Privacy Policy

Massage Addict

Written Statement of Policy 

Massage Addict (“we” or “us”) provides this Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, use and disclose the personal information that we collect when you use our website and other digital  properties, communicate with us, and use our goods or services. We are committed to collecting, using and disclosing personal information responsibly, limited to the extent  necessary for the goods and services we provide, and in accordance with Canadian privacy laws.  

WHO WE ARE 

Massage Addict is a multidisciplinary health service clinic committed to the highest standards of care by health care professionals. 

WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION? 

“Personal information” is information about an identifiable individual. Personal information includes, but is not limited to, information that relates to: 

• an individual's personal characteristics (e.g., gender, age, home address, telephone number, family status);  
• health (e.g., health history, health conditions, health care received by them); 
• activities and views (e.g., opinions expressed by an individual, an opinion or evaluation of an individual).  

Personal information is different from business information (e.g., an individual's business address and telephone number). Generally speaking, business information is not protected by privacy legislation in Canada. 

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT 

Massage Addict collects personal information from you directly when you interact with our website, request and utilize our goods and services, complete a client survey, and otherwise communicate with us, including with one of our health care professionals. The personal information we collect may include, but is not limited to, the following:

• Contact information , such as your name, email address, phone number, and mailing address; 
• Health information . Such as your health history, individual’s family health history, information about the individual’s physical condition and physical function
• Demographic information , such as your age, gender, and occupation;
• Billing information , such as your credit card number, ccv, expiry date, and billing address; 
• Information we generate about you , including the observations or opinions of our health care professionals and information relating to your use of our goods or services;
• Account registration information , such as your username and/or email address, password, and password hints and security questions; 
• Device and connection information , such as cookies and other tracking information, Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses, browser type, language, domain name, referral data, and website or other platform access times;  
• Information relevant to job applications , such as work and education history, specialized knowledge, and any other information provided as part of the application process, and 
• Any other personal information for which we may obtain your consent from time to time. 

Our services are not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal information of children under the age of 14 without permission from a parent or guardian.

HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION

Massage Addict collects, uses and discloses personal information for the primary purpose of providing treatment. For example, we may collect information about your health history, including family health history, physical condition, physical function and social situation in order to help us assess your health needs, to advise you of your options and then to provide the  health care you choose to have. Related to this purpose, we collect a baseline of health and  social information so that in providing ongoing health services, we can identify changes that occur over time. 

We also collect, use and disclose personal information for a variety of business purposes, including: 

• Billing : Invoicing clients for goods or services, processing credit card payments, and collecting unpaid accounts;
• Customer service and ongoing communication:  Responding to questions, complaints, comments and feedback; communicating with you about appointments or appointment history, and reminding you to book follow-up services; and, with your consent, communicating with you about new products, services, events or promotions that you may be interested in; 
• Personalized recommendations and targeted advertising : Personalizing the goods or  services we recommend so that they are tailored to your interests and needs; and identifying patterns of behaviour to offer relevant suggestions and provide a  personalized online experience, including through the delivery of targeted advertising and marketing services which may be directed to you via third party sites and on social  media platforms; 
• Account management : Providing secure access to your account; 
• Business improvement : Assessing trends to help develop, evaluate, and improve our goods, services, and website, and otherwise improving our business operations;
• Filling vacant positions : Assessing job applicants’ suitability for employment at Massage Addict; 
• Purposes permitted or required by law : Detecting, preventing, or suppressing fraud or other prohibited or illegal activities; meeting our and our health care professionals’ legal and regulatory requirements; and 
• Other purposes for which we may obtain consent from time to time and/or as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.

HOW WE SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may transfer personal information to third party service providers with whom we have a relationship and who assist us in providing our products and services. These third party service providers are acting on our behalf in respect of the personal information that we transfer to them. Some of these third parties may be located in jurisdictions outside of Canada, including the United States and the EU. The privacy laws applicable in other jurisdictions may differ from those in Canada.

We only transfer personal information that is reasonably necessary for the purposes intended. When transferring personal information to third party service providers, we employ reasonable contractual and/or other means to ensure those third parties provide a comparable level of  protection to the personal information. The third parties are prohibited from using your personal information for unrelated purposes. Accountability for any personal information that is transferred to third party services providers remains with us. 

We may disclose personal information to third parties, such as private insurers or motor vehicle accident insurers, for the purposes of obtaining payment for goods or services rendered to clients. These third parties will typically have the client's consent and/or legislative authority to direct us to collect and disclose to them certain information in order to demonstrate the client’s  entitlement to this funding. Once disclosed, the personal information will be handled in accordance with the third party’s privacy policy and statutory or other obligations. 

We may also disclose personal information to the associations, boards and/or provincial regulatory bodies (“regulatory authorities”) that oversee our health care professionals. Such disclosures would typically be for the purposes of assisting in investigations or complying with an order issued by a regulatory authority. When personal information is disclosed to a regulatory authority, it will be subject to the privacy obligations and policies applicable to that  particular regulatory authority. 

We may disclose limited amounts of personal information, such as a hashed email address or tokens generated from cookies, to our third party partners, including Meta, for the purpose of assessing and improving our business operations and strategies relating to advertising. In such cases, the personal information will be handled in accordance with the contractual provisions in place between Massage Addict (or our third party service provider) and Meta, and will be subject to Meta’s privacy policies and procedures. 

We may also disclose your personal information as permitted or required by law. For example, we and our third party service providers may disclose your personal information to law  enforcement, government bodies or other organizations in response to a warrant, subpoena, or other court order. Such disclosures may also be made for the purposes of investigating a breach  of an agreement or contravention of law, for detecting, suppressing or preventing fraud, or as otherwise may be required or permitted by applicable law. 

Finally, we may also disclose personal information to another organization in the event that:  

• we buy, sell, or otherwise acquire or dispose of our organization or a part of our organization, or any of its assets; 
• we merge or amalgamate our organization with another; 
• we make or receive a loan or other financing; 
• an organization creates a charge on, or the take of a security interest in or a security on, any assets or securities of our organization; 
• we lease or licensing of any of an organization’s assets. 

Any such disclosures will be conducted in accordance with applicable law.

HOW WE PROTECT AND RETAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION 

Massage Addict understands the importance of protecting personal information. For that  reason, we take reasonable precautions to protect the personal information that we collect throughout its entire lifecycle.  

We have implemented generally accepted standards of physical, administrative, and technical  security measures to protect personal information against unauthorized collection, use, disclosure, loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Only authorized Massage Addict personnel  and third-party service providers with a need to know the information are provided access to personal information, and these individuals are required to treat all personal information as  confidential.  

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described above, or as may be permitted or required by law, including as may be required by our health care professionals’ regulatory authorities and standards of professional conduct. After that time, we delete or destroy personal information using secure methods. 

YOUR RIGHTS  

Where granted by applicable law, you have the right to request access to the personal information that we have collected about you and to request that any inaccuracies in that information be corrected. You may also have the right to request that the personal information we have about you be deleted or de-indexed, in certain circumstances.  

You also have the right to request that we cease processing your personal information at any time, subject to legal and contractual obligations and reasonable notice. If you request to “opt out” or withdraw your consent for the collection, use and/or disclosure of your personal information, we may inform you of the consequences of doing so before processing your request. 

To exercise any of the above-mentioned rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. 

In addition, you can opt-out of our marketing communications at any time by contacting us  using the information provided below or using the “unsubscribe” mechanism included in the  communication; however, you will continue to receive transactional messages from us, as may  be relevant, and correspondence relating inquiries, comments, or complaints. 

If you believe that your privacy rights have been violated, or that we have not complied with our Privacy Policy or obligations under relevant privacy law, we encourage you to reach out to us using the contact information provided below. You also have a right to file a complaint with the applicable privacy regulator. 

COOKIES AND TRACKING INFORMATION 

As mentioned above, we may use cookies and similar technologies to help us personalize your experience, better understand your preferences, understand which parts of our website you have visited and gather usage and performance data. This type of data will be collected when you visit our websites, use our online services, and view our email messages and advertisements. 

To elaborate on the uses mentioned above, cookies may be used for targeted online advertising by Massage Addict and third party merchants on third party websites. We may work with advertising companies that use their own tracking technologies (including cookies) on our websites in order to provide you with tailored advertisements on our behalf. These companies may collect information about your activity across your different devices on our website and on  third party websites and apps, and use this information to make predictions about your preferences, develop personalized content and deliver ads that are more relevant to you. This  information may also be used to evaluate the effectiveness of our online advertising campaigns. 

You can opt-out of our collection and use of cookies. There are simple procedures in most browsers that allow you to delete existing cookies, to automatically decline cookies or to be given the choice of declining or accepting cookies. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions. If you choose to decline cookies, this may impair your ability to access and use some parts of our website. 

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES 

Our website may include links to third party websites. If you click on one of those links, you will be taken to a site that may collect information about you. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any linked websites that are operated by third parties. If you follow a link to a third party website, we encourage you to review the third party’s privacy policies to ensure that they are acceptable to you. 

UPDATES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY 

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically. We may modify or amend this Privacy Policy from time to time in our full discretion without any prior notice or liability to you  or any other person. Our Privacy Policy is current as of the “last updated" date which appears at  the top of this page. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, you should not use our website, products or services. 

CONTACT US 

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy and practices, please contact our President by email (confidential@massageaddict.ca) or by mail to: 

President
Massage Addict, Corporate Headquarters
16 Forest Road, Suite 200  
St. John's, NL  
A1C 2B9