1. does not collect or store any data from your browsing sessions at our web site other than that automatically collected for server logs;
2. does not place cookies on your computer;
3. does not require third party plug-ins for viewing site content;
4. does not release, give away, or sell e-mail addresses to any person without your written permission unless required to do so by law;
5. does not release, give away, or sell phone numbers to any person without your written permission unless required to do so by law;
6. does not ask for, release, give away, or sell middle or last names to any person without your written permission unless required to do so by law;
7. does not release any information required by our donation system unless required to do so by law;
8. does not release, give away, or sell other personal information you may give us to any person without your written permission unless required to do so by law.

Our web site is open to the public, making it vulnerable to the usual security risks beyond our control, thus CHFpatients.com, Inc. cannot guarantee the security of any information offered to us for online publication, such as (but not limited to) for:

1. CHF Specialist listings
2. Who's Who listings
3. heart transplant stories
4. Me Too page
5. The Beat Goes On message boards
6. or for any other online publication purposes

All e-mails are handled by me. I am the President, CEO, web master, and one of 3 Directors of CHFpatients.com, Inc., which is a legal 501(3)c non-profit corporation in the State of Missouri, USA. With only the exception stated below, I do not give away or transfer e-mails or parts of e-mails to anyone other than the other 2 Directors of this corporation except at the sender's direct written request or with his permission. I do not sell such information at all to anyone.

One exception! I may need testimonials at some point to show potential sponsors the value of the site. If you send me thanks or compliments on the site, I may use your e-mail for that purpose. However, all names, addresses, and headers will be stripped first. No personal identifiers will be passed on in any e-mail so used, except first names.

Your e-mails are confidential and I will see to it that they remain that way even if it means destroying them to prevent disclosure. All unallocated clusters on my hard drives are wiped at random intervals by a security program to make certain that deleted items cannot be recovered.

If you have any specific questions about this policy, please contact the web master of CHFpatients.com at www.chfpatients.com/contact.htm.  Updated June 12, 2006

All information on this site is opinion only. All concepts, explanations, trials, and studies have been re-written in plain English and may contain errors. I am not a doctor. Use the reference information at the end of each article to search MedLine for more complete and accurate information. All original copyrights apply. No information on this page should be used by any person to affect their medical, legal, educational, social, or psychological treatment in any way. I am not a doctor. This web site and all its pages, graphics, and content copyright © 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Jon C.