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Privacy Policy

  1. Online Health Services ("Online Health Services","Sick-e Certificates", "we", "us", or "our", "Services", "Online Services") operates the website located at www.sick-e.com.au and other related websites and mobile applications  (sick-e certificates) with links to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Site”). Through the Site, we operate an online service enabling  users (“Users”) to receive personal leave certificate or carers leave certificate via telehealth services from various healthcare providers (the “Services”). We may also offer additional health services related to routine medical matters where we deem it appropriate to do so. We developed this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain how we collect, use, and disclose information from and/or about you when you use the Site or the Services.                

  2. The site will be collecting and transmitting personal, medical and health related information about you. By using the site, you agree that we can collect and use your personal and other information as described in this privacy policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.                                                                                      

  3. Online Health Services endorses fair information handling practices and uses of information in compliance with its obligations under the Privacy Act 1988 and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (NSW). Personal information will be used only for the purpose/s intended and where the intention includes confidentiality, information will be treated as such unless otherwise required by law.

  4. Important Definitions
    When we use the term “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we mean information about you that is personally identifiable to you, such as your contact information (e.g., name, address, email address, Skype address or telephone number), personally identifiable health or medical information (“Health Information”), and any other non-public information that is associated with such information (collectively, “Personal Information”). When we use the term “De-Identified Information”, we mean information that is neither used nor intended to be used to personally identify an individual. Lastly, when we use the term “Cookies”, we mean the small pieces of information that a Site sends to your browser while you are viewing a website.

  5. Questions
    If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by sending an email to onlinehealthservices@hotmail.com

  6. Children under age 18
    We do not knowingly allow individuals under the age 18 to create Accounts that allow access to our Site. Children under the age of 18 must use the site and its services in conjunction with their parents. We do not provide service through the site for children below the age of 16 years.

  7. The Personal information we collect or maintain may include: Your name, age, email address, username, password, phone number, Skype address and other registration information.                                                  

  8. Health Information that you provide us, which may include information or records relating to your medical or health history, health status and other health related information.                                                                             

  9. Health information about you prepared by the health care provider(s) who provide the Services through the Site such as medical records, treatment and examination notes, and other health related information.                                                                                                                                                                                  

  10. Information about the computer or mobile device you are using, such as what Internet browser you use, the kind of computer or mobile device you use, and other information about how you use the Site.                                                                                       
        

  11. Other information you input into the Site or related services.

  12. We may use your Personal Information for the following purposes (subject to applicable legal restrictions):
    To provide you with the Services.
    To improve the quality of healthcare through the performance of quality reviews and similar activities.
    To create de-identified Information such as aggregate statistics relating to the use of the Service.
    To notify you when Site updates are available.
    To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide us Personal Information.
    For any other purpose for which you give us authorisation.

  13. We may also disclose Personal Information that we collect or you provide (subject to applicable legal restrictions):
    To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
    To contractors, service providers and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
    As required by law, which can include providing information as required by a court order.
    When we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect your safety or the safety of others, to protect our rights, to investigate fraud, or to respond to a government request.
    For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information
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  14. Information We Collect via Technology
    As you use the Site or the Service, certain information may be passively collected by Cookies, navigational data like Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and third party tracking services, including:
    Site Activity Information - We may keep track of some of the actions you take on the Site, such as the content of searches you perform on the Site.
    Access Device and Browser Information - When you access the Site from a computer or other device, we may collect anonymous information from that device, such as your Internet protocol address, browser type, connection speed and access times (collectively, “Anonymous Information”).
    Cookies - We may use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent Cookies to make the Site and Service easier to use and to protect both you and Online Health Services. You can instruct your browser, by changing its options, to stop accepting Cookies or to prompt you before accepting a Cookie from the websites you visit.
    Real-Time Location - Certain features of the Site use GPS technology to collect real-time information about the location of your device.
    Mobile Services - We may also collect non-personal information from your mobile device or computer. This information is generally used to help us deliver the most relevant information to you. Examples of information that may be collected and used include how you use the application(s) and information about the type of device or computer you use. In addition, in the event our application(s) crashes on your mobile device we will receive information about your mobile device model software version and device carrier, which allows us to identify and fix bugs and otherwise improve the performance of our application(s).

  15. Google Analytics - We use Google Analytics to help analyze how users use the Site. Google Analytics uses Cookies to collect information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the Site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our Site and Services. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the Site, rather than your name or other personally identifying information. Although Google Analytics plants a persistent Cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit the Site, the Cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the Site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.

  16. De-Identified Information
    We may use de-Identified Information created by us without restriction.

  17. Information You Share With Third Parties
    This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Site and in email, text and other electronic communications sent through or in connection with the Site. This policy DOES NOT apply to information collected by any third party. When you click on links on the Site you may leave our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites, and we encourage you to read their privacy statements.

  18. Modification of Information
    Members will be able to update some of their information through the Site. Requests to modify any information may also be submitted directly to sick-e@hotmail.com

  19. Limitations on Deletion of Information
    You may request deletion of your Personal Information by us, but please note that we may be required (by law or otherwise) to keep this information and not delete it (or to keep this information for a certain time, in which case we will comply with your deletion request only after we have fulfilled such requirements). When we delete Personal Information, it will be deleted from the active database, but may remain in our archives for up to 7 years and we may also retain Anonymous Information about your use of our Service. Once we disclose some of your Personal Information to third parties, we may not be able to access that Personal Information any longer and cannot force the deletion or modification of any such information by the parties to whom we have made those disclosures. After we delete Personal Information, we will retain De-Identified Data and will continue to use De-Identified Data as permitted under this Privacy Policy.

  20. Steps we take to keep your information secure
    We employ reasonable physical, electronic and managerial security methods to help protect against unauthorized access to Personal Information, such as encryption. But please be aware that no data transmission over the Internet or data storage facility can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure. As a result, while we try to protect your Personal Information, we cannot ensure or guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.

  21. Report Violations
    You should report any security violations to us by sending an email to onlinehealthservices@hotmail.com

  22. Changes to this Privacy Policy
    We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time in the future. We will post any revised version of the Privacy Policy on this page. Continued use of our Service following notice of such changes will indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes. By using the Site, you are agreeing to our collection, use and disposal of Personal Information and other data as described in this Privacy Policy, both as it exists now and as it is changed from time to time.

  23. Created: 19/8/16

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