Wang Group medical is the world's largest provider of health care solutions to office-based dental and medical practitioners, as well as serving health care systems, management services organizations, dental laboratories, government and institutional health care clinics, and other alternate care sites. Headquartered in Melville, N.Y., Wang Group medical has operations or affiliates in approximately 30 countries.
Wang Group medical operates through a centralized and automated distribution network, with a large selection of branded products and Wang Group medical private-brand products. The company also offers its customers innovative technology solutions, including practice management software and e-commerce solutions, as well as a broad range of financial services.
You can find our contact details in the last section of this policy.
At Wang Group medical, your privacy is important to us. We process personal information in different contexts, and we do so by respecting your privacy, as part of our unwavering commitment to ethical and responsible practices and as required by law.
We recognize personal information as any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular individual or household. Depending on the context of your interactions with Wang Group medical, we may collect and use different types of personal information from current and prospective employees, contractors, current and prospective customers and vendors.
Wang Group medical receives and uses various types of personal information in order to conduct our day-to-day business activities. We apply the data minimization principle in the collection and use of personal information with the aim to only collect information that is necessary and by fair means and providing notice and requiring consent when necessary.
We may collect categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources highlighted below:
Some of this data is collected in the following situations when:
Information Collected Through Tracking Technologies.
The purposes for which we collect and use your personal information may vary depending on the type of relationship you have with us, such as if you are one of our employees, customers, or a website user. The use of personal information for new purposes should be consistent with and meet privacy expectations described in this Statement, otherwise we will request your authorization.
Generally, we collect, use, and disclose your personal information to provide you products and services and as otherwise related to the operation of our business. For more specific detail on our disclosures of personal information, see the next section "Sharing and Disclosures to Third Parties." Subject to restrictions and obligations of applicable laws, Wang Group medical and our vendors may use your personal information for some or all the following business purposes:
In addition, we may collect, use, and disclose your personal information for the following additional operational business purposes for which we are providing you notice as permitted by applicable law:
Wang Group medical shall use personal information for purposes disclosed above. To the extent required by law, Wang Group medical shall inform the individual if their personal information will be used for an additional purpose, and this disclosure shall occur prior to the data being so used, and the individual shall be given a mechanism to provide their consent.
As permitted by applicable law, we do not treat de-identified data or aggregate customer information as personal information and we reserve the right to convert, or permit others to convert, your personal information into de-identified data or aggregate consumer information. We have no obligation to re-identify such information to respond to your requests.
Our customers may engage service providers or subcontractors to enable them to perform services on our behalf. This sub-processing is, for purposes of clarity, an additional business purpose for which we are providing you notice.
In addition, we may collect, use, and disclose your personal information as required or permitted by applicable law.
At times, Wang Group medical engages third-party contractors, service providers, and other vendors to help us accomplish our business objectives. When Wang Group medical discloses personal information for a business purpose, we enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract. There are other circumstances where we are required by law to disclose personal information to third parties such as public authorities.
In the preceding twelve (12) months, Wang Group medical may have disclosed the following categories of personal information for a business purpose:
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in our other privacy notices, we restrict use of your personal information shared with our vendors for business purposes.
In the preceding twelve (12) months, we may have sold your personal information (as the term "sold" is defined by the California Consumer Protection Act). The personal information sold may include your:
In the calendar year 2019, we have not sold your personal information (as the term "sold" is defined by the California Consumer Protection Act).
We may disclose your personal information for a business purpose to the following categories of third parties:
In the preceding twelve (12) months, Wang Group medical may have disclosed personal information for the following business purposes:
We engage with third-party contractors, service providers, and other vendors for certain services. If the engagement involves the transmission of personal information, Wang Group medical directs the service provider to treat that data consistent with legal requirements. A contract to protect the personal information should be executed before any data is disclosed.
In certain circumstances, Wang Group medical may be required to disclose personal information when required by law, when required to protect our legal rights, or in an emergency situation where the health or security of an individual is endangered.
We may also disclose personal information in the context of any sale or transaction involving all or a portion of the business.
Our services are not directed to children. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personal information without their consent, please contact us. If we become aware that a child has registered for a service and has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information from our files.
Wang Group medical is committed to security, confidentiality, and integrity of personal information in accordance with legal requirements. We take commercially reasonable precautions to keep personal information secure against unauthorized access and use and we periodically review our security measures. We are committed to processing your data in a secure manner and have put in place specific technical and organizational measures to prevent the personal information we hold from being accidentally or deliberately compromised. Our employees participate in a training and compliance program and are required to safeguard your information.
Wang Group medical uses DigiCert, Inc. for its sites' security certificates. Please be aware that these protection tools do not protect information that is not collected through our website, such as information provided to us by e-mail.
We also conduct information risk assessments, we train our staff to understand the importance of protecting personal information, and we responsibly manage access rights within the Company. We include both physical security and IT security in our overall data security approach. We are diligent in selecting vendors that process personal information on our behalf so that they also ensure appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the data.
If you reside or otherwise find yourself in jurisdictions with data protection laws, Wang Group medical is committed to supporting your rights granted by such applicable data protection laws. Otherwise you can contact us at any time to discuss your privacy concerns.
Under certain circumstances, you may have the privacy rights described in this section. Any request you submit to us is subject to an identification and verification process. We will not fulfill your request unless you have provided sufficient information for us to reasonably verify you are the individual about whom we collected personal information
If we cannot comply with a request, we will explain the reasons in our response. We will use personal information provided in a verifiable request only to verify your identity or authority to make the request and to track and document request responses.
We will make commercially reasonable efforts to identify personal information that we collect, process, store, disclose, and otherwise use and to respond to your applicable privacy rights requests. In some cases, we may suggest that you receive the most recent or a summary of your personal information and give you the opportunity to elect whether you want the rest. We will typically not charge a fee to fully respond to your requests; provided, however, that we may charge a reasonable fee, or refuse to act upon a request, if your request is excessive, repetitive, unfounded, or overly burdensome. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, or that we may refuse it, we will give you notice explaining why we made that decision. You will be provided a cost estimate and the opportunity to accept such fees before we will charge you for responding to your request.
Pursuant to applicable data protection laws, your privacy rights may include the following:
You may have the right to send us a request, no more than twice in a twelve-month period, for any of the following for the period that is 12 months prior to the request date:
Obtaining Copies of Personal Information:
Do Not Sell:
If you are 16 years of age or older, you may have the right to direct us to not sell your personal information.]
We do not sell the personal information of an individual we know is under 16 unless we receive an opt-in from the individual who is between 13 and 16, or the parent or guardian of an individual younger than 13. Individuals who opt-in to personal information sales may opt-out at any time.
In the calendar year 2019, we have not sold your personal information (as the term "sold" is defined by the California Consumer Protection Act).
Delete:
Except to the extent we have a basis for retention under applicable law, you may request pursuant to applicable law that we delete your personal information that we have collected and are maintaining. Our retention rights include, without limitation, complete transactions and service you have requested or that are reasonably anticipated, for security purposes, for legitimate internal business purposes, including maintaining business records, to comply with law, to exercise or defend legal claims, and to cooperate with law enforcement.
We will not discriminate against you in a manner prohibited by applicable law because you exercise your privacy rights. You may have the right to exercise these rights via an authorized agent who meets the agency requirements of the applicable law.
Mailings, Calls, Faxes:
If you supply us with your street address, e-mail address, phone number or fax number, you may receive periodic mailings, calls or faxes from us with information about new products and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings or calls, you may "opt out" by writing, calling, or e-mailing us at the addresses/number listed below:
FTC/European Regulatory Authorities:
Wang Group medical will cooperate with inquiries made by the Federal Trade Commission or European regulatory authorities.
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Statement and related business practices at any time. We will duly inform you of any changes by posting here.
If you have any privacy concerns or questions about how your personal information is used, please feel free to contact us.
