The MSRC website is intended primarily as a resource of information on general respiratory care.  A large portion of the website's content includes subject matter specifically for MSRC members.  There is information however, which pertains to people of all demographic types.

The information contained on this website is intended to be used as a general information source. It is not intended to be used as a substitute for consultation with your health care provider or to replace the relationship between the patient and physician.

The Mississippi Society for Respiratory Care is a professional membership association. Many individuals provide content for this website, which is edited by staff members of the MSRC who in most cases are respiratory therapist, but this is not always prevalent.

Website Privacy Statement
The MSRC is committed to protecting the privacy of all website visitors. We intend to abide by the privacy rules and regulations of medical/health information that apply in the United States. Our website practices and policies regarding visitor privacy are described below.

Information Collected
Our system collects information about the origin and site navigation of website users. This information is used to compile statistics on website use to help us improve our site. We do not collect identifying information from visitors of the website unless they fill out a form for requesting information.

Use of the Information
The information collected on website use patterns is used to improve our website and make it more useful for visitors. Any identifying individual information (such as name or email address) provided by website users will be used only as requested by the visitor. We do use cookies as described below.

Information Sharing
MSRC will not sell, share, or release any information about website users. However, we may disclose information when legally compelled to do so.

Normal Web Site Usage
During a normal visit to our site, no personally identifiable information about you is collected. However, your visit does however generate a session log.

Cookies: What They Are and How We Use Them
A method of tracking web site visitors is through the use of “Cookies.” Cookies are small bits of data that also help web site owners and web servers identify you and remember you when you return. By doing this, the web site owner and web server can provide you with information that is most valuable to you, based on your last visit.

Important Cookie Facts:

• Only the information that you provide, or the choices you make while visiting a Web site, can be stored in a cookie. For example, the site cannot determine your name or e-mail address unless you choose to enter it into a pre-existing input box.
• Allowing a Web site to create a cookie does not give that site or any other site - access to the rest of your computer.
• Cookies cannot roam around inside your computer and collect personal information.
• Only the site that created the cookie can read it.

Advertising
The MSRC does not currently accept advertising on its website, however, certain vendors are displayed on our site as sponsors of editorial content and services delivered via the web. Their logos, but no information about the company, may be displayed.

Links
The MSRC website contains links to other sites. It is our goal to select credible websites as links. However, MSRC is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of linked websites. Users are encouraged to review the privacy policy of each linked site.

Contacting Us
If you have questions about this privacy policy or the practices of this site, please go to the MSRC home page and click on the "contact us" link in the top right-hand of the page.