NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY

OUR LEGAL DUTIES

EyeMed is committed to protecting your privacy. This Notice explains how we may use and disclose your personal health information, including certain rights that you have, and obligations we have, with respect to such information.

We are required by applicable federal, state law and GDPR of EU number 679/2016, to do the following:

  • Maintain the privacy and safeguard the security of your health information;
  • Give you this Notice about our privacy practices, our legal duties, and your rights concerning your health information;
  • Notify you, along with all other affected individuals, of a breach of unsecured health information; and
  • Follow the privacy practices that are described in this Notice while it is in effect. This Notice takes effect November 11, 2019, and will remain in effect until we replace it. We reserve the right to change our privacy practices and the terms of this Notice at any time, provided such changes are permitted by applicable law.

We reserve the right to make the changes in our privacy practices and this Notice effective for all health information that we maintain, including health information we created or received before we made the changes. In the event we make a material change in our privacy practices, we will change this Notice and provide it to you or post it on our Web site. You may request a copy of our Notice at any time. For more information about our privacy practices, or for additional copies of this Notice, please contact us using the information listed at the end of this Notice.

USES AND DISCLOSURES OF HEALTH INFORMATION

For purposes of this Notice, your "health information" consists of any information that is created or received by us and individually identifies you, and that relates to: your past, present or future physical health or condition; the provision of health product to you; or the past, present or future payment for the provision of health product to you.

How We May Use or Disclose Your Health Information

For Payment. We may use and disclose your health information to facilitate payments of benefits for treatment and services provided to you. This may include:

  • eligibility and claim adjudication;
  • billing and collection activities and related data processing; and
  • medical necessity, appropriateness of care, and utilization review activities.

Required by Law. We may use and disclose your health information as permitted or required by applicable law.

Other Permitted Disclosures. We may use or disclose your health information:

  • for judicial and administrative proceedings pursuant to court order or specific legal authority;
  • to assist law enforcement officials in their law enforcement duties; or
  • to assist public health, safety or law enforcement officials avert a serious threat to the health or safety of you or any other person.

Personal Representatives; Decedents. We may disclose your health information to your personal representatives authorized under applicable law, such as a guardian, power of attorney for health care, or court-appointed administrator.

Government Functions. We may use or disclose your health information for specialized government functions, such as protection of public officials or reporting to various branches of the armed services that may require the information.

Workers' Compensation. We may use or disclose your health information in order to comply with laws and regulations related to Workers' Compensation.

Marketing Products or Services. We will not use or disclose your health information for marketing purposes, without your prior authorization, except in the narrow circumstances permitted by HIPAA.

Sale of Your Health Information. We will not sell your health information without your prior authorization, except in the narrow circumstances permitted by HIPAA.

Your Authorization. You may give us written authorization to use your health information or to disclose it to anyone for any other purpose. We will not condition your current or future coverage on the basis of providing an authorization. If you give us an authorization, you may revoke it in writing at any time. Your revocation will not affect any use or disclosures permitted by your authorization while it was in effect. Unless you give us a written authorization, we cannot use or disclose your health information for any reason except those described in this Notice.

YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION RIGHTS

Access: You have the right to review or get copies of your health information, with limited exceptions. We will use the format you request unless we cannot practicably do so. You may be asked to make a request in writing to obtain access to your health information. You may obtain a form to request access by using the contact information listed at the end of this Notice. We will charge you a reasonable cost based fee for expenses such as copies and staff time. You may also request access by sending us a letter to the address at the end of this Notice setting forth the specific information to which you desire access. If you request an alternative format, provided that it is practicable for us to produce the information in such format, we will charge a cost-based fee for preparing and transmitting your health information in that format. If you prefer, we will prepare a summary or an explanation of your health information for a cost-based fee.

Disclosure Accounting: You have the right to receive a list of instances in which we or our business associates disclosed your health information for purposes other than treatment, payment, health care operations, where you have provided an authorization and certain other activities, for the last 6 years (or a shorter period if our relationship with you has existed for less than 6 years). If you request this accounting more than once in a 12 month period, we may charge you a reasonable, cost based fee for responding to these additional requests. With respect to disclosures made by our business associates, we may choose to provide you with a list of business associates acting on our behalf, along with their contact information, who must provide you with the accounting upon a request made directly by you to such entities

Restriction: You have the right to request that we place additional restrictions on our use or disclosure of your health information. Except as noted below, we are not required to agree to these additional restrictions, but if we do, we will abide by our agreement (except in an emergency). Upon your request, and except as otherwise required by law, we will not disclose your health information to a health plan for purposes of payment or health care operations.

Alternative Communication: You have the right to request in writing that we communicate with you about your health information by alternative means or to alternative locations. Your request must specify the alternative means or location, and provide satisfactory explanation how payments will be handled under the alternative means or location you request.

Amendment: You have the right to request that we amend your health information. Your request must be in writing, and it must explain why the information should be amended. We may deny your request under certain circumstances. You may obtain a form to request an amendment to your health information by using the contact information listed at the end of this Notice.

Breach of Unsecured Health Information: If we discover that your health information has been breached (for example, disclosed to or acquired by an unauthorized person, stolen, lost, or otherwise used or disclosed in violation of applicable privacy law) and the privacy or security of the information has been compromised, we must notify you of the breach without unreasonable delay and in no event later than 60 days following our discovery of the breach.

 

 

PRIVACY QUESTIONS AND COMPLAINTS

If you want more information about our privacy practices or have privacy questions or concerns, please contact us. If you are concerned that we may have violated your privacy rights, or you disagree with a decision we made about access to your health information or in response to a request you made to amend or restrict the use or disclosure of your health information or to have us communicate with you by alternative means or at alternative locations, you may complain to us using the contact information listed at the end of this Notice. You may separately choose to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (OCR), by completing a Health Information Privacy Complaint Form (available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/hipcomplaintform.pdf) and sending to the applicable OCR Regional Office listed on the form, or by calling 1-800-368-1019 for instructions and contact information. An electronic complaint may be filed at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/index.html. You must file a complaint with OCR within 180 days (6 months) after the occurrence of the act or omission giving rise to your complaint.

We support your right to the privacy of your health information. We will not retaliate in any way if you choose to file a complaint with us or with the Office of Civil Rights.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or complaints relating to privacy, please contact:

info@adorelenses.com

INTERNET PRIVACY POLICY

This Internet Privacy Policy is effective as of November 11, 2019. Your prior activities on the site may have been governed by an earlier version of the Policy.

This Policy describes how we,  Eyemed and its subsidiary companies, handle information we learn about you from our website. If you have questions or wish to contact us about the Policy, direct inquiries to:

Privacy Office

info@adorelenses.com

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

The information we collect depends on what you do when you visit our site. Please note that we do not collect personal information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide such information to us.

We collect personally-identifying information you provide to us in connection with purchases you make on our site, requests for services made through the site, the creation of a user account, any material you may post to the site, and your participation in surveys on the site. From time to time, we may provide you the opportunity to participate in contests or in other voluntary activities through the site. We may request personal information from you, along with other information, in order for you to participate. Participation in these activities is completely voluntary; therefore, you can elect not to disclosure your personal information by not participating in the activity.

In addition, for each visitor to our site, we automatically gather certain information and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. We collect and store this information on an individual basis and in aggregate, or combined, form. We also collect both user-specific and aggregate information on what pages visitors access or visit.

HOW DO WE USE THIS INFORMATION?

We use the information we collect to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We also use this information to improve the content of our web pages, and to customize the content and layout of our pages. All of this is done with the intention of making our site more useful to visitors.

We may share email addresses, postal addresses or telephone contact information or other personally-identifying information we collect across brands within the company. We do not rent or sell such information to any third parties.

COOKIES

We use both session cookies and persistent cookies on this website. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We may link the information we store in cookies to your personal information in order to provide a faster and more pleasant online experience. If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some areas of our site will be limited.

We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site.

CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

If you are a California resident, you can request certain information about the sharing of your personal information with third parties for direct marketing purposes during the past year. Details concerning this process:

 

CALIFORNIA PRIVACY POLICY

If you are a California resident and a user of this web site and/or a Eyemed customer, you have the right to request information from Eyemed about the way in which Eyemed shares certain categories of your personal information with affiliated Eyemed companies for their direct marketing purposes.

California law provides that you have the right to submit a request to Eyemed at info@adorelenses.com

. and receive the following information:

the covered categories of personal information disclosed by Eyemed to affiliated Eyemed brands for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year, and the names of the affiliated companies sharing the Eyemed name which received such information.

You are entitled to receive a copy of this information in a standardized format, and the information will not be specific to you individually.

We do not rent, sell or share such information with any third parties. Eyemed does not currently actively respond to “Do Not Track” browser signals or mechanisms.

OPT OUT PROCEDURES

If you do not wish to receive promotional emails from us, please let us know by using the opt-out response device that can be found at the bottom of every email we deliver or by emailing us at info@adorelenses.com

To help us process your request, please include sufficient information for us to identify you in our records. Please allow a reasonable time for us to process your request. Please note that, although you can opt not to receive promotional messages, we reserve the right to send you informational email messages about any user account you establish on this website or administrative notices regarding the site, as permitted under the CAN-SPAM Act (15 U.S.C. §7701 et seq.).

If you do not wish for us to share your information with our related companies, please let us know by sending your request to:

Privacy Office, 

info@adorelenses.com

To help us process your request, please include sufficient information to allow us to identify you in our records. Please allow a reasonable time for us to process your request.

 

INFORMATION ACCESS

Upon request we provide site visitors with access to their own personally-identifying information (e.g., name, address, phone number) that we maintain about them. You can access this information by sending your request to:

Privacy Office, 

info@adorelenses.com

To help us process your request, please provide sufficient information to allow us to identify you in our records.

We reserve the right to ask for information verifying your identity prior to disclosing any information to you. Should we ask for verification, the information you provide to verify your identity will be used only for that purpose, and all copies of this information in our possession will be destroyed when the process is complete.

We also offer visitors the opportunity to have inaccuracies corrected in all information we maintain about them.

Privacy Office, 

info@adorelenses.com

To help us process your request, please provide sufficient information to allow us to identify you in our records.

 

SECURITY

The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, and to guard that information against loss, misuse or alteration. When you enter sensitive and/or personally-identifying information on our registration or during the ordering process, we encrypt transmissions involving such information using secure protocols.

Please note, however, that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we use commercially-reasonable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

 

THIRD PARTY SITES

This Policy applies only to information collected by this website.

From time to time, this website may link you to other sites (“Linked Sites”) that are not owned by Eyemed. We do not control the collection or use of any information, including personally-identifying information, that occurs during your visit to the Linked Sites. Further, we make no representations about the privacy policies or practices of the Linked Sites, and Eyemed is not responsible for the privacy practices of these Linked Sites.

Be careful of disclosing any of your personally identifiable information when leaving our site. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.

 

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our Policy. If our information practices change materially at some time in the future, we will post the changes to our website and revise our Policy accordingly. In addition, if we have collected personally-identifying information from you, we will notify you about the changes and secure your consent prior to making use of your information in new ways.

 

QUESTIONS/CONCERNS

If you believe that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us at the above postal address, email address, or telephone number.