Privacy Policy

Michael J. Lipan, MD will not share any personal information with any other entity or person without your consent or authorization, unless required by law or in accordance with our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices when related to your medical information.

Please contact our office directly via phone or in person for any information related to our HIPAA Privacy Practices, Policies, and/or Notices. Contact information can be found on the contacts page of this Website.

Your privacy is important to us. It is Michael J. Lipan, MD's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our site and other sites we own and operate.

We only ask for personal information when we truly need it to provide a service to you. We collect it by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent and in some cases explicit authorization. We also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used.

We only retain collected personal information for as long as necessary to provide you with your requested service or other requests. What data we store, we and or our service providers will protect information within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

We don’t share any personally identifying information publicly or with third-parties, except when required to by law or by way of your authorization.

By submitting comments, information or feedback to us through email and/or this Website or associated Web Properties, you agree that the information submitted will be subject to our Privacy Notice herein and, when applicable, our practice HIPAA Privacy Policy.

This site may use tracking cookies to assess the use and function of the site and its availability. Michael J. Lipan, MD and its contractors and partners may use “cookies” to keep track of visit(s) and the overall use of our site. Data collected is not identifiable to an individual and has no purpose to target any individual specifically other than to assess non-identifiable site use statistics. USE OF THIS SITE IS YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF US USING TRACKING COOKIES OR OTHER MEANS OF COLLECTING SITE VISITOR STATISTICS AND ONLY FUNCTION IF YOUR SOFTWARE [BROWSER] ACCESSING THE SITE ALLOWS SUCH DATA COLLECTION. If you would prefer not to receive cookies, you may be able to alter your browser’s configuration to refuse cookies or choose not to use this site.

You are free to refuse our request for your personal information, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services.

Social Features. Certain functionality on the Web Properties is specifically designed to permit interactions that you initiate between the Website, Web Properties and third party websites or services, including third party social networks (“Social Features”). Examples of Social Features include enabling you to transmit content to the Web Properties from your account on a third party website or service, and to “like” or “share” our content on the Web Properties to other websites or services.

If you choose to use Social Features, information you post or provide access to may be publicly displayed on a third party website or a window to the third party website on this Website by the provider of the Social Feature that you use. Similarly, if you post information on a third party platform that references Michael J. Lipan, MD, your post may be published on the third party website or through a window on this Website of the third party website and in accordance with the terms of the third party website or service. In addition, both Michael J. Lipan, MD and the third party may have access to certain information about you and your use of the third party site or service. In addition, we may receive information about you if other users of a third party website give us access to their profiles and you are one of their “connections,” or information about you is otherwise accessible through your “connections” web pages, profile pages, or similar pages on a social networking or other third party website or interactive service.

The information available to us in connection with Social Features may be subject to this Privacy Notice. The information collected and stored by the third parties remains subject to those third parties' privacy practices, including whether the third parties continue to share information with us, the types of information shared, and your choices with regard to what is visible to others on those third party websites or services.

Your Agreement and Acceptance. Your continued use of our website will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, feel free to contact us. If you do not accept our privacy policies and practices, you have the right to not use this Website and acknowledge and agree that you will interact with us in person, via telephone, and/or by traditional mail. Contact information can be found on our contact page of this website or by other traditional means.