Thank you for choosing Island Wide Medical Care, PLLC as your medical provider. We are committed to protecting your privacy and we understand that your personal information is important and deserves to be handled with care. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and handle your personal information and also describes your legal rights with respect to that information. 

1. Personal Information: We collect personal information such as name, date of birth, address, phone number, email, social security number, and insurance information when you visit our medical office.
2. Use of Personal Information: We use your personal information to provide you with medical services, process insurance claims, communicate with you, and comply with legal obligations.
3. Sharing of Personal Information: We do not share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes. However, we may share your personal information with insurance companies, billing companies, or other healthcare providers for purposes of providing medical services and processing insurance claims.
4. Security of Personal Information: We follow industry-standard security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We maintain administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to secure your personal information against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, or unauthorized access.
5. Retention of Personal Information: We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide you with medical services, comply with legal obligations, and defend against potential claims.
6. Your Legal Rights: You have legal rights relating to your personal information which include the right to access, correct, and request deletion of your personal information. You also have the right to object to processing, the right to restrict processing, and the right to data portability. We will respond to your requests in accordance with applicable laws.
7. Children’s Privacy: We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible.