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American Medical Association privacy statement
The American Medical Association (AMA) respects and is committed to protecting the privacy of personal information of its members, customers, and business partners. This Privacy Statement explains how the AMA collects, uses, shares and safeguards personal information.
Information We Collect
The AMA collects personal information when an individual interacts with the AMA, such as subscribing to AMA publications, purchasing an AMA product, applying for AMA membership, participating in online surveys, submitting questions or comments or requesting information or materials. The type of personal information collected will vary but may include name, address, phone number, fax number, medical education number, birth date, billing and delivery information, e-mail address, credit card information and other demographic information. The AMA collects social security numbers from outside data sources and uses such data solely for internal AMA purposes such as matching of physician records for quality control purposes.
The type of product or service that you seek will determine the personal information that is collected. For a listing of the exact type of personal information that will be collected from you, please refer to the online privacy statement.
How We Use Personal Information
Once collected, we may use your personal information for various purposes. Currently, the principal purposes, which may change over time, are:
• Register you for programs and services you have requested.
• Process, fulfill and follow up on your orders or membership application.
• Send information you request.
• Send and process surveys.
• Ensure the AMA is relevant to your needs.
• Deliver AMA services such as newsletters, meetings or events.
• Notify you about new products/services, special offers, upgrades and other related information from the AMA and other approved third parties.
• Answer your e-mails or on-line requests.
Anyone who has supplied the AMA with their e-mail address will receive only messages they have specifically requested. We do not share, sell, trade, exchange, or rent your e-mail address to vendors for them to market their products or services to you. When we hire vendors to deliver e-mails to you on our behalf, they may not use your e-mail address for any other purpose.
With Whom We May Share Information
The AMA may share personal information with our business partners in order to provide them an opportunity to offer products or services that may be of interest to you.
The AMA also occasionally hires other companies to provide limited services on our behalf including, but not limited to, packaging, mailing and delivering purchases, answering customer questions about products or services, consulting services, data modeling, printing, sending postal mail and processing event registration. The AMA may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of AMA; or, (c) protect the personal safety of AMA personnel or members of the public in urgent circumstances.
In addition to the disclosures identified above, if you are a physician or medical student, the personal information you provide may be incorporated into the AMA's physician database commonly known as the Physician Masterfile.
Further information about the Physician Masterfile, or contact the AMA at (800) 621-8335. Please also see “How You Can Restrict Use of Your Personal Information” below.
Information Security
The AMA implements security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of personal information. We restrict access to personal information to the AMA's business partners who may need to know that information in order to operate, develop, or improve our services. These parties are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.
How You Can Access and Change Information
If you are a registered user of the AMA Web site, subscriber to AMA publications, purchaser of AMA products or an AMA member, you may review and update/correct your personal information by using your user name and password or by contacting the AMA at (800) 621-8335.
Physicians and medical students may use the Online Data Collection Center or call (800) 621-8335 to update or correct any personal information the AMA may have on file. Updates or corrections to certain types of information (e.g. physician licensure, medical education or training, etc.) will require independent verification prior to effectuating any (permanent) change to our files.
How You Can Restrict Use of Your Personal Information
The AMA understands the importance of your personal information. We restrict the disclosure of personal information for those physicians and medical students who enroll in the AMA's “Do Not Contact” or “Do Not Release” programs.
Information regarding the enrollment in these programs
Changes to the Privacy Statement
The AMA regularly reviews its compliance with this Privacy Statement. Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Statement or AMA's treatment of personal information by contacting the AMA at (800) 621-8335 or by contacting the AMA at AMAPrivacy@ama-assn.org .
Our Privacy Statement was most recently updated as indicated by the date below.
Our Privacy Statement was most recently updated February, 2007
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