Cookies

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Highmark Medicare Services uses a limited 24-hour cookie which allows you to accept our CPT/CDT Disclaimer message once per day.  This will allow you to surf our site freely for 24 hours without having to accept the disclaimer multiple times. We do not use persistent cookies that remain on your computer.

If you have cookies disabled, you may not be able to access our web site.

We have set our software so that your browser will only return cookie information to the domain where the cookie originated (in this case, highmarkmedicareservices.com). No other site can request this information. Note: Regardless of the particular uses for cookies on this web sites, we will not share any cookie information with any third parties.

Data Collection

Highmark Medicare Services may collect personally identifiable information (name, e-mail address, physical address, and other unique identifiers) only if specifically and knowingly provided by you.

Personally identifying information collected will be used only in connection with highmarkmedicareservice.scom, or for such purposes as are described at the point of collection.

Highmark Medicare Services will protect the personal information that you share with us. Highmark Medicare Services does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information to third parties. If we share demographic information with third parties, we will give them aggregate information only.

Information collected is for statistical purposes. Highmark Medicare Services performs analyses of user behavior in order to measure customer interest in the various areas of our sites.

Highmark Medicare Services also uses listservs to send out information and change notices to subscribed users of our sites.

E-Mail

While Highmark Medicare Services will make every attempt to protect the personal information that you share with us, electronic mail is not secure against interception. If your communication is sensitive, you may want to send it by postal mail instead.

Highmark Medicare Services will not obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information.