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Privacy Policy

The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy's Continuing Education Office is committed to protecting the privacy of our learners. This Privacy Policy describes the information that is collected when you enroll in continuing education programs and how that information is used. This policy applies to pages under the domain ce.pharmacy.umaryland.edu.

Privacy Policy

All learners enrolled in continuing educational programs offered through this training portal are protected under the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) (FERPA) Policy Statement. See UMB's FERPA Policy.

Acceptable Use Policy

The School of Pharmacy uses third-party remarketing tracking tools, including, but not limited to the Google Adwords tracking cookie and Facebook pixel, to show advertisements related to the School on third-party websites to individuals who have previously visited the School's website. These cookies do not identify you personally, and any data that we use as part of Google's remarketing service is governed by Google's privacy policy. You may opt out of our remarketing by changing your Google ad settings.

For additional information on protecting your privacy and IT resources, please visit UMB’s Acceptable Use Policy.

Collection of your Personal Information

When you enroll in a continuing education activity, we may collect personal information, including name, professional credentials, email, title, organization, state of license, zip code for practice site(s), professional role, and shipping address. Credit card and billing information is not collected nor stored; the payment is processed in a secure transaction via a third-party payment system, Authorize.net.

Additionally, we utilize information required for us to process continuing education credits on your behalf for professional certifying entities.

  • Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians (ACPE Credits): Information including NABP and partial date of birth (DDMM) are collected and uploaded to NABP/CPE Monitor.
  • Physicians (ACCME Credits): Information, including name, post-test scores, email address, mailing address, and payment amount are collected and sent to MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society.

We collect information about learning behaviors and usage patterns, as well as continuing education program surveys to evaluate and improve our offerings, as required by our certifying bodies. Aggregate summaries are sent to Joint Providers at the completion of the activity.

Minors

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of eighteen. If you are under the age of eighteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

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Users may opt-out of receiving nonessential communications by emailing CEHelp@rx.umaryland.edu.

Last Updated: May 2, 2024