The Seekers Centre for Integrative Medicine is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. We have taken measures to ensure that our processes meet the legislated standards as set out by the Ontario Personal Health Information Protection Act, and federally in the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. This legislation sets out limits and rules for the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information collected in the course of commercial activities.
Information collected by the Seekers Centre is only used to provide you with healthcare services or to provide you with information regarding those services. Your personal information may be used for statistical purposes, but such statistics do not contain any information that could identify you. The Seekers Centre does not sell your personal information for any purpose whatsoever.
As a patient of the Seekers Centre, we will collect personal information from you that may include medical information, insurance coverage, payment and billing information as well as contact information so that we may serve you properly. This information will only be collected with your consent.
The Seekers Centre is committed to conducting medical research to improve the health and wellness of individuals and we may wish to collect certain anonymous information regarding your health and your health progress for this purpose. However, this will only be done with your consent.
Personal information is only accessible by staff of the Seekers Centre that requires access to that information in order to serve you, and each staff member executes a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement. Any third party service providers that require personal or health information will only receive it with your consent.
Generally, the Seekers Centre will only release your personal information with your consent. However, the company must comply with valid statutes that require it to disclose information to officials as part of an investigation.
As records are stored electronically at the Seekers Centre, we do our best to secure this information with the best business practices.
By using Seekers Centre for Integrative Medicine services, you are consenting to the collection and use of personal and medical information as set out in this policy. Any changes to the policy will be communicated through our website.