We are pleased to announce that CCMD, Inc., CCMD of California, Inc., Accolade 2ndMD LLC, and Accolade, Inc. are now part of Accolade, Inc.
The use of CCMD, Inc., CCMD of California, Inc., Accolade 2ndMD LLC, and/or Accolade, Inc. services are subject to all of their respective terms, agreements, statements of rights, consent forms, and policies, which applied when you engaged with the respective services. When visiting an Accolade, Inc. website or using the CCMD Services, your information will be shared, where legally permissible, with our parent company, Accolade, Inc., in accordance with the Accolade, Inc. Privacy Policy.
CCMD, Inc. and CCMD of California, Inc., P.C. (“CCMD”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) delivers virtual primary care and mental health treatment to its members in a high quality, convenient and affordable way. The CCMD Privacy Policy applies to any registered users (“Members”) of our site, as well as any visitors (“non-members”).
CCMD takes your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy applies to CCMD -owned websites, CCMD -branded mobile app (collectively, the “Sites”), and all communications and services offered by CCMD (“Services”), but excludes services that state that they are offered under a different privacy policy.
To best explain your rights and our obligations under this Privacy Policy, we have included more information about your rights and our obligations below, along with definitions for key terms that we use throughout the Policy. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at: support@covidcheckmd.com
This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and is subject to, the Terms of Use. By using the Sites and the Services, you accept and agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Capitalized terms used in this Privacy Policy and not defined herein shall have the definitions provided in our Terms of Use.
Please read this privacy notice carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information that we collect.
CCMD reserves the right to modify, expand, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any and all changes to this Privacy Policy will be reflected here and the date new versions are posted will be stated at the bottom of this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Sites and the Services indicates your agreement with these modifications and updates. If you do not agree with the changes, then you should stop using the Sites and the Services and notify us that you do not want your Personal Information used in accordance with the changes. If we make significant material changes in the way we handle Personal Information, we will send a notice to you at the email address that we have on file and/or by posting a prominent notice on the Sites.
From time to time and without prior notice to you, we may change, expand, and improve the App. At any time, we may also cease to continue operating part or all of the App or selectively disable certain features of the App. Your use of the App does not entitle you to the continued provision or availability of the App. Any modification or elimination of the App or any particular features will be done in our sole and absolute discretion and without an ongoing obligation or liability to you.
When referred to in this Privacy Policy, the term “Personal Information” includes any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular individual or household, including any information that is subject to applicable data protection laws. Personal Information may include “Personal Information” as defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act, Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.100 et. seq., as amended (“CCPA”).
CCMD is also committed to protecting the privacy of your protected health information (“Protected Health Information”). “Protected Health Information” is a subset of Personal Information that is information about you, including demographic information, that may identify you and that relates to your past, present or future physical or mental health or condition; related health care services; or related to the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to you. For a description of how we may use and disclose your Protected Health Information to carry out treatment, payment or health care operations and for other purposes that are permitted or required by law, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), please refer to our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices, which is available here. Any conflict between this Privacy Policy and the HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices with respect to such submitted Protected Health Information shall be governed by the HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices.
CCMD collects information that you provide, including but not limited to:
We may use automated technology such as cookies and other tracking software to collect Personal Information from your computer system or mobile device. We may collect the following information:
In addition to the above, if you are a Provider (as defined in our Terms of Use), we may also collect:
Public information related to your practice, such as license information, disciplinary history, legal and regulatory proceedings, and other due diligence information
How We Collect Your Personal Information: We may obtain Personal Information:
From our affiliates, including the Providers (e.g., professional health care providers) about your participation in the Services
We may combine information from different sources: For example, we may combine information that we have collected offline with information we collect online, or we may combine information we get from a third party with information we already have.
If you submit any Personal Information relating to other people to us, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
CCMD uses cookies and other similar technologies (such as pixels and advertising tags) to ensure the quality of your visit. In particular, CCMD uses cookies to recognize users and their behaviors across our Services, streamline the login process, maintain a Member’s state while using our Services, and remember user-specific preferences. You can always set your browser not to accept cookies; however, you should be aware that in some cases, some of our Services may not function as a result.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the Sites and use their features. Without these cookies, services you have requested, such as remembering your login details or submitted information, cannot be provided.
Performance Cookies
These cookies collect anonymous information on how people use the Sites. For example, we use Google Analytics cookies to help us understand how individuals arrive at the Sites, browse or use the Sites, and highlight areas where we can improve such as navigation and marketing campaigns. The data stored by these cookies never shows personal details from which your individual identity can be established.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies remember choices you make such as the country from which you visit the Sites, language, and search parameters. These can then be used to provide you with an experience more appropriate to your selections and to make the visits more tailored and pleasant. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Targeting Cookies or Advertising Cookies
Depending on your settings, we may use cookies, web beacons, pixels, technologies to record user sessions, and other tracking tools to monitor and track your access to and usage of the Site for the purpose of certain remarketing activities.
These cookies collect information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an ad as well as help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign. The cookies are usually placed by third-party advertising networks. They remember the websites you visit and that information is shared with other parties such as advertisers.
We may use different kinds of cookies including session ID cookies and persistent cookies. Session ID cookies are used to personalize your user experience, to determine ways to improve the Sites and the Services we offer. These cookies are deleted when you close your browser session. Persistent cookies are used to collect information such as IP addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks.
You can change your settings for cookies and similar technologies by clicking on the cookie consent box on the Sites. In addition, you can refuse or accept cookies from the Sites at any time by activating the settings on your browser. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but if you disable cookies, certain pixels, and any screen recording technologies will be disabled and some parts of the Sites may not work properly. Check the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences. To find out more about cookies, visit www.aboutcookies.org.
We may also use technologies similar to cookies, such as Google Analytics and FaceBook/Meta Analytics. We use Google Analytics to collect anonymized statistics in order to improve the Sites and the Services. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with Personal Information. You can selectively disable Google Analytics by installing the opt-out component provided by Google on your browser. You can refer to the following links for more information: Google Analytics and privacy and Google Analytics opt-out browser.
We use Meta Business tools for conversion tracking, which is an analytics service provided by Meta that connects data from the Meta advertising network with actions performed on the Sites. Information collected includes anonymized usage data of our website, such as specific actions taken on our website, which are tracked and attributed using Meta’s pixel. You can refer to the Meta’s Privacy Policy for more information.
Many web browsers allow for the use of a “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) function to inform websites that you do not want your online activities tracked. We endeavor to cooperate with DNT signals. When you choose to turn on the DNT setting in your browser, your browser sends a signal to websites, analytics companies, ad networks, plug-in providers, and other web services you encounter while browsing to stop tracking your activity. DNT signals are not universal, and in special circumstances, CCMD reserves the right to refrain from complying with signals, such as when the signal is indecipherable or incompatible with our processes. Similar to our note about cookies, if you choose to turn on your DNT setting within your browser, some of our Services may not function as a result.
CCMD only uses your personal information to provide our services, personalize your experience, comply with security measures as well as the law, or fulfill business obligations. We may also need to use your personal data to address your own requests for that data, or to comply with your rights
We may use Anonymous Information (as defined below), or disclose it to third-party service providers, to provide and improve the Service. We may also disclose Anonymous Information (with or without compensation) to third parties, including advertisers and partners, for purposes including, but not limited to, targeting advertisements. “Anonymous Information” means information that does not enable the identification of an individual user, such as aggregated information about the use of the Service.
YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE SOLD. Nor will Your Personal Information be licensed or disclosed to unaffiliated third parties, except in connection with the sale, transfer, merger, consolidation, or other transaction involving all or part of our company or as may be permitted under applicable law.
CCMD will share your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy or when you otherwise consent (if required by law). We may share your Personal Information with our partners and affiliates as necessary to contact you or provide you with the requested Services. We may disclose your Personal Information to the Providers, pharmacies, or other persons or entities working on your behalf, including without limitation, for arranging appointments or communications, providing telehealth or other health care services as part of the Services, obtaining medication, or for payment or health care operations purposes.
CCMD also may share this Personal Information with outside contractors, advisors, auditors, vendors, consultants, or others engaged by CCMD to assist in providing financial or operational activities on CCMD’s behalf, including technical and processing services and analysis of the Sites’ performance. Additionally, we reserve the right to disclose to third parties non-personally identifiable information collected for any lawful purpose, including but not limited to, aggregate or de-identified data.
CCMD may disclose your Personal Information to third parties when obligated or permitted to do so by law or if we have a good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on CCMD or to investigate, prevent, or resolve any suspected or actual unlawful activities, such as potential fraud, or a perceived irregularity in any audits of the accuracy of any documentation or information submitted to CCMD by you or on your behalf, as deemed appropriate by CCMD.
CCMD may be required or permitted by law to share your Personal Information, without prior notice to you, to maintain, safeguard and/or preserve all the rights and/or property of CCMD and perform under demanding conditions in an effort to safeguard the personal safety of users of the Sites and/or the general public, including but not limited to, reporting adverse reactions to certain items, product recalls, preventing disease, and for health research purposes. We may dispute such requests when we believe, in our discretion, they are overbroad, vague, or lack proper authority, but we do not promise to challenge every demand.
Finally, CCMD may disclose or transfer information, including any Personal Information, to a successor entity (or potential buyer) in connection with a proposed or actual corporate merger, acquisition, consolidation, sale of assets, bankruptcy, or other corporate change. In addition, in the event, CCMD becomes the subject of an insolvency proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, CCMD or its liquidator, administrator, receiver, or administrative receiver may sell, license, or otherwise dispose of such information in a transaction approved by the court.
The Sites may contain links to other websites that have information we believe may be of interest to you. We do not endorse these websites. While we try to link only to websites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the content of the websites or privacy practices employed by other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of each website you visit that may collect information or ask you to disclose Personal Information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected on external websites that may be linked to or through the Sites.
All of the information that you provide to CCMD will be stored and processed in the United States. If you are accessing the Sites from other jurisdictions, please be advised that you are transferring your Personal Information to us in the United States where data protection and privacy laws may be less stringent than the laws of your country. BY USING THE SITES AND/OR THE SERVICES, YOU CONSENT TO THE TRANSFER AND USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
Except to the extent prohibited by law, and subject to this Privacy Policy, we will retain and use your Personal Information for as long as it is needed to provide you with the Services you have requested or access to the Sites and the Services, to document our business relationship with you, and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
CCMD has implemented commercially reasonable physical, technical, and administrative security measures designed to protect your Personal Information, including a secure firewall and the use of security infrastructure. As an additional security measure, your Personal Information is also encrypted during transmission using SSL security, an industry-standard secure technology. SSL encryption is indicated on your Web browser by the display of a lock or key on the browser status bar. Nonetheless, no such measure is ever 100% effective; therefore, we do not guarantee that your Personal Information will be secure from theft, loss, or unauthorized access or use, and we make no representation as to the reasonableness, efficacy, or appropriateness of the measures we use to safeguard such Personal Information. We encourage you to use caution when using the Internet. This includes not sharing your passwords.
If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of your Account has been compromised), please immediately notify us by contacting us at support@covidcheckmd.com
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding our collection, use, and sharing of your Personal Information. If you have any questions regarding these rights, please contact us at: support@covidcheckmd.com. Please note that we may request additional information to respond to or fulfill any requests regarding your rights under applicable laws or regulations.
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The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”, collectively “CCPA”), and other California privacy laws provide California residents (i.e., consumers) with specific rights regarding personal information. This section of the Privacy Notice describes those CCPA rights and how to exercise those rights.
Information Exempt from the CCPA
Note that certain information that is governed by other laws, such as the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as implemented and amended (HIPAA), is not considered Personal Information with respect to the rights of California residents noted above. However, additional rights might be available under those laws and standards. For more information, please review our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices.
As a California resident, you have the right, subject to certain exceptions defined in the CCPA and other applicable laws and regulations, to request that companies disclose certain information to you about their collection and use of your Personal Information over the past twelve (12) months. This right of access includes information about:
You shall have the right to request that the information described above be provided to you in a portable and readily usable format, to the extent technically feasible (“data portability”).
CCMD does not sell your personal information.
Deletion and/or Correction Request Rights
Subject to certain exceptions defined in the CCPA and other applicable laws and regulations, you have the right to request that CCMD delete and/or correct any of your Personal Information that it has collected from you and retained.
To the extent that CCMD can delete or correct your Personal Information, once CCMD receives and confirms your verifiable consumer request, CCMD will delete and/or correct (and direct our service providers to delete) your Personal Information, unless an exception applies. We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service providers to:
Additionally, CCMD may deny your deletion and/or correction request if the information sought to be deleted is protected health information disclosed to us as part of your participation in an employer-sponsored group health plan and/or your health plan carrier through which you have purchased a health plan or other benefits.
We may deny your correction request if, after considering the totality of the circumstances, we determine that the information is more likely accurate than not.
Non-Discrimination
California consumers also have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment if they exercise the rights listed herein.
Under the CCPA, California residents have the right to limit the use of their sensitive personal information (“SPI”) to only those purposes that are necessary for the business to provide products or services to the consumer. CCMD does not use any of your SPI for any other purposes than to provide the services to you.
Exercising Your Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights
To exercise the access, data portability, and deletion rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to Accolade by either:
The Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”) and other Colorado privacy laws provide Colorado residents (I.e., consumers) with specific rights regarding personal information. This section of the Privacy Notice describes those CPA rights and how to exercise those rights. This section does not apply to publicly available information or to protected health information that is collected and governed by the privacy, security, and breach notification rules issued by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, established pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Availability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”).
Access to Specific Information and Data Portability Rights
Colorado residents have the right to request that CCMD disclose certain information to you about CCMD’s collection and use of your personal information over the past twelve (12) months. Once CCMD receives and confirms a verifiable consumer request from you, CCMD will disclose to you, to the extent permitted by law:
You shall have the right to request that the information described above be provided to you in a portable and readily usable format, to the extent technically feasible (“data portability”).
CCMD does not sell your personal information.
Deletion and/or Correction Request Rights
You have the right to request that CCMD delete and/or correct certain of your personal information that CCMD collected from and/or related to you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Because of the relationship between CCMD and your employer and/or your health plan carrier, CCMD cannot delete or correct/change your personal information provided by your employer, your healthcare provider, and/or other entities that support your health benefits plan. To the extent that CCMD can delete or correct your personal information, once CCMD receives and confirms your verifiable consumer request, CCMD will delete and/or correct (and direct our service providers to delete) your personal information, unless an exception applies. We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service providers to:
We may deny your correction request if, after considering the totality of the circumstances, we determine that the information is more likely accurate than not.
Exercising Your Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights
To exercise the access, data portability, and deletion rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to Accolade by either:
Only you or a person registered with the Colorado Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child. You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access or data portability twice within a 12-month period. The verifiable consumer request must:
CCMD cannot respond to your request or provide you with your personal information if CCMD cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information that relates to you. Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request. Any disclosures provided pursuant to the CPA will only cover the 12-month period preceding the receipt of the verifiable consumer request.
CCMD will respond to a verifiable consumer request within 45 days of its receipt, or notify you that CCMD requires more time to respond and the reason for the extended response time. CCMD will deliver its written response by mail or electronically, at your option. To the extent that your verifiable consumer request is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded, CCMD may charge a reasonable fee to respond to such a request.
CCMD will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CPA rights. Unless permitted by the CPA, CCMD will not:
Right to Appeal
You have the right to appeal any declination to respond or failure to take action regarding your request to exercise your rights.
To exercise your right to appeal, please submit a verifiable appeal request to Accolade by either:
Virginia Residents
Accolade and its affiliates are exempt from the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”).
The VCDPA and other Virginia privacy laws provide Virginia residents (i.e., consumers) with specific rights regarding personal information. The VCDPA applies to for-profit and business-to-business companies that interact with Virginia residents or process the personal data of Virginia residents on a relatively larger scale. However, VCDPA DOES NOT apply to covered entities or business associates under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act. Accolade and its affiliates (including CCMD) are covered entities and/or business associates and are not subject to VCDPA.
Connecticut Residents
Accolade and its affiliates are exempt from the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”).
The CTDPA and other Connecticut privacy laws provide Connecticut residents (i.e., consumers) with specific rights regarding personal information. The CTDPA applies to for-profit and business-to-business companies that interact with Connecticut residents or process the personal data of Connecticut residents on a relatively larger scale. However, the CTDPA DOES NOT apply to covered entities or business associates under HIPAA and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act. Therefore, Accolade and its affiliates are covered entities and/or business associates and are not subject to the CTDPA.
Nevada Residents
Although CCMD does not sell Personal Information, Nevada residents have the right to submit a verified request directing CCMD not to sell their Personal Information. If you are a Nevada resident and would like to submit such a request, please send your request to support@covidcheckmd.com.
Additional Terms for EU Visitors
The Sites are intended only for users located in the United States. To the extent that you are accessing this website from a location within the European Union, the following information shall apply to collecting and processing your Personal Information.
The data controller for this Site is CCMD, Inc. CCMD processes Personal Information it collects through the Site for CCMD’s legitimate business purposes, for example, to fulfill any requests you may make in connection with your submission of personally identifiable information, to monitor and improve the quality of the Site, and to protect and defend our rights, property or safety or that of our Members and other users of the Site. You may have the right to access and/or obtain a copy of your Personal Information, correct inaccuracies in your Personal Information, request the erasure of your Personal Information, and restrict the processing of your Personal Information. For more information about how you can access, rectify and erase your Personal Information or make any other requests relating to your Personal Information or to contact CCMD, please see the “Contact Us” section of this Privacy Notice below. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory data protection authority, contact information is available at https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en
This Service is neither directed to nor structured to attract children under the age of 13 years. Accordingly, we do not intend to collect Personal Information from anyone we know to be under 13 years of age. We will direct potential users under 13 years of age not to use the Service. If we determine that such information has been inadvertently collected on anyone under the age of 13, we will take the necessary steps to ensure that such information is deleted from our system’s database. If you are a parent or guardian and become aware that your child has provided us with information, please contact us using one of the methods specified below.
This Privacy Policy should be read in conjunction with our Terms of Use and as such shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of California.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices of CCMD, please feel free to contact us at the following email, telephone number, or mailing address:
Email: support@covidcheckmd.com