This privacy policy describes how Contrast Oral Radiology collects and processes your personal information. By using Contrast Oral Radiology's website and portal, you agree to the terms of this policy.
Contrast Oral Radiology collects information to perform its provided services. To register for an account, the portal will ask for an email, password, and contact information. An email and password is necessary to protect the account from unauthorized users. The portal will record log information, which is temporarily stored and then aggregated with other data.
Commitment To Privacy
Privacy is exceptionally important to you and to us. We will only access necessary personally identifiable information if it is needed to perform services, to solve a problem, or to troubleshoot technical issues. Contrast Oral Radiology will not open any uploaded files unless it is associated with a service or case.
Information We Collect
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, such as your name, email address, phone number, and other contact information. We may also collect information about your use of our website, such as your IP address, browser type, and pages you visit.
Personally Identifiable Information
Personal information that identifies an individual will be collected on the secure portal, including name, email addresses, mailing addresses, and/or phone numbers. Your privacy is very serious to us. You may opt out of providing information if it is not necessary. If the information is required for us to perform requested services, you will be notified that this information is needed. If you refuse to provide this information, we may not be able to provide services to you.
Contrast Oral Radiology does not collect, sell, or provide any personally identifiable information (identified or deidentified) regarding you or other users for marketing purposes. There are limited situations escribed below when personally identifiable information may be disclosed, such as for a national security concern or law enforcement requirement. Information will not be handed to law enforcement unless a court order deems it necessary.
We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in providing services to you, such as website hosting, email communication, and payment processing. These third-party service providers are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Privacy of Your Health Information
We understand that your health information is personal to you and we are committed to protecting information about you. However, we have no control over the information contained on a provider’s web site and in linking you to a provider’s web site, we do not warrant that any health information provided by you will be protected or treated in a manner complying with privacy laws including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, regulations enacted thereunder, or applicable state laws. Contrast Oral Radiology expressly disclaims all liability for any wrongful disclosure of your health information by the provider.
Security and HIPAA Compliance
Contrast Oral Radiology places the utmost importance on protecting information transmitted via this web site and will take security precautions to protect all such information. However, Contrast Oral Radiology cannot guarantee that any electronic communication is totally secure. Contrast Oral Radiology will take measures to secure and protect all customer-specific information from loss, misuse, and alteration.
We use industry-standard encryption and security protocols to protect your information. However, no data transmission over the internet or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
Annual assessments and employee training are all completed as required by HIPAA. All data is properly secured and encrypted. Within the portal, code reviews and analysis are conducted on a regular basis, and penetration tests and application scans are done quarterly.
Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of data that usually contains an anonymous identifier that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not usually contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. We use cookies for the following purposes: authentication, security, analysis, and cookie consent.
Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. Google Analytics may be used to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. Please contact your Browser to find instructions for doing so.
In Contrast Oral Radiology's portal, cookies are used to record current session information, but permanent cookies are not required.
Usage Data
We may process your usage data. This may include your IP address, location, browser type, length of visit, referral source, as well as information about timing, frequency, and pattern of website use. This usage may be processed to analyze use of our website and services. IP addresses are recorded per log-in to verify that no unauthorized access has occurred.
Third Party Vendors
Third party vendors are used to provide necessary software and hardware, networking, storage, and technology needs to run our services. These service providers may have access to select personal information.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of these websites before providing any personal information..
Deletion of Records
You can delete your information any time. Deletion is done immediately, and the information is purged shortly afterward. Additional back up copies may be present for a short time. Contrast Oral Radiology will not retain records once deleted. It is up to the user/patient to store or backup information prior to deletion.
Miscellaneous
No third party online advertisements will be delivered on our website. However, advertisement of certain products and services, and our own services, may be advertised.