The Algonquin Family Health Team (AFHT) is a non-profit, community-wide organization that provides comprehensive primary health care in Huntsville, Dorset, and the surrounding areas. AFHT is committed to protecting the privacy of our patients’ personal health information, as well as the personal information of our employees, and of visitors to this website.
In order to provide health services to you and plan your care, AFHT needs to collect, use and disclose personal health information about you. You have a right to expect that we will use all reasonable means to keep your personal health information accurate, confidential and secure. AFHT is committed to a high standard of privacy for its information practices. AFHT complies with applicable privacy legislation, namely, the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA).
This section explains how we collect, use, and protect information when you visit afht.ca. It applies to your use of the website itself, separately from the personal health information described above.
Like most websites, this site uses Google Analytics and Google Search Console to understand how visitors use the site—for example, which pages are viewed, how long visitors stay, and how people arrive at the site (such as through a search engine). These tools use cookies and similar technologies to collect information such as your approximate location, browser and device type, and browsing activity on the site.
This information is collected and processed by Google in aggregate and does not identify you personally. You can find out more about how Google collects and processes this data at Google’s Privacy & Terms site.
You can limit or opt out of this tracking by:
This website includes a Complaints Form, which allows you to submit a concern or complaint directly to AFHT. When you complete this form, we collect the personal information you choose to provide (such as your name, contact details, and the details of your complaint).
This information is:
We use this information only to respond to your complaint and to help us improve our services. We do not sell, rent, or share this information with third parties for marketing purposes.
This website may place small text files (“cookies”) on your device to support the functions described above, including analytics. You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time; please note that disabling cookies may affect how parts of the website function.
Our website may contain links to other websites. AFHT is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any website you visit.
We take reasonable technical and administrative measures to protect information collected through this website from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
This website is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children through this site.
Individuals are encouraged to bring any concerns or issues regarding privacy—whether about your personal health information or about this website—to:
Janine van den Heuvel, Executive Director
Algonquin Family Health Team
100 Frank Miller Drive, Howland Building
Huntsville, Ontario
P1H 1H7
705 787-0846 x203
janine.vandenheuvel@algonquinfht.ca
