Privacy Summary

Privacy Examiner respects your privacy and limits data collection to what is necessary to operate this website, respond to inquiries, and provide risk identification and monitoring services. This site is intended for business and compliance-related communications, not for patient use, and it is not designed to collect protected health information. We do not sell personal information, we avoid advertising and remarketing tracking, and we use reasonable safeguards to protect the information you choose to share with us.

Privacy Policy

PrivacyExaminer.com
Effective Date: December 26, 2025

Privacy Examiner (“Privacy Examiner,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates PrivacyExaminer.com (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard information when you visit the Site or contact us.

Privacy Examiner is an independent website risk detection and monitoring company focused on healthcare websites. We are not a law firm, and we do not provide legal advice or certify HIPAA compliance.

1. Scope of This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the Site and through communications you initiate with us, including contact forms, email, phone calls, and requests for confidential discussions. It does not apply to third-party websites, third-party services, or external platforms that may be linked from the Site.

2. Information We Collect

A. Information You Provide to Us

When you submit information through the Site or otherwise contact us, we may collect:

  • Name, job title, and organization or practice name

  • Email address and phone number

  • Website URL and information you choose to share about your web presence

  • Message content and any attachments you provide

Please do not submit patient information through the Site. The Site is not intended for patient intake or clinical communications.

B. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Site, we may automatically collect limited technical and operational information, including:

  • IP address or approximate location derived from it

  • Device type, browser type, and operating system

  • Pages visited, time spent, referring pages, and basic interaction events

  • Security and access logs necessary to operate and protect the Site

This information is used for site reliability, security, and operational awareness.

C. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We may use cookies or similar technologies for essential functionality, security, and basic performance measurement. We do not use the Site for advertising, behavioral profiling, or remarketing. Disabling cookies may affect certain site functions.

3. How We Use Information

We use information collected through the Site for purposes that include:

  • Responding to inquiries and requests for confidential discussions

  • Operating, maintaining, and securing the Site

  • Communicating regarding requested services or follow-up you initiate

  • Internal administrative, quality assurance, and recordkeeping purposes

  • Compliance, dispute prevention, and enforcement of our policies

4. How We Disclose Information

We do not sell personal information.

We may disclose information only in limited circumstances:

A. Service Providers

We may share information with vendors that support site hosting, communications, scheduling, security, professional services, and internal operations. These providers are permitted to use information only as necessary to perform services on our behalf and are expected to apply appropriate safeguards.

B. Legal and Safety Obligations

We may disclose information when we believe disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable law, legal process, or governmental requests, to enforce our agreements, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Privacy Examiner, our users, or others.

C. Business Transfers

Information may be transferred as part of a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, or sale of assets, subject to customary confidentiality protections.

5. Healthcare Context and Sensitive Information

Privacy Examiner’s services focus on identifying website technologies and behaviors that may create HIPAA exposure risk for healthcare organizations. The Site is intended for practice owners, administrators, compliance personnel, and vendors.

The Site is not intended to collect protected health information. If sensitive information is voluntarily submitted, it will be treated as confidential operational information, but submission is at the user’s discretion.

6. Data Retention

We retain information only as long as reasonably necessary to respond to inquiries, provide services, maintain business records, meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, and support security and operational integrity. Retention periods vary based on information type and legal requirements.

7. Security

We apply reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information collected through the Site. No method of transmission or storage is guaranteed to be fully secure, and absolute security cannot be assured.

8. Your Choices

A. Cookies

You may manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may limit certain site features.

B. Communications

You may opt out of non-essential communications by using an unsubscribe mechanism where provided or by contacting us directly. Administrative and transactional communications related to your inquiry may still be sent.

9. Children’s Privacy

The Site is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that such information has been collected, we will take appropriate steps to delete it.

10. State Privacy Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights regarding access, correction, or deletion of personal information, as well as rights to limit certain disclosures. Requests may be submitted using the contact information below. Identity verification may be required.

11. External Links and Third-Party Sites

The Site may include links to third-party websites. Privacy Examiner is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party sites. Your interactions with those sites are governed by their respective privacy policies.

12. Contact Information

For questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, contact:

Privacy Examiner
Email: privacy@privacyexaminer.com
Mailing Address: PO Box 177, Fruitland Park, FL 34731

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Updates will be reflected by a revised Effective Date. Continued use of the Site after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.