Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes the practices of Georgia Mobile Healthcare Services, its subsidiaries and affiliates (referred to as a group as “GMHS”) regarding past and ongoing collection and use of information from visitors to our websites and users of our other Internet services and mobile applications (each an “GMHS website”).

Before you use an GMHS website, you should review this Privacy Policy and the related Terms & Conditions. Only submit information and use an GMHS website if you accept this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. 

Welcome to Georgia Mobile Healthcare Services. (“GMHS”). We greatly appreciate your business and trust in our services. As a provider of paramedical to the insurance industry and a health service provider to practitioners, that involves compiling personal—and sometimes, sensitive—information, protecting the confidentiality of that information has been, and will continue to be, a top priority at GMHS. We at GMHS are thoroughly committed to protecting the privacy and security of your visit to our website. Outlined below is our online privacy policy:

Information We Collect and How We Use It

Whether you are a current customer, former customer, or potential customer, we believe that you should know about the information we collect, the measures we take to safeguard it, and the limited circumstances in which we may share the information collected.

1. We collect only the information necessary to consistently deliver responsive services to the client, the healthcare provider and the insurance industry.

2. The information we collect, and the extent to which we use it, will vary depending on the level of paramedical, medical or laboratory services you choose.

GMHS only collects information that helps serve the healthcare providers and the insurance industry by completing paramedical exams or wellness exams on the client/patients/proposed insured which include obtaining the required laboratory specimens and paperwork while fulfilling legal and regulatory requirements by remaining HIPAA compliant.

The information collected generally varies depending on the products or services requested and may include:

• For example, name, age, gender, address, contact information, Social Security number, Driver’s License information, policy amount, carrier name, product type, necessary laboratory requirements, paperwork and any special instructions.

GMHS is authorized by its clients to act as their representatives in obtaining information on individuals regarding the following:

• Health history
• Medical information
• Family history
• Lifestyle character
• General reputation
• Habits, use of alcohol and other drugs
• Marital status
• Past and present employment and job duties
• Finances
• Other insurance coverage
• Participation in hazardous hobbies or activities

Information Security

GMHS maintain safeguards to protect privacy by limiting access to customer information to employees, registered representatives or agents who may need it to perform their jobs. HIPAA also known as “The Privacy Rule,” protects all "individually identifiable health information" held or transmitted by a covered entity or its business associate, in any form or media, whether electronic, paper, or oral. All of our employees & contractors are routinely trained on HIPAA laws, the importance of patient /client confidentiality and their duty to protect the information entrusted to them.

GMHS implements commercially reasonable security measures to help protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure, or destruction of data. Please understand that no one can give an absolute assurance that information intended to be maintained as private, whether transmitted via the Internet or otherwise, cannot be accessed inappropriately or unlawfully by third parties. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a computer.

Our Web server automatically collects the domain name and Internet Protocol (“IP”) address for each visitor to our websites. We collect information about the usage of our websites. In addition, we may request or require you to provide Personal Information and/or create an account in order to access certain services or engage in certain activities on an GMHS website. The information collected depends on how you choose to use our services and our websites, as detailed below.

The types of Personal Information we collect includes, but is not limited to:

• General information (e.g., your name, date of birth, home and business address, email address, phone number, and other types of demographic information)
• Professional information (e.g., occupation, place of employment, professional history)
• Financial information (e.g., credit card information, billing information)
• IP addresses
• Individual responses to surveys
• Topical areas of interest
• Website usage (e.g., search terms, referring/exit pages, time on a website, number of clicks

Commonly Accepted Practices

Personal Information collected may be used for commonly accepted practices, including:

1. Product service fulfillment, such as the use of addresses for shipping and credit card information for payment.
2. Sending electronic publications to online subscribers.
3. Administration of our websites and monitoring usage of our websites.
4. Internal operations, such as the use of identity-verification technologies, and the review of server logs.
5. Legal compliance and public purposes, such as subpoena compliance and credit reporting.
6. Registration and participation in GMHS products, services, and communities; and
7. Marketing of products and services to you by GMHS, such as the recommendation of products or the delivery of coupons based upon prior purchases.

We use Non-Personal Information to improve the usability of our websites and for other business reasons. We or other third-party companies may also use the Non-Personal Information to provide advertisements and targeted advertisements to you based on the Non-Personal Information.

Information Collected to Create an Account

There are times when GMHS may request or require you to create an account with us in order to obtain certain services. In such cases we may collect username or ID and password information from you. We use this information to verify users’ identities in order to prevent unauthorized access to users’ personal information. GMHS allows account holders to elect to have the GMHS website remember their login information between visits, so they do not have to log in each time. This is done by checking a box labeled “remember me” on the login page. This feature requires the placement of a small text file called a cookie (see next section) on the user’s hard drive. The cookie tells the site that the user has logged in before. As part of registering for some of GMHS products and affiliates, we may collect contact and demographic information such as your name, address, email address, etc. We may also collect information regarding your personal and professional history, interests, activities, experiences and interests in health care products and services. Certain information may be required in order to complete the registration process.

Cookies

Several portions of the GMHS websites use cookies. Cookies are small data files that are transferred to your computer through your Web browser. Cookies are used by most websites. We may use cookies, clear gifs, and log file information to: (i) store information so that you will not have to re-enter it during subsequent visits; (ii) provide personalized content on my mygmhs.com and to provide targeted advertising on other sites; (iii) monitor effectiveness of marketing campaigns; (iv) record site analytics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and (v) track your entries, submissions and communications. Certain features of our website require cookies in order to function properly.

Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Some GMHS website features and services may not function properly if you set your browser to refuse cookies. If you view an GMHS website without changing your cookie settings, you are indicating your consent to receive all cookies (that are not related to third party advertisers and analytics providers) from the GMHS website. For more information on managing cookies operated by third party advertisers and analytics providers.

Email Addresses and Mailing Lists

GMHS collects and uses the email addresses and mailing addresses of its members (see Section 2. Members’ Information, below) for purposes of providing membership benefits and services to members. In addition, GMHS collects email and mailing addresses in connection with registration for and attendance at conferences, webinars and other events, subscriptions for publications, the purchase of products and services, and in other circumstances. We may use your email address or other Personal Information to send commercial or marketing messages to you regarding GMHS products or services. In addition, we may also use your name, mailing address, e-mail address, or other Personal Information (i) to send commercial or marketing messages on behalf of our affiliated organizations or on behalf of unrelated third parties, and/or (ii) in a mailing list sold to third parties for the marketing of their products and services. For example, we may share contact information you provide when you register for a conference or webinar with conference exhibitors or webinar sponsors so that they may send you commercial messages. You may opt-out of any or all of such disclosures as provided below.

Social Media Interactions and Third-Party Links

GMHS websites and publications contain many links to other websites. In addition, GMHS and its affiliates may maintain a presence on third party sites such as Facebook® or LinkedIn®. These third-party sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data or solicit personal information. GMHS is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other sites. Please review each site’s privacy policy to learn about how they may collect or use information.

GMHS websites may contain functionality that enables you to import profile information or contacts from third party services (e.g., LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, etc.) (collectively, “Third Party Accounts”). If you choose to do this, you may have to log into the applicable Third-Party Account, using such account’s username and password. The copy of the information received by us shall be subject to this Privacy Policy. However, any data maintained by in Third-Party Accounts and by such third-party service and your use of that third party service will be subject to that third party’s separate terms of use and privacy policy.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

GMHS MAY MODIFY THIS PRIVACY POLICY AT ANY TIME, AND ANY CHANGE WILL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON POSTING OF THE MODIFIED PRIVACY POLICY. YOU AGREE TO REVIEW THE PRIVACY POLICY PERIODICALLY TO BE AWARE OF SUCH MODIFICATIONS AND YOUR CONTINUED ACCESS OR USE OF THE SITE SHALL BE DEEMED YOUR CONCLUSIVE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRIVACY POLICY, AS MODIFIED. THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE LATEST VERSION OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE DATE LISTED ABOVE.

IF FOR ANY REASON GMHS WOULD LIKE TO USE THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE SUBMITTED FOR SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT PURPOSES OTHER THAN THOSE OUTLINED AT THE TIME YOU ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED YOUR INFORMATION, GMHS WILL AFFIRMATIVELY REQUEST PERMISSION FROM YOU TO USE SUCH DATA FOR THOSE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT PURPOSES PRIOR TO USING THE DATA.

Marketing Emails and Mobile Messages

You may opt out of receiving marketing e-mails by following the opt-out instructions provided to you in those e-mails. Please note that we reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to your account or use of an GMHS website or other GMHS services, such as administrative and services announcements. These transactional account messages may be unaffected if you choose to opt out from marketing e-mails.

If you sign up to receive SMS or MMS messages from GMHS, rest assured that your opt-in consent or data will be shared with third party companies. You may unsubscribe from any SMS or MMS messages received by replying “STOP”.

Accessing and Updating Personal Information

You may request access to your Personal Information, corrections and/or deletions of the same by using the Contact Information set forth below. We will use reasonable, good faith efforts to promptly address your concerns, subject to legal retention obligations and legitimate business needs.

When making a request, individual users are asked to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed. Please note that there may be circumstances where we are not required to comply with your requests (e.g., if GMHS has an ongoing requirement to retain your Personal Information for our own business or legal compliance purposes). We may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, would be extremely impractical, or for which access is not otherwise required. Correcting or removing data is done free of charge to the user unless doing so requires a disproportionate effort. After deleting your information from active servers, copies may remain in our backup system.

Contact Information and Opt-Out Requests

We welcome your comments, suggestions, and questions about our Privacy Policy and privacy practices. If you feel that GMHS is not following this Privacy Policy, please contact us as follows.

Contact Information:

By email at support@mygmhs.com
By phone at 770-804-5250
 

We also welcome users’ requests not to receive certain forms of communication from GMHS and third parties and not to have certain information shared with nonaffiliated third parties. If you prefer that we not disclose your Personal Information to nonaffiliated third parties, you may request us not to make those disclosures (except as required by law) by contacting us as described above. If you elect to opt out of certain disclosures, we may not be able to offer you certain services and products. Please note that Personal Information does not include publicly available information that is lawfully made available to the general public from federal, state or local government records, widely distributed media or disclosures to the general public required by law.

Terms and Conditions

If you choose to visit one of GMHS websites, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions, including limitations on damages, resolution of disputes and application of the law of the State of Georgia.