Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how The HIPAA Guide uses and protects any data that you provide via forms on The HIPAA Guide when you use this website.

The HIPAA Guide is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should The HIPAA Guide ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

The HIPAA Guide may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You may return to this page from time to time to ensure that you agree with any changes. This policy is effective immediately.

HIPAAguide.net may use personal information to:

-to communicate and respond to your requests and inquiries;
-to deliver functionality on our sites and for their technical and functional management;
-to engage in transactions with customers, suppliers and business partners and to process orders for products and services;
-to analyze, develop, improve and optimize the use, function and performance of this websites and its products and services;
-to manage the security of this websites, the underlying networks and systems;
-to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

HIPAAguide.net may share personal information with the following third parties for a business purpose:

Third-party service providers (for example, credit card processing services, order fulfilment, analytics, event/campaign management, website management, information technology and related infrastructure provision, customer service, e-mail delivery, auditing, and other similar service providers) in order for those service providers to perform business functions on behalf of HIPAAguide.net;
As required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena or other legal process, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to government requests, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence, for national security and/or law enforcement purposes.

Social Media Buttons

This website uses social media plug-ins from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, each marked with its logo. Plug-ins or scripts may also used for the embedded video players that may track activities. No information is initially collected by social media plug-ins unless you use them. If you click on one the buttons of the plug-ins or videos, some of your per personal information will be transmitted – although HIPAAguide.net does not have any visibility or control over this data. When you activate a plug-in, data is automatically transmitted to that provider. These social media providers have their own data privacy policies.

Your Data and Your Rights

As a general matter, depending on local data protection laws, you have personal data production rights that may include:

Clear information on our processing of your personal data;
Access your personal data that we hold, together with the right to have inaccuracies corrected;
To have your personal data provided to you in electronic format;
To object to our processing of your personal data, and to prevent automated decision making or profiling; and
To restrict our processing of your personal data, or have your personal data deleted.

Your Data Rights Under California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

CCPA was effective from January 1, 2020. If you are a resident of California and it sets out additional rights and information for you.

Many obligations under the CCPA are already addressed in other provisions of the main privacy policy. In addition, under CCPA, you have:
The right to access, and to know both the categories of personal information and the specific personal information collected;
The right to have your personal information deleted, subject to some legal limitations;
The right to request disclosure of the personal information collected; and
The right to disclosure of information disclosed for valuable consideration.