Texas Cardiac Associates (TCA) Privacy Policy:
The information contained in this web site is presented for information purposes only, and is not intended to substitute in any way a consultation with a physician or competent healthcare professional for medical diagnosis and/or treatment. If you do not agree to the policy set forth concerning the use and scope of this web site, please do not use this web site, texascardiac.com.

Protecting the privacy of your personal information is important to Texas Cardiac Associates (TCA) and we do so by complying with laws on privacy, data protection and data security. The policy below will help you understand what information Texas Cardiac Associates collects, how it is used, and with whom it is shared.

Personal Information
Texas Cardiac Associates , through the texascardiac.com web site, does not collect any personally identifiable information about you (i.e., your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address) unless you voluntarily choose to provide it to us (i.e., by sending an e-mail to us through an e-mail link or by you contacting one of our offices by telephone or fax. If you do not want your personal information collected, please do not submit it to us. When you do provide us with personal information, we use it to respond to your inquiry. We do not now (and do not intend to) sell, rent or otherwise market your personal information to third parties.

Non-Personal Information Collected Automatically
When you access the texascardiac.com web site, server statistics are collected automatically and not by registration. Information collected is not personally-identifiable and yields statistics such as type of Internet browser and computer operating system used; domain name of the web site from which you came; number of visits, the date and time of your visit, average time spent, and pages viewed. We use this information periodically to monitor web site activity internally, and we do not share or sell this information to any third party.

"Cookies" - Information Placed Automatically on Your Computer
Texas Cardiac Associates does implement the use of "cookies" (storing some information on your computer in the form of a "Cookie" to automatically recognize you the next time you visit) with the texascardiac.com web site. The texascardiac.com web site is an information only site and uses "cookies" only for statistical gathering as stated in the previous paragraph. This web site, texascardiac.com does not have the ability to gather "personal" information from you.

Children
No personal information should be submitted to Texas Cardiac Associates texascardiac.com web site by children without the consent of their parent or guardian. Texas Cardiac Associates encourages all parents or guardians to instruct their children in the safe and responsible use of their personal information while using the Internet. Texas Cardiac Associates does not knowingly collect or use any personal information collected from children for any purpose whatsoever, including disclosure to third parties.

Security
Texas Cardiac Associates uses and encourages precautions to ensure the security of your personal information. When sending e-mail over the Internet, remember that messages are not 100% safe and secure and cannot be 100% safe and secure when sending information over the Internet. We utilize the services of a reputable experienced commercial vendor that houses the texascardiac.com mail server and reasonable precautions are used to protect it from loss, destruction, unauthorized access and unauthorized disclosure.

Links to Other Web Sites
Texas Cardiac Associates texascardiac.com web site contains links to other web sites which are provided as a courtesy only. Texas Cardiac Associates is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other web sites, and you are subject to the privacy and use policies of the new sites you link to through the Texas Cardiac Associates texascardiac.com web site.

Questions and Comments
If you have any questions or comments about Texas Cardiac Associates texascardiac.com web site Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Texas Cardiac Associates
7801 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 100
Rowlett, Texas 75088
(972) 475-7500
(972) 475-6131 FAX