BUSINESS PRIVACY POLICY
- Our Commitment to Your Privacy
Podiatry Care respects and upholds your rights and is committed to complying with the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles 2014 and the privacy provisions of all applicable legislation.We understand that information regarding your health is personal. Our Privacy Policy will ensure that your patient file is maintained with the utmost care for security, accuracy and confidentiality. Our Policy also describes your rights and obligations we have regarding the use and disclosure of personal and medical information.
- Collecting Information
Podiatry Care may hold the following information about you:
Name, address, telephone number(s)
Date of birth
Email address
Occupation
Historical and current health information
General Practitioner
Referring Doctor
Transaction Details associated with services we have provided to you
Additional information provided to us by you
Information you have provided to us via client surveysWhen we collect personal information from you, we will only collect that information which is necessary. We will advise you for the purpose for which your personal information is collected. However, should you choose not to provide the necessary information, we will advise you on how this may affect your ongoing treatment. We will destroy your data after its legal obligations to retain the information has expired.
- Disclosing Information
Podiatry Care will only disclose personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act.
This means that personal information may be disclosed:
– For the purposes for which we have advised that we are collecting it, and for related purposes that you would reasonably expect.
– Where we have the consent by you to do so,
– As required by law, or
– Under other circumstances where permitted under the Act.In the course of our business activities, we may need to disclose some of your personal information to relevant staff.
- Unauthorised Disclosure or Access
Podiatry Care is committed to protecting your privacy and we will view unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal information by our employees or contractors, as a serious breach of this policy. Appropriate action (which may include disciplinary or legal action) will be taken in such cases. - Opt-Out
You may contact Podiatry Care to register a request to “opt -out” from receiving any product offers. This can be done by contacting the Privacy Officer. See the contact details below. - Access to Personal Information
You may access your personal information upon request by writing to the Privacy Officer at Podiatry Care. However, we may occasionally need to deny access to information in accordance with the exemptions contained in the Act. - Security
Our goal is to protect the personal information collected by Podiatry Care and its associations. Personal information will be managed confidentially and securely and destroyed appropriately when no longer required.
We will monitor and implement appropriate technical advances or management processes, to safeguard personal information. - Data Quality
We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the data we collect, use or disclose is accurate, complete and up to date, and has been obtained directly from individuals or other reputable sources. - Privacy Enquiries
Privacy related enquiries or concerns can be directed to the Privacy Officer at:
Podiatry Care Gawler
3 Tenth Street
GAWLER SA 5118
Phone: (08) 8522 4717 - Availability and Review of Policy
We will make our Privacy Policy available upon request via a link to this Policy on our website.
This Policy will be reviewed from time to time and any amendments will be incorporated into the updated Policy.
Website Policy
Our website address is: https://podiatrycaregawler.com.au.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Contact forms are forwarded to us via email and stored within the website within an encrytped database.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
Google Analytics is operating throughout this website. Common data is collected only and your personal identitiy is not provided in Google Analytics.
Who we share your data with
We do not share client or common data with anyone or any organisation.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
