Privacy Policy
Tao Cosmetics pllc
(DBA: The Adiposity Clinic)
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PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING OUR SERVICES, OUR WEBSITE, OR OUR MOBILE APPLICATIONS.
IMPORTANT NOTE – Please review our Notice of Privacy Practices, a distinct document that outlines the guidelines for handling your protected health information (“PHI”) in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”). This document governs the usage and disclosure of your PHI in relation to the provision of healthcare services..
A. Introduction
This Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) describes the types of information The Adiposity Clinic, a division of Tao Cosmetics pllc. and its affiliates, including certain affiliated professional entities (collectively, “The Adiposity Clinic”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) may collect from you or that you may provide when you use TheAdiposityclinic.com website (“Website”) or patient portal electronic medical record system (” Portal”).
This Privacy Policy also describes our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. Use of the Website and Portal are governed by this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into our Terms of Service.
When you use the Website and Portal, you are agreeing to abide by our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. If you do not agree with any part of the Privacy Policy, please refrain from using the Website and Portal or sharing any Personal Information. Be aware that the Privacy Policy may be updated, and by continuing to use the Portal, you are accepting any changes made. Keep an eye on the Privacy Policy for any updates.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by any third-party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to, be embedded on, or otherwise accessible from or on the website. Also, you may be subject to different privacy policies or terms of service for other websites or applications.
At the Adiposity Clinic, safeguarding your privacy is our top priority. Our Privacy Policy is designed to outline the information we gather and to ensure that your personal data is kept secure and confidential. We want to provide you with a clear understanding of our practices and guidelines.
B. Information We Collect About You and How It’s Collected
Information About You and Your Health Care Treatment and Payment.
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Portal, including:
– Your Personal Information includes details that can identify you, such as your name, address, email, phone number, and account information. It also encompasses your gender, occupation, billing and collection details, and any other information collected on our Website or Portal that is considered personally identifiable under the law.
– Information regarding your health, including medical history and current condition, as well as any other details shared through emails, texts, chats, or calls with The Adiposity Clinic.
– Information about your Internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website and Portal, and usage details.
– Details about you, including your status as a user, preferences for products, geographical location, demographics, or any information pertaining to your query or request.
– Any other information we specifically request.
We collect this information:
– When you provide it to us.
– As you navigate through the Website and Portal, various information is automatically collected, including usage details, IP address, and data obtained through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
-In addition to the information collected directly from you, we may also receive certain details from third-party companies that we collaborate with to provide you with services. These companies include physicians, medical professionals, and pharmacies.
– Furthermore, we may obtain information about you from external sources, such as Meta, Google Analytics, Google Ads, Practice Q, Stripe, and other third-party tools. Additionally, if you use your social media accounts to sign in to your account with us, we may receive information from those accounts as well.
Information You Give to Us.
The information we collect on or through our Website may include:
– Information that we collect when you browse our website or download one of our mobile apps Section B: INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND HOW IT IS COLLECTED
– Information that you provide on our Portal, by signing in or registering.
– In order to address your inquiries regarding treatment, payment, and customer service, as well as feedback on our Portal, we require information such as billing details (name, address, email address, payment card information). When updating payment details, the information is securely transmitted to a third-party credit card processor through an encrypted connection. Credit Card information is saved by The Adiposity Clinic Portal encrypted payment site for ease of future renewal of services. To opt out Do NOT check “save credit card information” when making payments
– if you contact us, we retain records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses).
– Anything you Post on our website such as testimonials or social media. First name is posted with testimonials and your social media account name may also be displayed if posting on social media. This information is not private so do not post information you do not want for public viewing.
– Interactions with our websites and portal. Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, language, IP address, date and time of access, frequency, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website & Portal.
Our Website and Portal may use “cookies” or other data tracking technologies (collectively “cookies”) to help us deliver content specific to your interests, to process your requests, and/or to analyze your visiting patterns. Our Website uses two types of cookies: single-session (delete when you leave the site) and multi-session (stay for future use). Cookies, by themselves, will not be used by The Adiposity Clinic to disclose your individual identity. Cookies help improve our browser and make access faster.
Sites like Meta with Face book & Instagram or google analytics or google ads. Both may place cookies when using our website. Meta’s policy can be found at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/, and google at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You can opt out of these sites by following information provided on their sites and for google ads follow instructions on: http://www.google.com/settings/ads.
– Stripe. We use Stripe as our payment processor. In order to allow Stripe to function properly, a cookie is stored on your browser, which assists Stripe in detecting and preventing fraud. These are considered session cookies and typically only remain on your browser for 24 hours. For more information on Stripe, please visit their privacy policy at https://stripe.com/privacy.
– Other Third-Party Tools. We use other third party tools that allow us to track the performance of our Site. These tools provide us with information about errors, app and website performance, and other technical details we may use to improve our Site and/or our Service.
Advertising: We may use data about how you browse and shop in order to show you ads for The Adiposity Clinic or our advertising partners that are relevant to your interests.
We may also collect non-Personal Information or bits of information that can be used to improve website usage via Pixel tags and other types of tags.
Information We Receive From Other Sources.
The data we gather about you may come from your use of our various websites or services. We collaborate with third parties who may also share information about you, including subcontractors, analytics providers, advertising networks, lead generators, and search information providers. Additionally, third parties involved in providing healthcare services, such as medical providers or clinics, may share your information with us for the purpose of delivering healthcare services to you.
Depending on the types of information received, we will use the information received from other sources or the combined information for the purposes described in Section C: HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION.
C. How We Use Your Information
We may use information collected about you, including Personal Information, in the following ways:
– For treatment, payment, or healthcare operational purposes
– To communicate with you about our healthcare services and information, products, and services, payment/ order fulfillment that you request from us via the website ( which may include telephone or email) or Portal if registered (which may include telephone, voicemail, email, SMS/text messages, or notifications within the Portal).
– To operate the Portal and perform any services associated with the Portal, including providing you with technical support and to improve the Portal and our products and services. We may also use de-identified information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as aggregate statistics relating to the use of our service.
– For advertising optimization and improvement of the website and Portal Safety & Security
-To notify you of changes to our Portal or services or enforce Privacy Policy
– For any purpose where you have given your consent (where legally required).
– To comply with applicable federal, state, and other laws and regulations.
D. Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose Personal Information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy as follows:
– For treatment, payment, or healthcare operations purposes, including THE ADIPOSITY CLINIC medical staff, third-party pharmacies or laboratory personnel who are involved in your care or require relevant information for shipping or billing purposes.
– To anyone authorized under this Privacy Policy or pursuant to any other consent or authorization that you may provide.
– To service providers that assist us in the maintenance, improvement, and optimization of our Website & Portal, marketing or advertising
– To third-party credit card processors via an encrypted connection so that they can process any payments by you.
– To any third-parties u, under applicable law, we believe necessary or appropriate to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Terms of Service and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of The Adiposity Clinic, our customers, or others.
– With respect to de-identified information, for any purpose without restriction.
– In the event of a sale, merger, consolidation, change in control, transfer of substantial assets, reorganization, or liquidation, we may transfer, sell, or assign to third-parties information concerning your relationship with us, including, without limitation, Personal Information that you provide and other information concerning your relationship with us.
– For any purpose related to our use of information as set forth in Section C: HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION.
E. Options About How We Use And Disclose Your Information
Options for control over your information:
– Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our Website & Portal may then be inaccessible or may not function properly.
Promotional Offers from The Adiposity Clinic, its affiliates, or third-party partners or Mobile Alerts.
– Promotional Offers from The Adiposity Clinic, its affiliates, or third-party partners. If you do not wish to have your contact information used by The Adiposity Clinic to promote our own products or services, you can unsubscribe by sending a message to info@adiposityclinic.com. If you are receiving email from The Adiposity Clinic or from one of our third-party partners, but do not have an account with us, you can unsubscribe at the bottom of the email. For help regarding the communications we exchange with you using your phone number, reach our customer care center at (360) 322- 6375 or info@adiposityclinic.com
– SMS Marketing. THE ADIPOSITY CLINIC does not send advertising text messages, only messages related to medical care, appointment reminders or from pharmacies for package tracking for you to estimate arrival. By consenting to receive marketing text messages, which are subject to separate consent terms, you consent to receive recurring marketing text messages, which may relate to your health consultation and treatment that you receive through The Adiposity Clinic. If wanting to OPT OUT replying with STOP should stop advertising texts which may work with 3rd parties as well. For help regarding the communications we exchange with you using your phone number, reach our customer care center at (360) 322- 6375 or info@adiposityclinic.com
F. Data Security
Portal Access is HIPPA protected and security is utilized to help prevent accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Passwords to the Portal are not to be shared and to be kept confidential.
Regrettably, the Internet does not provide absolute security for transmitting information. While we strive to safeguard your Personal Information, we cannot assure the security of data transmitted through our Portal via internet. Any transmission is undertaken at your own risk.
When utilizing our Portal, there is a possibility that your PHI may be stored without encryption on your mobile device. We implement various technical measures to prevent the leakage of your PHI onto your mobile device, but we cannot guarantee the effectiveness of these safeguards.
G. Third-Party Platforms
Our Website may contain links or references to other websites outside of our control. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites. The Adiposity Clinic encourages you to read the privacy statements and terms of service of linked or referenced websites you enter. These third-party websites may send their own cookies and other tracking devices to you, log your IP address, and otherwise collect data or solicit Personal Information. The Adiposity Clinic DOES NOT CONTROL AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THIRD-PARTIES DO IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR WEBSITES, OR HOW THEY HANDLE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION AND CONSULT THE PRIVACY POLICIES POSTED ON EACH THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
H. No Services To Persons Under The Age of 18 or over 75
The Adiposity Clinic does not knowingly provide services to minors under 18 or over 75. Please consult your Primary care clinician for weight loss options.
I. California Resident Privacy Rights
We currently do not service California residents. In the event that service lines do become available to California Residents, a separate California Consumer Protection ACT (CCPA) Policy will be included on the Website.
J. Revisions to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page. The date this Privacy Policy was last modified is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date, active, and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically monitoring and reviewing any updates to this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of our Portal after such amendments will be deemed your acknowledgement of these changes to this Privacy Policy.
K. Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, please message us through the Portal or contact us at: Info@adiposityClinic.com