The Use of Personal Information
Privacy of personal information is an important principle to Krista Williamson, RD.
I am committed to collecting, using and disclosing personal information responsibly and only to the extent necessary for the services I provide. I am open and transparent about how I handle personal information. This document describes my privacy policies.
What is Personal Health Information?
Personal health information is information about an identifiable individual. Personal health information includes information that relates to:
- the physical, nutritional or mental health of the individual (including family health history);
- the provision of health care to the individual;
- payments or eligibility for health care or coverage for health care
Why I Collect Personal Health Information
I collect, use and disclose personal information to best serve my clients. For my clients, the primary purpose for collecting personal health information is to provide effective nutrition counselling / medical nutrition therapy.
For example, I collect information about clients’ health history, including their family history, physical condition and function and social situation in order to help me assess what their nutrition care needs are, to advise them of their options and then to provide the nutrition care they choose to have.
A second primary purpose is to obtain a baseline of health and social information so that in providing ongoing health services I can identify changes that are occurring over time.
I also collect, use and disclose personal health information for other purposes.
The most common examples of these purposes are as follows:
- To provide you with care and assistance based on your needs
- To make sure your service providers have the most up-to-date and complete record of your health history and needs
- To help me see where there might be gaps or overlaps so I can ensure you are getting the proper support and services
- For general administration and management of my programs and services
- To comply with my regulatory obligations to The College of Dietitians of Ontario.
- To obtain payment for services provided
- To advise clients about special events or opportunities (e.g., email newsletter)
Log Data
Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit www.kristawilliamsonrd.com (“Log Data”).
This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.
In addition, I may use third party services such as Google Analytics and Google Ads that collect, monitor and analyze this Log Data. This data is used to:
- analyze trends
- administer the site
- track user’s movement on the site (see which pages are of most interest)
- better understand your needs
- improve my services and products
- gather broad demographic information for aggregate use
None of the data gathered enables me to personally identify you.
Do You Share The Information With Other Parties?
No, although we do use some WordPress plugins on this website that may pass data, including personal information, to external servers to process.
I only use WordPress plugins and themes that are hosted by WordPress.org.
WordPress.org’s guidelines clearly prohibit tracking users without their explicit informed consent.
Embedded Content
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Links To Other Websites
Our website contains links that lead to other websites. If you click on these links, Krista Williamson, RD is not held responsible for your data and privacy protection. Visiting those websites is not governed by this privacy policy agreement. Make sure to read the privacy policy documentation of the website you go to from our website.
Protecting Privacy & Personal Information
I understand the importance of protecting personal information. For that reason, I have taken the following steps:
- Paper information is either under supervision or secured in a locked or restricted area.
- Electronic hardware is either under supervision or secured in a locked or restricted area at all times. In addition, strong passwords are used on all computers and mobile devices.
- Personal health information is only stored on mobile devices if necessary. All personal health information stored on mobile devices is protected by strong encryption.
- Electronic information is either anonymized or encrypted before being transmitted.
Right to Access Personal Information
Individuals have the right (with some exceptions) to access personal information about themselves held by the organization and to know what the organization has done with it. This ensures that the personal information is adequate, correct and up to date.
Correction Requests
Clients have the right to request a correction of erroneous information held by the organization. The purpose is to maintain appropriate and accurate information on clients.
Retention and Destruction of Personal Information
I need to retain personal information for some time to ensure that I can answer any questions you might have about the services provided and for my own accountability to the College of Dietitians of Ontario. I keep my client files for at least ten years from the date of the last client interaction or from the date the client turns 18. I destroy paper files containing personal health information by cross-cut shredding. I destroy electronic information by deleting it in a manner that it cannot be restored. When hardware is discarded, I ensure that the hardware is physically destroyed or the data is erased or overwritten in a manner that the information cannot be recovered.
Complaints System
While I will take precautions to avoid any breach of your privacy, if there is a loss, theft or unauthorized access to your personal health information I will notify you.
Contact: admin@kristawilliamsonrd.com
