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Privacy Policy

Last updated September 2022

 

Niche Hand Surgery and Orthopedics, PLLC and its affiliates and subsidiaries, meaning companies related by common ownership or control (collectively, “Niche Hand Surgery and Orthopedics,” “we,” “us” or “our”) respect your (the “user,” “you” or “your”) right to privacy and strive to maintain the confidentiality of your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes in greater detail our privacy practices for collecting and maintaining certain information collected about you. This Privacy Policy applies to all versions of our website, applications, and all of our products, services, websites, media forms and/or channels (collectively, the “Site”).
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the page. We require you to read and agree to this Privacy Policy when you visit and access the Site.


You agree that by accessing the Site in any way, you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all of this Privacy Policy.


We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the page. We require you to read and agree to this Privacy Policy when you access the Site.

 

1. Application of this Privacy Statement

This Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) applies to our Site, products, and related services whether or not they link to this Privacy Policy. Niche Hand Surgery and Orthopedics is the responsible entity for all Personally Identifiable Information subject to this Privacy Policy for any services to users anywhere in the world.

 

2. Information We Collect

We may collect some limited information through the following channels:

 

  • We may ask our users for information such as phone number, e-mail address, name and passwords in order to create an account.
  • We maintain a helpdesk function for addressing any questions, comments or concerns about the Site. We may access users’ e-mail addresses and any other information they elect to provide as part of responding to such inquiries. This information is only utilized for user support, is stored only for recordkeeping and analytics purposes, and is not otherwise shared.
  • We may from time to time collect automatically-collected information when you access our services (“Usage Data”), such as browser information, link interaction with our products, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, and any other usage information collected from cookies and other tracking tools.
  • We may also, when you enable location-based services, collect Global Positioning System (GPS) location data and/or motion data.
  • We may collect the URL of the website from which you linked directly to the Site.
  • We may collect the date and time you accessed the Site.
  • We may collect information about the pages you visited, including the information requested through your browser, the response from your browser, the size of the page you received in response to the request, and the marketing email or web page that referred you to the page you visited.
  • We may record the web browser and operating system you used to access the Site.
  • We may collect information you provide to us when you fill out a form on our Site.

 

3. Our Cookie Policy

Our Site may from time to time use “Cookies.” A Cookie is a small piece of data or text file stored in your computer or mobile device by your web browser. Cookies may contain text that can be read by a server that delivered the Cookie to you. The text contained in the Cookie generally consists of a sequence of letters and numbers that uniquely identifies your computer or mobile device; however, it may contain other information as well.

 

By agreeing to accept our use of Cookies, you are giving us permission to place some or all the Cookies described below on your device.

 

We may use Cookies for:

 

  • Identifying the areas of our Site that you have visited;
  • Identifying you as a one of our users;
  • Site analytics;
  • Remarketing our products or services to you;
  • Navigating our Site;
  • Remembering your preferences and settings; or
  • Personalizing the content that you see on our Site.

 

Most web browsers can be set to disable the use of Cookies. However, if you disable Cookies, you may not be able to access features on our Site correctly or at all. For more information about Cookies, visit www.AboutCookies.org.

 

4. Information Disclosure

We limit any sharing of information we have collected about you to certain narrow purposes. Your information may be shared for the following reasons only:

 

TO COMPLY WITH LAWS OR TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF USERS

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to a legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation. This includes exchanging information with other entities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

 

TO ASSIST THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, credit checks, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, user services, and marketing assistance.

 

TO TRANSFER ASSETS IN THE EVENT OF SALE OR BANKRUPTCY

If we reorganize or sell all or a portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or are acquired by another entity, we may transfer your information to the successor entity. If we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that the transferee may decline to honor the commitments we’ve made in this Privacy Policy.

 

TO UTILIZE API INTEGRATION WITH SOCIAL MEDIA PROVIDERS

Our interaction with third parties is highly limited as set forth in this Privacy Policy. From time to time, we may integrate or otherwise utilize API for social media through the Site, but all users will be provided the opportunity to “opt in” or “opt out” of this function.

 

ADDITIONAL USES

We may use your information from time to time for the following purposes:

 

  • To manage and improve the user experience and preferences associated with this Site and our communications;
  • To track how often people gain access to or read our content;
  • To foster further communications and manage your subscription(s) to our publications;
  • To invite and/or register you (upon request) to events that may be of interest to you;
  • To optimize and personalize your online interactions with Niche Hand Surgery and Orthopedics;
  • To fulfill your online requests for goods or services;
  • To conduct online research, education, training, or surveys;
  • To identify anomalies in web traffic in order to help protect personal and institutional information; and
  • To exercise our legal rights, defend against legal claims, or respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes.

 

5. Our Stance on Contact with You

We may from time to time contact you to remind you about something related to the Site or to inform you of other great services we have in the works through “push notifications” or similar means. If you do not wish to receive notifications, you will be provided an “opt-out” option.
We may also contact our users in other ways such as emails or e-newsletters with promotional materials, coupons or deals. You will be provided an “opt-out” option if you do not wish to take advantage of these communications.

 

6. Your Rights in Connection with Information that We Collect about You

You have the following rights with regard to information about you:

 

  • The right to be informed about what kind of information about you is collected, stored, processed and disclosed by us; therefore, we have compiled this Privacy Policy for you.
  • The right of access (you can request us to provide you verbally or in writing with the type of information we store about you and we have up to one month to respond to your request).
  • The right to rectify any Personally Identifiable Information that is inaccurate.
  • The right to erasure (some conditions apply, see the Data Retention Section, below).
  • The right to restrict processing of your Personally Identifiable Information, however, if you restrict us from processing a part of your Personally Identifiable Information that is essential to our provision of services, you may be asked to stop using our services.
  • The right to data portability; which allows users of our Site to obtain and reuse their Personally Identifiable Information for their own purposes as they see fit, including across different other services; you may request that we transmit your Personally Identifiable Information directly from our servers to another company’s servers and we will do so, where it is technically feasible.
  • The right to object; you may express your objection verbally or in writing and we have up to one month to respond to any such objection; we might may still continue processing your Personally Identifiable Information if we are able to show that we have a compelling reason for doing so.
  • The right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or that affects you significantly.

 

If you would like to exercise any of the above rights or have any questions about your rights, please contact us with the information provided below.

 

7. Data Retention

Your Personally Identifiable Information will be erased when: (i) it is no longer needed for its original processing purpose; (ii) you withdraw your consent for us to store your information; (iii) there is no justified reason for the processing of your Personally Identifiable Information and you object to our processing of your Personally Identifiable Information; or (iv) erasure of your Personally Identifiable Information is required in order to fulfill a statutory obligation under the EU, US, or state law. Under any of the above-mentioned circumstances, we will make sure your Personally Identifiable Information is erased. You may request us to erase your Personally Identifiable Information verbally or in writing and we have up to one month to respond to any such request.

 

8. How We Keep Your Personal Information Safe

We use industry-leading administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your information, including but not limited to storing user information in a secure database. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be completely guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is thus vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties

 

9. Policy Regarding Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 18 unless the children have been granted permission by their parents to use our Site. If you become aware of any data that we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

 

10. General Compliance with Laws

Our Privacy Policy complies with the strictest laws on handling of Personally Identifiable Information. Such laws include: the USA’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

 

11. Contact

For questions or concerns, we can be contacted by writing at:

 

Niche Hand Surgery and Orthopedics
9480 Main St #1129
Fairfax, VA 22031

 

Thank you.