Privacy Policy
Southdale Pediatric Associates, Ltd. is committed to the responsible management, use and protection of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle the information we receive from you through this Website (“Website”). Portions of this Website may describe additional privacy practices applicable to specific types of information or to information you provide through the Website.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected through other means such as by telephone or in person, although that information may be protected by other privacy policies. As used in this Privacy Policy, terms such as “we” or “our” refers to Southdale Pediatric Associates, Ltd. and its current and future affiliate entities.
Health information
This section applies only if you live in the United States. Certain health information about you is protected under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”). Health information protected under HIPAA may be provided by you on-line or off-line, or may be collected by us from other methods such as from a health care provider. We protect covered health information as required by HIPAA and applicable state law. Similarly, we may use covered health information as permitted by HIPAA and applicable state law.
To read more about our privacy practices regarding health and health information under HIPAA please see our Notice of Privacy Practices. In the event of any conflict between the required and/or permitted uses and disclosures of health information under our Notice of Privacy Practices and this Privacy Policy, the terms of our Notice of Privacy Practices shall control.
Online bill pay service
This Website currently includes a service that allows you to pay your bill online. If you choose to use this service, we will share the information you provide with multiple third parties for the purpose of processing your payment, and we will store the information for our own business records. We will also send you an email confirmation of your payment using the email address you provide to us.
We use reasonable precautions to protect the privacy and security of the information you provide to us as part of the online bill pay service. Unfortunately, no method of transmitting data online can be 100% secure at all times. As a result, we cannot ensure the absolute security or privacy of any information you transmit to us through this Website. In the unlikely event that we believe that the security of your personally identifiable information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we will seek to notify you as promptly as possible given the particular circumstances, by email or other means, if such notification is possible and if we determine in our discretion that such notification is appropriate.
Cookies and non-personal information
“Non-personal information” means information that does not permit us to specifically identify you by your full name or similar unique identifying information such as a social security number, member identification number, address, or telephone number. Southdale Pediatric Associates, Ltd. uses “cookie” technology to gather non-personal information from our Website visitors such as which pages are used and how often they are used, and to enable certain features on this Website.
You may disable these cookies by adjusting your browser preferences on your computer at any time; however, this may limit your ability to take advantage of all the features on this Website. Keep in mind that cookies are not used to collect any personal information and do not tell us who you are. Some examples of the way we use cookies include:
- Tracking resources and data accessed on the site.
- Recording general site statistics and activity.
- Assisting users experiencing Website problems.
- Enabling certain functions and tools on this Website.
- Tracking paths of visitors to this site and within this site.
We may also collect other forms of non-personal information such as what web browsers are used to read our Website and what Websites are referring traffic or linking to our Website. Aggregate and de-identified data regarding Website users is also considered non-personal information. Because this information does not identify who you are, we may use and share aggregate and de-identified data without restriction.
Contact Information
For information regarding this Website Privacy Policy, contact the person below.
For information regarding a health or medical issue, you must speak with a healthcare provider.
Privacy Officer
3955 Parklawn Ave. Suite 120
Edina, MN 55435
952-831-1944