Privacy Policy for ONIN.ca

Effective Date: February 1, 2024

Welcome to the Ontario Naturopathic Integrative Network. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our users, especially healthcare professionals seeking referral services and Continuing Medical Education (CME). This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.  Please note all patient data is managed through OceansMD by Cognisant and meets the requirements set out in the Health Information Privacy Act in Ontario.  Please note that no patient information should be shared directly on the onin.ca platform or emails and should only be shared through the Oceans referral portal.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when registering on our site, expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, or otherwise contacting us. The personal information we collect may include:

  • Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, phone number, professional credentials.
  • Usage Information: Information about how you use our website and services, including your browsing and search history.
  • Technical Information: IP address, browser type, and version, operating system.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect about you to:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain our website and services.
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our website and services.
  • Understand and analyze how you use our website.
  • Develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
  • Communicate with you, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes.
  • Process your transactions and referrals.
  • Send you CME related information and updates.

3. How We Share Your Information

We may share your information with third parties in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers that perform services for us or on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.
  • For Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
  • For Legal Reasons: We may share your information as necessary to comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities.

4. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on the jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to access, correct, update, or request deletion of your personal information. Please contact us if you wish to exercise these rights.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to access or store information to improve your experience on our website. You have the option to accept or decline cookies. However, declining cookies may limit your use of certain features or functions on our website.

6. Security of Your Information

We take reasonable precautions to protect your information from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no internet transmission is ever completely secure or error-free.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Effective Date" and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@onin.ca.