Privacy Policy
Effective as of September 1, 2024
1. Introduction
At Afya Care and Treatment Services, we understand that privacy is important. This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) is designed to help you better understand how and whether Afya Care and Treatment Services gathers, protects, and discloses the information we gather from our website and through our services.
This Privacy Policy applies equivalently to all hosted services and subdomains of Afya Care and Treatment Services, including but not limited to www.afyacare.org. We will ensure that all personal information disclosed by you and that is held by us will be: (i) processed lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner; (ii) collected for specified, explicit, and legitimate business purposes; (iii) adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary; (iv) kept for no longer than is necessary; and (v) processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security.
2. Information Collection and Use
Our primary goals in collecting Personally Identifiable Information are for the legitimate business purpose of providing you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience, to send you information upon your request, and, if appropriate, to collaborate with you as a client.
2.1. Aggregate Data
We automatically gather certain usage information such as the number and frequency of visitors to this Website, which URL you came from, what browser you are using, what features you click on, and your IP address. This collective data helps us to determine how much our visitors use parts of the Website and to do internal research on our users’ demographics, interests, and behavior to better understand and serve you.
2.2. Personally Identifiable Information
If you complete the “Contact Us” inquiry form on the Website, we will request personally identifiable information about you, including your name, phone number, and email address. We seek such information primarily for the legitimate business purpose of communicating with you about our service offerings.
3. Opt-Out
You can always choose whether or not to provide information on this Website. If at any time you decide that you no longer want Afya Care and Treatment Services to have your information, you may indicate this preference by emailing info@afyacare.org.
4. Social Networking Sites
Afya Care and Treatment Services operates and maintains social networking pages on websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, and LinkedIn. These social networking sites are not controlled by Afya Care and Treatment Services. If you post to any of our social networking pages on third-party websites, you are providing information to the public and do so at your own risk.
5. System Technologies
“Cookies” are small files placed on your computer, mobile phone or other device. We use technologies like cookies, pixels, and local storage to provide customized services and information targeted to your interests. You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set.
6. Transfer, Security and Storage
Afya Care and Treatment Services is a company based in and adherent to the laws of the United States. We maintain commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect against unauthorized use, disclosure, or access of Personally Identifiable Information. Afya Care and Treatment Services will retain your Personally Identifiable Information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the legitimate business purpose(s) for which it was collected.
7. Sharing Information
In general, we will not sell, share, or rent information about you in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. However, we may be forced to disclose information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, including in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringement or other illegal activity.
8. Individual Rights
8.1 EU/EEA Citizens
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) grants individuals in the EU/EEA certain rights including: information access, objection to processing, restriction of processing, data portability, data rectification, and data erasure.
8.2 California Residents
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) provides California consumers with the right to request access to their personal data, additional details about our information practices, and deletion of their personal information. We will not discriminate against you if you choose to exercise your rights under the CCPA.
8.3 Exercising Individual Rights
To exercise your rights, please submit a written request to: info@afyacare.org.
9. Do Not Track
Please note that we do not respond to or honor Do Not Track (DNT) signals or similar mechanisms transmitted by web browsers.
10. Policy Towards Children
Consistent with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly request Personally Identifiable Information from anyone under the age of 13 without prior verifiable parental consent. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with Personally Identifiable Information without consent, he or she should contact us at info@afyacare.org.
11. Email, Text, and Telephone Communications
You can unsubscribe from email, text, and phone communications at any time. To stop receiving our promotional emails, follow the unsubscribe instructions in the email messages you receive from us or contact us as described in the Contact Us section below.
12. Governing Law
You agree that your use of this website, our products, this Privacy Policy, and any disputes relating thereto shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Mississippi. Any dispute relating to this Privacy Policy shall be resolved solely in the state or federal courts located in Jackson, Mississippi.
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