Quitpath (“we”, “us”) provides this service to provide you with resources to assist you to quit smoking. Quitpath is committed to protecting your privacy and to providing you with a service that provides a safe online experience.
This privacy statement summarizes the privacy practices at Quitpath. By using the Quitpath Platform, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this statement.
Collection of your personal information
Information you provide us
We collect personal information which you supply to us voluntarily by registering with and using the Quitpath Platform. This includes information that you provide when you:
(a) register and create your membership profile,
(b) fill out surveys or self-assessment questionnaires,
(c) use functionality on the Quitpath Platform,
(d) make requests for expert advice,
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally-identifying information or personally sensitive data through the Quitpath Platform forums, chat, or other community resources, this information may be collected and used by others and we are not responsible for those uses. It is up to you to review your settings and what information is shared about you. Please review your privacy settings carefully before sharing information on the Quitpath Platform.
Information automatically collected
Information about your computer hardware and software is automatically collected by the Quitpath Platform. Like many other organizations, our site automatically collects certain non-identifying information regarding users of our site, such as the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer, the IP address of your internet service provider, the date and time you access the Quitpath Platform, the operating system you are using, the sections of our web service that you visit, the pages of our web service that you read. This non-identifying information is used for the operation of the Quitpath Health Platform, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Quitpath Health Platform.
We make no attempt to link this information with the identity of individuals visiting our services. We may, however, review service logs for security purposes, for example to detect intrusions into our network. The possibility, therefore, exists that service log data, which contains visitors’ IP addresses, could in instances of criminal malfeasance be used to trace and identify individuals. In such instances, raw data logs would be shared with the appropriate investigative bodies authorized to investigate such breaches of security. The Quitpath Health Platform uses “cookies” to allow us to tailor your experience.
A “cookie” is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. You may choose to decline cookies if your browser permits, but doing so may affect your use of the Quitpath Health Platform and your ability to access certain features of our service.
Use of your personal information
Quitpath collects and uses your personal information to operate the Quitpath Health Platform and deliver services you have requested.
If you register with our service we use the email address you provided to contact you periodically for surveys of your success in quitting unless you opt-out and request that we not contact you.
You have the right to request that we communicate with you in a certain way. You may change your email address to a work address or whatever address you prefer.
We also use the information we collect about you to operate and improve our platform. We may need to access your user information to keep our web service running. This includes troubleshooting technical support issues. If you report a problem with the site, we may access your user information to identify the web browser you are using or to reproduce a problem you have reported. We will also periodically run reports to determine how many people are online, what features they are using, and what the general characteristics of our users are. For example, we will run a report to show us how many users have set quit dates or how many users have registered in a given period. The development of an effective online smoking cessation program is a continuing task. Throughout the process of improving the site, we will perform a variety of analyses to answer questions about how users like you use our site. We deploy content targeted to you based on information in your user profile. For example, If you receive emails, the content of these emails will be customized based on your quit date and medication plan, among other variables.
Disclosure of your personal information
As a general rule, all information concerning users of the Quitpath Health Platform is held by us in strict confidence and, except in limited circumstances, is not revealed to anyone else unless expressly or implicitly authorized by such individuals.
We do not sell or share your personal information with outside organizations. There are, however, a few exceptions. We may provide personal information to outside suppliers or contractors to whom we obtain services. We may also disclose personal information to meet regulatory requirements or otherwise without your consent, as required or permitted by law. Where we are obliged or permitted to disclose personal information without consent, we will not disclose more information than is required.
Quitpath has engaged Smallbox Software Inc. as our service provider to host and operate the Quitpath Online Web Service on our behalf. Smallbox Software Inc. is based in Canada. The Quitpath Health Platform is hosted and stored on servers located in Canada.
We sometimes share aggregate information with our agents, contractors or medical researchers for research-related matters. This information does not include anything that could be used to identify you. For instance, we generate summary reports showing the number of users of different ages, genders and quit status.
Security of your personal information
In operating the Quitpath Health Platform, Quitpath secures your personal information to unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Quitpath secures the personally identifying information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secured environment, protected to unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
Employees and contractors engaged in the operation of the Quitpath Health Platform are trained to respect the information that they access in the course of working with the Quitpath Health Platform. For example, when you ask a question of an expert counsellor, that counsellor will not reveal your name or email address to anyone else if he or she needs to discuss details about a particular question to better help you. If you report a technical problem, while the technical person solving the problem may see information such as your quit date, he or she would never pass that information along to anyone else unless it is necessary to solve the problem.
We will protect you when you are on our site
The Quitpath Health Platform may contain optional links to partners and third-party information sites and services that may collect data to you or your computer. Please be aware that if you choose to leave our site via a link, Quitpath assumes no responsibility for the privacy practices or the content of other websites. We encourage you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to visit from the Quitpath Platform so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your personal information.
Evolving practices
The development of the Quitpath Platform procedures for the protection of personal information is an ongoing process. Due to changes in technology and legal requirements and other reasons, Quitpath will from time to time review and revise this statement. New versions of this statement will be posted here.
Important information
The Quitpath Health Platform is not intended for persons under the age of 18. We will not knowingly collect or retain any personal information of visitors to our service who are under the age of 18, unless we obtain parental or legal guardian consent. We encourage and support the efforts of parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to caution them in providing personal information to any website without their permission.
How to contact us
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, please contact us.