PRIVACY POLICY
Personal Health Information Protection Act
The Ontario Government has legislation, the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) that has been established to set out rules for the collection and utilization of information that is collected about patients.
This privacy policy will help you understand how I use and protect the data you provide when you visit and use this website.
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What User Data Is Collected
I reserve the right to change this policy at any given time. If you want to make sure that you are up to date with the latest changes, I advise you to visit this page.
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Collection of Personal Information
I collect personal health information about you, either from you directly or from a person who is acting on your behalf (i.e a parent/guardian). The information that is collected may include your name, date of birth, your address, health history, records of your visits, the care that you received and payment details (including credit card information. All communication is strictly confidential and I will not release your information without your explicit permission or when it is required by law.
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Use and Disclosure of Personal Health Information
I use and disclose your personal health information as follows:
To treat you.
To conduct health surveys.
To comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
To provide and operate services.
To be able to contact visitors or users with general or personalized service-related notices or promotional messages.
To fulfill other purposes permitted or required by law.
With regard to the above uses and disclosures of your personal health records, you may access, correct, or request a copy of your personal health records at any time.
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How we store, use, share and disclose your site visitors' personal information?
Our company is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with an online platform that allows us to sell products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases or the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers. ​
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Safeguarding and Securing the Data
Amanda Cressman, N.D. is committed to securing your data and keeping it confidential. I have done all in my power to prevent data theft, unauthorized access, and disclosure by implementing the latest technologies and software, which help me safeguard all the information I collect online.
I will take steps to ensure that everyone who performs services for me protects your privacy and only uses your personal health information for the purposes you have consented to.
If you have questions about the policy, please let me know.
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Email Communication
E-mails are sent to inform you of upcoming appointments, confirmation of appointments, changes to appointments and news of clinic updates or changes. Clinic update emails are infrequent and all such emails will include simple instructions for removal from our notification lists. If you have subscribed to one of our services, you can unsubscribe by following the instructions which will be included in e-mail that you receive.
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Links to Other Websites
This website contains links that lead to other websites. If you click on these links Amanda Cressman, N.D. is not held responsible for your data and privacy protection. Visiting those websites is not governed by this privacy policy agreement. Please make sure you read the privacy policy documentation of the website you go to from this website.
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How can you withdraw your consent?
If you don’t want us to process your data anymore, please contact us at support@amandacressman.com.
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Privacy policy updates
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
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Questions and your contact information
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, you are invited to contact us at: support@amandacressman.com