This website, found at https://www.howardluksmd.com (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).
We respect the right to privacy of all visitors to our website. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.
What data we collect and why we collect it
We may use the information we collect from you when you visit our website, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, or use other website features. Some reasons for data collection:
- To improve our website in order to better serve you.
- To properly respond if you initiate correspondence or a transaction.
- To ensure the security of our site for all visitors. Logs are purged on a regular basis.v
How we protect visitor information
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information.
- Every page on our site is secured with an SSL certificate (https) for secure form submissions.
- We run daily security scans and implement security checks to prevent intrusion.
- Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to our systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.
- The personal information that you submit is shared only with those people in our organization who need this information to respond to your question or request. We do not save personal information to use for other purposes, nor do we provide it to any other organization, except in the rare case of authorized law enforcement investigations or other valid legal processes.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Comment Cookies
Cookies are a normal part of browsing the web. If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies may last up to a year, unless you clear your browser cache
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. We may keep contact form entries for up to six months; analytics records for a year; and purchase records for up to ten years.
Users or visitors may use our contact form to request data removal.
You can also take steps to manage your privacy and cookie settings via your web browser. Keep in mind that some website functionality depends on cookies to work.
Learn more about managing browser privacy:
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
Analytics
This website, and Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website. IP addresses are anonymized, and no personally identifiable data is sent to these services. This data is only used in aggregate form to learn how users engage with the website.
Opting out of Google services: Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page , or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
Opt-out Requests
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can use our contact form to request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Opting out of Google services: Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page , or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
Online Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website – and not to information collected offline.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 10, 2022