Doral Orthopedic Center (“we,” “our,” “us” or “DOC”) is committed to protecting your privacy. We have developed specific policies and procedures to ensure that the information you provide to us through our website, DoralDOC.com, is collected and maintained in a manner that respects your privacy. This Privacy Statement explains these important policies and procedures.
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy, or any other policy or practice, at any time. We will notify you of any changes to the Policy by updating the “last modified” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to take the time to read our entire Privacy Policy for complete details about our privacy practices and how we protect your personal information.
Acceptance
By using the DoralDOC.com site, you signify your terms of this acceptance of this Privacy Policy and consent to the collection, use and transfer of your information under the policy. If you do not agree with the terms of our Privacy Policy, you should exit the site immediately.
Cookies
We collect information about your use of our site through the use of “cookies.” The information collected by cookies helps us monitor the number of visitors to DoralDOC.com. In addition, we utilize cookies to save your login information and enable certain features of DoralDOC.com. Note that your browser software can be set to reject all cookies. Setting your web browser to reject all cookies may prevent you from using all portions of the site or enjoying its full functionality.
Web Beacons
We may also use tiny graphic image files embedded in a web page or email (web beacons) that collect anonymous, non-personal information about your use of the DoralDOC.com site and the sites of selected sponsors and advertisers — as well as your use of emails, special promotions or newsletters we send to you. The information collected by web beacons allows us to monitor the number of people using the DoralDOC.com site, selected sponsors’ and advertisers’ sites, as well as the number of people who are opening our emails, and for what purposes.
Website Analytics
We may use third-party website analytics services in connection with the DoralDOC.com site. We use the information collected by such services to enhance usability on DoralDOC.com. Such services do not collect personal information that you do not voluntarily enter into the site, and they do not track your browsing habits across websites that do not use their services.
What personal information does DoralDOC.com collect?
DoralDOC.com collects personal information about you when you do any of the following:
You choose to share your personal information with us to use our site.
You request information from us.
You sign up for newsletters or our email list.
You make an inquiry.
You participate in a survey or promotion.
You otherwise contact or interact with us.
This personal information may include but is not limited to, your name, address, email address, telephone number, medical insurance, personal medical information and other information you voluntarily provide to us. We may combine the information you provide to us with information (1) from and about you that we automatically collect when you use this or other sites affiliated with DoralDOC.com, (2) from third parties, or (3) from other online and offline sources.
How does DoralDOC.com use the personal information it collects online?
We use personal information collected online for various functions, including but not limited to:
Fulfilling your requests for products or services.
Offering products and services that may be of interest to you.
Customizing the content, advertising, and services to your preferences.
Sending you solicitations, product announcements, and similar materials that may be of interest to you (you may “opt out” of receiving these materials).
Sending you certain e-mail messages critical to your use of the Services, such as system status updates or order confirmations (because these messages contain important information, you may not be able to “opt out” of receiving such messages).
Sending you certain e-mail messages from third party advertisers (such third-party advertisements are distributed by Doral Orthopedic Center on behalf of our advertisers).
“Pre-populating” forms that are displayed for the purpose of collecting individual data by Doral Orthopedic Center and/or its sponsors.
Billing, account maintenance, and record-keeping purposes.
Improving our customer service and service offerings.
In addition, we may collect and use information for analytic purposes, market research or marketing purposes, as allowed by law. We may use and analyze the information we collect so that we can administer, support, improve and develop our business, which may include contacting you to notify you of our current or future services.
We may use your information to contact you for your views on our services and to notify you occasionally about important changes or developments to DoralDOC.com or our services. Further, we might also use your information to let you know about other services we offer that may be of interest to you and we may contact you by mail, telephone, fax, social media, and/or e-mail. We do collect anonymous, non-personal information about your use of our site.
Does DoralDOC.com share the personal information it collects online?
We may share the personal information we collect about you with third-party partners, such as medical providers and companies performing medical services. While these partners may have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, they are prohibited from sharing or using such information for any other purpose.
We may also share information collected about you with companies with whom we have business affiliations or with whom we have formal agreements, for the purpose of offering you pain relief and surgical services.
Finally, we may disclose your personal information as otherwise permitted or required by law.
How does DoralDOC.com use and disclose Protected Health Information?
Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Protected Health Information is any information about health status, provision of health care or payment for health care that can be linked to a specific individual. Broadly, this includes phone/fax numbers, geographical identifiers, e-mail addresses and other information directly related to an individual.
Our use and disclosure of your Protected Health Information is governed by HIPAA. When you use the site to request contact with a selected healthcare provider, all protected health information that you submit with the contact form or created from your use of the contact form is used and disclosed by us as a Business Associate (as defined by HIPAA) according to the terms of a Business Associate Agreement between us and that healthcare provider.
This means that we may only use and disclose your Protected Health Information on behalf of, or to provide services to, the healthcare provider for the appointment scheduling services available through the DoralDOC.com site according to the terms of the Business Associate Agreement.
There are three exceptions to this use and disclosure rule. We may use and disclose your Protected Health Information as follows: 1. For our internal management and administration. 2. To carry out our legal responsibilities. 3. To perform certain data aggregation services for the healthcare provider and other healthcare providers; provided that, any disclosures for our internal management and administration or to carry out our legal responsibilities are either required by law or made after we obtain reasonable assurances from the person to whom the Protected Health Information is disclosed that it will be held confidentially and used or further disclosed only as required by law or for the purpose for which it was disclosed to that person.
As a Business Associate of healthcare providers, we are permitted to de-identify your Protected Health Information created or received by us for that healthcare provider. This de-identified information must be created according to criteria prescribed by HIPAA so that there is no reasonable basis to believe that this information can be traced back to you. We may use and disclose any such de-identified information in the same manner as personal information under this privacy policy.
Some of appointment scheduling services available through the DoralDOC.com site for healthcare providers may be provided by subcontractors of Doral Orthopedic Center. All such subcontractors must comply with the same terms and conditions for the Protected Health Information that apply to Doral Orthopedic Center as a Business Associate of the healthcare provider.
The descriptions in this privacy policy of the responsibilities and obligations of Doral Orthopedic Center and any subcontractor under HIPAA do not provide any additional right to you under this privacy policy, HIPAA, or any other applicable law.
We take reasonable security measures to protect the security of your personal information, including the adoption of generally accepted industry standards to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal information, through the use of firewalls and secure socket layer technology (“SSL”). We do not guarantee or warrant that there will be no unintended disclosures of your personal information. If we become aware that your personal information has been disclosed in any manner contrary to the terms of this Privacy Policy, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you of the nature and extent of the disclosure (to the extent we know that information) as soon as reasonably possible, and as required by law.
Does DoralDOc.com collect personal information online about children? Our website is not intended for children under 18, and we do not intentionally collect or maintain data about children under 18 unless such personal information is provided by a parent, legal guardian or authorized adult. If we learn that we have received any personal information from anyone who is not at least 18 years old, we will delete that information from our database.
Your choices about collection and use of information.
You may choose not to provide us with any personal information. In such an event, you can still access and use some of the Services, but you will not be able to access and use certain key features of the Services that require your personal information.
When you register on our site, you consent to receive email messages from us. At any time, you can choose to opt out of receiving commercial or promotional e-mails from us by clicking on the link in the email communication attached for that purpose, or by contacting us with your request to opt out via email. You will be given the opportunity, in any commercial e-mail that we send to you, to opt out of receiving such messages in the future.
It may take up to 10 (ten) days for us to process an opt-out request. We may send you transactional and relationship e-mails, such as service announcements, administrative notices, and surveys, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.
Please note that changing information in your account, or otherwise opting out of receipt of promotional e-mail communications, will only affect future activities or communications from us. If we have already provided your information to a third party (such as a service provider) before you have changed your preferences or updated your information, you may have to change your preferences directly with that third party.
You can also control information collected by cookies. See the “cookies” section above for information about declining or deleting cookies.
Third Party Links
Our website provides links to other companies’ websites. If you leave DoralDOC.com by linking to one of these third party sites, you will be subject to the privacy policies and procedures posted on that site, and this Privacy Policy will no longer apply. Doral Orthopedic Center is not responsible for the content of third party links or the use, collection or dissemination of information on such third party websites.
Storage
We store all traffic data and review postings indefinitely, even after “deletion,” and may archive such information elsewhere. We will retain your personal information as long as your account is active or needed to provide you services. At any time, you may remove your personal information or instruct us to remove it, but you should be aware that it is not technologically possible to remove each and every record of the information you have provided to DoralDOC.com from our servers. DoralDOC.com tools that collect and store personal information allow you to correct, update or review the information you have submitted by going back to the specific tool, logging-in and making the desired changes. We will also retain your personal information as necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Policy or any of the practices described herein, please contact us by email:
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