PRIVACY POLICY SOHANA HOSPITAL

Our commitment to Privacy:

We are committed to protect Privacy rights of individuals whose personal information is provided to us. To affirm our commitment to protect Privacy as well as personal data, we provide this notice explaining our Information Security practices and Policies we follow in collection, storage and use of personal data including sensitive personal data as received from providers/users/you under lawful contracts or from persons directly. We ensure all our employees comply with our Privacy and Security policies. SGHS has established its policies, standards and procedures. We created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our commitment to the protection of providers’/users’ privacy and personal information. Providers/Users use of and access to the Services is subject to this Privacy Policy.

By confirming that you are bound by this privacy policy (by the means provided on this website or app), by using the services or by otherwise giving us your information, you agree to the practices and policies outlined in this privacy policy and you hereby consent to our collection, use, process and sharing of your information as described in this privacy policy. We reserve the right to change, modify, add or delete portions of the terms of this privacy policy, at our sole discretion, at any time. If you do not agree with this privacy policy at any time, do not use any of the services or give us any of your information. If you use the services on behalf of someone else (such as your child) or an entity, you represent that you are authorized by such individual or entity to accept this privacy policy on such individual’s or entity’s behalf.

Collection and processing of personal information:

Personal information including sensitive personal data may be received, processed or stored by SGHS only under valid contracts entered into with providers/users.

The types of personal information received by SGHS may include the following but not limited to: names, addresses of natural persons, as well as sensitive personal data such as demographic data like gender, date of birth etc, password, financial information like Bank account or credit card or debit card or other payment instrument details like OTP, medical records and biometric information etc. Accessing or correcting your personal information: At any time, the provider can request regarding their own personal information maintained at SGHS for various purposes as listed below but not limited to:

  • General information
  • Update of personal information
  • Deletion of personal information

SGHS will respond to such requests as soon as possible after confirming the authenticity of the requestor and the request.

How to contact us:

Should you as an information provider have any grievances on the data collected, processed or stored by SGHS, you may reach out to the Grievance Officer with questions or concerns about these Privacy policies as follows:

  • a. E-Mail: info@sghshospitals.com
  • b. Postal address: Sohana Hospital, Sector 77 Mohali 140308| India
SGHS Hospitals Online Privacy Notice Updated Sept 2024.

This Online Privacy Notice (“Notice”) describes how SGHS Hospital and its affiliates (“SGHS Hospitals”, “us”, “our” or “we”) collect, uses and shares information from or about you through any online interface (e.g., Website or mobile application) owned and controlled by us (the “Site”, meaning singularly, jointly and severally, any Website or Websites). We will use and share any information that we collect from or about you in accordance with the SGHS Hospitals Privacy Notice (above), which provides choices in the use and sharing of information. When using any of our Sites, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Notice.

INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE

All the information provided to us by a Provider/User, including sensitive personal information, is voluntary. Personal Information that we Collect Online “Personal Information” means personally identifiable information such as information you provide, or that others provide to us on your behalf, via forms, surveys, applications or other online fields including but not limited to name, postal, or email addresses, telephone, fax or mobile numbers.

How We Use Personal Information

You understand that SGHS, either itself or with its Partners, may use certain information of yours, which has been designated as ‘sensitive personal data or information’. We may use Personal Information to:

  • Respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests;
  • Send you important information regarding the Site, changes to our terms, conditions, and policies, and/or other administrative information;
  • Send you marketing communications that we believe may be of interest to you;
  • Personalize your experience on the Site;
  • Allow you to participate in surveys, contests and similar promotions and to administer these activities. Some of these activities have additional rules, which could contain additional information about how we use and disclose Personal Information;
  • Analyze data for our business purposes, such as audits, medical records, enhancing the Site, improving our services, identifying usage trends, and determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns; Analyze software usage patterns for improving product design and utility or;
  • For commercial purposes and in an aggregated or non-personally identifiable form for research, statistical analysis, and business intelligence purposes.
  • Control risk, to comply with laws and regulations and to comply with other legal processes and law enforcement requirements.
  • For sale or transfer of such research, statistical, or intelligence data in an aggregated or non-personally identifiable form to our Partners.
Provider hereby consents to such use of such information by SGHS and its Partner. Other Information We Collect Online

“Other Information” is any information other than Personal Information that does not reveal your specific identity or does not directly relate to an individual, such as:

  • Browser information Online Privacy Policy
  • Information collected through cookies, pixel tags, and other technologies
  • Demographic information and other information provided by you such as your date of birth;
  • Aggregated and De-Identified Dat
How we protect your personal information

To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with Indian law. These measures include computer safeguards, Data and Database Encrypting, and secured files and buildings.

How We Collect and Use Other Information

We and our third-party service providers/users, if any, may record, collect, and use Other Information in a variety of ways, including:

Through your browser: Certain information is collected by most browsers, such as your Media Access Control (MAC) address, device type, screen resolution, operating system version, and Internet browser type and version. We use this information to ensure that the Site functions properly and for security purposes.

Use of cookies: Cookies are pieces of information stored directly on the device you are using. Cookies we use do not contain or capture unencrypted Personal Information. Cookies allow us to collect information such as browser type, time spent on the Site, pages visited, and language preferences. We use the information for security purposes, to facilitate navigation, to display information more effectively, and to personalize your experience while visiting the Site. We also gather statistical information about the usage of the Site in order to continually improve the design and functionality, to understand how people use the Site, and to assist us with resolving questions regarding the Site. You can refuse to accept these cookies and most devices and browsers offer their own privacy settings for cookies. You will need to manage your cookie settings for each device and browser you use. However, if you do not accept these cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of the Site.

Use of an analytics and optimization service that tracks and analyzes activity on the Site. We use the information for security purposes, to facilitate navigation, to display information more effectively, to continually improve the design and functionality, and to understand how people use the Site. Use of pixel tags, web beacons, clear GIFs, or other technologies: These may be used in connection with some Site pages and HTML-formatted email messages to measure the effectiveness of our communications, the success of our marketing campaigns, compile statistics about usage and response rates and to assist us in resolving customers' questions regarding use of the Site. SMS Permissions (RECEIVE_SMS, READ_SMS): We use these permissions to automatically detect and input One-Time Passwords (OTP) sent via SMS for secure authentication and verification purposes. Automatic OTP Retrieval: We use the SMS permissions to automatically fill in OTPs sent to your phone for authentication, allowing for a smoother and quicker verification process. We do not read or store any other information from your SMS messages.

IP Address:

Your IP Address is a number that is automatically assigned to the device that you are using by your Internet Service Provider. An IP Address is identified and logged automatically in our server log files whenever a user visits the Site, along with the time of the visit and the page(s) that were visited. Collecting IP Addresses is standard practice on the Internet and is done automatically by many websites. We use IP Addresses for purposes such as calculating Site usage levels, helping diagnose server problems, and administering the Site. Aggregated and De-identified Data: “Aggregated and De-identified Data” is data we may create or compile from various sources, including mouse clicks and movements, scrolling activity, and text you type into the Site. This information is used for business purposes, which may include offering products or services, research, marketing, or analyzing market trends and other purposes consistent with applicable laws.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Social Media Sites

SGHS Hospital provides experiences on social media platforms such as Facebook®, Twitter® and LinkedIn® that enable online sharing and collaboration among users who have registered to use them. Any content you post, such as pictures, information, opinions, or any Personal Information that you make available to other participants on these social platforms, is subject to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policies of those platforms. Please refer to them to better understand your rights and obligations with regard to such content.

Links

The Site may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites to which we link. We do not exercise control over the sites that may be displayed as search results or links from within our Website/App, Services. These other sites may place their own cookies or other files on the User’s computer, collect data, or solicit personal information from the Users, for which SGHS is not responsible or liable. Accordingly, SGHS does not make any representations concerning the privacy practices or policies of such third parties or terms of use of such websites, nor does SGHS guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of the information, data, text, software, sound, photographs, graphics, videos, messages or other materials available on such websites. The inclusion or exclusion does not imply any endorsement by SGHS of the website, the website's provider, or the information on the website. If you decide to visit a third-party website linked to our Website, you do this entirely at your own risk. You should also be aware that, when you voluntarily disclose personal information in public forums, such information may be collected by others and may result in receiving unsolicited messages. We strongly encourage you to be aware that when you leave our Site you should read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.

CASUAL VISITORS NOTE

No sensitive personal data or information is automatically collected by SGHS from any casual visitors of this website, who are merely perusing the website/App. Nevertheless, certain provisions of this Privacy Policy are applicable to even such casual visitors, and such casual visitors are also required to read and understand the privacy statements set out herein, failing which they are required to leave the Website immediately. You are not a casual visitor if you have willingly submitted any personal data or information to SGHS through any means, including email, post, or through the registration process on the Website or App. All such visitors will be deemed to be and will be treated as, Users for the purposes of this Privacy Policy, and in which case, all the statements in this Privacy Policy apply to such persons.

Security

To maintain the accuracy of the Personal Data, as well as to prevent unauthorized access and ensure the correct use of Personal Data, we have implemented appropriate physical, technical, and administrative measures to safeguard and secure the Personal Data we collect. We use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol—an industry standard for encryption over the Internet—to protect in transmission the Personal Data we collect online. When you type in sensitive information, it will be automatically converted into codes before being securely dispatched over the Internet. All electronic Personal Data that we maintain in DB is securely stored and further protected through our use of appropriate access controls.

In addition, to better protect certain Personal Data, some areas of the website channels are inaccessible unless you supply individually identifiable and verifiable information, As stated above, in some instances we may entrust Personal Data to third-party service providers/users (including service providers/users outside of your jurisdiction) upon your acceptance, binding them to protect the security of Personal Data and only to use it for the purposes we specify.

Providers’ Personal Information is maintained by SGHS in electronic form on its or its employee's and Partner's equipment. Such information may also be converted to physical form from time to time. We take necessary precautions to protect your personal information both online and offline and implement reasonable security practices and measures including certain managerial, technical, operational, and physical security control measures that are commensurate with respect to the information being collected and the nature of SGHS’s business. SGHS makes all User information accessible to its employees only on a need-to-know basis.

Notwithstanding the above, SGHS is not responsible for the confidentiality, security, or distribution of your personal information by our Partners and third parties outside the scope of our agreement with such Partners and third parties. Further, SGHS and its Partners shall not be responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties or events that are beyond the reasonable control of SGHS and its Partners including, acts of government, computer hacking, unauthorized access to computer data and storage device, computer crashes, breach of security and encryption, poor quality of Internet service or telephone service of the User etc.

We take your privacy seriously and use industry-standard security measures to protect your data. The app only accesses your SMS messages to retrieve OTPs and does not share this information with any third party.

Choice / Opt Out

From time to time, we may send you e-mail, e-mail newsletters or Site news updates alerting you to new features, products, promotions or services pertaining to the Site. If you no longer wish to receive these materials from us, you may opt-out of receiving them. We will gladly comply with your requests for removal. Opt-Out Procedure: In compliance with the Can-Spam Act, on each marketing email transmitted by the Site, there are instructions for opting out of receiving future emails. Such instructions may include, without limitation: (a) clicking a link on the email which sends a reply to the sender’s server instructing the server of the sender’s desire to opt out of future emails, or (b) instructions for mailing a written request to be removed from future emails. All requests to opt out of future emails will be respected.

UPDATES TO THIS ONLINE PRIVACY NOTICE

In the future, we may need to change this Online Privacy Notice or the SGHS Hospital Consumer Privacy Notice. Please review it periodically. All changes will be made here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we may share it with anyone. Any change to a Privacy Notice will become effective when we post the revised Notice on the Site. Your use of the Site following these revisions acknowledges your receipt of the revision and your agreement to and acceptance of the revised Privacy Notice.

CONSENT TO THIS POLICY

You acknowledge that this Privacy Policy is a part of the Terms of Use of the Website/App and the other Services, and you unconditionally agree that becoming a User of the Website, the App and its Services signifies your assent to this Privacy Policy. Your visit to the Website, use of the App and use of the Services is subject to this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use. By affirming your assent to this Privacy Policy, you provide your consent to such collection as required under applicable law. Our Services may be unavailable to you in the event such consent is not given.

Terms and Conditions

These terms may be changed from time to time without further notice, at the discretion of SGHS. Your continued use of the Site after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new terms. If you do not agree to abide by these or any future terms, please do not use the Site or download content from it.

  • The Website and App provide you the ability to pay online through a third-party payment gateway for some of the Services available on the Website or App. If you choose to pay online, you may be directed to a third party payment gateway to enable processing of the payment. This transaction will be governed by the terms and conditions and privacy policy of the third-party payment gateway. SGHS shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly arising out of the usage, decline or acceptance of authorization for any transaction, for any reason whatsoever.
  • The cancellation and refund policy is only applicable to all online payments made through the mobile app and website for booking appointments.
  • In case of cancellation is initiated by the user, at the time of cancellation, the amount will be refunded via the same source of payment and will be subject to the payment terms of the source only. The amount will be refunded within 15 working days.
  • Some of the content, text, data, graphics, images, information, suggestions, guidance, and other material (collectively, “Information”) that may be available on the Website (including information provided in direct response to your questions or postings) may be provided by individuals in the medical profession. The provision of such Information does not create a licensed medical professional/patient relationship, between SGHS and you and does not constitute an opinion, medical advice, or diagnosis or treatment of any particular condition, but is only provided to assist you with locating appropriate medical care from a qualified practitioner. In case of a medical emergency (either on your or another person’s behalf), please contact an ambulance service, hospital, doctor, or appropriate medical professional directly.
  • By using this Website and App, you agree that any information shared by you with SGHS or with any other person, medical service provider or anyone else using the Website, App or Services will be subject to our Privacy Policy.
  • You are solely responsible for the content that you choose to submit for publication on the Website, including any feedback, ratings, or reviews. SGHS disclaims all responsibility with respect to the content of that you post on the Website and SGHS shall be entitled to re-publishing any content across any of its or its Partner's platforms.
  • You agree that SGHS may contact you through telephone, email, SMS, or any other electronic means of communication for the purpose of obtaining feedback in relation to its Website, App or services
  • If a User has any questions concerning the Company, the Website or App, this Agreement, the Services, or anything related to any of the foregoing, please write to us at: info@SGHShospitals.com
  • If the User has any grievance concerning the Website or App or the Service, including any discrepancies and grievances concerning the processing of information, you can contact our Grievance Officer at: info@SGHShospitals.com
  • Any appointment, health checkups, health schemes, diagnostic tests, or medical facility may terminated, change, suspend or discontinue at any time. SGHS may remove, modify or otherwise change any content, including that of third parties, on or from this Site. SGHS may impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or the entire Site without notice or liability. SGHS may terminate your use of the Site at any time in its sole discretion.
  • These terms apply exclusively to your access to and use of the Website, App or services and do not alter the terms or conditions of any other agreement you may have with SGHS or its parents, subsidiaries or affiliates.
Disclaimer
  • By accessing or browsing this website, you accept the terms and conditions herein without limitations or qualifications. Anybody using the website shall warrant to SGHS that you will not use this website for any purpose that is unlawful, unethical in whatsoever manner.
  • This Site (www.SGHShospitals.com) and the content available through it are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. You expressly agree that use of this Site and/or its content is at your sole risk.
  • To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, SGHS and its affiliates disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including without limitation any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement.
  • You expressly agree that use of this Site, including all content, data or software distributed by, downloaded or accessed from or through the Site, is at your sole risk. You understand and agree that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your business, your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of such content, data and/or software.
  • You acknowledge that SGHS does not control information, products or services offered by third parties through the Site. Except as otherwise agreed in writing, SGHS and its affiliates assume no responsibility for and make no warranty or representation as to the accuracy, currency, completeness, reliability or usefulness of any advice, opinion, statement or other content or of any products or services distributed or made available by third parties through the Site.
  • SGHS does not make any warranty that this Site or its content will meet your requirements, or that this Site or its content will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free, or that defects, if any, will be corrected. Nor does SGHS make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from use of this Site or its content or as to the accuracy, completeness or reliability of any information obtained through use of this Site.
  • SGHS assumes no responsibility for any damages suffered by a user, including, but not limited to, loss of data from delays, non-deliveries of content or email, errors, system down time, mis-deliveries of content or email, network or system outages, file corruption, or service interruptions caused by the negligence of SGHS, its affiliates, its licensors, or a user’s own errors and/or omissions except as specifically provided herein, SGHS disclaims any warranty or representation that confidentiality of information transmitted through the Site will be maintained. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from SGHS or through the Site shall create any warranty not expressly stated in writing. Some states do not allow the limitation or exclusion of certain warranties or conditions, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.
  • SGHS website is designed for non-commercial, personal use and you must not use, copy, translate, publish, license or sell any materials or information in any other way without our consent, except as permitted under applicable law. You must not use SGHS website or the structure, overall style and program code without our consent.
  • This agreement is governed by the laws of India. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Bangalore in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this website.
  • The opinion shared by our doctors is based on the medical reports and details provided by the patient at our associated hospital / clinic, and the final treatment plan will be based on our doctor's personal assessment of the patient at the hospital.
  • The suggested treatment is based on the information and reports provided to us. The actual line of treatment may vary based on the assessment carried by the consultant once the patient is at the hospital
  • The prices quoted are only indicative and can be confirmed only after the patient is personally assessed by a doctor at our hospital.
  • All international patients are required to produce their passports at the registration counter to get registered at the hospital as per the directives from the Government of India and are required to register their arrival within 14 days with the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO).
Limitation of Liability
  • SGHS or its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, or suppliers expressly disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, including, without limitation without limiting the foregoing, SGHS shall not be liable to you or your business for any incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages or lost or imputed profits or royalties arising out of this agreement or any content contained on the Site, or resulting from unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data, or other information that is sent or received or not sent or received or in connection with the use of or the inability to use this Site or any goods or services provided, whether for breach of warranty or any obligation arising there from or otherwise, whether liability is asserted in contract or tort (including negligence and strict product liability) and irrespective of whether you have been advised of the possibility of any such loss or damage. Each party hereby waives any claims that these exclusions deprive such party of an adequate remedy.
Indemnification
  • You agree to indemnify and hold the SGHS and the officers, agents, employees, partners, and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Site.
Feedback & Opinion
  • Any feedback/opinion (s) expressed in response to e-mail queries shall not be treated as medical advice until and unless the physical examination of the patient is carried out no treatment shall be initiated. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender, therefore, does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. Whilst every effort is made to address all queries and to accommodate valuable feedback from the Users, SGHS Hospitals does not guarantee a response or action to every mail.
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