Privacy Policy
Médecine esthétique CLINICARE inc. ‘’CLINICARE’’ take protecting your identity and the personal information you provide very seriously. Our privacy policy applies to the personal information we collect at the clinic, through our website at www.clinicare.ca, and throughout our relationship with our patient.
This privacy policy (the ”Policy”) describes the personal information we may collect from you; the purposes for which we collect it; how we use it and when we may share it with third parties. This Policy also describes the choices you have regarding the collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information. CLINICARE will not collect, use, or disclose your personal information other than in compliance with this Policy.
PROVISIONS OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY
- When is the information collected?
- What type of information is collected?
- For what purpose is this information collected?
- Is the information shared with third parties?
- Your choices about receiving promotional communications
- What are cookies and how are they used on this site?
- How to access or change your personal information, withdraw your consent, make inquiries or lodge a complaint with regards to this Policy and CLINICARE privacy practices?
- How long is your personal information retained?
- How is your personal information secured?
- Mobile privacy
WHEN IS INFORMATION COLLECTED?
You can visit our website without disclosing personal information. However, we will collect information in the following cases:
- Making a consultation appointment online, by telephone, or in clinic
- Making an information request online
- Creating a patient file in clinic
- Purchasing at the clinic or online
- Subscribing to our newsletters or promotional communications
- Entering a sweepstake or answering a survey
- E-mailing questions or comments
WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION IS COLLECTED?
The type of information collected depends on the type of interaction with the patient. It includes first name, last name, birth date, address, e-mail, telephone, language, gender, purchase information, credit card information, life style information, and communication preferences. When using the website, we can also automatically collect certain information through the use of cookies and stock it in temporary files. This information may include but is not limited to browser information, Internet providers, operating system, Internet protocol address (IP) or other identification means, location, date and time.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE IS THIS INFORMATION COLLECTED?
CLINICARE can use your personal information for but not limited to the following:
- Processing your order or answering your questions regarding this order.
- Confirming your appointment.
- Sending appointment reminders.
- Sending promotional communications such as newsletters or exclusive offers.
- Inviting you to answer a survey or enter a sweepstake.
- Contacting you to answer a survey in order to improve our services or customer service.
You can unsubscribe to promotional communications at any time, by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” button at the end of the email.
IS THE INFORMATION SHARED WITH THIRD PARTIES?
We do not sell or lease your personal information to non-affiliated third parties except as permitted by law. However, in the event of a sale of all or substantially all of our business or another similar transaction, we may transfer or disclose your personal information to a purchaser or prospective purchaser, who may collect, use and disclose such information for the purposes of evaluating the proposed transaction or operating and managing the affairs of the acquired business, or for other purposes identified in this Policy. We reserve the right to disclose your personal information as required by law, in response to
legal process and law enforcement requests, and as necessary to protect the property, interests
and rights of CLINICARE.
YOUR CHOICES ABOUT RECEIVING PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATION
We may use “cookies” to track your preferences and activities on the www.clinicare.ca website. Cookies are small data files transferred to your computer’s hard-drive by a website. They keep a record of your preferences making your subsequent visits to the site more efficient. Cookies may store a variety of information, including the number of times that you access a site, registration information, and the number of times that you view a particular page or other items on the site. The use of cookies is a common practice adopted by most major sites to better serve their clients. Most browsers are designed to accept cookies, but they can be easily modified to block cookies; see your browser’s help files for details on how to block cookies, how to know when you have received cookies, and how to disable cookies completely. You should know, however, that without cookies, some of the website’s functions will not be available and the user will lose some of the benefits of the site.
HOW TO ACCESS OR CHANGE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, WITHDRAW YOUR
CONSENT, MAKE INQUIRIES OR LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH REGARDS TO THIS POLICY
AND CLINICARE’S PRIVACY PRACTICES?
CLINICARE will ensure that the personal information it collects is as accurate, complete, and up-to-date as is necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used. You are entitled to request access to and correction of your personal information collected by us. In order to make such a request, or if you have any questions or complaints in relation to this Policy and CLINICARE privacy practices, please contact our privacy officer by writing to 9090-520, Boulevard Leduc, Brossard, Québec, J4Y 0E2. If you have consented to the collection, use and/or disclosure of personal information as identified herein, please note that you can also withdraw your consent at any time by communicating with our privacy officer as provided above.
HOW LONG IS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION RETAINED?
We will keep your personal information as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy or such longer period as may be required by applicable law.
HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURED?
CLINICARE has adopted appropriate measures to ensure the confidentiality of personal information and to safeguard personal information against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification, in light of, among other things, the sensitivity of the information and the purposes for which it is to be used. Furthermore, each and every
CLINICARE employee must abide by this Policy.
MOBILE PRIVACY
When you use our mobile optimized website or our mobile application, we may receive information about your location and your mobile device, including a unique identifier for your device. CLINICARE and our service providers may use and store this information to provide you with location based services, search results, and other personalized content. CLINICARE will provide notifications only to those patients who accept to receive such notifications. Most mobile devices allow you to control or disable location services in the device’s settings menu. If you have questions about how to disable your device’s location services, we recommend you contact your mobile service carrier or the manufacturer of your particular device.