Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 5, 2026

OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY

The Dr. Gary Burnstein Community Health Clinic (GBCHC) is committed to protecting your privacy and safeguarding your personal and medical information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you visit our website, apply to become a patient, sign up to volunteer, or communicate with us through our mobile messaging services.

THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, including but not limited to your name, contact information (such as your email address, mailing address, and phone number), and any background or health-related information submitted via our online volunteer or patient inquiry forms.

THE WAY WE USE INFORMATION

We use the information we collect to coordinate patient care, manage volunteer schedules, process donations, and send important clinic updates or appointment reminders.

DATA SECURITY

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Gary Burnstein Clinic uses encryption technology to safeguard your data in electronic communications. Any information you provide to Gary Burnstein Clinic is kept on secure servers.

GaryBurnsteinClinic.org uses reasonable administrative, technical, personnel, and physical measures (a) to safeguard data against loss, theft, unauthorized use, disclosure, or modification; and (b) to ensure the integrity of the data. To help us protect your privacy, you should maintain the secrecy of the logon ID and password you may have set up in connection with your participation in this Web site’s service.

MOBILE MESSAGING AND TEXT COMMUNICATIONS (SMS)

If you opt-in to receive text messages from GBCHC, we will use your mobile number exclusively to send appointment reminders, clinic closure alerts, and healthcare updates.

Third-Party Sharing: No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
Opt-Out: You can cancel the SMS service at any time. Just text “STOP” to the number. After you send the SMS message “STOP” to us, we will send you an SMS message to confirm that you have been unsubscribed. After this, you will no longer receive SMS messages from us. If you want to join again, just sign up as you did the first time.
Help: If you are experiencing issues with the messaging program, you can reply with the keyword “HELP” for more assistance, or you can get help directly at info@garyburnsteinclinic.org or 248-309-3752.
Rates: Message and data rates may apply for any messages sent to you from us and to us from you. Message frequency varies based on your appointment schedule and clinic events.

DATA SECURITY

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. Your personal data is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems and are required to keep the information confidential.

COOKIES

Our Web sites may use “cookies” to process and store information relevant to your use of our Web sites and services. Cookies are identifiers that a Web site can send to your browser to keep on your computer to identify you and make your successive visits to the Website more efficient. Using cookies, we are able to track the Internet address of the domains from which users visit us. We analyze this data for internal purposes. You can set your browser to notify you when you are sent a cookie. This will give you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our website from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13.