Introduction

The Epilepsy.com website located at www.epilepsy.com (the "Site") is owned by the Epilepsy Therapy Project. Epilepsy.com ("we," "us," or "our") is strongly committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. Please carefully read the following Privacy Policy.

Any person accessing, browsing or otherwise using this Site, either manually or via an automated device or program, shall be considered a "User." The purpose of this Privacy Policy ("Policy") is to explain the type of information that we collect from our Users, what we do with that information, and with whom we share this information.

User Consent to Privacy Policy

By accessing, browsing or using the Site, Users acknowledge that they have read, understand, agree and consent to the terms and conditions of the Policy. Users consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of User information including personal information and anonymous browsing information (together "Information") by Epilepsy.com and the Epilepsy Therapy Project pursuant to the terms of this Policy. If you do not consent to these terms and conditions, please do not access, browse, or use this Site or provide Information to Epilepsy.com.

The Information We Collect

Users can browse the Site without revealing personal information. Through the use of cookies (see below) and other techniques, our servers may collect your Internet Protocol address, your computer's operating system, the name of the domain you used to access the Internet, the website you came from and the website you visit next.

Epilepsy.com only collects personal information from Users who voluntarily provide such information to us through the Site. This may include a User's name, address, phone number, credit card number, e-mail address and any other personal information provided by you through the Site to us, our employees or agents, via e-mail or otherwise. This also includes personal information that you provide to us by mail, such as a donation.

Cookies

Like many other web sites, this Site may use cookies. A cookie is a piece of information that is sent from an Epilepsy.com web server to a User's web browser and stored on the User's hard drive. This is typically done to recognize you and help us to understand the way our Site is being used. These cookies are stored on your computer but they never contain personal data and cannot be accessed remotely by anyone other than Epilepsy.com and its hosting company.

How Epilepsy.com Uses the Information

Epilepsy.com uses the Information collected from its Users to respond to Users' questions and/or comments, process a donation, fulfill a User's purchase request and notify Users of their order status, provide any services or information that you request through the website, provide Users with information about epilepsy that we believe would interest them, such as information from the Epilepsy Therapy Project, or provide Users with information about important functionality changes to the Site.

Anonymous browsing information may be used to gather broad demographic information used in marketing, promotion or similar activities. This information may be aggregated to measure the number of visits, average time spent, page views and other statistics about Users of the Site. Epilepsy.com also may use this data to monitor Site performance and to make the Site easier and more convenient to use.

Who Epilepsy.com Shares Your Information With

Epilepsy.com will not sell, share, trade or give away any Information to third parties that it collects or receives regarding its Users subject to the following exceptions:

• If Epilepsy.com has a User's consent to share personal information, it may do so.
• Epilepsy.com may provide to others the aggregate statistics about our Users' site activity for purposes of marketing, promotion or similar activities. None of these statistics will identify Users personally.
• Epilepsy.com will share Information with the Epilepsy Therapy Project, the owner of the Site. the Epilepsy Therapy Project will abide by this Policy in handling Information.
• Epilepsy.com may disclose Information about our Users to others if we have a good faith belief that we are required or permitted to do so by law or legal process, to respond to claims, or to protect the rights, property or safety of Epilepsy.com, the Epilepsy Therapy Project or others.
• In the event that Epilepsy.com or the Epilepsy Therapy Project decides to sell all or part or its assets, we reserve the right to include Information among the assets transferred to the acquiring company.

Applicable Law/International Issues

Information that is submitted to this Site will be collected, processed, stored, disclosed and disposed of in accordance with applicable U.S. law. If you are a non-U.S. User, you acknowledge and agree that we may collect and use your Information and disclose it to other entities outside your resident jurisdiction, as discussed in "Who Epilepsy.com Shares Your Information With" above. In addition, such Information may be stored on servers located outside your resident jurisdiction. U.S. law may not provide the degree of protection for personal information that is available in other countries. By providing us with your Information, you acknowledge that your have read this Policy, understand it, agree to its terms and consent to the transfer of such information outside your resident jurisdiction. If you do not consent to the terms of this Policy and have already provided us with Information, please contact us at EpilepsyCure@aol.com and let us know how you would like us to handle such Information.

Linked Internet Websites

The Site provides hyperlinks, which are highlighted words or pictures within a hypertext document that, when clicked, take you to another place within the document, to another document altogether, or to other websites not controlled by Epilepsy.com. These hyperlinked websites, including without limitation, the Epilepsy.com message boards provided by Community Zero at www.communityzero.com/epilepsydotcom, may contain privacy provisions that are different from those provided herein. Epilepsy.com is not responsible for the collection, use, or disclosure of information collected through these websites, and Epilepsy.com expressly disclaims any and all liabilities related to such collection, use, or disclosure.

Children's Privacy Protection

This Site does not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, you agree that you will not provide personal information about yourself to Epilepsy.com through the Site.

Security

All web servers used by the Site have appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures in place to safeguard and secure all information we collect online. Epilepsy.com makes no representations or warranties with regard to the sufficiency of these security measures. Epilepsy.com shall not be responsible for any actual or consequential damages that result from a lapse in compliance with this Policy as a result of a security breach or technical malfunction. Certain information may be transmitted to you by email. Although it is illegal to intercept or disclose these messages under U.S. federal law, these transmissions are not secure. In addition, Users' communications through the Site are, in most cases, viewed only by you and anyone to whom you address your message. As the operator of the Site, Epilepsy.com may need to review or monitor your electronic mail and other communications from time to time as may be required by law. Therefore, you should not expect to have a right to privacy in any of your communications.

Amendments to Privacy Policy

Epilepsy.com reserves the right to amend this Policy periodically. Any amendments made to this Policy will be considered effective immediately after the amendments are posted on the Site.

How to Contact Epilepsy.com

If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us at EpilepsyCure@aol.com.

This Policy became effective on November 1, 2003.