Privacy Policy
Effective Date: July 1, 2020
Powers Family Medicine pllc (“Powers Family Medicine”) is committed to maintaining the security and privacy of your personal information collected through this website, www.powersfamilymedicine.com. This Privacy Policy discloses Powers Family Medicine's information collection and dissemination practices in connection with the Website and applies solely to the information that we collect through the Website. To see our Notice of Privacy Practices for Protected Health Information, please click here.
The Website
1. Acceptance of Privacy Policy
By using the Website, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use this Website. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean that you accept those changes.
2. Personally Identifiable Information
Except as described in this Privacy Policy, Powers Family Medicine only collects your personally identifiable information (“PII”) through this Website when you choose to provide such information, such as when you use the “Contact Us” feature or ask a question. PII can include your name, email address, and zip code. Powers Family Medicine uses your PII to address your requests for information or services. Powers Family Medicine will not sell, rent, license, or trade your PII with third parties. Unless you give us permission to do so, Powers Family Medicine will not share your PII other than as specified in this Privacy Policy.
3. Our Social Media Usage
We have accounts on social media platforms through which we may post information or conduct promotional activities. If you use social media to follow us or interact with us, we may collect Personal Information you choose to share with us. Please understand your use of the social media services may result in the collection or sharing of information about you by those social media services. We have no control over, and decline all responsibility for, the use of your personal data by these third-party social media networks. Your use of social media, including your interactions with us on social media, are at your discretion. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and settings on the social media services with which you interact to make sure you understand how your information may be collected, used, and shared by those social media services.
4. Email Communications and Promotional Offers
If you sign up for news about Powers Family Medicine via the Website, you may receive email communications from us. We may send you email, contact you, or engage you in other communication mediums that relates to your use of the Website and Services. If, at any time, you do not wish to receive email communications about the Website or our newsletters, please use the "UNSUBSCRIBE" link at the bottom of our email.
5. Children’s Privacy Protection
Powers Family Medicine understands the importance of protecting children’s privacy online. The Website is not designed for, or intentionally targeted at, children 13 years of age or younger. It is not our policy to intentionally collect or maintain information about anyone under the age of 13. No one under the age of 13 should submit any PII to Powers Family Medicine and/or the Website.
6. Disclosures to Third Parties Assisting In Our Operations
Powers Family Medicine may share your PII under confidentiality agreements with other companies that work with, or on behalf of, Powers Family Medicine to provide medical/health care products and services. These companies may use your PII to assist Powers Family Medicine in its operations. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information.
7. Disclosures Under Special Circumstances
We may provide information about you to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process or governmental regulations, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims. We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or as otherwise required by law.
8. Anonymous Information and Automatically Collected Information
Each time a visitor comes to the Website, Powers Family Medicine collects some information to improve the overall quality of the visitor’s online experience.
9. IP Addresses and Web Server Logs
An Internet Protocol (“IP”) address is a number that automatically identifies the computer/device you have used to access the Internet. The IP address enables our server to send you the web pages that you want to visit, and it may disclose the server owned by your Internet Service Provider. Powers Family Medicine may use IP addresses to conduct website analyses and performance reviews and to administer this Website.
10. Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to a user’s computer for purposes of storing information about a user’s preferences. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user’s computer. Many websites use cookies as a standard practice to provide useful features when a user visits the website and most web browsers are set up to accept cookies. Powers Family Medicine uses cookies to improve your online experience when visiting the Website. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, but some portions of the Website may not work properly if you refuse cookies.
11. Referrals/Links
The Website may contain links to third-party websites that may offer information of interest. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites, and Powers Family Medicine recommends reviewing those websites’ privacy policies individually. Powers Family Medicine assumes no responsibility for any material outside of the Website, including any website that may be accessed through a link from the Website.
12. Security
Powers Family Medicine understands that storing our data in a secure manner is required. Powers Family Medicine stores PII and other data using industry-standard administrative safeguards to secure data against foreseeable risks, such as modification, access, unauthorized use, disclosure, or destruction. Please note, however, that while Powers Family Medicine has endeavored to create a secure website for users, the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to/from the Website or via e-mail cannot be guaranteed.
13. Changes
You may review and request changes to your PII that Powers Family Medicine has collected, including the removal of your PII from Powers Family Medicine’s databases in order to prevent receipt of future communications or to halt receipt of our Website services, using any of the following options:
You can send your request via e-mail to: Questions@powersfamilymedicine.com, or mail your request to the following postal address:
Powers Family Medicine, 23700 Orchard Lake Road, Suite M, Farmington Hills, Michigan 48336
California Privacy Rights
Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), below is a summary of the Personal Information Powers Family Medicine collects or has collected in the last twelve months, the reason we collect your Personal Information, where we obtain the Personal Information we collect about you, and the third parties that we share your Personal Information. The section references relate to the sections above in this Policy.
This section contains disclosures required by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and applies only to "personal information" that is subject to the CCPA. Consumers with disabilities may access this notice by contacting us at Questions@PowersFamilyMedicine.com and requesting assistance to receive the notice.
We do not, and will not, sell personal information under the CCPA. We do collect from California consumers the following categories of personal information:
Personal and online identifiers, such as name and email address;
Categories of information described in Section 1798.80(e) of the California Civil Code, such as telephone number;
Internet or other electronic network activity information, such interactions with our website; and
Professional or employment-related information.
We use and disclose the personal information we collect for our commercial and business purposes including:
To provide our services to you
For the operations and administration of our business
To provide our services to you
For business analytics purposes
For our own marketing purposes
To provide customer support or respond to you
To enforce compliance with our terms and agreements or policies
Exercising Your Rights
California residents have certain rights with respect to the personal information collected by businesses. If you are a California resident, you may exercise the following rights regarding personal information about you, subject to certain exceptions and limitations:
The right to know the categories and specific pieces of personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell about you, the categories of sources from which we collected personal information about you, our purposes for collecting or selling personal information, the categories of personal information that we have either sold or disclosed for a business purpose, and the categories of third parties with which we have shared personal information;
The right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you or maintain about you.
The right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of the privacy rights conferred by the CCPA.
To exercise any of the above rights, please contact us by at +1.248.482.6222 or online at www.PowersFamilyMedicine.com/ca-privacy.
To verify your request, we will compare the information you provide in your request to any information we maintain about you. Note that we may need to request additional information from you to verify your identity or understand the scope of your request, although you will not be required to create an account with us to submit a request or have it fulfilled.
You may designate an authorized agent to make a CCPA request on your behalf by designating such an agent in writing or through a power of attorney. We will require the agent to provide us with proof that you have authorized the agent to make the CCPA request on your behalf prior to accepting a request from the agent.
General Terms
Policy Updates
This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time as we add new features and services, as laws change, and as industry privacy and security best practices evolve. We display a version number and a date on the policy in the upper right corner of this Privacy Policy so that it will be easier for you to know when there has been a change. If we make any change to this Privacy Policy regarding use or disclosure of PII, we will provide advance notice on this Website. Small changes or changes that do not significantly affect individual privacy interests may be made at any time and without prior notice.
Questions?
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or about Powers Family Medicine's handling of your information, please contact us at Powers Family Medicine, 23700 Orchard Lake Road, Suite M, Farmington Hills, Michigan 48336 or at Questions@powersfamilymedicine.com.