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Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Please read the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use carefully 

By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy, as well as the Terms & Conditions of Use contained therein (collectively referred to as the “Terms of Use”). By accessing and using this site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, these Terms of Use. Austin Breast Imaging may modify these Terms of Use by revising them on the site. Your continued use of the site constitutes your acceptance of any such revisions. You should therefore periodically visit this page to review the current Terms of Use. You may not modify these Terms of Use except in a written agreement signed by Austin Breast Imaging. If you are a patient or potential patient of Austin Breast Imaging, please read Austin Breast Imaging ’s applicable Notice of Privacy Practices as described below.

If you do not agree and accept, without limitation or qualification, these Terms of Use, you must exit the site immediately.

HIPAA Policies

If you are one of our patients, your personal information in our possession is protected health information (“PHI”) protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended (“HIPAA”), and the applicable provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. In addition to this Privacy Policy, the HIPAA Notices of Privacy Practices of those Provider facilities apply to your PHI. In collecting Personal Information, our Services may also collect PHI. Just as we strive to protect Personal Information, we are committed to protecting your PHI. If there is a breach of your PHI, we are required by law to notify you. Your PHI will remain confidential and will only be disclosed to you or your personal representative, unless otherwise required by state or federal law. In all circumstances, unless otherwise required by law, we will obtain your written authorization before using or disclosing your PHI. This protection extends to PHI that is oral, written, or electronic.

Users of Austin Breast Imaging Secure Website Services should read Austin Breast Imaging ‘s applicable Notice of Privacy Practices, which explains in more detail how we use and disclose your protected health information. For a copy of the Notice of Privacy Practices, please click here: https://austin3dmammo.com/pandemic-safety-measures/ 

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time as we add new features and services, as laws change, and as industry privacy and security best practices evolve. We display an effective date on the policy in the upper left corner of this Privacy Policy so that it will be easier for you to know when there has been a change. If we make any change to this Privacy Policy regarding use or disclosure of personal information, we will provide advance notice on the site. Small changes or changes that do not significantly affect individual privacy interests may be made at any time and without prior notice.

What Personal Information Do We Collect?

When you visit Austin Breast Imaging’s public websites, no personal information—such as your name, date of birth or telephone number —is collected, unless you provide us with that information voluntarily, such as when you complete an online form to learn more about Austin Breast Imagings’ products and services and for employment.

How Do We Use Your Personal Information?

If you choose to provide us with personal information by completing a form on the site, emailing us, or calling the phone number for agents listed on the site, we will use that personal information to (i) respond to your question or request, (ii) communicate with you about our health care plans via email, and (iii) send information to you. If you are not a patient of Austin Breast Imaging and you have questions about how we use your personal information, you may contact us at patientaccess@austinbreastimaging.com

Do We Disclose Any Personal Information to Outside Parties?

Unless you expressly give us permission in writing to do so, Austin Breast Imaging will not sell, rent, license, or trade your personal information other than as specified in this Privacy Policy.

Disclosures to Third Parties Assisting In Our Operations.

Austin Breast Imaging may share your personal information under confidentiality agreements with other companies that work with, or on behalf of, Austin Breast Imaging  to provide products and services. These companies may use your personal information to assist Austin Breast Imaging in its operations. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information.

Business Transfers.

We may share your personal information with other business entities in connection with the sale, assignment, merger or other transfer of all or a portion of Austin Breast Imaging business to such business entity. We will require any such successor business entity to honor the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Questions About This Privacy Policy

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at the following:
Email: patientaccess@austinbreastimaging.com
Mail: Austin Breast Imaging
Attn: Compliance and Privacy Officer

12319 N. MoPac Expressway
Plaza North, Building C, Suite 320
Austin, TX 78758

Internet Protocol Addresses

You should also be aware that when you visit our websites, Austin Breast Imaging may collect certain information that does not identify you personally, but provides us with “usage data,” such as the number of visitors we receive or what pages are visited most often. This data helps us to analyze and improve the usefulness of the information we provide on these websites.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like most commercial website owners, we may also use what is known as “cookie” technology. A “cookie” is an element of data that a website can send to your browser when you link to that website. It is not a computer program and has no ability to read data residing on your computer or instruct it to perform any step or function. By assigning a unique data element to each visitor, the website is able to recognize repeat users, track usage patterns and better serve you when you return to that site. The cookie does not extract other information about you, such as your name or address. Most browsers provide a simple procedure that will enable you to control whether you want to receive cookies by notifying you when a website is about to deposit a cookie file.

On some pages of the Austin Breast Imaging website there may also be use of action tags, sometimes referred to as web beacons or 1×1 pixel graphics interchange format (“GIF”) images. Such tags are used to monitor and assess the effectiveness of promotions and marketing. These tags work in combination with cookies, but do not collect or contain any personal information.

Links on the Site

The site may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that Austin Breast Imaging is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites. When you connect to a website that is linked to our site, we encourage you to read the privacy statements of that website. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by this site.

Online Security

Austin Breast Imaging uses reasonable and appropriate security measures to safeguard the information that has been collected from you via the public or Secure Website Services. Among the measures that Austin Breast Imaging has implemented for its websites are administrative, physical and technical safeguards. However, you should know that no web site operator, including Austin Breast Imaging can fully eliminate security risks associated with personal information. While Austin Breast Imaging has endeavored to create a secure and reliable website for users, the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to/from the site or via e-mail cannot be guaranteed.

Access to submitted information:

Information you submit can be seen only by those employees and staff who have a need to use the information in the following manner:

  • Direct response to your inquiry: If you send a non-urgent inquiry through the Contact Us section of this website, only those individuals authorized to review, research and respond to your inquiry have access to that information.
  • Website maintenance: Sometimes our technical staff may view data in the course of their work. We have special rules to make sure they do this only for legitimate reasons and we monitor access to all web technology.

Geolocation

If you are on our mobile website, you will be asked whether you want us to access your geographic location based on the location of your mobile device. If you select yes, and save that setting, we will access and collect your IP address to display custom content to you based on your location.

Communications Opt-Out

We may send certain messages, including electronic newsletters, notification of account statuses, and marketing communications on a periodic basis. If you wish to be removed from such messages, you may request to discontinue future ones. All such material will have information as to how to opt-out of receiving it, although certain messages (such as a secure message for an appointment reminder) may be required and will not have opt-out capabilities.

Not a Substitute for Professional Health Care or Advice

The information contained in this site is general in nature and is intended for educational and informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for the advice of health care professionals. If you have specific health care needs, or for complete health information, please see a doctor or other health care provider or call 911 in the case of an emergency.

Limitation of Liability (Indemnification)

You agree by accessing this website that under no circumstances or any theories of liability under international or civil, common or statutory law including but not limited to strict liability, negligence or other tort theories or contract, patent or copyright laws, will Austin Breast Imaging be liable for damages of any kind occurring from the use of this website or any information, goods or services obtained on this website including direct, indirect, consequential, incidental, or punitive damages, to the fullest extent permitted by law. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages so some of these limitations may not apply to you.