1. Legal Disclaimer

Medical Disclaimer:

The information provided by Fallbrook Foot Doctor ("we," "us," or "our") on this website, fallbrookfootdoctor.com ("Site"), is for general informational purposes only. All information on the Site is provided in good faith; however, we make no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability, or completeness of any information on the Site. Under no circumstance shall we have any liability to you for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of the Site or reliance on any information provided on the Site. Your use of the Site and your reliance on any information on the Site is solely at your own risk.

The Site cannot and does not contain medical advice. The medical information is provided for general informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Accordingly, before taking any actions based on such information, we encourage you to consult with the appropriate professionals. We do not provide any kind of medical advice. The use or reliance of any information contained on this Site is solely at your own risk.

Limitation of Liability:

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Fallbrook Foot Doctor, its affiliates, directors, employees, or agents be liable to you or any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages whatsoever arising from your use of the Site or reliance on any information provided on the Site. This includes but is not limited to damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data, or other intangible losses, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Professional Discretion:

The content on this Site is not intended to replace professional medical judgment. All medical diagnoses and treatments should be made in consultation with a qualified healthcare provider. The practitioners at Fallbrook Foot Doctor reserve the right to determine the appropriate course of treatment based on individual patient circumstances and medical history.

Links to Third-Party Websites:

This Site may contain (or you may be sent through the Site) links to other websites or content belonging to or originating from third parties or links to websites and features in banners or other advertising. Such external links are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability, or completeness by us. We do not warrant, endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any information offered by third-party websites linked through the Site or any website or feature linked in any banner or other advertising. We will not be a party to or in any way be responsible for monitoring any transaction between you and third-party providers of products or services.

Testimonials Disclaimer:

The Site may contain testimonials by users of our services. These testimonials reflect the real-life experiences and opinions of such users. However, the experiences are personal to those particular users and may not necessarily be representative of all users of our services. We do not claim, and you should not assume, that all users will have the same experiences. Your individual results may vary.

Indemnification:

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Fallbrook Foot Doctor, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and affiliates, from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these terms or your use of the Site, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the Site's content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these terms, or your use of any information obtained from the Site.

Amendments to This Disclaimer:

We reserve the right to amend or update this disclaimer at any time. Such changes will be effective immediately upon posting on this page, and you agree to be bound by such changes by continuing to use the Site. It is your responsibility to review this disclaimer periodically to stay informed of updates.

2. Privacy Policy

Introduction:

At Fallbrook Foot Doctor, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, fallbrookfootdoctor.com. Please read this policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

Information We Collect:

We may collect and process the following data about you:

  • Personal Identification Information: This includes but is not limited to your name, email address, phone number, and any other personal details you provide when you fill out forms on our Site, subscribe to our newsletter, or communicate with us.
  • Technical Data: This includes your IP address, browser type, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this Site.
  • Usage Data: This includes information about how you use our website, products, and services.
  • Marketing and Communications Data: This includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

How We Use Your Information:

We use the information we collect in the following ways:

  • To Provide and Improve Our Services: We use your information to deliver the services you request, improve our website, and provide you with a better experience.
  • To Communicate with You: We use your personal information to respond to your inquiries, send you newsletters, and keep you informed about our services.
  • To Comply with Legal Obligations: We may process your personal information to comply with applicable laws, legal processes, and regulatory requirements.
  • To Personalize Your Experience: We may use the information we collect to better understand your needs and interests, enabling us to personalize your experience on our Site.
  • To Monitor and Analyze Trends: We use your information to monitor, analyze, and improve the effectiveness of our services, marketing efforts, and user experience.

Sharing Your Information:

We may share your personal information with:

  • Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as web hosting, payment processing, and marketing assistance. These service providers have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
  • Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
  • Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

Security of Your Information:

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have implemented reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

Retention of Your Information:

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).

Your Rights Regarding Your Information:

You have the right to:

  • Access Your Information: You may request access to the personal information we hold about you, as well as information on how that data is processed.
  • Rectify Your Information: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccuracies in the personal information we hold about you.
  • Erase Your Information: You may request the deletion of personal information that we hold about you, subject to certain conditions.
  • Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances, including where we are relying on a legitimate interest.
  • Data Portability: You have the right to request the transfer of your personal information to another party.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at softtoessmile@gmail.com.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies:

We may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information when you use our Site. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

  • Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the Site to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you that amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.
  • Analytical/Performance Cookies: These allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around the Site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Site works.
  • Functional Cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our Site. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences.

You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Please note that blocking cookies may impact your experience on our Site.

Changes to This Privacy Policy:

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

Contact Us:

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Site, please contact us at:

Fallbrook Foot Doctor
407 Potter Street, Suite A,
Fallbrook, California 92028
Phone: 760-728-4800
Fax: 760-728-0061
Email: softtoessmile@gmail.com
Website: fallbrookfootdoctor.com

3. HIPAA Policy

Introduction:

Fallbrook Podiatry Inc., is committed to maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of your health information. This HIPAA Policy explains how we protect your health information and your rights concerning that information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

Protected Health Information (PHI):

Protected Health Information (PHI) refers to any information that relates to your past, present, or future physical or mental health, healthcare services, or payment for those services, which could identify you. This includes, but is not limited to, your medical records, treatment information, and any personal details that you have provided to us in the course of your treatment.

Use and Disclosure of PHI:

We may use and disclose your PHI in the following ways:

  • Treatment: We may use and disclose your PHI to provide, coordinate, or manage your healthcare and related services. This includes sharing your PHI with other healthcare providers who are involved in your care.
  • Payment: We may use and disclose your PHI to obtain payment for the healthcare services we provide to you. This includes submitting claims to your insurance company and providing information to your health plan for payment purposes.
  • Healthcare Operations: We may use and disclose your PHI for healthcare operations, which include activities necessary to operate our practice, such as quality assessment and improvement, employee training, licensing, and conducting or arranging for other business activities.
  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your PHI when required to do so by federal, state, or local law. This includes complying with reporting obligations, such as reporting communicable diseases, abuse, neglect, or other required reporting.
  • Public Health Activities: We may disclose your PHI for public health activities, such as controlling disease, injury, or disability, and reporting to public health authorities.
  • Health Oversight Activities: We may disclose your PHI to health oversight agencies for activities authorized by law, such as audits, investigations, inspections, and licensure.
  • Judicial and Administrative Proceedings: We may disclose your PHI in response to a court or administrative order, subpoena, or other legal process.
  • Law Enforcement: We may disclose your PHI to law enforcement officials for purposes such as identifying or locating a suspect, fugitive, material witness, or missing person, or as otherwise required by law.
  • Research: We may use or disclose your PHI for research purposes, but only if the research project has been approved through a formal review process, and protocols are in place to ensure the privacy of your information.
  • Organ and Tissue Donation: We may disclose your PHI to organizations involved in organ donation and transplantation, if you are an organ donor.
  • Military and Veterans: If you are a member of the armed forces, we may disclose your PHI as required by military command authorities.
  • Workers' Compensation: We may disclose your PHI to comply with workers' compensation laws or similar programs that provide benefits for work-related injuries or illnesses.
  • Inmates: If you are an inmate of a correctional institution or under the custody of a law enforcement official, we may disclose your PHI to the correctional institution or law enforcement official as necessary for your health and the health and safety of others.

Your Rights Regarding PHI:

You have the following rights regarding your PHI:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of your PHI in a designated record set, with certain exceptions. You may request your health information in electronic format if we maintain it electronically. We may charge a reasonable fee for the costs of copying, mailing, or other supplies associated with your request.
  • Right to Amend: If you believe that your PHI is incorrect or incomplete, you have the right to request an amendment. We may deny your request if we believe the information is accurate and complete or if it was not created by us, among other reasons. If we deny your request, you have the right to submit a statement of disagreement.
  • Right to an Accounting of Disclosures: You have the right to request an accounting of certain disclosures of your PHI made by us in the six years prior to your request. This does not include disclosures made for treatment, payment, healthcare operations, and certain other purposes.
  • Right to Request Restrictions: You have the right to request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of your PHI. We are not required to agree to your request unless the request is to restrict disclosures to a health plan for payment or healthcare operations purposes and the PHI pertains solely to a healthcare item or service for which you have paid out-of-pocket in full.
  • Right to Request Confidential Communications: You have the right to request that we communicate with you in a certain way or at a certain location. We will accommodate reasonable requests.
  • Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice: You have the right to request a paper copy of this HIPAA Policy at any time, even if you have agreed to receive this Policy electronically.

Breach Notification:

In the event of a breach of unsecured PHI, we will notify you as required by HIPAA. A breach is the unauthorized acquisition, access, use, or disclosure of PHI that compromises the security or privacy of the information. The notice will include a brief description of what happened, the types of PHI involved, steps you should take to protect yourself, what we are doing to investigate and mitigate the breach, and contact information for further inquiries.

Complaints:

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our office or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.

To file a complaint with us, contact:

Fallbrook Foot Doctor
407 Potter Street, Suite A,
Fallbrook, California 92028
Phone: 760-728-4800
Fax: 760-728-0061
Email: softtoessmile@gmail.com
Website: fallbrookfootdoctor.com

Terms and Conditions

1. Introduction

Welcome to the website of Fallbrook Foot Doctor, located at 407 Potter Street, Suite A, Fallbrook, California 92028 (hereinafter referred to as "the Practice," "we," "our," or "us"). These Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as "Terms") govern your access to and use of our website, fallbrookfootdoctor.com (hereinafter referred to as "the Site"), including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through the Site.

By accessing, browsing, or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, you must not use the Site. We reserve the right to update or modify these Terms at any time without prior notice. Your continued use of the Site after such changes indicates your acceptance of the new Terms. Please review these Terms periodically for changes.

2. Medical Disclaimer

2.1 Informational Purposes Only
The content provided on the Site, including but not limited to text, graphics, images, and other materials, is intended for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. You should not rely on any information provided on the Site for diagnosing or treating a medical condition.

2.2 Consult a Healthcare Provider
Always seek the advice of a qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment options. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on the Site. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately.

2.3 No Doctor-Patient Relationship
Your use of the Site does not create a doctor-patient relationship between you and the Practice or any of its healthcare providers. Communications through the Site, including the use of contact forms or email links, do not establish a doctor-patient relationship and should not be relied upon as personal medical advice.

3. Use of the Site

3.1 Permitted Use
You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Site strictly in accordance with these Terms. You agree to use the Site for lawful purposes only and in a manner consistent with all applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations.

3.2 Prohibited Conduct
You agree not to:

  • Use the Site in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party's use of the Site.
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the Site, or any other systems or networks connected to the Site, by hacking, password mining, or any other illegitimate means.
  • Use any automated means, such as robots, spiders, or scrapers, to access the Site for any purpose without our express written permission.
  • Use the Site to transmit or distribute any material that is defamatory, obscene, offensive, or otherwise unlawful.
  • Engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the Site, or that, in our judgment, exposes us or any of our users, affiliates, or partners to any liability or detriment of any type.

3.3 Termination
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site, without notice, for conduct that we believe violates these Terms or is harmful to other users, us, or third parties, or for any other reason.

4. Intellectual Property

4.1 Ownership
All content on the Site, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, audio clips, video clips, data compilations, and software, is the property of the Practice or its content suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

4.2 License to Use Content
You are granted a limited license to access and make personal use of the Site and its content. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of the Site or its content, any derivative use of the Site or its content, or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works from, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on the Site, except as permitted by these Terms or with our prior written consent.

4.3 Trademarks
The Fallbrook Podiatry Inc name, logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of the Practice or its affiliates or licensors. You may not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Practice. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on this Site are the trademarks of their respective owners.

5. Limitation of Liability

5.1 Disclaimer of Warranties
The Site is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied. The Practice disclaims all warranties, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. The Practice does not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of viruses or other harmful components. The Practice does not make any warranties or representations regarding the use of the content on the Site in terms of their accuracy, completeness, timeliness, reliability, or otherwise.

5.2 Exclusion of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Practice, its affiliates, licensors, service providers, employees, agents, officers, or directors shall not be liable for any damages of any kind, under any legal theory, arising out of or in connection with your use of, or inability to use, the Site, including any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages, including but not limited to, personal injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of business or anticipated savings, loss of use, loss of goodwill, loss of data, and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract, or otherwise, even if foreseeable.

The Practice does not warrant that the Site will be error-free, uninterrupted, or free of viruses or other harmful components. The Practice will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of the Site, including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages.

6. Links to Third-Party Sites

The Site may contain links to third-party websites that are not owned or controlled by the Practice. The Practice has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites. By using the Site, you expressly relieve the Practice from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website.

7. Privacy Policy

Your use of the Site is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is available on the Site. Please review the Privacy Policy to understand our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information.

8. Changes to the Terms

The Practice reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time without prior notice. Your continued use of the Site following any changes to the Terms constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms.

9. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any legal action or proceeding related to your access to or use of the Site shall be instituted in a state or federal court in California.

10. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about these Terms, please contact us at:

Fallbrook Foot Doctor
407 Potter Street, Suite A
Fallbrook, California 92028
Phone: 760-728-4800
Fax: 760-728-0061
Email: softtoessmile@gmail.com
Website: fallbrookfootdoctor.com

By using this Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

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