Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to westvalleyendo.com, and West Valley Endodontics Group and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to West Valley Endodontics Group include westvalleyendo.com and WVEDG. The WVEDG website is an Endodontic Practice Information site. By using the WVEDG website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
WVEDG may also collect anonymous demographic information which is not unique to you, such as your: country location, age and gender.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: sending us an email message, contacting us through a secure form or filling out secure online forms.
Use of your Personal Information
WVEDG collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver services you have requested.
WVEDG may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from WVEDG and its affiliates. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to WVEDG and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
WVEDG does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
WVEDG may share your information with other healthcare providers for treatment purposes, for payment purposes and your healthcare operations.
WVEDG may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on WVEDG or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of WVEDG; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of WVEDG, or the public.
Tracking User Behavior
WVEDG may keep track of the websites and pages within WVEDG, in order to determine what WVEDG services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content within WVEDG to patients whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by WVEDG. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the WVEDG website.
Use of Cookies
The WVEDG website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard drive by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize WVEDG pages, or register with WVEDG site or services, a cookie helps WVEDG to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same WVEDG website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the WVEDG features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the WVEDG services or websites you visit.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy paractices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Security of your Personal Information
WVEDG secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. WVEDG uses the following methods for this purpose:
SSL Protocol – When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
Jotform HIPAA Compliance – – all forms on this website are encrypted and stored on a secure server meeting HIPAA compliance guidelines for your privacy.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity; and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
-Delete your personal information from our records; and
-Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
- Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
- Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained tour informed consent;
- Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
- Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
- Comply with HIPAA regulations
- Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Children Under Thirteen
WVEDG does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
E-mail Communications
From time to time. WVEDG may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from WVEDG, you may opt out of such communications by Clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button.
External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted. We have a BAA agreement with them and they are all on encrypted secure servers following HIPAA compliance guidelines.
Changes to this Statement
WVEDG reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgement of the modified Privacy Policy: and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
WVEDG welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that WVEDG has not adhered to this Statement, please contact WVEDG at:
West Valley Endodontics Group
5363 Balboa Boulevard, Suite 531
Encino, CA 91316
Email address: info@westvalleyendo.com
Effective: November 3, 2021