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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-07-19

Anh Tue Acupuncture Clinic respects your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and protect your personal information.

We operate under Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and Quebec's Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (Law 25).

1. Information we collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:

  • Identifying information: name, date of birth, address, phone number, email
  • Health information: medical history, symptoms, current medication, treatment notes
  • Payment and insurance information: we issue receipts that you can submit to your extended (supplementary) health insurance on request
  • Contact details when you email or call to book an appointment

2. Why we collect it

We use your personal information to:

  • Assess your condition and provide appropriate acupuncture treatment
  • Create and maintain treatment records as required by professional standards
  • Schedule, confirm and remind you of appointments
  • Issue receipts and process payment
  • Meet our legal and regulatory obligations

3. Consent

We collect, use and disclose your personal information with your consent, except where otherwise permitted or required by law.

You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us. Please note that withdrawing consent may prevent us from continuing to provide care.

4. Sharing your information

We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information.

We share information only:

  • With your explicit consent
  • With your insurer, when you ask us to issue a receipt for reimbursement
  • Where required by law, a court, or our professional regulator

The clinic does not use any third-party online booking software. All appointments are arranged by contacting the clinic directly by phone or email.

5. Storage and retention

Treatment records are kept by Anh Tue personally and are stored in Canada.

Records are retained for a period of six (6) years, in keeping with acupuncture practice regulations in Quebec. After this period, records are securely destroyed.

6. Safeguards

We apply reasonable physical, organizational and technical safeguards to protect personal information against loss, unauthorized access, disclosure or use.

Treatment records are kept and secured by Anh Tue personally and are not handed over to any third party for management.

7. Your rights

Under PIPEDA and Quebec's Law 25, you have the right to:

  • Request access to the personal information we hold about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
  • Withdraw consent to the collection and use of your information
  • Make a complaint about how we handle your information

We will respond to your request within 30 days.

8. Website and cookies

This website exists solely to present the clinic's content. It does not set tracking cookies, does not use any analytics tools, and does not collect personal information from visitors.

The Contact section embeds a Google Map. When the map loads, Google may collect data under its own privacy policy.

9. Privacy Officer

Quebec's Law 25 requires the clinic to designate a person responsible for the protection of personal information.

At Anh Tue Acupuncture Clinic, the person responsible for the protection of personal information is Anh Tue.

For any question, access request or privacy complaint, please use the contact details below.

10. Complaints to regulators

If you are not satisfied with how we handle your complaint, you may complain to:

  • Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec (CAI)
  • Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The current version is always posted on this page with its update date at the top.

Privacy contact

Anh Tue Acupuncture Clinic
580, rue Sainte-Croix, Suite 103 Saint-Laurent, QC H4L 3X5 Canada
(438) 439-6303
anhtue09accu@hotmail.com