Skinlogic Med Spa Privacy Policies

 

Skinlogic Inc.("Skinlogic Med Spa" or SL) understands the importance and sensitivity of your personal data, hence, we are committed to protecting your personal data and sensitive medical information. Our Privacy Policy ensures that all appropriate standards for personal data privacy and protection are compliant with HIPAA and OSHA and its Implementing Rules and Regulations. This policy embodies how we may collect, use and disclose your personal data or sensitive information as well as your rights as owners of this personal data.

This Data Privacy Policy applies to Personal Information we collect on the website, social media accounts, SL applications, and point of contact listed below (collectively the “Sites”):

Website (www.skinlogicmedspa.com), Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube.

 

EMAIL / SMS MARKETING OPT-IN

  • Text Marketing and Notifications
    By subscribing to Skinlogic Med Spa text notifications, you consent to receive recurring automated marketing messages and appointment reminder messages at the phone number provided. The frequency of messages varies. Consent is not a condition of purchase. Standard message and data rates may apply. You can unsubscribe from receiving text messages at any time by replying STOP to our messages, or by following the instructions provided in the message. For more information on our messaging terms and conditions, text “HELP” to the number you received messages from, or contact customer support at info@skinlogicmedspa.com
  • Personal Information Used for Text Marketing
    To deliver text messages, we collect:

    • Your Phone Number: So we can send text message notifications regarding your interest in our products and services.
    • Appointment Information: To send reminders about promotional offers.
    • We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personal information.
  • Third-Party Service Providers
    We may share your phone number and other relevant information with third-party text messaging platforms that facilitate the delivery and management of our text marketing campaign. These service providers are prohibited from using your personal information for any purposes other than enabling Skinlogic Med Spa’s text messaging service.
  • Policy Changes
    Skinlogic Med Spa may update this text marketing policy periodically. Any changes to this policy will be posted on this page with an updated “last modified” date at the document’s beginning. If we make any significant changes to how we treat our customer’s personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the website or through other appropriate communication channels.

If you have any questions about this Text Marketing and Notification section or other aspects of our Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@skinlogicmedspa.com

Complaints and Procedure

If you wish to access, update your Personal Data / Medical Information or if you have queries, complaints, suggestions regarding our Privacy Statement /Privacy Policy, you may reach us through the following contact details :

Address to: Skinlogic Med Spa
Mail to Address: 7900 East Green Lake Drive N., Suite 108 Seattle WA 98103
Contact #: +206-523-4444
E-mail:  info@skinlogicmedspa.com

 

HIPAA PRIVACY POLICY

Skinlogic Med Spa notice of Privacy Practices
Effective August 1, 2015

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.

WHO WILL FOLLOW THIS NOTICE?

This notice describes the practices of Skinlogic Med Spa and the practices that will be followed by all of Skinlogic Med Spa workforce members who handle your medical information.

OUR PLEDGE REGARDING YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION

Skinlogic Med Spa understands that medical information about you and your health is personal. We are committed to protecting medical information about you. We maintain our records and conduct our treatment environment with a goal of providing the highest level of protection for your medical information, while still providing you with the highest level of medical care. This notices applies to all of the records of your medical care which are received or created by Skinlogic Med.

Your other medical treatment providers (e.g. doctors, hospitals, home health agencies, etc.) may have different policies or notices regarding the use and disclosure of your medical information.

This notice will tell you about the ways in which Skinlogic Med Spa may use and disclose medical information about you. Your medical information, also referred to as “protected health information” is that information about you, including demographic information, that may identify you and that relates to your past, present or future physical or mental health information and related health care services.

In this notice, we also describe your rights and certain obligations Skinlogic Med Spa has regarding the use and disclosure of your protected health information. We are required by name to:

Make sure that medical and other information that identifies you (protected health information) is kept private.
Give you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to protected health information about you.
Follow the terms of the notice that is currently in effect.

USES AND DISCLOSURES FOR TREATMENT, PAYMENT AND MED SPA OPERATIONS

By becoming a patient at Skinlogic Med Spa, you are giving consent for Skinlogic Med Spa to use your protected health information for certain activities, including treatment, payment and other health care operations. Sometimes, you may hear these three activities referred to as “TPO”.

First of all, we may use and disclose protected health information about you so that Skinlogic Med Spa and its medical professionals can treat you. For example, we may use your past medical information in order to diagnose your present condition or we may provide information regarding your medical condition to another doctor to whom we refer you for additional care.

We DO NOT Share Personal Health Information with Third Parties.

Other uses and disclosures of your protected health information

The following uses of your protected health information may be made without any additional authorization from you. (Not every use or disclosure is listed, but be assured that all uses and disclosures made by Skinlogic Med Spa are only those which are permitted under the law).

Uses and disclosures for appointment reminders

We may use and disclose your medical information to contact you as a reminder that you have an appointment at the office. If you request that such communications be made confidentially, please contact our office in writing at 7900 East Green Lake Drive . Suite 108 Seattle, WA 98103 We will accommodate all reasonable requests.

Website

This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the Web site, their information is protected both online and off-line.

While we protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, the website’s administrator) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Annually, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our users’ information is protected. Finally, the servers that store personally identifiable information are in a secure environment, in a locked facility.

If users have any questions about the security at our Web site, users can send an email to info@skinlogicmedspa.com

Uses and disclosures in emergency situations

We may use or disclose your protected health information in an emergency treatment situation. If this happens, your physician/ARNP/Medical Director/Master Esthetician will attempt to obtain your acknowledgment of this Notice as soon as reasonably practicable after the delivery of treatment.

Uses and disclosures for health-related benefits or services

From time to time, Skinlogic Med Spa may use and disclosure protected health information to tell you about certain health related benefits or services that may be of interest to you.

Uses and disclosures required by law

We will use or disclose protected health information about you when required to do so by federal, state, or local law. The use or disclosure will be made in compliance with the law and will be limited to the relevant requirements of the law. You will be notified, if the law requires us to do so, of any such uses or disclosures. We must make disclosures to you and when required by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate or determine our compliance with the law.

Uses and disclosures related to communicable diseases

We may disclose your protected health information, if authorized by law, to a person who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or may otherwise be at risk of contracting or spreading the disease or condition.

Disclosures for health oversight activities

We may disclose protected health information to a health oversight agency for activities authorized by law. These activities include, for example, audits, investigations, and inspections. These activities are necessary for the government to monitor the health care system, the delivery of health care, government benefit programs, other government regulatory programs and civil rights laws.

Disclosures of abuse or neglect

We may disclose your protected health information to a public health authority authorized by law to receive reports of child abuse or neglect. In addition, we may disclose your protected health information if we believe that you have been a victim of abuse, neglect or domestic violence to a governmental entity or agency authorized to receive such information. In such cases, the disclosure will only be made in accordance with State name law.

Disclosures to the food and drug administration

We may disclose your protected health information to a person or company required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to report adverse events, product defects or other problems, biologic product deviations, track products; to enable product recalls; to make repairs or replacements; or to conduct post-market surveillance, as required.

Disclosures for lawsuits and disputes

If you are involved in a lawsuit or a dispute, we may disclose protected health information about you in response to a court order or administrative order. We may also disclose protected health information about you in response to a subpoena, discovery request, or other lawful process by someone else involved in the dispute, but only if efforts have been made to tell you about the request or to obtain an order protecting the information requested.

Disclosures to law enforcement

We may release protected health information if asked to do so by a law enforcement official, in response to a court order, subpoena, warrant, summons, or similar process.

Other related disclosures may include disclosures relating to individuals who are Armed Forces personnel, to national security and intelligence agencies, as well as disclosures to authorized federal officials for the protection of the President of the United States or other authorized persons or foreign heads of state.

Disclosures to coroners, funeral directors, and organ donation

We may disclose protected health information about you to a coroner or medical examiner for identification purposes, determining cause of death, or for the coroner or medical examiner to perform other duties required by law. We may also disclose protected health information about you to a funeral director in order to permit the funeral director to carry out legal duties, and may do so if death is reasonably anticipated. Your protected health information may also be disclosed for certain organ donations to which you may have agreed.

Disclosures for research

We may disclose your protected health information to researchers when their research has been approved and protocols have been established to ensure the privacy of your information. We may also disclose a limited set of your information, as allowed under the law, for research purposes.

Disclosures related to criminal activity

We may disclose your protected health information, consistent with federal and State name laws, if we believe that the use or disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious or imminent threat to the health or safety of a person or the public, or if it is necessary for law enforcement authorities to identify or apprehend an individual.

Disclosures for Workers’ Compensation

We may release protected health information about you for Workers’ Compensation or similar programs. These programs provide benefits for work-related injuries or illnesses.

YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

Right to inspect and copy

You have the right to inspect and copy protected health information that may be used to make decisions about your medical care. Usually this right includes both medical and billing records. You must submit your request in writing or online through our client form portal. If you request a copy of the information, we may charge a fee for the costs of copying, mailing or other supplies associated with your request. Your request to inspect and copy your information may only be denied in very limited circumstances and you have a right to request that any such denial be reviewed.

Right to request restrictions

You have the right to request that we restrict the use and disclosure of your protected health information for treatment, payment and health care operations. We are not required to agree to your request. If we do agree, we will comply with your request unless the information is needed to provide you emergency treatment.

To request restrictions, you must make your request in writing to 7900 East Green Lake Drive . Suite 108 Seattle, WA 98103. In your request, you must tell us:

What information you want to limit.
Whether you want to limit our use, disclosure, or both.
To whom you want the limits to apply.
Right to confidential communications

You also have the right to request to receive private health information communications (such as appointment confirmations) by alternative means or at alternative locations. For example, you can ask that we only contact you at work or by mail. To request confidential communications, you must make your request in writing to 7900 East Green Lake Drive N . Suite 108 Seattle, WA 98103. We will not ask you the reason for your request. We will accommodate all reasonable requests. Your request must specify how or where you wish to be contacted.

Right to amend

If you feel that the protected health information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, you have the right to request that your protected health information be amended. Only the health care entity (e.g., doctor, hospital, clinic, etc.) that created your protected health information is responsible for amending it. For more information regarding the procedures for submitting such a request, contact 7900 East Green Lake Drive N. Suite 108 Seattle, WA 98103.

Right to an accounting of disclosures

You have a right to an accounting of disclosures of your protected health information, for purposes other than treatment, payment or health care operations by Skinlogic Med Spa or any of the people or companies who perform treatment, payment or health care operations on our behalf. To request this list of disclosures we made of protected health information about you, you must submit a request in writing to 7900 East Green Lake Drive N. Suite 108 Seattle, WA 98103. Your request must state a time period which may not be longer than six (6) years prior to the date of your request and may not include dates before August 1, 2015. Your request should indicate the form in which you want the list (for example, on paper or electronically). You will be charged for photocopying.

Right to a paper copy of this notice

You have the right to a paper copy of this Notice. You may ask us to give you a copy of this notice at any time. You may obtain a copy of this Notice at our website: https://www.skinlogicmedspa.com
To obtain a paper copy of this Notice, contact (206) 523-4444
To learn more about these procedures, or to make any of these requests, you should contact our Office Manager at (206) 523-4444.

Changes to this notice

Skinlogic Med Spa reserves the right to change this notice. We reserve the right to make the revised or changed Notice effective for protected health information we already have about you, as well as any information we create or receive in the future. We will post a copy of the current Notice on Skinlogic Med Spa website: https://www.skinlogicmedspa.com. The Notice will contain, in the top right-hand corner, the effective date.

Complaints

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated and/or that Skinlogic Med Spa or our staff has not followed this policy, you may file a complaint with Scott Smith Office Manager or with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

To file a complaint with our staff contact Office Manager, 7900 East Green Lake Drive . Suite 108 Seattle, WA 98103. All complaints must be submitted in writing. You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.

Other uses of protected health information

Other uses and disclosures of your protected health information not covered by this notice or the laws that apply to our staff will be made only with your written permission (“authorization”). If you provide us permission to use or disclose protected health information about you, you may revoke that permission, in writing, at any time. If you revoke your permission, we will no longer use or disclose protected health information about you for the reasons covered by your authorization. You understand that we are unable to take back any disclosures we have already made with your permission, and that we are required to retain our records of the medical treatment or other services that we have provided to you.

Questions?

If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact the Office Manager at Skinlogic Med Spa through email at info@skinlogicmedspa.com or phone number at (206)523-4444.