Privacy Policy
Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine is committed to providing healthcare services consistent with the very highest standards of ethics and integrity.
Each employee, volunteer, student, business associate and physician has a personal obligation to uphold our organizational standards and code of business ethics. Complying with federal and state regulations is essential and demonstrates good business practice.
The privacy and protection of our patients’ confidential medical information demonstrates to our patients and the community our commitment to their most basic rights and fosters a sense of trust. Without that trust, we cannot deliver the excellent patient-centered care to which we are dedicated.
Protecting protected health information
1. Introduction
All of us at Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine are personally responsible for respecting and protecting the privacy rights of our patients. This means not sharing patient information with anyone who should not have access to that information.
Only those involved in the care and treatment of a patient are allowed access to that patient’s medical record. These individuals include physicians, nurses, therapists, lab personnel, admitting staff, etc. or whomever the patient authorizes as their personal representative.
2. Data Collected
Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine does not store or collect personal data directly from our website.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics on our site for anonymous reporting of site usage. So, no personalized data is stored. If you would like to opt-out of Google Analytics monitoring your behavior on our website please use this link: Google Analytics Opt-out.
Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine through its web service provider may disclose personal information you provide to independent contractors, service providers and consultants who are engaged by or working with Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine or its web service provider, consistent with all applicable laws and regulations. We may also partner with other parties to provide specific services and will share information with them in order to facilitate their provision of service to you.
Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine may also contract with outside companies to administer or provide other services, such as mailing lists. Your personal information may be shared with an outside company for the sole purpose of administering the products, services and programs you have selected. Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine, through its Web services provider, makes an effort to ensure, but does not guarantee, that all third-party partners agree to the same high level of privacy safeguards that Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine, through its web services provider, provides to its Site users. We may share aggregated information (that is, information we collect that does not allow you to be personally identified such as demographic and site usage information) with third parties without your authorization. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual. Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine reserves the right to share information with third parties if required to do so by laws or regulations or if in our good-faith judgment such action is reasonably necessary to comply with the legal process, to respond to any claims or to protect the rights of Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine, its customers or the public.
This Site may contain links to other websites. These links are for the convenience of visitors to the Site only and Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine makes no representations whatsoever regarding such other sites. Users should review the privacy policies of other sites carefully before providing any information to such sites. Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine is not responsible for the privacy policies, procedures or content of any other website.
This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected on this Site.
3. Embedded Content
Pages on this site may include embedded content, like YouTube videos, for example. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. Below you can find a list of the services we use:
The Facebook page plugin is used to display our Facebook timeline on our site. Facebook has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from Facebook and your IP is not sent to a Facebook server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Facebook Privacy Policy .
Youtube
We use YouTube videos embedded on our site. YouTube has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from YouTube and your IP is not sent to a YouTube server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: YouTube Privacy Policy.
4. Cookies
This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like accessibility preferences, and provide anonymized tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. Cookies generally exist to make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the help section of your browser.
Necessary Cookies (all site visitors)
- cfduid: Is used for our CDN CloudFlare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. See more information on privacy here: CloudFlare Privacy Policy.
- PHPSESSID: To identify your unique session on the website.
5. Who Has Access To Your Data
Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine does not access your data through this website. We use MyChart to access personal and confidential data. This third party software has its own privacy policy. You may view it here: MyChart Privacy Policy.
6. Third Party Access to Your Data
We don’t share your data with third-parties in a way as to reveal any of your personal information like email, name, etc.
7. How Long We Retain Your Data For
We do not collect data directly from our website.
8. Security Measures
We use the SSL/HTTPS protocol throughout our site. This encrypts our user communications with the servers so that personally identifiable information is not captured/hijacked by third parties without authorization.
9. Your Data Rights
GDPR Rights
Your privacy is critically important to us. Going forward with the GDPR we aim to support the GDPR standard. Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine permits residents of the European Union to use its Service. Therefore, it is the intent of Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine to comply with the European General Data Protection Regulation. For more details please see here: EU GDPR Information Portal.
10. Third Party Websites
Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine may post links to third party websites on this website. These third party websites are not screened for privacy or security compliance by Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine, and you release us from any liability for the conduct of these third party websites.
All social media sharing links, either displayed as text links or social media icons do not connect you to any of the associated third parties unless you explicitly click on them.
Please be aware that this Privacy Policy, and any other policies in place, in addition to any amendments, does not create rights enforceable by third parties or require disclosure of any personal information relating to members of the Service or Site. Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine bears no responsibility for the information collected or used by any advertiser or third party website. Please review the privacy policy and terms of service for each site you visit through third party links.
11. Release of Your Data for Legal Purposes
At times it may become necessary or desirable to Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine, for legal purposes, to release your information in response to a request from a government agency or a private litigant. You agree that we may disclose your information to a third party where we believe, in good faith, that it is desirable to do so for the purposes of a civil action, criminal investigation, or other legal matter. In the event that we receive a subpoena affecting your privacy, we may elect to notify you to give you an opportunity to file a motion to quash the subpoena, or we may attempt to quash it ourselves, but we are not obligated to do either. We may also proactively report you, and release your information to, third parties where we believe that it is prudent to do so for legal reasons, such as our belief that you have engaged in fraudulent activities. You release us from any damages that may arise from or relate to the release of your information to a request from law enforcement agencies or private litigants.
Any passing on of personal data for legal purposes will only be done in compliance with laws of the country you reside in.
12. Conditions of Use
Your access and use of the Site is subject to this Privacy Policy and the applicability of the laws of the state of Oregon. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or any other questions concerning the Site, please contact us or write to Webmaster, Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine, 2200 Daggett Ave., Klamath Falls, OR, 97601, (541) 884-7746.
13. Opt Out
If you do not want Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine or its web services provider to share information we collect or receive about you, you may notify us by contacting us or writing to Webmaster, Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine 2200 Daggett Ave., Klamath Falls, OR, 97601; or calling (541) 884-7746.
14. Joint Notice of Privacy Practices
We understand that medical information about you and your health is personal. All of us at Klamath Orthopedic Clinic and Sports Medicine are committed to protecting medical information about you. We create a record of the care and services you receive at the medical center. We need this record to provide you with quality care and to comply with certain legal requirements.
This notice applies to all of the records of your care generated by the medical center, whether made by medical center personnel or your personal doctor. Your personal doctor may have different policies or notices regarding the doctor’s use and disclosure of your medical information created in the doctor’s office or clinic.
This notice will tell you about the ways in which we may use and disclose medical information about you. We also describe your rights and certain obligations we have regarding the use and disclosure of medical information.
We are required by law to
- Make sure that medical information that identifies you is kept private.
- Give you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to medical information about you.
- Follow the terms of the notice that is currently in effect.
This Joint Notice of Privacy Practices describes how protected health information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.