Privacy Policy — USHospitalGuides.com Visitor Data & Contact Forms

Privacy Policy

How We Handle Visitor Data

This Privacy Policy explains what visitor data ushospitalguides.com/ may collect, why we use it, how contact forms work, and what we do not collect.

ushospitalguides.com/ is built for hospital-location and patient-navigation questions. We help users find official hospital pages, addresses, phone routes, appointment links, patient portals, billing pages, medical-record routes, parking and visiting information. We do not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment instructions, triage, or emergency care.

Important Healthcare Privacy Boundary

ushospitalguides.com/ is not a covered hospital, insurer, health plan, healthcare clearinghouse or medical provider. We do not provide healthcare services or collect medical records. HIPAA generally governs covered entities and business associates; for official HIPAA context, see HHS HIPAA Privacy Rule.

Do not send medical information

Please do not send medical records, diagnosis details, appointment documents, Social Security numbers, insurance IDs, patient portal passwords, bills, lab results, images of forms or private patient information through our contact form.

Data We May Process

CategoryExamplesPurpose
Technical dataIP address, browser, device, pages visited, security logsOperate, secure and improve the website
Contact dataName/email/message if you contact usRespond to corrections and editorial messages
Cookie/analytics dataCookie preferences, aggregate usage patternsUnderstand site performance and user navigation
Advertising dataAd identifiers or contextual signals depending on consent and toolsSupport free access to the site

Data We Do Not Want

  • Medical records
  • Patient portal login information
  • Insurance member IDs
  • Social Security numbers
  • Credit-card numbers
  • Detailed diagnosis or treatment history
  • Private information about another patient without authority

Your Choices

  • Use the cookie banner or browser settings to manage cookies
  • Email us to request deletion of contact-form messages you sent
  • Use privacy controls provided by analytics or advertising partners where available
  • Do not include sensitive medical data in messages to our editorial team

Need to report an update?

Send the hospital page URL, the correction, and the official source we should verify against. Our editors review corrections before changing published data.

Contact the editorial teamRead our correction process