Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to https://www.highdesertpsychiatry.com/ and High Desert Psychiatry and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to High Desert Psychiatry include https://www.highdesertpsychiatry.com/. The High Desert Psychiatry website is a site that provides educational information on health-related issues. By using the High Desert Psychiatry website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Entering this site or the links accessible through this site, you agree to be bound by this agreement. The information and the resources contained on and accessible through this site are made available by High Desert Psychiatry and/or its suppliers and vendors and are subject to your agreement to their terms and conditions.

All contents copyright (c) High Desert Psychiatry

All rights reserved, High Desert Psychiatry makes this website available to all users for the sole purpose of providing educational information on health-related issues. The accuracy of the Website, information, and resources identified are not warranted or guaranteed or intended to substitute for professional health advice, to contradict health advice given, or for health care of any kind.
Your use of this website indicates your agreement to be bound by the Terms of Use and you expressly agree to be bound to the foregoing terms and conditions. All materials on this Internet site, including the site’s design, layout, and organization, are owned and copyrighted by High Desert Psychiatry, or its suppliers or vendors, and are protected by U.S. and international copyrights.
The material on this site may be used for personal use only. Commercial use of any sort is strictly prohibited.

Collection of your Personal Information

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

High Desert Psychiatry does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.

High Desert Psychiatry may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to High Desert Psychiatry, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
High Desert Psychiatry may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on High Desert Psychiatry or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of High Desert Psychiatry; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of High Desert Psychiatry, or the public.

Tracking User Behavior

High Desert Psychiatry may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within High Desert Psychiatry, in order to determine what High Desert Psychiatry services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within High Desert Psychiatry to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by High Desert Psychiatry. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the High Desert Psychiatry website.

Use of Cookies

The High Desert Psychiatry website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize High Desert Psychiatry pages, or register with High Desert Psychiatry site or services, a cookie helps High Desert Psychiatry to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same High Desert Psychiatry website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the High Desert Psychiatry features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the High Desert Psychiatry services or websites you visit.

You can, however, obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and
(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).

Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security of your Personal Information

High Desert Psychiatry secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. High Desert Psychiatry uses the following methods for this purpose:

– SSL Protocol

When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

HIPAA Compliant

This website resource allows you to learn information related to certain health topics and find health service providers in your area by linking you to individual health service provider’s websites. Due to the nature of this website, High Desert Psychiatry cannot check or verify the accuracy of information contained on health service provider’s websites. The inclusion of any link to such sites does not imply endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by High Desert Psychiatry of these sites. High Desert Psychiatry does not warrant the accuracy of information obtained from these websites. You are advised to conduct your own thorough review of the health service provider (“provider”) prior to retaining or taking advice from that provider. The advice given and opinions expressed throughout providers’ websites are those of the provider, not of High Desert Psychiatry. High Desert Psychiatry’s expressly disclaims all liability for any actions taken or not taken by you based upon any or all advice given or any service provided by the provider to you.

Children Under Thirteen

High Desert Psychiatry does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

Changes to this Statement

High Desert Psychiatry reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information

High Desert Psychiatry welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that High Desert Psychiatry has not adhered to this Statement, please contact High Desert Psychiatry at:

High Desert Psychiatry
45 NW Park Place
​Bend, OR 97703
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Email Address:
harryborch@highdesertpsychiatry.com

Telephone number:
(541) 241-3365

Effective as of March 15, 2019