OurHealth, LLC is a digital health media utility that connects women of color. It is the source for individuals and companies seeking culturally relevant health information that is comprehensive, reliable, and easy to understand. As a company created by women of color, OurHealth strives to provide products, services, and programs that appeal to women in a voice and format that resonates and motivates.

The demographic information collected from our members helps OurHealth completely understand the makeup of our membership base. With this information OurHealth becomes better informed to your needs. Your information is not sold to a third party and is kept in the strictest of confidence. Becoming a member of www.ourhealthourlives.com is an easy process that requests users share information such as name (only first name required), email address, and birth date (if you haven't already registered or are unfamiliar with the site, the registration box will is conveniently located at the top right hand corner, underneath the Login options). Becoming a member of OurHealth assists in the creation of an interactive health wellness community. Once you become a member, you can customize our content offerings based on what appeals to you most as well as update your user profile. Membership also provides us with an opportunity to contact you via e-mail, alerting you of special events, promotions and etc. And, if you forget your username and password, we will be able e-mail them to you quickly.

OurHealth values the users of our website. Your protection and privacy is our primary concern. We recognize and acknowledge your concerns regarding collected information, the use and disclosure of personally identifiable information. Your financial communications will occur with Cafepress (www.cafepress.com)and adhere to their data security policies and procedures.

Like the operators of most websites, OurHealth uses reporting technologies to record Non-Personal Information such as Internet domain and host names, Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser software, operating system types, clickstream patterns, and the dates and times that www.ourhealthourlives.com is accessed. In an effort to measure the effectiveness of our advertising, communications and the way OurHealth members utilize the website, we employ the assistance of website traffic partners. To accomplish the collection of this information, OurHealth analyzes our users cookies.

The third party links provided on the www.ourhealthourlives.com website have been identified as products and services that would be of interest to OurHealth members. However, the Privacy Policy constructed by OurHealth is not applicable to other outside sites nor are we responsible for the content on those sites or their privacy practices. We encourage our members to read the policy statements of linked websites to gain a clearer understanding of their policies and procedures.

Though the OurHealth community is an environment that promotes sharing, connecting and interaction, please be mindful and exercise caution on the distribution of your personal information to strangers. Our communities provide members with opportunities to share health stories, learn from each other and to chat with members who have similar interests. These discussions are not private, they are community discussions in which anybody who is a member can participate. They do not always represent or express the views of www.ourhealthourlives.com, OurHealth LLC or medical professionals. Please exercise caution when talking about your private experiences, and keep your personal information private.

Any of the policies or procedures above may be subject to change without any prior notification. Although this privacy policy is not a contract and does not create any legal rights, it does serve as an expression of our commitment to protecting the personal information of our virtual membership and visitors.

We appreciate the assistance of our members in spreading the word about OurHealth to others. When you invite friends and notify them about www.ourhealthourlives.com, we will ask you for your friend's name and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the Website. We store this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program.

If you have signed up to receive e-mailings and would like to unsubscribe, simply click on the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the email and your name will be removed from that mailing list. This will unsubscribe you from all OurHealth e-mailings, but will not affect your membership status. You may also unsubscribe by sending a message to the The OurHealth Team. Simply click on the "Contact Us" link at the bottom left-hand corner of this page.

The OurHealth Writing Team is currently comprised of the founders of the company, Erika-Evans Weaver, Nicole Farmer, MD, and Karen Cherfils. There are no contributing writers or editors at this time. Topics for the articles are chosen by the OurHealth Writing Team and sponsors nor advertisers have any role over editorial content. We search through the same news feeds that news organizations use in order to find subjects and topics that are relevant to the health interests and needs of women of color. When possible, we read the actual scientific articles that generate the news stories. We also look at related news stories or go to independent resource sites to gather additional information. This way, we, as trained health professionals, are able to turn actual scientific data and health information into news that you can use. At times we use segments of articles from popular news agencies. We make sure to adhere to the guidelines of use for these sites. At the end of an adapted article there is always credit given in the byline and a link to the entire original article. Lastly, the topics for articles are also generated by members of our web community. At any time, the OurHealth Writing Team can be contacted about article topics you would like to see on the site. Simply click on Contact Us at the bottom of the page to send us a message.

The website is funded by the founders and private equity funding from personal investors. No funding occurs from organizations, grants, or other companies, such as pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies.