Privacy Statement

At AV Diagnostics, protecting the privacy and security of personal information is essential and is fundamental to our values and to the way we do business. Our current privacy policies and practices in place meet the requirements of all applicable laws, rules and regulations. Privacy legislation requires organizations to have such policies, practices and programs in place that demonstrate the strong, commonly accepted privacy standard that the public expects. These laws are generally based on the Canadian Standards Association’s Code for the Protection of Personal Information (CAN/CSA-Q830-96). AV Diagnostics incorporates these principles into our business practices:

Accountability: 

We are all accountable to protect the privacy of the personal information in our care.  AV Diagnostics trains its employees to follow privacy policies and operational procedures, and also performs ongoing reviews of our privacy practices.

Identifying Purposes: 

AV Diagnostics identifies the purposes for which it collects and uses personal information at or before the time it is collected from an individual.

Consent: 

AV Diagnostics obtains an individual’s consent before we collect, use or disclose personal information. There are some situations where AV Diagnostics uses implied consent (for example, when AV Diagnostics provides services at the request of a healthcare practitioner).

Limiting Collection: 

AV Diagnostics collects only the personal information that we need in order to provide services and manage the business. This information is collected by fair and lawful means.

Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention: 

AV Diagnostics uses or discloses personal information only for identified purposes, or with the consent of the individual, or as permitted or required by law. AV Diagnostics retains this information only as long as necessary to fulfill the identified purposes.

Accuracy: 

AV Diagnostics collects and maintains personal information that is as accurate, complete, and up-to-date as possible to be used for the identified purposes.

Safeguards: 

AV Diagnostics has appropriate physical, technical and procedural safeguards in place to protect personal information.

Openness: 

AV Diagnostics provides and maintains publicly accessible information about our privacy practices.

Individual Access: 

Upon written request, AV Diagnostics informs individuals of the existence, use, and disclosure of their personal information. When appropriate, AV Diagnostics provides access to that information and allows the individual to question its accuracy and completeness.

Challenging Compliance: 

Individuals may direct concerns regarding AV Diagnostics’ compliance with these principles to our Head Office. Reported concerns will be investigated and we will reply to each request.

 

AV Diagnostics remains firmly committed to maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of the personal information in our care.
For further information regarding our Privacy Program, please contact our head office, or send an e-mail to our confidential mailbox at

E-mail: privacy@avdiagnostics.ca

Data security and retention:

The security of your information is fundamental to us. We have implemented industry-standard security measures, which include the use of firewalls and encryption.
Please note that we may update or change this privacy policy. If we revise our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, and to other places we deem appropriate, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any we disclose it.