Privacy Policy

The Department of Anesthesiology at SUNY Downstate values your privacy and the confidentiality you choose to share with us.  Feel free to use our web site without being concerned that others will have access to your confidential information.  This statement pertains only to our web site; SUNY Downstate patients should review the University's HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices.

In using our educational website, you will be able to access all our pages without sharing any personal information about yourself.  The only information we learn about you is the information you voluntarily provide us.

Our complete privacy policy follows.  This statement is not intended to, and does not create, any contractual or other legal rights on behalf of any party. If you have any questions about this statement, please email Karl.Coloma@downstateanesthesia.org.

Our online privacy principles:

1. We keep confidential any information collected through this website.
2. We do not use cookies or other technology to track identifiable information about users.
3. We will not send you email newsletters or other electronic communications about services, programs, or website features unless you ask to receive them.
4. We will tell you if the information you provide us is being submitted through a secure or unsecured transfer.
5. Sending email directly to an email address found on the DownstateAnesthesia.org website is NOT secure.  We do not recommend using unsecure email to communicate sensitive personal health information to anyone.
6. We provide links to other websites that may have privacy statements that are different from ours.
7. We do not share any individual data gathered online with people outside of SUNY Downstate Department of Anesthesiology unless you specifically authorize us to share your information or unless it is required by law.
8. This website is intended for use by people age 18 or older.