Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the BlackDoctor.org Web site, which is owned and operated by Transform Media, LLC. The BlackDoctor.org Web site contains links to other sites. Once you enter another Web site (whether through an advertisement, service, or content link), be aware that BlackDoctor.org is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.

We hope that reading our Privacy Policy gives you a clear idea of how we manage information about you.

Many of the specific tools and services on our website do not require registration. If you use our Web site without registering, the only information we collect will be non-personal information through the use of cookies.  If you choose to register with our Web site for certain Interactive Tools or other services, we may require you to submit personally identifiable information.  Depending on the tool or service you have selected, we may also collect personal health information. You are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the Personally Identifiable Information and Personal Health Information you submit to Blackdoctor.org. Inaccurate information will affect the information you receive when using our site and tools and our ability to contact you as contemplated in this Privacy Policy. For example, your email address should be kept current because that it is how we communicate with you.

Personally Identifiable Information We Collect About You 

We collect Personally Identifiable Information that you provide to us when you register as a member of BlackDoctor.org and/or when you update your member profile. We use the Personally Identifiable Information that you provide to respond to your questions, provide you the specific services you select, send you emails about Web site maintenance and updates, and inform you of significant changes to this Privacy Policy.

BlackDoctor eNewsletters

At registration and at various times as you use BlackDoctor.org, you will be given the option of receiving recurring informational/promotional newsletters via email from BlackDoctor.org and/or directly from third parties. These emails will not contain Personal Health Information. At the time you sign up for our email newsletters or any time thereafter, you can choose to opt-in to receiving additional promotional emails from BlackDoctor.org.

In order to subscribe to such newsletters via email, we need your contact information, such as name and email address. You can unsubscribe from the newsletters by simply clicking on the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any email newsletter. An email to our automated unsubscribe service will be created on your computer. Click the "send" button. You will then be unsubscribed from that newsletter within two to three business days. You may also unsubscribe or change any of your email preferences by clicking on the applicable links in your email newsletter or by changing your profile within the Join BlackDoctor.org page.

BlackDoctor.org Email A Friend

When you use BlackDoctor.org's "Email a Friend," BlackDoctor.org emails the article or other content you designate to your friend's email address and identifies your email address as the sender. BlackDoctor.org uses the friend's email address to send your friend the particular email you requested.

Message Boards and other Public Forums

As a service to our users, BlackDoctor.org features message boards, chat rooms and other public forums where users with similar interests or medical conditions can share information and support one another or where users can post questions for experts to answer. We also offer online discussions moderated by medical or healthcare experts.

Any information shared (including Personally Identifiable and Personal Health Information) that you reveal in a chat room, message board, Ask Our Expert posting or online discussion is by design open to the public and is not a private, secure service. You should think carefully before disclosing any Personally Identifiable or Personal Health Information in any public forum. What you have written may be seen, disclosed to or collected by third parties and may be used by others in ways we are unable to control or predict, including to contact you for unauthorized purposes.