Website Privacy Policy

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This Privacy Policy explains how Piney Grove Family Medicine, its entities, franchises, and affiliates (collectively “Piney Grove Family Medicine” or “we”) may collect, use, share, and safeguard information on pineygrovefamilymedicine.com, mobile websites, microsites, mobile applications, and any other digital services and platforms officially operated or used by Piney Grove Family Medicine from time to time (the “Sites” or “Services”).

 

Information We Collect Automatically

If you visit our website to browse, read, or download information:

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Your web browser automatically sends us (and we may retain) information such as the:

• Internet domain through which you access the Internet (e.g., yourServiceProvider.com if you use a commercial Internet service provider, or yourSchool.edu if you use an Internet account from your school);

• Internet Protocol address of the computer you are using;

• Type of browser software and operating system you are using;

• Date and time you access our Site; and

• The Internet address of the Site from which you linked directly to our Site.

 

We will use this information as aggregate data to help us maintain this Site. For example, we will use it to determine the number of visitors to different sections of our Site, to ensure the Site is working properly, and to help us make our Site more accessible and useful. We will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our Site unless you choose to provide such information. We will not use this information to identify individuals unless required for Site security or law enforcement purposes.

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Other Information We Collect

If you choose to identify yourself (or otherwise provide us with personal information) when you use our online forms:

 

We will collect (and may retain) any personally identifying information, such as your name, street address, email address, phone number, and any other information you provide. We will use this information to try to fulfill your request and may use it to provide you with additional information at a later time. We will not disclose such information to third parties, except as specified in this privacy policy.

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If you request information, services, or assistance, we may disclose your personal information to those third parties that (in our judgment) are appropriate in order to fulfill your request. Piney Grove Family Medicine may also disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process served on Piney Grove Family Medicine; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Piney Grove Family Medicine; or (c) protect the personal safety of Piney Grove Family Medicine personnel or members of the public in appropriate circumstances. In addition, if Piney Grove Family Medicine and/or its assets (or a portion of its assets) are sold, assigned, transferred, or merged, or if Piney Grove Family Medicine undergoes some other change including a change to its corporate form as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or otherwise, information may be transferred as part of that transaction or change.

 

If your communication relates to a law enforcement matter, we may disclose the information to law enforcement agencies that we deem appropriate.

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How Long We Keep Information

We reserve the right to retain all information provided for as long as the information is needed.

 

Security

Please note that electronic communication, particularly email, is not necessarily secure against interception. Please do not send sensitive data (e.g., health care information, bank account, or credit card numbers) by email or web form.

 

Cookies

We may use cookies in order to customize this Site for return visitors. These cookies are not required for site functionality. Additionally, third-party widgets such as YouTube or Flickr may install cookies depending on their configuration. You are not required to accept any cookies to use this Site.

 

Google Analytics

We use a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about the use of this Site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this Site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this Site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve this Site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this Site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this Site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this Site by disabling cookies on your browser.