NOT MEDICAL ADVICE
The content, products, and services offered herein are here to educate consumers on health care and medical issues that may affect their daily lives. Nothing in the content, products, or services should be considered or used as a substitute for, medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This Site and its services do not constitute the practice of any medical, eye care, or other professional health care advice, diagnosis, or treatment. You should always talk to your health care provider for diagnosis and treatment, including your specific medical needs. None of the products or services offered through this Site represents or warrants that any particular service or product is safe, appropriate, or effective for you. We advise users to always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions regarding personal health or medical conditions.
IF YOU HAVE OR SUSPECT THAT YOU HAVE A MEDICAL PROBLEM OR CONDITION, PLEASE CONTACT A QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE UNITED STATES AND ARE EXPERIENCING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, PLEASE CALL 911 OR CALL FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL HELP ON THE NEAREST TELEPHONE.
OTHER COMMUNICATIONS WITH BRINTON VISION
Communications with persons at Brinton Vision through this website, by email, text, telephone, scheduling an appointment online or any other means of communication prior to coming into the office of Brinton Vision for an eye exam by an eye care doctor IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE, DOES NOT CONSTITUTE BEING ACCEPTED AS A PATIENT, DOES NOT ESTABLISH A DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP, AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE BRINTON VISION TO ANY RESPONSE, CARE OR TREATMENT. users of this website or with those who communicate, by any means, with Brinton Vision prior to an eye exam by an eye care doctor of Brinton Vision.
DISCLAIMERS OF LIABILITY
Brinton Vision makes no warranties or representations, express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or usefulness of any opinions, advice, services, or other information contained or referenced in this website. Brinton Vision does not assume any risk for your use of this website. Users of this website should be aware that information about health care changes constantly; since this website is only updated periodically, it may not contain the most recent information. Brinton Vision reserves the right to update or change information contained in this website at any time. None of the materials presented here may be relied upon by any person for any purpose other than informational purposes. It is NOT MEDICAL ADVICE. Brinton Vision disclaims any liability for any injury or other damages resulting from the review or use of the information obtained here. Any person reviewing the materials presented here should obtain specific medical advice and answers to specific medical questions, from a qualified healthcare professional. Brinton Vision is not responsible for information appearing at hyperlinks within this website. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any kind, including (without limitation) compensatory, direct, indirect, or consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or damage to property, and claims of third parties.
By using this website, you consent to our practices as set forth in our Website Privacy Policy and any supplemental privacy statement posted on this website.
In consideration for your use of and access to this website, you agree that in no event will Brinton Vision or any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering this website or any site linked to this website, be liable to you in any manner whatsoever for any decision made or action or non-action taken by you in reliance upon the information provided through this website.
PRIVACY OF INFORMATION
At Brinton Vision, we continually seek new ways to maintain your trust as a user and improve our offerings. To provide new and better services, we monitor user traffic patterns and try to analyze what our users like and do not like about our current offerings so we can design better services for you. We may also use certain information for testing purposes, site development and planning, and during the normal course of maintaining the site. When you use our site, you automatically allow us to collect this information related to these uses. In these cases, researchers, business analysts, system designers, and others may have access to the data we collect.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
- name
- contact information including email address, mailing address, phone number, mobile phone number, etc.
- demographic information such as date of birth, eyewear history, preferences and interests
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
We do not intend to use or disclose any personal information or personal health information you provide on our site to an unrelated third party without your express permission, except as explained in this section.
You should know that there are circumstances when, in the ordinary course of business, we will share some information about you with a related third party :
- We have relationships with different vendors and suppliers that ship products ordered on our site directly to our customers. In these cases, we provide to the vendor the information necessary to fulfill your order, such as the items ordered, your name, and shipping address. We require these third parties to adhere to the same level of privacy and security levels that we follow.
- As stated elsewhere, we may also share aggregated statistical information on our users, sales, traffic patterns and site usage with our business affiliates and sponsors. There is nothing in this information that could be used to identify or contact you.
- We require vendors to provide specific services, such as data analysis, data storage, email processing, customer service, sweepstakes or special promotions. We ask vendors to adhere to our confidentiality standards and do not permit a vendor to use our customer information for any other purpose. In many of these instances, you will be given the opportunity to opt-in to this collection of information and can opt-out at any time.
- We may share registration data with business affiliates.
- In certain limited circumstances, we may be legally compelled to release your personal information in response to a court order, subpoena, search warrant, law or regulation. In the event that we are compelled to disclose personal information and/or personal health information to a third party, we will notify you unless doing so would violate the law or court order. We also reserve the right to cooperate with law enforcement authorities in investigating and prosecuting users that violate our rules or engage in behavior that is harmful (or illegal) to other users.
Brinton Vision takes seriously privacy issues. In using this website or in providing information to Brinton Vision in preparation for an exam with an eye-care doctor, certain personal information may be provided to Brinton Vision. Brinton Vision will take reasonable precautions and means to protect that information from third-party exposure. Personal information may be shared, compiled, and analyzed as group data for internal use only. All information given to Brinton Vision is used only for its stated intended purpose and for general tracking. We will not sell your information to third parties.
SMS consent or phone numbers collected for SMS purposes will not be shared under any circumstances for marketing purposes.
Note: In the event law enforcement agencies request personal information given by you to Brinton Vision, we will cooperate with such authorities.
Also, visitors to our site may pick up an advertising browser-based cookie so that we can market to them online in the future. The cookie will only provide us with your IP address, cookie identifiers, and general website activity. With this information, we are better able to share with you marketing messages that are associated with what interested you when you visited our site. If you receive an ad from Brinton Vision and do not desire to continue receiving such ads, you can click on the ad and indicate that you do not wish to receive any additional ads.
SECURITY
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes, and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites, and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
How Can You Modify or Remove Your Information?
If you wish to update or remove the personal information you’ve provided, please contact us directly using the information provided in the Contact Us section. Please note that we may retain certain details as necessary to comply with legal obligations or for record-keeping purposes.
SMS PRIVACY POLICY
Terms of Service for SMS Communications
Information obtained as part of the SMS consent process will not be shared with third parties.
Types of SMS Communications
If you have consented to receive text messages from Brinton Vision, you may receive text messages related to appointment reminders, marketing, services, and scheduling changes.
Standard SMS Messaging Disclosures
Message and data rates may apply. The rate depends on the mobile carrier and you should contact your current carrier to obtain information about the rate. Message frequency may vary, but we will not contact you more than twice in a given day with out a response from you.
Opt-in Method: Customers will Opt-in for SMS messaging from Brinton Vision through a form on our website located at the following links:
https://intake.brintonvision.com/prescriptionrefill/
https://intake.brintonvision.com/clearance-for-pilots-us-military-personnel/
https://intake.brintonvision.com/flmaforms/
https://intake.brintonvision.com/darkwindowtinting/
https://intake.brintonvision.com/cancellationrequest/
https://intake.brintonvision.com/medicalrecords/
https://intake.brintonvision.com/self-test/
https://intake.brintonvision.com/
This agreement for SMS will not be shared with third parties for marketing purposes.
Opt-Out Method: You will be able to Opt-out for SMS messaging from Brinton Vision by replying STOP at any time. Once opted-out you will receive no further SMS communication. You can opt back in at any time by replying START.
For assistance, text “HELP” or visit our website https://brintonvision.com/
If you want to obtain more information check our Privacy Policy https://brintonvision.com/legal-statements/
ACCEPTABLE USE
You agree that you will not:
- Use this website for any purpose in violation of local, state, national, or international laws.
- Use this Site as a means to distribute advertising or other unsolicited material to any third party.
- Use this website to post or transmit material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, slanderous, hateful, or embarrassing to any other person or entity.
- Attempt to disable, “hack,” or otherwise interfere with the proper functioning of this website.
- Violate or attempt to violate the security of the Site, including, without limitation:
- accessing data not intended for Site users or logging onto a server or an account which Site users are not authorized to access;
- attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; or
- accessing or using the Site or any portion thereof without authorization, in violation of these Terms of Use, or in violation of applicable law.
- Use any scraper, crawler, spider, robot, or other automated means of any kind to access or copy data on the Site, deep-link to any feature or content on the Site, or bypass our robot exclusion headers or other measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Site.
- Use any device, software, routine, or any other means to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Site or any activity being conducted on this Site.
Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. Brinton Vision will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.