Wosler is committed to the protection of privacy and the security of personal information, including personal health information (“PHI”). This policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information in compliance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and relevant Canadian health information privacy laws.
Collection of Personal Information
We collect personal information, including health information, only for purposes that are clearly identified before or at the time of collection. This may include, but is not limited to, your name, address, email address, phone number, billing and account information, transaction history, health-related information, and any other identifier we may use to contact you (“personal information”).
Our website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, or services. Clicking on those links may allow the third party to collect or share data about you. If you follow a link to a third-party website, please note that these third parties have their own privacy policies, and we do not accept responsibility for those policies.
Purpose of Collecting Information
Your personal and health information is collected to:
- Provide and manage our healthcare-related services.
- Communicate with you about your care, treatment, and available services.
- Process claims and fulfill healthcare service requirements.
- Conduct research, subject to obtaining your express consent where required.
- Develop new services or products to enhance the quality of our services to you.
- Fulfill the purposes for which you provided the information, or that were described when it was collected, or any other purposes for which you provided it.
Consent
Your consent will be obtained before collecting, using, or disclosing your personal or health information, except where allowed or required by law. You may withdraw your consent at any time. To withdraw your consent, where applicable, contact us at privacy@wosler.ca. Please note that if you withdraw your consent we may not be able to provide you with a particular service. We will explain the impact to you at the time to help you with your decision.
Disclosure of Information
We will not disclose your personal or health information to third parties without your express consent, except as necessary for providing healthcare services, billing, or as required by law. Generally, we will only disclose personal information to persons for whom you provide your consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing:
- We may transfer your personal information to third-party service providers with whom we have a contractual agreement that includes appropriate privacy standards, where such third parties are assisting us with the services — such as physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and service providers that provide telephone support or data storage or processing.
- We may also send personal information outside of the country for the purposes set out above, including for processing and storage by service providers in connection with such purposes. To the extent that any personal information is outside of the country, it is subject to the laws of the country in which it is held and may be subject to disclosure to the governments, courts, or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of that country, pursuant to the laws of that country.
Retention of Information
We retain personal and health information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law and professional record-keeping obligations. Information no longer needed is securely destroyed, erased, or anonymized.
Security
We implement stringent security measures to protect your personal and health information against loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification, with safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.
Storage
We will keep the personal information that we collect either at our offices or our service provider’s data centres in Canada or outside of Canada, including but not limited to the United States.
Access to Your Information
You have the right to access and correct your personal and health information held by us. Requests for access or correction should be made to our Privacy Officer at privacy@wosler.ca.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices from time to time. You are advised to review this Policy periodically for any changes. Significant changes will be communicated to you and will require your consent where necessary. We include the date this policy was last revised at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date, active, and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
Contact Information
For inquiries or concerns about our privacy practices or your personal and health information, please contact us:
Mailing Address
Attn: Privacy Officer
260 — 8500 Blackfoot Trail SE
Calgary, AB T2J 7E1
