Effective Date: December 6, 2018
At First Choice Drugs, we are committed to preserving the privacy interests of our customers. We have established a Privacy Policy to outline the principles we follow in handling personal customer information collected on 1stchoicedrugs.com.
In order to create and maintain a customer account and to place orders for products or services on our website or by telephone and facsimile numbers, it is necessary for 1stchoicedrugs.com to collect detailed personal information from customers, and to obtain consent to disclose such information to other service providers and health professionals to facilitate customer requests for products and/or services. The collection and administration of this information is detailed below:
Principle 1 – Accountability
1stchoicedrugs.com is responsible for maintaining and protecting personal information under its control. We monitor our policies and personal information safeguards on an ongoing basis.
Principle 2 – Identifying Purposes
1stchoicedrugs.com collects customer personal information such as your name, address, email address, phone number, and fax number for account registration. In order to provide requested products and/or services, fulfill customer orders, and process payments, additional information will be collected (i.e. billing information). In connection with the use of our website technologies such as: cookies, tags and scripts are used by 1stchoicedrugs.com and our partners marketing partners, affiliates, or analytics or service providers. These technologies are used in analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis.
We use cookies for our shopping cart and to remember users’ settings. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some features or areas of our site may be limited.
As is true of most web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or click stream data.
We may combine this automatically collected log information with other information we collect about you. We do this to improve services we offer you.
Principle 3 – Consent
1stchoicedrugs.com collects, uses and discloses customer personal information only with the knowledge and consent of customers.
Please note that 1stchoicedrugs.com may collect, use or disclose personal information without knowledge or consent in exceptional circumstances or to address legal matters, for example, if there is an emergency where the life, health or security of the customer is threatened or where required to do so by applicable law.
If 1stchoicedrugs.com is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Web site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.
If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for your friend’s name and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. 1stchoicedrugs.com does not store this information. This Web site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by 1stchoicedrugs.com. Please be aware that we, 1stchoicedrugs.com, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.
We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personal information.
This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this Web site.
This Web site includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook button. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
Principle 4 – Limiting Collection
1stchoicedrugs.com shall collect only the personal information that is necessary to process customer orders including all that is required by third party services providers (i.e. shipping and credit card companies) to fulfill and process orders. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us. Health professionals may also require personal information to assist in filling your prescriptions.
Principle 5 – Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention
1stchoicedrugs.com shall not use or disclose personal information for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the customer, or as otherwise outlined in this privacy policy or as required by law. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services contact us at info@1stchoicedrugs.com. Customer personal information will be retained as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, to best serve customer health needs and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Principle 6 – Accuracy
Personal Information that is maintained by 1stchoicedrugs.com shall be as accurate, complete, and up-to-date as is necessary for the purposes for which it is used. 1stchoicedrugs.com shall confirm all personal information collected from customers each time goods and/or services are requested.
Principle 7 – Security Safeguards
Given the sensitive nature of the personal information collected, 1stchoicedrugs.com shall employ generally accepted security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information, and shall take steps to protect personal information against loss or theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. When you enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number) on our order forms, we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). We follow generally accepted 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, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can contact us at info@1stchoicedrugs.com.
Principle 8 – Openness
1stchoicedrugs.com personnel are available to answer questions and provide information concerning its policies and practices that apply to the management of personal information.
Principle 9 – Customer Access
Upon request, 1stchoicedrugs.com will inform a customer of the existence, use and disclosure of his/her personal information, and grant access to such information as appropriate. If your personal information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may; correct, update, amend, delete/remove, ask to have it removed from a public forum, directory or testimonial on our site or deactivate it by making the change on our member information page, by emailing our Customer Support at info@1stchoicedrugs.com or by contacting us by telephone at 1-877-782-482.
Principle 10 – Changes to this privacy policy
We may update this privacy statement to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on this Site prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
Principle 11 – Customer Service Inquiries and Complaints
Customer satisfaction is of utmost importance to 1stchoicedrugs.com. Any inquiries or complaints concerning our privacy practices may be directed to our Privacy Officer,
Contact Information
You can contact us about this privacy statement by emailing us at: legal@1stchoicedrugs.com