Kingscliff Central Chiropractic Privacy Policy Updated as of: 28 January 2025 Introduction This Privacy Policy is to provide information to you, our patient, on how your personal information (which includes your health information) is collected and used within our practice, and the circumstances in which we may share it with third parties. Patient Consent When you register as a patient of our practice, you provide consent for Seriously Chiropractic’s practitioner(s) and practice staff to access and use your personal information so they can provide you with the best possible healthcare. Only staff who need to see your personal information will have access to it. If we need to use your information for anything else, we will seek additional consent from you to do this. Why do we collect your information? Our practice will need to collect your personal information to provide healthcare services to you. Our main purpose for collecting, using, holding, and sharing your personal information is to manage your health. We also use it for directly related business activities, such as financial claims and payments, practice audits and accreditation, and business processes (e.g., staff training). What personal information do we collect? The information we will collect about you includes your: •names, date of birth, addresses, contact details •medical information including medical history, medications, allergies, adverse events, immunisations, social history, family history, and risk factors •Medicare number (where available) for identification and claiming purposes •healthcare identifiers •health fund details Only people who need to access your information will be able to do so. Other than while providing medical services or as otherwise described in this policy, our practice will not share personal information with any third party without your consent. Our practice will not use your personal information for marketing any of our goods or services directly to you without your express consent. If you do consent, you may opt-out of direct marketing at any time by notifying our practice in writing. Data Storage and Protection Your personal information may be stored at our practice in various forms. These include: •Electronic patient records •Visual records, including X-rays, CT scans, MRI, Ultrasound, and photos Privacy and our website For each visitor to reach the site, we expressively collect, via the use of browser “cookies” and contact form, the following non-personally identifiable information, including but not limited to browser type, version and language, operating system, pages viewed while browsing the Site, page access times, and referring website address. This collected information is used solely internally for the purpose of gauging visitor traffic, trends, and delivering personalized content to you while you are at this Site. *This Privacy Policy will be reviewed regularly to ensure it is in accordance and compliance with any changes that may occur, both internally and with external providers, government agencies, and laws. In the instance of a change to this Privacy Policy, you will be notified in writing via email.