Privacy Policy

Our commitment to privacy

Your privacy is important to Radiopaedia.org. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

The information we collect about you

Required information for registration consists of:

• Username and password
• Surname
• First name
• Position (professional)
• Country
• email address

Additional information including, but not limited to, city, institution and title can also be entered during registration and on your  user profile page. 

As much of the site is contributed by users, it may be that further personal information is posted by individual users. 

The way we use information

Email address

The email address you provide us is very important to our communication with you. Your email address is used in four distinct ways.

First, your email address will be used to allow users to contact you via ‘contact user’ link in your profile. When such contact is initiated, your email address remains hidden. You can opt-out of being contacted by other users in your profile settings. 

Second, the editorial board may contact you in regards to your contributions. In doing so, an email will be sent to the address you provided. You cannot opt-out of this type of communication.

Third, to facilitate communication with you in a professional way, including managing unsubscribe requests and newsletter publishing, your email address will be upload to a trusted third party service provider which is handles these kind of services. For newsletters or other opt-in communications, you can always opt out of receiving these emails.

Finally, very rarely, Radiopaedia may need to send important announcements to you, such as changes to this privacy policy or alterations to the site’s terms of use. You cannot opt out of this kind of email. However, in six years of operation, Radiopaedia has only done this one time.

Other information

We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website and to share with advertisers / sponsors. For example, we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our website, or that Y number of registrars or consultants are registered members, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals.

Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.

Anonymity of cases / images

All cases submitted should be de-identified, in such a way as to leave no way of identifying an individual patient. Information which should NOT appear on any of the cases includes (based on HIPAA guidelines), but is not limited to:

• name
• initials
• date of birth
• address, including full or partial postal code
• telephone or fax numbers or contact information
• e-mail addresses
• unique identifying numbers (e.g. UR, MRN, HID etc..)
• vehicle identifiers
• medical device identifiers (e.g serial numbers)
• web or internet protocol addresses containing any link to the patient
• biometric data
• facial photograph or comparable image
• names of relatives

If any identifying information is present the case will be taken down or altered to be anonymous. If you find such a case please contact us at privacy@radiopaedia.org.

Our commitment to data security

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How you can access or correct your information

You can access all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain by accessing your user profile page. 

How to contact us in regards to privacy concerns

Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please send us an email at privacy@radiopaedia.org.

How to contact us in regards to privacy concerns

Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please send us an email at privacy@radiopaedia.org.