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While using CSS services, including our web site, you may provide us with personal information, such as contact information, IP address, or other data that could be used to identify you. If you respond to a survey on our website, the survey web pages may ask for information regarding your experience related to healthcare services. The surveys we administer are completely voluntary and users can choose not to participate. When we administer surveys on behalf of healthcare entities, such as health plans or medical groups, we may share aggregate information collected and broad demographic data, but we do not share individually identifiable data with the healthcare entity, unless otherwise noted.
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We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
Wherever we collect sensitive information, that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
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