The Glaucoma Service Foundation has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate its commitment to privacy. The following discloses the information-gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site.

CHAT Privacy Statement: By participating in the Glaucoma CHAT Support Group, you should understand that anyone with access to this site can view your user ID, profile and all entries into the chat room. We cannot control statements or information posted in chat rooms by others. We do however filter obscenities. Every user takes full responsibility for any and all statements entered during the chat. Please use accepted standards of chat etiquette to avoid being banned from this chat room. Click here for chat room terms of use.

Information Automatically Logged

We use your IP (Internet Provider) address to help diagnose problems with our chat server and to administer our Web site. IP addresses and cookies are used to prevent voting more than once on a survey.

Web Forms

This site's web form allows users to provide contact information (such as name, email address, and postal address). Contact information from web forms is used to send "Searchlight on Glaucoma" by U.S. mail and to inform email subscribers of site updates. Web forms are also used for suggestions about the web site. We do not disclose any identifying data to any third party for any purpose.

Email subscribers may unsubscribe by clicking on the unsubscribe link on any email update or click here to contact the webmaster. To unsubscribe from the postal mailing list, please click here to contact us and state in the comment box that you would like to unsubscribe from any future postal mailings.

External Links

This site contains links to other sites. The Glaucoma Service Foundation is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Data Quality/Access

To change or modify information provided, click here to contact the webmaster.

Public Forums/Surveys

This site makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, surveys, and/or news groups available. Participants in the Glaucoma Chat Support Group should understand that anyone with access to this site can view their identification numbers, profiles, and all entries in the chat room. We cannot control statements or information posted in chat rooms by others. We do, however, filter obscenities.

The chat room is always open and accessible to the public.  It is there for glaucoma patients and family members to share their experiences.  If you are under the age of 18, a parent or guardian must be with you at all times during the chat session.  Neither the Foundation nor the Hospital shall be held responsible for any information exchanged in the chat room.

All participants take full responsibility for statements they enter during the chat. Please use accepted standards of chat etiquette to avoid being banned from this chat room. Remember that any information disclosed in these areas becomes public information. You should exercise caution when disclosing personal information. Transcripts of chats are recorded and used for the purpose of creating chat highlights, which are posted on this web site. All information submitted to the GlaucoMate section can be viewed by the public and is optional. Information posted can be removed at any time by clicking here to contact the webmaster..

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the transactions of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can click here to contact us.