This Privacy Policy applies to the website or mobile application that is linked to this Privacy Policy (the “Services”) provided by The K.J. Somaiya Hospital & Research Center or its affiliates (“K.J. Somaiya Hospital,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).
At K.J. Somaiya Hospital, we are committed to safeguarding and preserving the privacy of our visitors. You may visit our website without revealing any personal information wherever permissible. Certain transactions may require submission of personal information like profile updates and certain databases. Information that you provide when you communicate with us by any measure is confidential. We will not sell, swap or rent, or otherwise disclose to any third-party any personal information for commercial purpose and such information will be utilized only for the purpose stated. To accomplish such a purpose we may disclose the information within its group companies, employees, consultants and other concerned people having a genuine need to know the information.
On occasion we include links to third parties on this website. Where we provide a link it does not mean that we endorse or approve that site’s policy towards visitor privacy. You should review their privacy policy before sending them any personal data.
Our web server may record the numerical Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using, Information about your browser and operating system, date and time of access and the page which linked you to our website. This information may be used to administer and improve our website and to generate aggregate statistical reports and such like purposes.
Cookies provide information regarding the computer used by a visitor. We may use cookies where appropriate to gather information about your computer fin order to assist us in improving our website. We may gather information about your general internet use by using the cookie. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer and stored on the computer’s hard drive. Such information will not identify you personally. It is statistical data. This statistical data does not identify any personal details whatsoever; you can adjust the settings on your computer to decline any cookies if you wish. This can easily be done by activating the reject cookies setting on your computer. Our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. Such cookies (if used) would be downloaded once you click on advertisements on our website.
We use the information that we collect from you to provide our services to you. In addition to this we may use the information for one or more of the following purposes:
If you have previously purchased goods or services from us we may provide to you details of similar goods or services, or other goods and services, that you may be interested in.
Where your consent has been provided in advance we may allow selected third parties to use your data to enable them to provide you with information regarding unrelated goods and services which we believe may interest you. Where such consent has been provided it can be withdrawn by you at any time.
In operating our website it may become necessary to transfer data that we collect from you to locations outside of the Indian Subcontinent for processing and storing. By providing your personal data to us, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We do our utmost to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to make sure that your data is treated and stored securely.
Unfortunately the sending of information via the internet is not totally secure and on occasion such information can be intercepted. We cannot guarantee the security of data that you choose to send us electronically, sending such information is entirely at your own risk.
Categories of Personal Data that we collect, store and process are as follows:
We collect your Personal Data in the following ways:
We use your Personal Data for the following purposes:
If you are a Patient, we process your Personal Data for:
If you are an Employee or a potential employee, we process your Personal data for:
If you are a Vendor, we process your Personal data for Vendor registration and payment.
If you are a physician who is part of our Continuous Medical Education (CME) program, we process
If you are a student who is part of our Healthcare Explorer Program, we process your Personal Data to Promote the Healthcare Explorer Program.
If you are a website visitor, we process your Personal Data to optimize your website experience and customize content.
We process your Personal Data by relying on one or more of the following lawful grounds:
We may disclose your Personal Data to the following third parties:
We may also share your Personal Data under the following circumstances.
We may transfer the Personal Data we hold about you to other countries outside your country of residence for any of the purposes described in this Privacy Notice. Any Personal Data that we transfer will be protected in accordance with this Privacy Notice.
We are committed to protecting your Personal Data in our custody. We take reasonable steps to ensure appropriate physical, technical, and managerial safeguards are in place to protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access, alteration, transmission, and deletion. We train our employees about the importance of maintaining the privacy and security of your Personal Data. We ensure that the third parties who provide services to us under appropriate contracts take appropriate security measures to protect your Personal Data in line with our policies.
Notice by adhering to the applicable legal provisions.
We retain your Personal Data for as long as it is required to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy
We use appropriate lawful bases for the processing. The information in the relevant parts of this notice Some of our services and processes require collection of Children’s Personal Data. For such purposes applies to children as well as adults.
We use cookies and other tracking mechanisms on our website to collect data about you.
We use the data collected from cookies and trackers to analyze trends and statistics. This will help us optimize and customize your website experience and to provide better website functionalities.
We collect Personal Data about you via our Mobile App using permissions such as camera, storage, location, etc. Your iOS and Android devices will notify you of the permissions that our App seeks and will provide you an option to consent to or refuse the permission. We use the data obtained through permissions to enhance the functionality of the App and to analyse it to serve you better.
You have certain rights regarding your Personal Data that is with us, and we commit to provide you with them.
Right of Access: You have the right to get access to your Personal Data that is with us along with other supporting information.
Right to Rectification: You have the right to ask us to rectify your Personal Data that is with us that you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete your Personal Data that you thinkis incomplete.
Right to Stop or Restrict Processing: You have the right to ask us to stop or restrict the processing of your Personal Data under certain circumstances.
Right to Stop Direct Marketing: You have the right to ask us to stop the processing of your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
Rights in relation to automated decision making: You have the right to not be subjected to solely Automated individual decision-making, including profiling.
Our website may contain links to websites of other organisations. This privacy notice does not cover how that organisation processes Personal Data. We encourage you to read the privacy notices on the other websites you visit.
We regularly review and update our Privacy Notice to ensure it is up-to-date and accurate. Any changes we may make to this Privacy Notice in the future will be posted
Please do not hesitate to contact us regarding any matter relating to this Privacy Policy at admin.kjsh@somaiya.edu or write to us at Somaiya Ayurvihar, Eastern Express Highway, Sion, Mumbai - 400 022, Maharashtra, India.
This privacy policy may be revised/modified/amended/updated at any point of time at the sole discretion of the K.J. Somaiya Hospital & Research Center.