Edward R. Waxman & Associates has developed this policy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to the privacy of those who visit our Web site. What follow are the information-gathering, information-dissemination and related practices of this Web site.

Information Automatically Logged: Our Web host maintains automatically created Web logs that contain detailed information about the number of people who visit our site, which pages they view, how long they view each page, which browsers they use, what their screen resolutions are, which search engines they use to find our site and so forth. The information is presented in tabular form by a Web log statistical analysis program provided by our Web host. We also use online tracking services that report the same kinds of information in somewhat different formats. We use the information for statistical purposes and to analyze the results of our marketing efforts. None of the information includes any personally identifiable data.

Use of Cookies: We do not make use of cookies, but our tracking services may use cookies to distinguish between first-time and return visitors. We may have links to Web sites belonging to other parties, and those Web sites may use cookies. There are no advertisements on our site from outside agencies (banner ads often use cookies). The site exists to disseminate information about hospital bill auditing, to explain the hospital bill auditing service that we offer and to provide those who want more information or are interested in our service with various ways to contact us.

Collection of Information: Personally identifiable information voluntarily submitted via our online Information Form is immediately e-mailed to us. We use that information in providing our hospital bill auditing service to those who submit the information. Information submitted to the company that assists those who have a hospital bill smaller than $10,000 is also immediately e-mailed to us and is kept in a database. We have a financial relationship with that company, and we use the information in the database to verify that the financial relationship is being properly maintained. We use the information for no other purpose. We purge the information from the database when it no longer serves the purpose for which we maintain the database.

Release of Information: We do not sell, rent, lease, loan, trade, exchange, give or otherwise make available to any unauthorized third party the personal information that any client or prospective client or interested Web site visitor submits to us. We never use such information for marketing or other commercial purposes. We always treat it with the utmost confidentiality.

Unsolicited Contact: We do not maintain any mailing lists. We do not distribute any newsletters. We have no need to keep visitors to our Web site informed about product upgrades or new products. No visitor to our Web site ever receives unsolicited information from us because of having visited our Web site.

Security: Because we store no information online, we have no need for online security measures beyond those provided by our Web host. Our offline data storage facilities are password-protected and firewall-protected.

How to Contact Us: If you have any questions about this statement, our privacy policy or your dealings with this Web site, please send us an e-mail, a letter or a fax, or call us. Our addresses and telephone numbers are listed below.