This Application collects some Personal Data from its Users.

 

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Owner and Data Controller

 

PCS Physician Credentialing Service Inc. 9320 VITTORIA CT, FORT MYERS, FL, 33912 (USA)

 

Owner contact email: stephanie@pcscredential.com

 

Types of Data collected

 

Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Tracker; Usage Data; language; device information; first name; last name; company name; email address; country; city; date of birth; ZIP/Postal code; various types of Data; phone number; physical address; username; password; User ID; answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events.

 

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Application is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.

 

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application and confirm that they have the third party’s consent to provide the Data to the Owner.

 

Mode and place of processing the Data

 

Methods of processing

 

The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Application (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.

 

Legal basis of processing

 

The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

 

  • Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;
  • provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
  • processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
  • processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
  • processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.

 

In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

 

Place

 

The Data is processed at the Owner’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User’s location, data transfers may involve transferring the User’s Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

 

Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.

If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or inquire with the Owner using the information provided in the contact section.

 

Retention time

 

Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

 

Therefore:

 

  • Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
  • Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

 

The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.

 

The purposes of processing

 

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Advertising, Analytics, Backup saving and management, Connecting Data, Displaying content from external platforms, Heat mapping and session recording, Hosting and backend infrastructure, Managing contacts and sending messages, Registration and authentication provided directly by this Application, Remarketing and behavioral targeting and SPAM protection.

 

For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.

 

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

 

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

 

  • Advertising This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Application, possibly based on User interests.
    This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
    Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Application. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
    Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section “How to opt-out of interest-based advertising” in this document. Google Ad Manager (Google LLC) Google Ad Manager is an advertising service provided by Google LLC that allows the Owner to run advertising campaigns in conjunction with external advertising networks that the Owner, unless otherwise specified in this document, has no direct relationship with.
    In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy.
    This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of this Application and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered. Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings. Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Google AdSense (Google LLC) Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC. This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of this Application and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.
    Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings. In order to understand Google’s use of data, consult Google’s partner policy. Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
  • Analytics The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior. Google Analytics (Google LLC) Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
    Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) (Facebook, Inc.) Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) is an analytics service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects data from the Facebook advertising network with actions performed on this Application. The Facebook pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Audience Network. Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Cloudflare Web Analytics (Cloudflare Inc.) Cloudflare Web Analytics is an anonymized analytics service provided by Cloudflare Inc. that gives the Owner insight into the use of this Application by Users without needing to identify them. Further information may be found here and within the service’s privacy policy. Personal Data processed: device information; language; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. WordPress Stats (Automattic Inc.) WordPress Stats is an analytics service provided by Automattic Inc. Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
  • Backup saving and management This type of service allows the Owner to save and manage backups of this Application on external servers managed by the service provider itself. The backups may include the source code and content as well as the data that the User provides to this Application. Backup on Google Drive (Google LLC) Google Drive is a service to save and manage backups provided by Google LLC. Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
  • Connecting Data This type of service allows the Owner to connect Data with third-party services disclosed within this privacy policy.
    This results in Data flowing through these services, potentially causing the retention of this Data. Zapier (Zapier, Inc.) Zapier is a workflow automation service provided by Zapier, Inc. that automates the movement of Data between (third-party) services. Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; date of birth; email address; first name; last name; ZIP/Postal code. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
  • Displaying content from external platforms This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with them.
    This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it. Google Fonts (Google LLC) Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages. Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
  • Heat mapping and session recording Heat mapping services are used to display the areas of this Application that Users interact with most frequently. This shows where the points of interest are. These services make it possible to monitor and analyze web traffic and keep track of User behavior.
    Some of these services may record sessions and make them available for later visual playback. Hotjar Heat Maps & Recordings (Hotjar Ltd.) Hotjar is a session recording and heat mapping service provided by Hotjar Ltd.
    Hotjar honors generic „Do Not Track” headers. This means the browser can tell its script not to collect any of the User’s data. This is a setting that is available in all major browsers. Find Hotjar’s opt-out information here. Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service. Place of processing: Malta – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
  • Hosting and backend infrastructure This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable this Application to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Application. Some services among those listed below, if any, may work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored. Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Amazon Web Services, Inc.) Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a hosting and backend service provided by Amazon Web Services, Inc. Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
  • Managing contacts and sending messages This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.
    These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message. Mailchimp (The Rocket Science Group LLC) Mailchimp is an email address management and message sending service provided by The Rocket Science Group LLC. Personal Data processed: company name; country; email address; first name; last name; phone number; physical address; Tracker; username. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
  • Registration and authentication provided directly by this Application By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Application to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. The Personal Data is collected and stored for registration or identification purposes only. The Data collected are only those necessary for the provision of the service requested by the Users. Direct registration (this Application) The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to this Application. Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name; password; phone number; physical address; User ID; username.
  • Remarketing and behavioral targeting This type of service allows this Application and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of this Application by the User.
    This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
    Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
    Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section “How to opt-out of interest-based advertising” in this document. Google Ad Manager Audience Extension (Google LLC) Google Ad Manager Audience Extension is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC that tracks the visitors of this Application and allows selected advertising partners to display targeted ads across the web to them. In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy. Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Remarketing with Google Analytics (Google LLC) Remarketing with Google Analytics is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC that connects the tracking activity performed by Google Analytics and its Trackers with the Google Ads advertising network and the Doubleclick Cookie. Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
  • SPAM protection This type of service analyzes the traffic of this Application, potentially containing Users’ Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM. Google reCAPTCHA (Google LLC) Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google LLC.
    The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use. Personal Data processed: answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events; Tracker; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Akismet (Automattic Inc.) Akismet is a SPAM protection service provided by Automattic Inc. Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name; Usage Data; username. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

 

Information on opting out of interest-based advertising

 

In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar initiatives. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.

 

The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.

 

Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.

 

Further information about the processing of Personal Data

 

  • Equal protection of User Data This Application shares User Data only with third parties carefully selected to ensure that they provide the same or equal protection of User Data as stated in this privacy policy and requested by applicable data protection laws. Further information on data processing and privacy practices by third parties can be found in their respective privacy policies.
  • Global TCF v1 Cookie (euconsent) Global TCF v1 Cookie (euconsent) stores User advertising tracking preferences under the .consensu.org domain. When a Global TCF v1 Cookie (euconsent) is set by the iubenda Cookie Solution, also a local ‘cache’ Cookie is stored in the local domain.
  • Global TCF v2 Cookie (euconsent-v2) Global TCF v2 Cookie (euconsent-v2) stores User advertising tracking preferences under the .consensu.org domain. When a Global TCF v2 Cookie (euconsent-v2) is set by the iubenda Cookie Solution, also a local ‘cache’ Cookie is stored in the local domain.
  • iubenda CCPA Cookie (usprivacy) iubenda CCPA Cookie (usprivacy) is set by the iubenda Cookie Solution and stores California consumer opt-out choices in the local domain.
  • iubenda Consent Solution localStorage iubenda ConS JS library localStorage (IUB_DATA) temporarily stores pending data in a storage space internal to the User’s browser (localStorage) until it’s received by the API, then it is deleted.
  • iubenda Cookie Solution (consent Cookie) iubenda consent Cookie (_iub_cs-X) is set by the iubenda Cookie Solution and stores User preferences related to Trackers in the local domain.
  • iubenda Cookie Solution (remote consent Cookie) Remote iubenda consent Cookie (_iub_cs-X) is set by the iubenda Cookie Solution and stores User preferences related to Trackers under the .iubenda.com domain.

 

The rights of Users

 

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.

 

In particular, Users have the right to do the following:

 

  • Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
  • Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
  • Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
  • Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
  • Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
  • Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
  • Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User’s consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
  • Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.

 

Details about the right to object to processing

 

Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.

 

Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.

 

How to exercise these rights

 

Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month.

 

Additional information about Data collection and processing

 

Legal action

 

The User’s Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

 

Additional information about User’s Personal Data

 

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

 

System logs and maintenance

 

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

 

Information not contained in this policy

 

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

 

How “Do Not Track” requests are handled

 

This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

 

Changes to this privacy policy

 

The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this Application and/or – as far as technically and legally feasible – sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.

Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.

 

 

Personal Data (or Data)

 

Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.

 

Usage Data

 

Information collected automatically through this Application (or third-party services employed in this Application), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Application, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User’s IT environment.

 

User

 

The individual using this Application who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.

 

Data Subject

 

The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

 

Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)

 

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.

 

Data Controller (or Owner)

 

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Application. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Application.

 

This Application

 

The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.

 

Service

 

The service provided by this Application as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.

 

European Union (or EU)

 

Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.

 

Cookie

 

Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User’s browser.

 

Tracker

 

Tracker indicates any technology – e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting – that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.

 

 

Legal information

 

This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations, including Art. 13/14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).

 

This privacy policy relates solely to this Application, if not stated otherwise within this document.

 

Latest update: November 22, 2021

 

iubenda hosts this content and only collects the Personal Data strictly necessary for it to be provided.