Last Updated: 8-7-2024

PLEASE READ THIS POLICY CAREFULLY TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE TREAT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AS WELL AS YOUR CHOICES AND RIGHTS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS POLICY, YOU SHOULD NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE.

THE SITE IS INTENDED FOR INDIVIDUALS LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR INDIVIDUALS LOCATED IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

INTRODUCTION

Memphis Vascular Center (“we,” “us,” and “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information that we collect, use, share, and otherwise process. We also believe in transparency, and we are committed to informing you about how we treat the personal information that we collect and process.

When Does This Policy Apply?

This Website Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) describes our practices for handling personal information collected when you visit https://memphisvascular.com (the “Site”).

However, this Policy does not apply to any information that is Protected Health Information (“PHI”), as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). We only collect, receive, maintain, use, and disclose PHI as permitted or required by applicable law, and you may learn more about how we use and disclose PHI and your rights under HIPAA by reviewing our Notice of Privacy Practices.

HOW DO WE COLLECT, USE, AND DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION?

Protected Health Information. Our collection, use, and disclosure of PHI is governed by our Notice of Privacy Practices. To the extent any of the information described in this Policy is PHI, our use and disclosure of it is governed by our Notice of Privacy Practices.

What Other Information Do We Collect Online? We may also collect information that is not PHI, as described below. If any of the information described below is PHI, we will only use and disclose that information as described in our Notice of Privacy Practices.

Category	Description
Contact Information	When you visit the Site, we may receive your name, address, email address, phone number, or other contact details.
Communications	If you contact us via the Site, in addition to your Contact Information, we will receive any comments, content, questions, or other information that you choose to provide. You can decide how much information you want to share with us in those communications.
Cookies and Similar Technologies	The Site uses cookies and similar technologies. Please see the “Cookies and Similar Technologies” section below for more information.
Usage Data	When you visit the Site, we automatically collect information from your browser and your device, including: the date and time of your visit; logs of error messages; data about which pages you visit; and your Internet Protocol (IP) address, device identifier, device type, operating system, and browser type.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

What are first and third-party cookies? A “cookie” is a small file created by a web server that can be stored on your device (if you allow) for use either during a particular browsing session (a “session” cookie) or a future browsing session (a “persistent” cookie). “Session” cookies are temporarily stored on your device and remain there until they expire at the end of your browsing session. “Persistent” cookies remain stored on your device until they expire or are deleted by you. Local shared objects (or “flash” cookies) are used to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on a website. First-party cookies are set by the website you are visiting, and they can only be read by that site. Third-party cookies are set by a party other than that website.

What are “similar technologies”? In addition to cookies, there are other data collection technologies, such as Internet tags, web beacons, pixels (clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs), and navigational data collection (log files, server logs, etc.) that can be used to collect data as you navigate through and interact with a website. For example, web beacons are tiny graphics with unique identifiers that are used to understand browsing activity. UTM codes are strings that can appear in a URL when you move from one web page or website to another. The string can represent information about your browsing, such as which advertisement, page, or publisher sent you to the receiving website.

What cookies and similar technologies are in use on the Site? Depending on which page you are on, the Site uses cookies and similar technologies to improve functionality, to measure and track user interactions, to perform analytics, to market, to track ad-driven activity, and to otherwise tailor our communications.

Other third-party technologies. Some third parties may use data collection technologies to collect information about you when you browse the Internet. We do not control these third parties’ technologies or how they may be used. If you have questions about targeted content, you should contact the responsible party directly or consult their privacy policies.

Choices about cookies and similar technologies. Most web browsers are set by default to accept cookies. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you may set your browser to refuse all or some types of cookies or to alert you when cookies are being stored. These settings may affect your enjoyment of the Site’s functionality. Adjusting the cookie settings may not fully delete all of the cookies that have already been created. To delete them, you should review your web browser settings after you have changed your cookie settings. The links below provide additional information about how to disable cookies or manage the cookie settings:

You can learn more about internet advertising practices and related consumer resources at https://youradchoices.com/control, https://thenai.org/about-online-advertising/faq, and http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We only use PHI as described in our Notice of Privacy Practices. Where permitted by applicable law, we may use your other information for the following purposes:

Operate and improve our operations, services, and the Site
Provide you with services, content, and functionality
Improve our services and develop new services
Honor our terms of service and contracts
Manage our relationship with you and your use of the Site
Communicate with you and respond to your feedback, requests, questions, or inquiries
Register you for our email list and send you periodic messages
Engage with you on social media
Enable you to share comments, questions, and answers
Improve our marketing efforts, including by providing more tailored content and advertising
Promote our services and contact you about other services
Administer a promotion or survey
Assess the success of marketing and advertising campaigns
Ensure the privacy and security of our Site and services
Maintain our databases and back-ups, including records of our communications with you
Process donations
Detect, investigate, and take steps to prevent fraud and illegal activities
Support and improve the Site, including evaluations of functionality and features
Analyze use of the Site and our services and prepare aggregate traffic information
Recognize your device and remember your preferences and interactions
Provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on the Site
Determine and track user interests, trends, needs, and preferences
General operational support, including procurement, financial and fiscal management, risk and compliance management, and reporting
Facilitate corporate mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, dissolutions, or other transactions
Obtain and maintain insurance coverage and professional advice
Accomplish any other purpose (a) that is related or ancillary to any of the purposes described in this Policy, (b) that is described to you when you provide the information or to which you consent, or (c) for which we have a legal basis under law
Comply with applicable laws
Comply with a civil, governmental, regulatory, and legal inquiries, warrants, orders, subpoenas, summonses, and/or other process
Cooperate with law enforcement agencies
Establish, exercise, and defend legal rights or claims
Create, use, retain, and disclose de-identified or aggregated data

HOW DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We only disclose PHI as described in our Notice of Privacy Practices. Where permitted by applicable law, we may disclose your other information in the following contexts:

Category	Disclosure Contexts
Disclosures with Your Consent	We may ask if you would like us to share your personal information with third parties who are not described elsewhere in this Policy. We will only disclose your personal information in this context with your consent.
Affiliates	We share personal information with our subsidiaries and affiliates and with their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents.
Corporate Transactions	We may disclose your personal information in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our organization.
Legal Obligations	We disclose personal information in response to subpoenas, warrants, court orders or other legal process, or to comply with relevant laws. We may also share personal information in order to establish or exercise our legal rights, to pursue or defend against a legal claim, and to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible illegal activities, suspected fraud, safety of person or property, or a violation of contract.
Service Providers and Advisors	We share personal information with our contractors, service providers, insurers, and professional advisors (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and auditors) that need access to your information to provide services or perform functions for us. Among other things, these recipients help us administer the Site; support our provision of services; send communications; provide technical support; and assist with other legitimate purposes permitted by law.
Deidentified or Aggregated Data	We share aggregated information and information that does not identify any specific individual, such as groupings of demographic data and preferences, (a) for compliance with reporting obligations; (b) for business or marketing purposes; and (c) to assist us and others in understanding our users’ interests, habits, and usage patterns for certain programs, content, services, marketing, and/or functionality.

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We maintain PHI as required by law and as described in our Notice of Privacy Practices.

We will keep your other information for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, to comply with our business requirements and legal obligations, to resolve disputes, to protect our assets, to fulfill our organizational mission, and to enforce our agreements.

We may delete your other information if we believe it is incomplete, inaccurate, or that our continued storage of it is contrary to our objectives or legal obligations. When we delete data, it will be removed from our active servers and databases, but it may remain in our archives when it is not practical or possible to delete it.

We may retain and use anonymous, de-identified, or aggregated information for as long as is permitted under applicable law.

HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We have adopted security measures that are designed to protect the personal information under our control. From time to time, we review our security procedures and consider new technologies and methods.

But, no security system is perfect, and no data transmission is 100% secure. Although we strive to protect personal information, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information transmitted to or from the Site. Your use of the Site is at your own risk. We cannot guarantee that your data will remain secure in all circumstances.

The safety and security of your personal information also depends on you. Where you use a password to access parts of the Website, you are responsible for keeping the username and password confidential. Do not share your username and/or password with anyone.

If a data breach compromises your personal information, we will notify you and any applicable regulator when we are required to do so by applicable law.

YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES

Please use the “Contact Us” details provided at the end of this Policy to exercise your rights and choices under this Policy. We honor requests when we are required to do so under applicable law.

HIPAA. For information about your rights under HIPAA with respect to PHI, please see our Notice of Privacy Practices.

Email Preferences. If you do not want to continue receiving emails from us, you may opt-out by clicking the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of our emails or by contacting us via any of the “Contact Us” details at the end of this Policy. Please provide your name and contact information in your request, and we will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

Update Your Information. Our goal is to keep your information accurate, current, and complete. If any of your information changes, please let us know via any of the “Contact Us” details at the end of this Policy.

Complaints. If you believe your rights relating to your personal information have been violated, please contact us via the “Contact Us” details provided at the end of this Policy.

THIRD PARTY SITES AND SERVICES

This Policy only applies to the Site. It does not apply to any websites, applications, or services provided by third parties.

The Site may include links to, or content from, third parties. These links are to external resources and third parties that have their own privacy policies. It may not always be clear which links are to external third-party resources. If you click on a third-party link, you will be redirected away from the Site. You can check the URL to confirm whether you have left the Site.

We cannot and do not (a) guarantee the privacy or security practices of third parties or any content provided by third parties; (b) control third parties’ collection or use or your information; or (c) endorse any third-party information, products, services, applications, or websites.

Any information provided by you or collected from you by a third party will be governed by that party’s privacy policy and terms of use. You should review their privacy policy and terms of use carefully.

CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT

The Site is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect information online from children under the age of 13. No one under the age of 13 may access, browse, or use the Site, or provide any information to us online. If we learn that we have collected or received personal information from a child under the age of 13 online without a parent’s or legal guardian’s consent, we will take steps to stop collecting that information and to delete it. If you believe we have any received information from a child under the age of 13 online, please contact us using the “Contact Us” details provided below.

For information about the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, please visit the Federal Trade Commission’s website.

UPDATES AND CHANGES

We may update this Policy from time to time. If we change this Policy, we will post the revised version on the Site. Any changes, updates, and modifications will be effective immediately upon posting. If we make material changes, we may also notify you through a notice on the Site’s homepage, and/or we may send you an email regarding the updates.

You should read this Policy carefully before using the Site, and you should review it from time to time so that you are aware of its current terms. Your continued use of the Site after the “Last Updated” date will constitute your acceptance of and agreement to any changes and to our collection, use, and sharing of your personal information according to the then-current Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, you should not use the Site.

CONTACT US

For more information or if you have questions about this Policy, you may contact us using the information below:

Mail:

Memphis Vascular Center

6401 Poplar Ave., Suite 505

Memphis, TN 38119

Phone:

(901) 683-1890

Fax:

(901) 682-9747