Privacy Policy

Information Collection and Use
HMR^® is the sole owner of the information collected on the hmrprogram.com web site. HMR collects personally identifiable and other information from its users at several different points on this web site.

What Information is Collected?  HMR collects a very limited amount of personal information directly from users of this web site. In each case, the submission of personal information is completely voluntary. The specific information and uses are as follows:

• Throughout this web site, users have the opportunity to locate an HMR-licensed program and to obtain driving directions. In order to take advantage of this service users provide a zip code and street address for driving directions to the program.
• Walk-O-Meter™. In the Community section, HMR provides a tool that allows users to determine how many calories they are burning during certain exercise activities. In order to make this determination the user must input their weight.
• HMR offers subscriptions to its online newsletter at no charge. Users supply only their email address and will be periodically sent the HMR online newsletter and other communications.
• HMR provides information about HMR Programs to health care facilities, and other organizations and professionals interested in starting an HMR Program. Interested users supply certain contact information. In response to this information, and HMR representative will contact the user to discuss their interest in starting a program and to provide further information. Such responding users will be added to HMR's professional database and will receive information about weight management, programs, research, promotional and other obesity treatment, and HMR topics from time to time.

Newsletter subscribers and users seeking information about HMR Programs may be removed from the database at any time by contacting:

Health Management Resources
Attn: Email Database Manager
59 Temple Place
Suite 704
Boston, MA  02111
617-357-9876
(fax) 617-357-9690

Information Sharing and Disclosure                
What information does HMR share and disclose with other parties? HMR does not sell any of the information it collects from you. We do use this information to help us better operate this site, upgrade our services and market this site. We share aggregate demographic information about our user base with third parties who perform specific services for HMR and to optimize functionality of the web site through analyzing web site traffic and improving content layout. HMR does not link aggregate user data with personally identifiable information and does not share personally identifiable information with third parties.

Legal Disclaimer. HMR reserves the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our web site.

Log Files and Cookies
As is true of most web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data.

We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users' movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site.

We use both session ID cookies and/or persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser. Persistent cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser's "help" file. If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some areas of our site will be limited.

Links to Other Sites and Receipt of Supplemental Information
To the extent that users order meal replacement products through linked web sites to HMR-licensed programs, this web site contains links to other web sites that are not owned by HMR even though they are the web sites of HMR-licensed programs. Users should be aware that such linked web sites, although independently owned and operated, will provide HMR with information about the user such as name, phone number and shipping destination so that HMR may arrange delivery of the meal replacement products to the user and track this process. It is important that anyone ordering meal replacement products by linking to the web site of an HMR-licensed program read and understand the privacy policy of that program's web site as this privacy statement applies only to information collected by this web site. Please be aware that HMR is not responsible for the privacy practices or any other practices or operations of such sites.

Security
The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Business Transitions
In the event HMR goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personally identifiable information will likely be among the assets transferred. You will be notified through notice on our web site for 30 days of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.

Changes in this Privacy Statement
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently.