WEB AND MOBILE PRIVACY POLICY
Effective from May 23, 2021: HomDoc Health, Inc., on its own behalf and its affiliates and/or wholly owned subsidiaries is committed to maintaining the privacy of your Personal Information (PI).This Privacy Policy describes the types of Personal Information we collect from visitors of our public websites and mobile applications and our practices for using, maintaining, sharing, and protecting it. It also describes the rights and choices you may have with respect to your Personal Information and how you may contact us about our privacy practices. This Privacy Policy applies to visitors to the following public websites that are owned and operated by HomDoc: www.thehomdoc.com, and their associated domains and mobile applications (collectively, the “Sites”). For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, and means you as the user of the Sites.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to the collection and use of certain employment-related information. If you are a current or former HomDoc job applicant, employee, owner, director, officer, or contractor, please contact us at info@homdochealth.com (Can we get an email like this) for the appropriate notice.
This Privacy Policy also does not apply to information collected from visitors who register and log-in (Members) to the password-protected and secure portions of our Sites (Secure Platforms). The Secure Platforms allow eligible Members to perform certain transactions and use HomDocs services (such as telehealth and expert medical services). All information collected and stored by HomDoc or added by our Members into such Secure Platforms is considered. Protected Health Information (PHI) and/or medical information and is governed by applicable state and federal laws that apply to that information, for example the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
How HomDoc uses and discloses such PHI is in accordance with the applicable Notice of Privacy Practices for the associated Secure Platform. HomDoc will not use or disclose information received from you for advertising, marketing, or other use-based data mining purposes and will not combine it with other data and will not sell it. When using our Sites, you may choose to interact with features from third parties that operate independently from HomDoc, such as social media widgets and links to third-party websites.
HomDoc has no control over and is not responsible for the privacy practices of such third parties. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any external linked websites or features you visit or use.
We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the privacy practices of those third parties. This Privacy Policy is not a contract and does not create any contractual rights or obligations.
Table of Contents
1. Types of Personal Information We Collect.
2. How We Collect Personal Information.
3. How We Use Your Personal Information.
4. How We Share Your Personal Information.
5. Social Features.
6. Third Party Websites and Links.
7. Cookies and Information Used for Advertising.
8. Children’s Privacy.
9. Security of Personal Information.
10. Retention of Personal Information.
11. International Users.
12. Updating this Privacy Policy.
13. How to Contact Us.
1. TYPES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
While using our Sites, you may provide us with certain information about you. We or our advertising partners also may automatically collect information using cookies and other tracking technologies (see below). Personal Information that we collect through your use of the Sites may include IP Address, Device ID, and online identifier. business contact information (if you provide us with such information). We may use that Personal Information and link it to Internet or other electronic network activity information, and we may draw inferences about you from the information we collect. We may also collect your name, title, business contact information, phone number, date of birth, state, country, zip code, your health plan, email address or login identification information only if you provide us with such information directly when you begin registration to use a Secure Platform or complete a web form seeking more information.
2. HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may collect Personal Information using the following methods:
1. Directly from you when you provide it to us (such as information you enter into web forms, inquiries, responses, activity on the Sites, and during registration to use a Security Platform).
2. From third parties, such as analytics and email marketing service providers.
3. Automatically through tracking technologies (cookies, web beacons, log files), including over time and across third-party websites or other online services. “Cookies” are small files that a website stores on a user’s computer or device.
The Sites may use cookies for various purposes, including to keep the information you enter on multiple pages together. Some of the cookies we use are “session” cookies, meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive after you close your browser at the end of your session. Session cookies are used to optimize performance of the Sites and to limit the amount of redundant data that is downloaded during a single session. We also may use “persistent” cookies, which remain on your computer or device unless deleted by you (or by your browser settings). We may use persistent cookies for various purposes, such as statistical analysis of performance to ensure the ongoing quality of our services.
We and third parties may use session and persistent cookies for analytics and advertising purposes, as described herein. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you may set your browser to block certain cookies (see below). In accordance with applicable law, we may obtain your consent separately before collecting information by automated means using cookies or similar devices.
Our Sites may use Google Analytics, a vendor’s service that uses cookies, web beacons, web pixels and/or similar technology to collect and store anonymous information about you. You can learn more about Google Analytics’ privacy policy and ways to opt out from Google Analytics tracking by visiting Google Analytics’ website. Our Sites may use Adobe’s analytics and on-site personalization services, which use cookies, web beacons, web pixels and/or similar technology to collect and store information about you or your device or browser. You can learn more about how Adobe may handle information collected through our use of its services, and your options for controlling this activity, by visiting Adobe’s website. For more information about how we use Personal Information collected through tracking technologies and the ways you may be able to manage it, see below.
3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We may use your Personal Information for the following purposes:
1. Operate, maintain, supervise, administer, and enhance the Sites, including monitoring and
analyzing the effectiveness of content on the Sites, aggregate site usage data, and other usage of the Sites such as checking your eligibility and assisting you in completing the registration process.
2. Provide you with a tailored and user-friendly experience as you navigate our Sites.
3. Promote and market our Sites to you.
4. To complete the activity you specifically asked for, e.g., register on a Secure Platform, obtain more information, request a demo, or request an RFP.
5. Conduct research on users’ demographics, interests, and behavior based upon information provided during use of our Sites.
6. Anonymize and aggregate information for analytics and reporting.
7. Respond to law enforcement requests and court orders and legal process and carry out our legal and contractual obligations and enforce our rights.
8. Authenticate use, detect potential fraudulent use, and otherwise maintain the security of the Sites and safety of users.
9. Develop, test, improve, and demonstrate the Sites.
10. Any other purpose with your consent.
4. HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
We may share Personal Information with third parties in certain circumstances or for certain purposes, including:
1. For business purposes. We may share your Personal Information with vendors and service providers, including our data hosting and data storage partners, analytics and advertising providers, technology services and support, and data security.
We also may share Personal Information with professional advisors, such as auditors, law firms, and accounting firms. We may disclose your name, email address, date of birth, phone number, and address if you provided it to us via a form on the website or during an incomplete or failed registration to Service Providers.
2. With your direction or consent. We may share your Personal Information with third parties if you request or direct us to do so. This includes your use of social media widgets on our Sites.
3. With affiliates within our corporate group. We may share your Personal Information with any subsidiaries within our corporate group.
4. Compliance with law. We may share your Personal Information to comply with applicable law or any obligations thereunder, including cooperation with law enforcement, judicial orders, and regulatory inquiries.
5. In the context of a transaction. We may share your Personal Information connection with an asset sale, merger, bankruptcy, or other business transaction.
6. For other business reasons. We may share your Personal Information to enforce any applicable Terms & Conditions and Terms of Use, and to ensure the safety and security of the Sites and/or our users. We also may disclose de-identified information. Note that if you make any Personal Information publicly available on the Sites, anyone may see and use such information.
5. SOCIAL FEATURES
Certain features of the Sites and Apps permit you to initiate interactions between the Sites and third-party services or platforms, such as social networks (“Social Features”). Social Features include features that allow you to click and access HomDoc’s pages on certain third-party platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn as applicable, and from there to or our content on those platforms. Use of Social Features may entail a third party’s collection and/or use of your data. If you use Social Features or similar third-party services, information you post or otherwise make accessible may be publicly displayed by the third-party service you are using. Both HomDoc and the third party may have access to information about you and your use of both the Sites and the third-party service.
6. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES AND LINKS
Our Sites may contain links to other online platforms operated by third parties. We do not control such other online platforms and are not responsible for their content, their privacy policies, or their use of your information. Information you provide on public or semi public venues, including information you share on third party social networking platforms (such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter) may also be viewable by other users of the Sites and/or users of those third-party online platforms without limitation as to its use by us or by a third party. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators except as disclosed on the Sites. We expressly disclaim any and all liability for the actions of third parties, including but without limitation to actions relating to the use and/or disclosure of Personal Information by third parties. Any information submitted by you directly to these third parties is subject to that third party’s Privacy Policy.
7. COOKIES AND INFORMATION USED FOR ADVERTISING
As discussed above, on our Sites/Apps, we may collect information about your online activities for use in providing you with advertising about products and services tailored to your individual interests. This section of our Privacy Policy provides details and explains how to exercise your choices. You may see certain ads on other websites because we participate in advertising networks. Ad networks allow us to target our messaging to users through demographic, interest-based and contextual means.
These networks track your online activities over time by collecting information through automated means, including through the use of cookies, web server logs, and web beacons. The networks use this information to show you advertisements that may be tailored to your individual interests. The information our ad networks may collect includes information about your visits to websites that participate in the relevant advertising networks, such as the pages or advertisements you view and the actions you take on the websites. This data collection takes place both on our Sites and on third-party websites that participate in the ad networks. This process also helps us track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts. If you have further questions regarding the specific information about you that we process or retain, as well as your choices regarding our collection and use practices, please contact us using the information listed below.
8. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our Sites are not intended for children under 16 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect or sell Personal Information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on these Sites or through any of its features. If we learn we have collected or received Personal Information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete it. If you are the parent or guardian of a child under 16 years of age whom you believe might have provided us with their Personal Information, you may contact us using the below information to request that it be deleted.
9. SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We take steps to secure Personal Information through administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect against the risk of accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted through the Internet, and where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.
10. RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We generally retain records only as long as necessary and as required for our business operations, for archival purposes, and/or to satisfy legal requirements. When determining the appropriate retention period for Personal Information, we take into account various criteria, such as the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the Personal Information; potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure; purposes for which we process your Personal Information; whether we can achieve those purposes through other means; and business operations and legal requirements. Because we maintain our Sites to protect from accidental or malicious loss and destruction, residual copies of your Personal Information may be retained in our backup and archival systems for a limited period of time, after which the information will be automatically deleted or put beyond use where deletion is not possible.
11. INTERNATIONAL USERS
The Sites are controlled and operated by us from the United States and are not intended to subject us to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country or territory other than that of the United States. Any information you provide to us through use of our Sites may be stored and processed, transferred between and accessed from the United States and other countries that may not guarantee the same level of protection of personal data as the one in which you reside. However, we will handle your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy regardless of where your Personal Information is stored/accessed.
12. UPDATING THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our privacy practices. It is your responsibility to review the Privacy Policy from time to time to view any such changes.
13. HOW TO CONTACT US
Should you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, please email us at info@thehomdoc.com or contact us at www.thehomdoc.com