The Womens Clinic of Seattle is concerned about your privacy. We invite you to read the following information to learn more about our privacy policy.

Our Privacy Policy Covers These Important Matters

Our policy covers how the Womens Clinic of Seattle handles personal information that we collect and receive on your behalf. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable and otherwise may not be publicly available — e.g., your name, occupation, address, email address, gender, telephone number, fax number, insurance company or social security number. We have a long history of handling sensitive personal and medical information concerning our patients and we strive to protect it and handle it appropriately.

The Information We Collect and How We Use It

The Womens Clinic of Seattle collects personal information when you register with our practice. We use personal information exclusively for the purpose of improving your medical care and updating our private databases.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

The Womens Clinic of Seattle does not rent, sell, or share your personal information with any individual or non-affiliated company except to provide health care and health care related services that you have requested. The only exceptions to this policy are when we have your explicit permission to do so, when we provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with the Womens Clinic of Seattle under signed confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help us communicate with you or maintain our medical records. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information; when we respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process, or when we establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.

Confidentiality and Security

Access to your personal information is limited to those Womens Clinic of Seattle employees who need that information to provide services to you or in order to do their jobs.

We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with regulations to protect against inappropriate access to your personal information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

The Womens Clinic of Seattle reserves the right to update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you about any significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the email address you provide to us or by placing a notice on our website.

Effective Date: December 1, 2004