{"id":195,"date":"2018-02-07T13:52:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T17:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coburgdentistry.com\/wp\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2024-02-29T16:54:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T20:54:12","slug":"privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/coburgdentistry.com\/wp\/patient-information\/privacy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #232323; font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 21px;\">PERSONAL INFORMATION<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Privacy of our patient\u2019s personal information is important to us. We are committed to collecting, using, and disclosing personal information responsibly. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #232323; font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 16px;\">Personal information for our purposes is; that information necessary for the provision of professional oral health care services provided to you, and information necessary to administer this dental practice. It includes all information provided by you to us on our patient information\/health\/medical history form at the first visit and any subsequent visits. It may also include any information provided by you to us during the normal course of communication between patient and dental office staff. We will use and disclose only information provided to us by you or another person acting on your behalf.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #232323; font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 18px;\">INFORMATION PROTECTION <\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #232323; font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">We are committed to protecting your personal information. We have established and implemented a variety of security measures to properly manage and safeguard your personal information from loss, theft and unauthorized access. Access to your personal information shall be on a \u201cneed to know\u201d basis.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #232323; font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">INFORMATION DISCLOSURE<\/span> <\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #232323; font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 16px;\">Your personal information shall be disclosed to only those who have a need to know and the specific information disclosed shall be restricted to only that information relevant to the recipients need to know. Those who have a need to know include other dentists and health care providers (i.e. dental specialists, personal physicians). Further, the personal information disclosed to dental benefit providers is limited to only that personal information required by the provider. You may at any time designate any restrictions as to whom we may disclose your personal information or restrict the content of a disclosure.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #232323; font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">INFORMATION RETENTION AND DESTRUCTION<\/span> <\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #232323; font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">We will retain your personal information for the period necessary to continue providing oral health services to you, and for its related administration. We will destroy information in a secure manner when the information is no longer necessary for the provision of oral health services and is not required to be retained for compliance with provincial or federal regulations or statutes.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #232323; font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">YOUR ACCESS TO YOUR RECORDS<\/span> <\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #232323; font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 16px;\">We are committed to providing you with open access to your personal information held by us. You may at any time ask us to see your records held by us and to request amendments to that information. We will provide access to you within a reasonable timeframe recognizing your desire for the information and our need to carry on our practice with limited interruption.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #232323; font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 18px;\">COMPLAINT PROCESS AND CONTACT<\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #232323; font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 16px;\">Should you wish to make a formal complaint regarding our privacy practices, or have any questions comments or concerns please do so in writing. Our office admin and privacy officer, Holly Promislow will be pleased to assist you.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PERSONAL INFORMATION Privacy of our patient\u2019s personal information is important to us. We are committed to collecting, using, and disclosing personal information responsibly. 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