MEDITECH's Privacy Policy

MEDITECH recognizes that your privacy is very important, and it is our goal to protect the privacy and security of your personal information. To achieve this goal, this Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes how Medical Information Technology, Inc. (“we”, “us”, or “MEDITECH”) may collect, use and share information about you (“you” or “user”), and how you can control MEDITECH’s use of your personal information.

By using the MEDITECH Services (including, but not limited to, the MEDITECH Website and various MEDITECH offerings), you consent to this Privacy Policy and the terms herein. MEDITECH may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. It is your responsibility to check this webpage periodically to see if any terms have been changed or modified. Your continued use of the MEDITECH Services constitutes your acceptance of any updates to this Privacy Policy.

How does MEDITECH collect your information?

MEDITECH collects information from you in three ways: (1) directly from you, (2) from MEDITECH web server logs, and (3) cookies.

Information That You Give Us
We obtain information about you when you use the MEDITECH Services, when you contact us about products, services, or employment, when you send us a message, or when you choose (opt-in) to subscribe to our blog, newsletter, or event notification emails. In these cases, you decide what and how much information you want to share.
MEDITECH Web Server Logs
An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet. IP addresses allow computers and servers to recognize and communicate with each other. MEDITECH collects IP addresses in order to conduct system administration and site analysis, to improve functionality and usage of the MEDITECH Website.
Cookies
For information about cookies, see MEDITECH’s Cookie Policy.

What information is MEDITECH collecting?

The information we collect might include:

First and last name
Physical address
Email address
IP address
Geolocation data
Professional or employment-related information
Demographic data
Education Information
Browser type and version
Data about the equipment used to visit the MEDITECH Website
Patterns of searching and browsing on the MEDITECH Website
Additional information provided by you

How does MEDITECH use your information?

We may use your information:

to improve the functionality and usage of the MEDITECH Services
to facilitate MEDITECH’s own marketing, promotional, and informational purposes
to track the popularity of features of the MEDITECH Services and to guide the development of new ones
to identify the types of devices our visitors use so that we can improve and optimize our systems
to evaluate your candidacy for a position
to meet certain legal, regulatory, or contractual obligations

MEDITECH will never sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others.

MEDITECH engages certain service providers, such as Hubspot and Google Analytics, for purposes of tracking and associating Internet search and browsing behavior with our advertisements, and to provide functionality on the MEDITECH Website. We enable these service providers to use tracking technologies on, or in conjunction with, the website. The use and collection of information by these service providers is governed by their respective privacy statements, and thus is not covered by this Policy. To read more about their respective policies, check out Google Analytics Terms of Service, Google Privacy Policy, and Hubspot Privacy Policy.

In addition, we may share MEDITECH Website usage information with these service providers, who are responsible for hosting the data, to identify trends and determine market focus. Information obtained through these processes may be combined with Personally Identifiable Information (such as name, address and phone number) in order to analyze our marketing efforts. We will only share Personally Identifiable Information with third party vendors, consultants, agents, partners, and other service providers with whom we contract to help us provide or improve the MEDITECH Services.

Job candidate information may be shared with third parties after an offer has been extended in order to verify credentials and to conduct a background check.

Choice/Opt-In

Automated communication is restricted to only information you have requested, such as reminders for an upcoming event or webinar, or delivery of a white paper or case study. Should you desire more regular communication from MEDITECH, you can elect to subscribe to our blog, newsletter, or event notification emails. All of these features also include an opt-out function, so you can unsubscribe at any time.

How does MEDITECH protect your information?

The security of your information and data while using the MEDITECH Services is very important to us. We implement appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored in connection with your use of the MEDITECH Services.

Sensitive and private data exchange between the MEDITECH Website and its users is encrypted and protected through an SSL secured communication channel. MEDITECH keeps up to date with the latest encryption protocols, and does not support outdated and vulnerable protocols.

Third-party links

The MEDITECH Website may contain links to third-party websites. These websites are governed by their own respective privacy policies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party websites to understand their data and information collection, as well as use practices.

Authorized vendors and third parties of MEDITECH may have limited, incidental access to your data , as such vendors and subcontractors provide services and products integral to the MEDITECH Software and services.

Your Rights

Consumer data rights will vary depending on your state, province, or country of residence. For example, you may have the right to:

Access
Correct
Portability
Delete
Opt out of certain processing including automated decision making
Opt out of sales
Opt in for sensitive data processing

Learn more about the GDPR and international transfers of data.

Notice for residents of Canada

If you are a Canadian resident, view our Canadian Privacy Notice page to learn more about your rights.

Notice for residents of California

If you are a California resident, view our California Consumer Privacy Act page to learn more about your rights.

Contact information

To submit a request to exercise your rights, please submit a MEDITECH Data Request Form, or call MEDITECH's Toll Free Number: (833) 397-2673.

To protect your privacy, we will take reasonable steps to help verify your identity before granting access or making any corrections or modifications to your information. All data rights requests related to your Personal Data processed in our software will be funneled to your healthcare provider for response.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our treatment of your information, our handling of your data rights request, or wish to appeal a denial of request, please write to us through our contact page or contact the MEDITECH representative listed below.

Philip Polimeno
Associate Vice President, Information Technology & Facility Operations
7 Blue Hill River Road
Canton, MA 02021
(781) 821-3000