Privacy Policy

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Robert Street Dental Practice ABN: 42 952 952 588 collects, holds, uses and discloses personal information in accordance with this privacy policy. 

If you provide your personal information (including any sensitive health information) to us, you consent to us collecting, holding, using and disclosing that personal information in accordance with this privacy policy. 

If you do not provide us with the personal information we request from you, we may not be able to  provide you with the dental services you require or do business with you.

Why do we collect personal information?

We collect personal information from our patients in order to provide them with dental services. Weare required by guidelines issued by the Australian Dental Association under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009  to collect information from our patients and maintain dentalrecords that contribute to the safety and continuity of their dental care.

We also collect personal information about our contractors, service providers and suppliers and jobapplicants in order for us to operate our business.

What personal information do we collect?

If you are a patient, we will collect personal information including your name, date of birth, contact details, health insurance details and relevant sensitive health information in order for us to provide you with dental care.

If you are a contractor, service provider, supplier or job applicant, we may collect personal information such as your name, contact details and other information we require to do business with you including (but not limited to) professional qualifications, registrations, banking information etc.

How do we collect personal information? 

If you are a patient, we may disclose your personal information to other healthcare practitioners involved in your care, Medicare or your private health insurer.

If you are a contractor, service provider, supplier or job applicant, we may disclose your personal information where this is a requirement to give effect to an element of our business relationship with you including for reference and background checks.

We will not otherwise disclose your personal information (whether you are a patient or otherwise) to third parties unless we are permitted or required to do so by law.

How can you access or seek correction of the personal information we hold about you?

If you wish to know what personal information we hold about you or request a correction to the information that we hold about you, please contact us via the contact details set out below.

In order for us to respond to your request, you will need to provide us with your full name, address and a description of the information you wish to access and/or specify the manner in which the information we hold is inaccurate, out-of-date, irrelevant, incomplete or misleading and how it should be amended.

How will we deal with any complaints in relation to how we handle your personal information?

Please contact us (via the contact details set out below) if you are not happy with how we havehandled your personal information and you are concerned that we have breached an obligation underthe Australian Privacy Principles or this privacy policy.

We will consider your complaint and determine whether it requires further investigation. We will notify you of the outcome of this determination and/or any subsequent internal investigation.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may wish contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner via www.oaic.gov.au.

Contact

Practice Manager 

Robert Street Dental Practice1/154 Robert Street,

ATHERTON 4883

T: 07 4091 1387

E: admin@rsdp.com.au