information about the device(s) you use to access and use DiMe products and services
• Information collected by use of cookies
• Authentication data
• Your network’s location
• Your device’s IP address

• Your communications with us, including our Online Support and Contact Center
• Any additional information you choose to upload or provide to us

• To provide you with requested customer support
• To get your feedback or input on DiMe products, services, and activities
• To tell you about or ask you to participate in our products, services, and activities
  • If we partner with another organization for any product, service, or activity, they may have their own privacy policies. It is your responsibility to review those privacy policies.
• To give you information about our activities in which you have chosen to participate

• To make sure the DiMe products you are using are working correctly
• To complete DiMe transactions
  • We will use the payment information you give us to process any transactions you make through us. We may need to share your information with service providers, like your credit card company, to complete your transaction.
• To host DiMe interactive spaces
  • The DiMe website has interactive spaces, like forums and discussion boards.
    • We may moderate these spaces. We may use your data for moderating.
    • We may access these spaces to provide technical service. We may use your data for technical service.
  • It is important to note:
    • You are responsible for the amount and type of information you share in these spaces.
    • You must follow our Terms of Use for these spaces.
• To select content, improve quality, and facilitate use of DiMe websites
  • We may use your data to improve the DiMe websites.
    • For example:
      • To track our marketing campaigns
      • To measure how effective our marketing campaigns are
      • To evaluate if and how webpages are being used
  • We may use your data to personalize DiMe products and services.
    • For example:
      • To make it easier for you to use our services
      • To tailor what DiMe website content you see based on your activity
• To document your DiMe research community participation
  • For example:
    • To ensure compliance with DiMe policies and procedures
    • To fulfill our legal and accreditation requirements
    • For the evaluation of patent claims by patent offices
• To protect our content and services
  • We may use your data to make sure you are complying with all DiMe product licensing and terms of use.
  • We may use your data to prevent potentially illegal activities and to enforce our terms and conditions.
  • Please note: we may suspend or terminate your use of any of our services at any time for any reason.
• To provide our partners with testimonials and feedback on products they co-create
  • We will not share any identifiable information if you have not explicitly given us permission to do so 

If you are a registered user, you can review, revise, and correct the personal data that you have provided to DiMe by contacting contact@dimesociety.org. 

We do not knowingly collect data from or about children under age 16 without the permission of parent(s)/guardian(s). If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 16, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under age 16, please contact us by email at privacy@dimesociety.org or by mail at Digital Medicine Society, Inc., 90 Canal St., 4th Floor, Boston, MA, 02114.

If you visit our websites from a country other than the United States, your communications will likely result in the transfer of your personal data across national borders. If you provide us with your personal data when visiting one of our websites from outside of the United States, you acknowledge and agree that this data may be transferred from your then-current location to our offices and servers and to those of our affiliates, agents, and service providers located in the United States and in other countries. The United States and such other countries may not have the same level of data protection as those that apply in the jurisdiction where you live.

Under California law, once a year, DiMe members who are California residents may request certain information about our disclosure of your personal information to unaffiliated third parties for direct marketing purposes. To request your personal information under California law, please contact us via one of the following methods: using “California Privacy Rights” as the heading: by email at privacy@dimesociety.org or by mail at Digital Medicine Society, Inc., 90 Canal St., 4^th Floor, Boston, MA, 02114.

DiMe automatically records the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of visitors. The IP address is a unique number assigned to every computer on the internet. Generally, an IP address changes each time you connect to the internet (it is a “dynamic” address). Note, however, that if you have a broadband connection, depending on your individual circumstance, the IP address that we collect may contain information that could be deemed identifiable. This is because, with some broadband connections, your IP address doesn’t change (it is “static”) and could be associated with your personal computer.

We keep track of the pages visited on DiMe’s website, the amount of time spent on those pages, and the types of searches done on them. Your searches remain confidential and anonymous. DiMe uses this information only for statistical purposes to find out which pages users find most useful and to improve the website.

DiMe may capture and store information that you transmit. This may include:

• Browser/Device type/version
• Operating system used
• Media Access Control (MAC) address
• Date and time of the server request
• Volume of data transferred

Cookies and web beacons are electronic placeholders that are placed on your device by websites to track your individual movements on that website over time. DiMe uses both session-based cookies (which last only for the duration of the user’s session) and persistent cookies (which remain on your device and provides information about the session you are in and waits for the next time you use that site again).

These cookies and web beacons provide useful information to DiMe, enabling us to recognize repeat users, facilitate the user’s access to and use of our sites, allows us to track usage behavior, and to balance the usage of our websites on all DiMe web servers.

Tracking cookies, third-party cookies, and other technologies such as web beacons may be used to process additional information, enable non-core functionalities on the DiMe website and enable third-party functions (such as a social media “share” link). We may also include web beacons and other similar technology in promotional email messages to determine whether the messages have been opened.

DiMe uses Google Analytics to track user interactions with the DiMe website. Users can review how Google Analytics collects and processes data by visiting www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or about the use of your personal information, contact us by email at privacy@dimesociety.org or by mail at Digital Medicine Society, Inc., 90 Canal St., 4^th Floor, Boston, MA, 02114.

We may update our Privacy Policy. Any updated Privacy Policy will be posted on our website. If you visit the DiMe websites or use any of our products or services, it means you agree to the updated Privacy Policy. If there are important changes to which you must agree, we will notify you through a popup the next time you login to your DiMe member account.