THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET
ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
This notice contains important information about Drug Abuse Treatment Association, Inc. privacy practices which were revised pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 and related regulations 78 Federal Register 5625 and comply with 45 C.F.R ยง 164.520(c) (2) (iii). This notice describes how your Protected Health Information may be used to disclose, and indicates how you get access to this information. This notice is a reflection of the 2013 HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus final rule. Please review carefully.
If you have any questions about this Notice, please contact:
J. Jay Flicker, PsyD, Privacy Officer
561.844.3556 or 800.253.8770
Jay@DrugAbuseTreatment.org
Our Commitment Regarding Your Personal Health Information
Important Information Regarding Client Information (HIPAA):
The Drug Abuse Treatment Association, Inc. understands that health information about you and the health care you receive is personal. We are committed to protecting your Personal Health Information (PHI). We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and security of personal information entrusted to us by you, our client.
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information.
Our Obligations:
We are required by law to:
- Maintain the privacy of protected health information;
Give you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices regarding health information about you; and
Follow the terms of our notice that is currently in effect.
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If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
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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.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
Additional information
How we protect your data
What data breach procedures we have in place
What third parties we receive data from
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements