Privacy Policy

 

This Privacy Policy (Privacy Policy) explains how APOONA Health Solutions Pty Limited (ABN 88 637 488 003) (APOONA, we, us or our) handles and manages the personal information we collect about you as a:

·         visitor (Visitor) to our website, which is accessible at the domain apoona.com and such other website at such domains as controlled by APOONA from time to time (Website) and our mobile applications APOONA for Android and iOS systems;

·         dentist, dental specialists, maxillofacial surgeon, dental technician, healthcare professional or representative of a dental clinic, a denture clinic, a dental laboratory, prosthetist or health service provider (User); or

·         a patient (Patient) of a User;

We are bound by and adhere to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) under that Act (collectively, Privacy Act) and this Privacy Policy.

By accessing the Website, by providing or having a User provide your personal information to APOONA, whether online or offline, you agree that you are 16 years of age or older and consent to our collection, use, holding and disclosure of your personal information, including your sensitive information, in accordance with and as set out in this Privacy Policy.

 

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND USE AND HOW

FOR VISITORS

If you are a Visitor, we only collect personal information directly from you and only when you provide it to us on the Website (i.e. entering information into a form or making an enquiry such as via the ‘Contact Us’ page) and/or if you otherwise contact us by email.

We use this information to respond to your questions or requests. If you request further information about our products and services, you consent to us sending you direct marketing communications about our products and services. If at any time you decide that you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us, you can always unsubscribe.

As a Visitor, we also collect information using cookies (explained in the Cookies section below).

FOR USERS

If you are a User, we collect your and/or your staff member’s personal information from you, including your name, email address, phone number, business name and business address when you open an account on the Website and mobile applications (User Profile).

As a User, sharing any individual’s (i.e. Patient’s) personal information with us, you warrant that you have provided a copy of or link to this Privacy Policy and obtained the individual’s prior consent to: (i) your disclosure of their personal information to us; and (ii) our collection, use, holding and disclosure of their personal information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

FOR PATIENTS

If you are a Patient and provide your consent to the User (such as your dentist, dental specialist, maxillofacial surgeon, dental technician, representative of a dental clinic, a denture clinic, a dental laboratory, prosthetist or health service provider) that we may be provided your personal information by (i.e., collect it from) the User. This happens where the User wants to use our services as part of providing dental and/or healthcare services to you. For example, if you require an implant, the User  will share your name as well as a 3D x-ray and three-dimensional models of your mouth including teeth, gum, jaw bones and surrounding tissues with us, so we can undertake an assessment and produce a report and/or model surgical guide tailored to your needs.

If you believe your information has been provided to us in error or is inaccurate, please contact us using the details in Our contact information below and we will, if appropriate, delete or correct the personal information we hold about you. Specifically, we collect your name and computer data containing 3D x-ray and three-dimensional models of your mouth including teeth, gum, jaw bones and surrounding tissues which is health information and therefore sensitive information.

We use this information to perform the functions of our business, including the analysis of your dental needs and, where applicable, to provide a report and/or manufacture the surgical guides for implants or other dental prostheses. Without this information we may not be able to provide services to assist your dentist, dental specialist, maxillofacial surgeon, dental technician, representative of a dental clinic, a denture clinic, a dental laboratory, prosthetist or health service provider.

 

HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

In order to perform our business functions, we will disclose your personal information to our related entities and/or third parties. The types of third parties we may disclose your personal information to include:

·         your dentist, dental specialist, maxillofacial surgeon, dental technician, representative of a dental clinic, a denture clinic, a dental laboratory, prosthetist or health service provider, if you are a Patient of such;

·         our professional advisers, including our accountants, auditors and lawyers; and

otherwise as permitted or required by law.

We will only transfer your personal information to third party entities located in Australia.

While we use these third party tools ourselves (and do not disclose your personal information to these third parties for their own use), we review the privacy and security arrangements of our third party service providers (such as our data storage, website and domain hosting providers) and control the data stored by our third party services providers, in some cases it is technically possible for them to access and receive data containing your personal information.

We note that all related entities we share your personal information with, for the purposes noted in this Privacy Policy, are located in Australia and are subject to the Privacy Act or provisions equivalent to the Privacy Act.

 

MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

If you are a User, if and as permitted by law, we may use your personal information to contact you (including by email) with details of products, services or promotions from APOONA that we think may be of interest to you. If, at any time, you decide that you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us you will always have the ability to unsubscribe.

 

UPDATING AND/OR ACCESSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We take reasonable steps to keep the personal information we hold about you accurate, complete and up to date. However, the accuracy of that information depends to a large extent on the information provided to us by you and the User.

Please:

·         let us know if there are any errors in your personal information;

·         keep us up to date with changes to personal information, such as your name or address, by contacting us at the address noted in Our contact information below; and

·         if you are a User, keep your User Profile information up to date.

You have the right to request access to your personal information at any time on your profile webpage or mobile application by contacting us, including for the purpose of asking us to correct or update that information. There is no charge for making such a request, but we may charge a reasonable fee for responding to a request. We will respond to your request within 30 days of receiving it. If we cannot or will not fulfil your request for any reason, we will write back to you and explain why.

 

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We take reasonable steps to keep our information systems and your personal information secure from unauthorised access, misuse, modification or unauthorised disclosure, including the use of encryption of data in transit and at rest and the use of industry-standard information security controls on our IT assets. However, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. We destroy any paper records containing personal information no longer required to be held and delete any electronic records containing personal information no longer required to be held.  

 

COOKIES

Information may be collected through the use of “cookies” on our Website. Cookies are small text files that a website can use in order to recognise visitors who revisit a website so as to facilitate their ongoing access to and use of the website. They enable usage behaviour to be tracked and aggregate (i.e. de-identified) data to be compiled that would facilitate more targeted advertising and improved content. Typically, cookies involve the assigning of a unique number to the visitor. You can prevent the use of cookies by setting up your web browser to block them.

 

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may amend, edit or update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please ensure you review it periodically for changes. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by way of a prominent notice on the Website announcing such changes. Your continued use of the Website or the provision of further personal information to us by you after this Privacy Policy has been revised will be deemed to be your acceptance of and consent to the revised Privacy Policy.

 

IF YOU HAVE A PRIVACY COMPLAINT

If you wish to make a complaint about an alleged breach by us of this Privacy Policy or the Privacy Act, you can contact us using the contact information in the Our contact information section below. You will need to provide us with sufficient detail regarding your complaint and any supporting evidence.

We will investigate the issue and determine the steps to be taken to resolve the complaint. We will notify you in writing if we require any additional information and also of the outcome of the investigation.

If you are not happy with the outcome of our investigation, you may complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) whose contact details can be obtained from the OAIC website noted below in the Further information section.

 

OUR CONTACT INFORMATION

If you would like further information, have any concerns over the accuracy of your personal information that we hold or wish to submit a correction or access request or privacy complaint, please contact us using the following details:

Privacy Officer

APOONA Health Solutions Pty Limited

info@apoona.com

 

FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information about the Privacy Act or to make a complaint to the Privacy Commissioner, please see the website of the OAIC at www.oaic.gov.au.