As a health care provider, Mercy Ministries of Laredo is strongly committed to protecting the right of privacy for patients and visitors to this Web site. We do not share any personally identifiable information submitted through e-mail links on this site with any entity outside Sisters of Mercy unless you authorize us to do so or we are required to do so by law.

Anonymous Access
You can access our Web site home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal data.

The services and links of our Web site
Our Web site may enable you to communicate with other visitors or to post information to be accessed by others. When you do so, other visitors may collect your data. Mercy Ministries of Laredo is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other Web sites. Users should review the privacy policies of each site they visit to determine what information is collected.

Log Files/Cookies
We collect and log the IP address of each visitor to gather aggregate data on visitors to determine how our site is being used. We do not associate IP addresses with any personally identifiable information.

Cookies may be sent to your computer to collect general information about how our site is viewed. We do not use cookies to store personal data, nor do we link non-personal information stored in cookies with personal data about specific individuals.

Data Collection and Purpose Specification
We collect the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services. This information will be used to fulfill user requests for information. We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organizations.

Confidentiality/Security
We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:

unauthorized access
improper use or disclosure
unauthorized modification
unlawful destruction or accidental loss
All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obligated to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data.

Other Sites
This site contains links to other sites that we believe may be valuable to our users. Sisters of Mercy is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other web sites. Users should read the privacy policies of each site they visit to determine what information is collected.