Privacy Statement

Mayne Island Health Centre Association (MIHCA) is committed to safeguarding your privacy and creating technology that provides you with a powerful and secure online experience. This Privacy Statement pertains to the MIHCA website and governs the collection and use of data. By using the MIHCA website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

MIHCA collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address, or telephone number when you fill out contact forms or purchase digital products or services. MIHCA also collects anonymous demographic information, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests, and favorites. This information is used for statistical purposes.

Additionally, MIHCA automatically collects information about your computer hardware and software. This information includes your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. MIHCA utilizes this information to operate the service, maintain its quality, and provide general statistics regarding the usage of the MIHCA website.

MIHCA encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you visit from the MIHCA site, so you can understand how those websites collect, use, and share your information. MIHCA is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of MIHCA and its clients.

Use of your Personal Information

MIHCA collects and uses your personal information to operate the MIHCA website and deliver the services you have requested. MIHCA may also contact you via surveys to gather information about your opinions on current services or potential new services that may be offered.

MIHCA does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. MIHCA may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about specific offerings that may be of interest to you. In such cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e.g., email, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. 

MIHCA does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

MIHCA tracks the websites and pages its visitors access within the MIHCA site to determine the most popular services. This data is used to deliver customized content and information  to visitors who show an interest in specific subjects.

MIHCA Web site will disclose your personal information only if required to do so by law or in good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) comply with legal process served on MIHCA; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of MIHCA; and (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users or the public.

Use of Cookies

The MIHCA website uses cookies to enhance your online experience. A cookie is a text file placed on your hard disk by a web server. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenient feature to save you time. They help MIHCA recall your specific information on subsequent visits. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies in your web browser settings.

Security of your Personal Information

MIHCA ensures the security of your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. When personal information is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through encryption protocols like the Secure Socket Layer (SSL).

Changes to this Statement

MIHCA may periodically update this Privacy Statement to reflect company and customer feedback. We encourage you to review this statement periodically to stay informed about how MIHCA is protecting your information.

Contact Information

If you believe that MIHCA has not adhered to this Privacy Statement, please contact us at any time. We will make commercially reasonable efforts to promptly address and resolve the issue.