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Privacy Policy

How information submitted through this website is handled.

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This is a working draft written to be readable and honest, not a substitute for legal advice. Before launch it must be reviewed by counsel familiar with HIPAA and New York State requirements, and reconciled with the practice’s Notice of Privacy Practices. Sections in square brackets require the practice’s own information.

Who this policy covers

This policy describes how Elite Audiology PC, an audiology practice located at 233 E Shore Rd, Suite 210, Great Neck, NY 11023, handles information collected through this website. It does not replace the practice’s Notice of Privacy Practices, which governs protected health information created or received in the course of treatment.

Information collected through this site

If you submit the appointment request form, we collect the information you enter: your name, phone number, email address if provided, the reason for your visit, your preferred appointment time, and anything you write in the message field. We ask that you not include detailed medical information in that field.

The site may also record standard technical information such as pages visited, referring website, browser type and approximate location derived from IP address. [ANALYTICS AND ADVERTISING TOOLS IN USE — e.g. Google Analytics 4, Google Ads conversion tracking, Meta Pixel — to be confirmed and listed by the practice]

How information is used

  • To respond to your appointment request and schedule a visit
  • To contact you about your request by phone or email
  • To operate, secure and improve this website
  • [ANY MARKETING OR REMARKETING USE — to be confirmed by the practice]

Website forms are not a secure medical channel

Please do not use this website to send detailed medical information, and never use it for urgent or emergency concerns. For a medical emergency, call 911. Submitting a form does not establish a patient relationship.

Sharing

We do not sell your information. Information may be shared with service providers who operate parts of this site or handle form submissions on our behalf, and where required by law. [FORM PROCESSOR / HOSTING VENDORS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATE AGREEMENT STATUS — to be confirmed by the practice]

Retention and security

[RETENTION PERIOD FOR WEBSITE ENQUIRIES AND SECURITY MEASURES — to be supplied by the practice] This site is served over HTTPS.

Your choices

You may ask us to correct or delete the information you submitted through this website by contacting the office. Rights relating to protected health information held as part of your medical record are described in the practice’s Notice of Privacy Practices.

Cookies

[COOKIE USE — to be confirmed once analytics and advertising tools are finalised] Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies through their settings.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The current version is always published on this page.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be directed to Elite Audiology PC, 233 E Shore Rd, Suite 210, Great Neck, NY 11023, telephone (917) 459-8968, email [EMAIL].

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