Privacy
Your privacy on the Adelaide Obstetrics & Fertility website
Adelaide Obstetrics & Fertility respects the privacy of your visit to our website and protects any personal information that we may collect as a result of you sharing such information with us.
This Adelaide Obstetrics Website Privacy Policy conforms to the Adelaide Obstetrics & Fertility Practice Privacy Policy, below.
We comply with all relevant privacy and data collection laws and regulations.
What information do we collect?
Depending on your browser privacy settings, some personal information may be collected from browsers when you visit our website. We only retain this information for the purpose for which it was provided and will not disclose this information without obtaining your consent to do so.
We also collect personal information through online forms, which we ask you to complete for the reasons outlined within the forms and in the Adelaide Obstetrics & Fertility Practice Privacy Policy, below.
What is the information used for?
Information is collected from your browser in order to improve our level of service to all visitors to this site.
Any personal information that you provide in our online forms will be forwarded to our Practice Manager for transposing into our inhouse administrative systems for processing according to your request or enquiry.
Access to your personal information
Adelaide Obstetrics & Fertility will, in most circumstances, make available to you upon written request any personal information about you that has been collected. Written requests should be addressed to the Practice Manager at manager@adelobs.com.au.
The Practice Manager will seek to respond to a request for access to information within a reasonable timeframe.
Adelaide Obstetrics & Fertility may, in exceptional circumstances, decline to provide you assess to your personal information if doing so would impact unreasonably on the privacy of others, on legal proceedings or investigations, or when we are required by law not to disclose the information.
Updating personal information
We endeavour to maintain accurate and up-to-date personal information. You can notify us of any updates to your personal information by contacting the Practice Manager at manager@adelobs.com.au.
Retention and disposal of personal information
As per the Adelaide Obstetrics & Fertility Practice Privacy Policy, below, we will only keep your personal information for the purposes for which it was collected. We will destroy personal information if it is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was collected or it is a requirement by law to do so.
Procedure for handling a privacy complaint
Please direct any questions or concerns regarding the way in which we handle your personal information to the Practice Manager at manager@adelobs.com.au.
Changes to this policy
We reserve the right to amend this policy at any time and to notify you of any amendments by posting an updated version on this website.
Adelaide Obstetrics & Fertility Practice Privacy Statement
Adelaide Obstetrics & Fertility requires your consent to collect personal information about you.
Adelaide Obstetrics & Fertility collects information from you for the primary purpose of providing quality health care. We require you to provide us with your personal details and a full medical history so that we may properly assess, diagnose, treat and be proactive in your health care needs. This means we will use the information you provide in the following ways:
- Disclosure to others involved in your health care, including treating doctors and specialists outside this medical practice. This may occur through referral to other doctors, or for medical tests and in the reports or results returned to us following the referrals. This may also involve requests for future treatment by other health care and medical practitioners as determined by your treating doctor, especially in urgent situations.
- Disclosure for research and quality assurance activities to improve your health care and practice management. You will be informed when such activities are being conducted and given the opportunity to “opt out” of any involvement.
- Administrative purposes in running our medical practice.
- Billing purposes, including compliance with Medicare and Health Insurance Commission requirements.