Privacy Policy for Teletherapist Finder.com
A Website Provided by Carepaths, Inc.
At teletherapistfinder.com we consider the privacy of our visitors to be extremely important. This privacy policy document describes in detail the types of personal information that is collected and recorded by teletherapistfinder.com and how we use it.
Teletherapyfinder.com is a website owned and operated by Carepaths, Inc., an online behavioral health company. Teletherapyfinder provides a searchable directory of mental health clinicians. This privacy policy applies to information collected from the clinicians who post their profiles on the site and visitors to the site. When visitors use the site to seek health care services their information may be considered Protected Health Information (PHI) and subject to the federal guidelines known as the HIPAA Rules. Visitors who receive mental health services from a clinician on this site will provide additional information to that clinician that Carepaths will not have access to. Visitors should review the privacy policies of the clinicians they receive services from.
Log Files
Like many other Web sites, teletherapistfinder.com makes use of log files. These files merely logs visitors to the site – usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’s analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
Cookies
Teletherapistfinder.com uses cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page content based upon visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.
Aggregated Personal and Health Data
In an ongoing effort to better understand our users and improve site functionality, Carepaths may conduct research on its customer demographics, interests and behavior based on the information provided to us. This research may be compiled and analyzed on an aggregate basis, and Carepaths may share this aggregate data with its affiliates, agents and business partners. This aggregate information does not personally identify any user. Carepaths may also disclose aggregated user statistics in order to describe our services to current and prospective business partners, and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.
Protected Health Information (PHI)
Personally identifiable information from a visitor seeking healthcare services receives the highest level of protection and is covered by HIPAA Rules found at 45 CFR Part 160 and Part 164. Information provided by a visitor to the site who registers for the purpose of connecting to a clinician is treated as PHI unless it is specifically excluded here. Carepaths will not use or disclose PHI other than as permitted or required by this policy or as required by law. Carepaths will use appropriate safeguards, and comply with Subpart C of 45 CFR Part 164 to prevent use or disclosure of protected health information other than as provided for by in this policy. In accordance with 45 CFR 164.502(e)(1)(ii) and 164.308(b)(2), if applicable, Carepaths will ensure that any subcontractors that create, receive, maintain, or transmit protected health information on its behalf agree to the same restrictions, conditions, and requirements that apply to the Carepaths with respect to such information.
Information from Clinicians
When a clinician provide us with biographical information and photographs, we will use that information to create a profile of the clinician that will appear on public portions of our Site. Carepaths and its affiliates may use this information to contact you in the future to tell you about services we believe will be of interest to you. You will be able to edit this information as needed. If at any time you wish not to receive any future communications or you wish to have your name deleted from our mailing lists, please contact us as indicated below.
Carepaths Disclosures
Carepaths may disclose PHI, as needed, to a clinician that the visitor has selected as a service provider for the purpose of facilitating the provision of healthcare services. Carepaths may also use protected health information for the proper management and administration of the site or to carry out its legal responsibilities.
Carepaths, like other businsses, sometimes hires other companies to perform certain business-related functions that require access to information collected by Carepaths. When we employ another company to perform a function of this nature, we only provide them with the information that they need to perform their specific function and we require that they comply with our privacy policy and data protection procedures.
Carepaths may disclose data collected if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of Carepaths, (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public, or (iv) protect against legal liability.
Your Choices Visitors can use the site without providing any personal data. However, if you choose not to provide any personal data, you may not be able to use all Carepaths services.
Exclusions This privacy policy applies to personal data collected by Carepaths through the site. This privacy policy shall not apply to unsolicited information you may provide to Carepaths through this site or through any other means. This includes, but is not limited to, information posted to any public areas of the site, any ideas for new products or modifications to existing products, and other unsolicited submissions. All unsolicited information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and Carepaths shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute such unsolicited information to others without limitation or attribution.
Children
Carepaths does not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please do not submit any Personal Data through the Site. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal Data on this Site without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 18 has provided Personal Data to Carepaths through this Site, please contact us, and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.
Links to Other Web Sites
This privacy policy applies only to this site. This site may contain links to other web sites not operated or controlled by Carepaths. These links do not imply that Carepaths endorses or has reviewed these third-party sites. We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy policies.
Security
Carepaths is in compliance with ONC 2014. We protect the data provided via the site from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
Changes to Carepaths’s Privacy Policy
From time to time, it may be necessary for Carepaths to make changes to this privacy policy. Carepaths reserves the right to update or modify this policy without prior notice. Please review this policy periodically, and especially before you provide any personal data. This policy was last updated on the date indicated below. Your continued use of the site after any changes or revisions to this policy shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised privacy policy.
Please also feel free to contact us if you have any questions about Carepaths’s privacy policy or the information practices of this site.
Consent By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms.
Update
This Privacy Policy was last updated on: Monday, August 3rd, 2015.
Should we update, amend or make any changes to our privacy policy, those changes will be posted here.
