This course provides you the knowledge and the tools used for weight management. Before you begin using the knowledge and tools in this course, you should have permission from your doctor to participate in vigorous exercise and change of diet. Some discomfort comes with exercise and mild caloric restriction. If you continue to feel some discomfort or pain when exercising, we recommend you seek medical advice and not continue exercising until you have received appropriate treatment. The knowledge, instructions and advice presented are in no way intended as a substitute for medical counseling. The creators, producers, participants and distributors of this course disclaim any liability or loss in connection with the information and advice provided here. This course material is the property of the Arizona Board of Regents, and is protected by copyright to the University of Arizona (2007).
HealthyWeight4Life Online Privacy Policy
HW4L is committed to providing our participants with content and services characterized by outstanding quality and customer service. Our Online Privacy Policy continues our commitment to serve you and to protect your privacy online.
BY USING the HW4L WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. Accordingly, please review the following carefully.
Children and Youth Under 18.
HW4L cares about the safety of children. Our content and services are not directed towards children. Children under 18 are not allowed to register with our website or to participate in public posting areas on our site.
Information We Collect:
The information we gather on our website falls into two categories: (1) information you supply when you sign up for our course, and (2) tracking information collected as you navigate through our site. Third-party providers linked to our website may gather the same kinds of information about you.
Personally Identifiable Information
We will ask you for personal information when you sign up for the course. We use this information to communicate with you, follow your progress, and to help improve our site.
We do not control third parties' privacy practices, and our Privacy Policy does not apply to their collection and use of personal information. We urge you to review their privacy policies and learn how they will use the information before participating.
Aggregate Information
We use "cookies" to store and sometimes track user information. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie contains a unique number that allows our site to identify your computer.
How Your Information Will Be Used:
Among our primary goals in collecting information is to provide you with a customized experience and to make our course more valuable to you.
To make your online experience more useful and enjoyable, our site includes links to other websites. We will not provide your email address to third parties. We also provide links to other websites, and provide access to services offered by third parties, whose privacy policies we do not control.
Security:
The personally identifiable information we collect is securely stored within our database, and we use standard, industry-wide procedures such as encryption, firewalls and SSL (Secure Socket Layers) for protecting your information. However, as effective as encryption technology is, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that information you supply won't be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. Any information you include in a message you post to any message board, discussion group, or other public posting area on our site is available to anyone with Internet access. If you don't want people to know your name or email address, for example, make sure not to include it in any message you post publicly.
Unauthorized Use/Hacking:
HW4L's website and system are made available for lawful activities by authorized users only. Any person using the site without authority or for any unlawful activity are subject to having his or her activities monitored, recorded, investigated, examined and/or disclosed by or to HW4L and its agents, and law enforcement.
Miscellaneous:
The Internet is an evolving medium. Accordingly, HW4L reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy. If we need to change our Privacy Policy at some point in the future, we'll post the changes or an amended Privacy Policy.