3.1 Generally, we collect, use and disclose your Personal Data for the following purposes:
a. If you are a prospective, current or former patient or customer of any HMI Medical entity:
(i) providing services, and customer service and support (including but not limited to customer relationship management, processing your admissions, processing and settlement of bills, facilitating, arranging and providing reminders of your appointments, medical examinations, screenings or check-ups, applying for visas on your behalf (where relevant), contacting you regarding medical reports and results, providing follow-up calls, providing you with administrative support, and administering insurance coverage and processing insurance claims);
(ii) administering and processing your requests including creating and maintaining profiles of our customers in our system database for administrative purposes at various HMI Medical facilities;
(iii) providing services as a vendor when you register or subscribe for one of our services, place an order for our products or services or use our online services, interact with us in any other way, such as via social media, issue any testimonials or other feedback on products and/or services, comment on any blogs or featured articles, sign up for our special offers or other updates, fill in surveys;
(iv) personalising your experience at HMI Medical’s various touchpoints (including, without limitation, any HMI Platforms) and conducting market research, understanding and analysing customer behaviour, location, preferences and demographics in order to improve our service offerings;
(v) administering medical care (including keeping patient case and procedure records, providing medication, ordering medical tests, reports and biological samples;
(vi) liaising with third party specialist doctors, clinics, hospitals, medical institutions and/or your insurers in relation to your medical care (including by providing them with access to your medical records where required);
(vii) if you use any HMI Platforms or online registration and payments systems, displaying your medical data, sending you health-related notifications, and facilitating the provision of our services to you;
(viii) administering debt recovery and debt management;
(ix) disclosing your Personal Data whenever and to whomever regulatory directions, legislation or a court order may require;
(x) disclosing your Personal Data to the suppliers/vendors of HMI Medical, if it is required for the performance of their services, or if required by the law and/or authorities that the end-user consuming the medicine/drug/equipment must be recorded;
(xi) enabling HMI Medical to respond to a request for Personal Data which may include the Personal Data of the patient in compliance with the PDPA and its regulations; and/or
(xii) purposes which are reasonably related to the aforesaid.
b. If you are a nominated caregiver or next-of-kin of a patient or customer of HMI Medical:
(i) informing you of the patient’s medical status and whereabouts;
(ii) the disclosure of your Personal Data whenever and to whomever regulatory directives or law or a court order may require; and/or
(iii) purposes which are reasonably related to the aforesaid.
c. If you are an employee, officer or owner of an external service provider or vendor outsourced or prospected by HMI Medical:
(i) assessing you or your organisation’s suitability as an external service provider or vendor for HMI Medical;
(ii) managing project tenders and quotations, processing orders or managing the supply of goods and services;
(iii) creating and maintaining profiles of our service providers and vendors in our system database;
(iv) processing and payment of vendor invoices and bills;
(v) facilities management (including but not limited to issuing visitor access passes and facilitating security clearance);
(vi) the disclosure of your Personal Data whenever and to whomever regulatory directives or the law or a court order may require;
(vii) administering debt recovery and debt management; and/or
(viii) purposes which are reasonably related to the aforesaid.
d. If you submit an application to us as a candidate for employment, internships or scholarships:
(i) conducting interviews and processing your application (including but not limited to pre-recruitment checks involving your qualifications and facilitating interviews);
(ii) obtaining references, background screening and assessing your suitability for the position applied for;
(iii) enrolling successful candidates as our employees and facilitating human resource planning and management (including but not limited to preparing letters of employment, name cards and building access passes); and/or
(iv) purposes which are reasonably related to the aforesaid.
e. If you are an existing employee of HMI Medical:
(i) providing remuneration, reviewing salaries and bonuses, conducting salary benchmarking reviews, staff appraisals and evaluation, as well as recognising individuals for their services and conferring awards;
(ii) administrative and support processes relating to your employment, including staff orientation, its management and termination, as well as staff benefits, travel, manpower, business continuity and logistics management or support, processing expense claims, medical insurance applications, medical screenings and immunisations, leave administration, long-term incentive plans, training, learning and talent development, and planning and organising corporate events;
(iii) providing you with tools and/or facilities to enable or facilitate the performance of your duties;
(iv) facilitating professional accreditation and complying with compliance audits;
(v) compiling and publishing internal directories and emergency contact lists for business continuity;
(vi) managing corporate social responsibility projects;
(vii) conducting analytics and research for human resource planning and management, and for us to review, develop, optimise and improve work-related practices, environment and productivity;
(viii) ensuring that the administrative and business operations of HMI Medical function in a secure, efficient and effective manner (including but not limited to examining or monitoring any computer software and/or hardware installed within HMI Medical, your work emails and personal digital and storage devices);
(ix) compliance with any applicable rules, laws and regulations, codes of practice or guidelines or to assist in law enforcement and investigations by relevant authorities (including but not limited to disclosures to regulatory bodies, conducting audit checks or surveillance and investigation);
(x) administering employment cessation processes;
(xi) the disclosure of your Personal Data whenever and to whomever regulatory directives or the law or a court order may require;
(xii) administering debt recovery and debt management; and/or
(xiii) any other purposes relating to any of the above.
f. If you are a medical/dental practitioner or traditional and complementary medicine practitioner at HMI Medical:
(i) facilitating professional accreditation and complying with compliance audits;
(ii) facilitating disbursements of fees collected on your behalf;
(iii) managing and providing you with tools, services and/or facilities to enable or facilitate the performance of your duties;
(iv) planning and organising events for practitioners;
(v) creating and maintaining profiles of our accredited doctors in our system database;
(vi) facilities management (including but not limited to issuing visitor access passes and facilitating security clearance, where applicable for HMI Medical);
(vii) the disclosure of your Personal Data whenever and to whomever regulatory directives or the law or a court order may require;
(viii) administering debt recovery and debt management; and/or
(ix) any other purposes relating to any of the above.
3.2 Further, where permitted under the PDPA, HMI Medical may also collect, use and disclose your Personal Data for the following additional purposes:
a. taking or filming photographs and videos for corporate publicity or marketing purposes, and featuring your photographs and/or testimonials in our articles and publicity materials;
b. providing or marketing services and benefits to you or to our patients in general, including promotions, service upgrades, loyalty and/or membership programmes and sending of healthcare-related updates, event invitations, newsletters and marketing and promotional information which we have identified are relevant and/or of interest to you;
c. organising roadshows, tours, campaigns (including health check or vaccination campaigns) and promotional or events and administering contests and competitions;
d. matching Personal Data with other data collected for other purposes and from other sources (including third parties) in connection with the provision or offering of services;
e. sending you details of services, clinic updates, health-related information and rewards, either to our customers generally, or which we have identified may be of interest to you;
f. conducting market research, aggregating and analysing customer profiles and data to determine health-related patterns and trends, understanding and analysing customer behaviour, location, preferences and demographics for us to offer you other products and services as well as special offers and marketing programmes which may be relevant to your preferences and profile;
g. purposes as appropriate to conduct our business, including, without limitation, the performance of contractual obligations, invoicing, billing and account management, finance and accounting, research and development, internal reporting, management and control, and any other reasonably related activities; and/or
h. purposes which are reasonably related to the aforesaid.
3.3 If you have indicated that your consent to receiving marketing or promotional information via your contact details, then from time to time, HMI Medical may contact you using contact details which you have provided to us, with information about our products and services.
3.4 In relation to particular services or in your interactions with us, we may also have specifically notified you of other purposes for which we collect, use or disclose your Personal Data. If so, we will collect, use and disclose your Personal Data for these additional purposes as well, unless we have specifically notified you otherwise.
3.5 You have a choice to withdraw your consent for receiving marketing or promotional materials/communication. You may contact us using the contact details found in paragraph 11 below.
3.6 Please note that even if you withdraw your consent for the receipt of marketing or promotional materials, we may still contact you for other purposes in relation to the services that you have requested or purchased from us.