Privacy Policy

Effective Date: March 5th, 2025

Introduction St. Gabriel Clinic (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal and health-related information. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our services, including those related to healthcare data, in compliance with applicable federal and state laws, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

1. Information We Collect We collect only the information necessary to provide and improve our healthcare-related services. This may include:

  • Personal Information: Name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and other identifiers.
  • Health Information: Medical history, treatment records, prescriptions, insurance details, and other health-related information.
  • Technical Data: Device information, IP address, and browsing behavior when interacting with our website.
  • Communications Data: Messages, emails, or other communications you send to us.
  • Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (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, your profile picture is visible in the context of your comment.
  • Media: If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors can download and extract location data from them.
  • Mobile Phone Numbers: No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent: this information will not be shared with any third parties.

2. How We Use Your Information We use your information for the following purposes:

  • To provide healthcare services and facilitate treatment.
  • To communicate with you regarding appointments, medical updates, and other relevant notifications.
  • To comply with legal and regulatory requirements, including HIPAA and state-specific healthcare laws.
  • To improve our services through analytics and user feedback.
  • To process billing and insurance claims where applicable.

3. Disclosure of Your Information We do not sell or rent your personal information. However, we may share your data in the following circumstances:

  • With Your Consent: When you explicitly authorize the disclosure of your information.
  • For Treatment Purposes: Sharing with healthcare providers, pharmacies, or insurance companies involved in your care.
  • Legal and Regulatory Compliance: In response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal obligations.
  • Business Transfers: If we are acquired, merged, or undergo a similar business change, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
  • De-identified or Aggregated Data: We may use non-identifiable data for research, analytics, or industry reporting.

4. HIPAA Compliance and Security Measures We implement strict security measures to protect your health information in accordance with HIPAA, including:

  • Encryption of stored and transmitted data.
  • Restricted access to authorized personnel only.
  • Regular security audits and compliance reviews.
  • Secure electronic and physical safeguards to prevent unauthorized access.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

  • If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
  • If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies, which is discarded when you close your browser.
  • When you log in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, screen options cookies last for a year, and selecting “Remember Me” extends your login for two weeks.
  • If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved indicating the post ID of the edited article. It expires after one day.

6. 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 as if the visitor accessed the other website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

7. Who We Share Your Data With If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

8. How Long We Retain Your Data If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

9. Your Rights Over Your Data If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data. You can also request the deletion of any personal data we hold, except for data required for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

10. Where We Send Your Data Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

11. International Data Transfers If you are accessing our services from outside the United States, please note that your information may be transferred to, processed, and stored in the U.S., where data protection laws may differ from those in your country.

12. Changes to This Policy We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Any changes will be communicated to you, and continued use of our services implies your acceptance of the updated policy.

13. Contact Us If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please Contact Us