Effective upon: May 18, 2024
Last updated: May 18, 2024
At MC Psychological Corporation dba Mission Hill Psychology (“we” and “us”), we are strongly committed to transparency, and we want you (“you” or “your”) to understand how we collect, use, disclose and protect your personal information, as well as how you can manage the information we collect from you.
This Privacy Policy applies to your use of our website, www.missionhillpsych.com (the “Website”), and any related software, applications, platforms, webpages, and any information and content relating to the foregoing, including without limitation, HTML, software, code, data, text, documents, images, photographs, videos, icons, and designs (collectively, the “Content”), and all associated services (together with the Website and the Content, the “Services”). For certain products, services, and features, there may be additional notices about our practices and this Privacy Policy supplements any other privacy policies provided or communicated to you. Please read those additional privacy disclosures to understand how they apply to you.
By using the Services, you are accepting the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Services. If you do not understand, or if you have questions about, this Privacy Policy, please contact usbefore using, or continuing to use, the Services.
The date on which the Privacy Policy was last amended is indicated above. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy from time to time. If we choose to amend this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “last updated” date at the top of this policy when we post the updated version. We will display a prominent notice that the Privacy Policy has been amended on our Website and associated application/software for a period of thirty (30) days. The amended Privacy Policy is effective when posted. Your use of the Services after we have made changes to our Privacy Policy will mean that you have accepted those changes.
Please click on the following sections to learn more about our Privacy Policy.
TYPES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOW WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOW WE PROTECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal information means information about an identifiable individual (collectively, “personal information”), and does not include information that cannot be attributed to an identifiable individual, such as information of an anonymous nature (collectively, “non-personal information”). We will only collect, use, and disclose the personal information that we need in order to provide you with the Services.
We will obtain your express consent prior to or when collecting, using, or disclosing your personal information for any purpose not described in this Privacy Policy, or for a purpose that was not identified to you nor reasonably expected at the time of collection, unless we are required or permitted by law not to obtain your consent.
We may rely on your implied consent in certain circumstances, after taking into account factors such as the sensitivity of the personal information and your reasonable expectations. We will limit the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information to only that which is necessary for the purposes identified, unless you have otherwise consented, or when such collection, use, and/or disclosure is permitted or required by law.
You can always refuse to provide your personal information, except that it may prevent you from using our Services or receiving responses to your inquiries or other information of interest.
We may collect various types of personal information from you, depending upon how you interact with us or use or interact with our Services. This personal information may include your:
We strive to uphold data minimization principles and only seek to collect personal information from you for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
When we combine non-personal information with personal information, we treat the combined information as personal information. You can always refuse to provide your personal information, but please note that such refusal may lessen your experience when using the Services.
We need to collect personal information from you in order to provide you with our Services, as well as to improve your experience using our Services. You may provide us with personal information in several ways, including, for example when you and/or your health care provider:
We may also collect personal information from other sources (such as from third party service providers) to, among other things, enable us to complete, verify, or update personal information contained in our records and to better customize the Services we provide. If you change your mind about receiving our newsletters, you can unsubscribe with a simple click at the bottom of the message.
Web Beacons & Cookies
Like many websites and apps, we use web beacons and “cookies”, which are small text or image files that are stored on your computer or equipment when you visit certain online pages that record your preferences and actions, including how you use a website. We use this information for analytics purposes which allows us to improve your experience. The information we collect through these technologies will also be used to manage your session. Out of these, the files that are categorized as “necessary” are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Disabling these necessary files may result in a website or app not functioning properly.
You can set your browser or device to refuse beacons or cookies or to indicate when they are being sent. If you delete them or if you opt-out, or if you set your browser or device to decline these technologies, some Services may not function properly. The Services do not currently change the way they operate upon detection of a Do Not Track or similar signal.
Online Analytics
We also use various types of online analytics including Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), on our Website. Google Analytics uses cookies or other tracking technologies to help us analyze how users interact with and use the website, compile reports on the related activities, and provide other services related to website and app activity and usage. The technologies used by Google may collect information such as your IP address, time of visit, whether you are a return visitor, and any referring website or app. The information generated by Google Analytics will be transmitted to and stored by Google and will be subject to Google’s privacy policies. To learn more about Google’s partner services and to learn how to opt-out of tracking of analytics by Google click here. You may opt-out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.
Social Media Integration
The Services may, from time to time, contain links to and from social media platforms. You may choose to connect to us through a social media platform, such as Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, or X (formerly Twitter), and when you do, we may collect additional information from you, including the information listed in the Types of Information We Collect section above. Please be advised that social media platforms may also collect information from you. When you click on a social plug-in, such as X’s “Tweet” button, that particular social network’s plugin will be activated, and your browser will directly connect to that provider’s servers. We encourage you to review the social media platforms’ usage and disclosure policies and practices, including the data security practices, before using them.
Unless otherwise consented by you in advance, or as may be permitted or required by law, we will only use and disclose your personal information to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected (and in accordance with this Privacy Policy).
We primarily use personal information to provide, maintain, and improve the Services, but we may also use personal information to do any or all of the following:
We may also combine your personal information collected through various sources, including information collected through the Services, and develop a profile that will be used for the purposes above.
In some cases, we de-identify your personal information as soon as we collect it. In these cases, your information is non-personal information. We may use non-personal information for any legitimate business purpose.
Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy, or as required or permitted by law, we do not disclose your personal information to any parties other than to our service providers (including third party research and development entities) and our affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, advisors or other representatives that have a need to use your personal information to provide or improve our Services, to legal or regulatory authorities, or for other purposes for which you have provided your consent. In no event will we sell or rent your personal information.
We may disclose personal information:
We disclose non-personal information to third parties as reasonably necessary to meet our business needs. We do not disclose your personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes without your consent.
We are concerned about ensuring the security of your personal information, and we have taken appropriate measures to ensure its security and confidentiality. We exercise great care in providing secure transmission of your personal information from your browser or device to our servers. For example, we use: (a) organizational safeguards; (b) technical safeguards, such as passwords, and encryption; and (c) investigative safeguards, in situations where we have reasonable grounds to believe that the personal information is or has been inappropriately collected, used, or disclosed. We will only retain your personal information for the period of time reasonably required to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. We may retain non-personal information for as long as we have a business need to do so.
An organization must protect personal information that is in its custody or under its control by making reasonable security arrangements against such risks as unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal or destruction.All of our service providers and contractors are contractually obligated to employ appropriate data security measures with respect to your personal information and to collect/use/disclose/retain it only within the scope required for the provision of our Services.However, we are not responsible for the actions and privacy policies of these third parties and their systems, programs, websites, solutions and/or applications. Check the privacy policies of these third parties for information on their privacy practices.
We try our best to safeguard personal information once we receive it, but please understand that no transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you suspect an unauthorized use or security breach of your information, please contact us as soon as possible.
We offer you certain choices in connection with our Services.
Access to your personal information
On your reasonable written request, we will provide you, not later than thirty (30) days from our receipt of your request, or such additional time as required by law, with access to or information about your personal information (if any) under our custody or control, and the names of persons to whom, and any circumstances in which, your personal information has been and is being disclosed by us. You must provide sufficient information in your request to allow us to verify your identity and identify the information you are seeking.
If you request a copy of your personal information and the personal information can reasonably be reproduced, we will provide you with a copy of the personal information, or, if applicable, we will give you reasons for any delay in providing a copy of the requested personal information. All requests may be subject to minimal costs, in accordance with applicable privacy legislation.
We reserve all rights not to disclose personal information, in whole or in part, in certain circumstances permitted or required by law, including but not limited to where:
If access to your personal information is refused, in whole or in part, we will provide you with the reasons for the refusal, the provision of applicable privacy legislation on which the refusal is based, and the contact information of the Privacy Officer who can answer your questions about the refusal, and will inform you that you may ask for a review of the refusal in accordance with applicable privacy legislation.
To submit a request to access your personal information or designate an authorized agent to make a request to access your personal information, please contact us. Our security procedures mean that we may request proof of identity before we disclose your personal information to you.
Updating your personal information
The accuracy of the personal information we have about you is very important. To submit a request that we update your personal information, please contact us.
On your request, we will make every reasonable effort to correct outdated personal information, or errors or omissions in your personal information where that personal information is in our custody or control. Such request must be in writing, signed by you, and include sufficient detail to enable us to identify any personal information in our custody or control in relation to the request.
We will, as soon as reasonably practical and not later than thirty (30) days from our receipt of your request, or within such additional time as permitted or required by law, either correct the personal information and, if applicable and reasonable to do so, send correction notifications to any third party to whom we disclosed the incorrect personal information, or decide not to correct the personal information (i.e. if it is not shown to be factually inaccurate or incomplete), but we will annotate the personal information under our control to indicate that a correction was requested but not made.
We will inform you of the action that we have taken in response to your request for correction, the contact information of the Privacy Officer who can answer your questions about your request for correction, and that you may ask for a review of the action taken in accordance with applicable privacy legislation.
Email communications
You may have the opportunity to receive certain communications from us related to our Services. If you provide us with your e-mail address in order to receive communications, you can opt-out of marketing emails at any time by following the instructions at the bottom of our emails and adjusting your email preferences. Please note that certain emails may be necessary for the operation of our Services. You will continue to receive these emails, if appropriate, even if you unsubscribe from our optional communications.
The Services may contain links to other websites or apps operated by third parties. Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy do not apply to information gathered through these third-party websites and apps. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the actions and privacy policies of third parties and other websites and apps.
If you have questions, concerns, or would like to update/change your personal information, you can contact us in the following ways:
maria@missionhillpsych.com | |
Phone | 780-686-9684 |
1905-1181 Sunset Drive Kelowna BC Attention: Privacy Officer |
For your protection, we may need to verify your identity before assisting with your request, such as verifying that the information used to contact us matches the information that we have on file.
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