Nagu Speech and Hearing Clinic
Official Patient & Website Privacy Policy • Updated 2024
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Privacy Policy & Patient Data Protection

At Nagu Speech and Hearing, we are committed to protecting the privacy, medical records, and personal information of our patients and website visitors. Transparency, confidentiality, and clinical security form the core of our audiology and speech-language pathology practice.

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HIPAA & RCI Standard

Compliant clinical data care

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100% Confidential

Protected audiometry files

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256-Bit SSL Encrypted

End-to-end data security

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Zero Data Selling

No commercial broker sharing

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1. Introduction & Scope

At Nagu Speech and Hearing, we are committed to protecting the privacy of our patients, clients, and website visitors. We understand that your personal health details and audiological records are deeply private, and we are steadfast in maintaining the utmost confidentiality and technical security of that information.

This Privacy Policy articulates our practices regarding the collection, handling, safeguarding, and permissible uses of information gathered across our clinics in Bangalore and Channapattana, our home evaluation services, and our digital portal at naguhearing.com.

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2. Collection of Personal Information

We collect personal information when you book an in-clinic audiological assessment, request a home visit test, place an order for Oticon hearing aids, create a client account, submit an inquiry form, or participate in a clinical follow-up survey.

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  • Full Name and Age
  • Contact Number & WhatsApp ID
  • Email and Postal Delivery Address
  • Preferred Clinic Branch (Chandra Layout, Basaveshwar Nagar, Channapattana)
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  • Hearing loss symptoms & history
  • Oticon instrument model preferences
  • Transaction & payment records
  • Home evaluation address landmarks
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3. Use of Personal Information

We utilize collected information to facilitate computerized pure-tone audiometry evaluations, schedule speech-language therapies, dispatch mobile clinical technicians, calibrate and deliver digital hearing aids, register manufacturer warranties, and provide personalized patient aftercare.

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By submitting your contact information such as your phone number and email ID, you hereby authorize Nagu Speech and Hearing to contact you. This explicit consent overrides any registration on the National Customer Preference Register (NCPR / DND). You authorize MDPL and Nagu Hearing clinical coordinators to contact you in the future via voice calls, SMS, WhatsApp, and email regarding hearing evaluation reminders, test results, device fittings, and clinical product assistance.

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4. Sharing of Personal Information

We do NOT sell, lease, rent, or trade your personal or health data to third parties. Nagu Hearing maintains an uncompromising clinical firewall regarding commercial information brokers.

Data is shared strictly on a need-to-know basis under binding confidentiality terms only in the following exceptional situations:

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Authorized Device Manufacturers: Registering serial numbers for Oticon Denmark global warranties, software updates, and custom earmold fabrication.
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Regulated Payment Gateways & Couriers: Secure processing of diagnostic fee receipts or verified doorstep delivery of hearing aid batteries and accessories.
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Legal & Statutory Compliance: When strictly mandated by applicable state or union laws, judicial subpoenas, or public health directives.
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5. Security of Personal Information

We take the security of your personal and health information very seriously. We deploy industry-standard administrative, physical, and technological safeguards to defend against unauthorized access, destruction, alteration, or disclosure.

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Encrypted Transit

256-bit SSL protocols protect all form inputs

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Role-Based Access

Only licensed audiologists view full audiograms

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Secure Storage

Protected on clinical servers with daily backups

*Note: While robust medical-grade protocols are continuously enforced, no method of digital transmission or electronic cloud storage is 100% immune from internet hazards. We therefore cannot warrant absolute invulnerability.

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6. Cookies & Similar Technologies

Our digital platform utilizes small files known as cookies and similar analytical scripts to optimize website navigation, retain branch selection preferences, remember contact form autofill parameters, and gather aggregate statistical traffic data.

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You may configure your internet browser (such as Google Chrome, Apple Safari, or Mozilla Firefox) to reject cookies or alert you when cookies are being issued. Please note that disabling essential cookies may impact specific portal utilities, such as hearing aid filter presets.

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7. Audiological & Medical Records Policy

Audiological evaluations, pure tone audiograms (PTA), impedancemetry/tympanometry charts, otoacoustic emissions (OAE), and speech therapy milestone records are classified as sensitive healthcare records under clinical governance standards.

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Direct Patient Custody: Every patient maintains complete rights to copies of their printed and digital audiometric reports after diagnostic completion.
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Physician & ENT Sharing: Audiological files will only be shared with external ENT specialists, pediatricians, or neurologists upon the explicit verbal or written authorization of the patient or legal guardian.
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Retention Standards: Hearing profiles and device prescription fittings are maintained in our encrypted archives for a minimum of 7 years to facilitate long-term hearing rehabilitation tracking.
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8. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may periodically update this policy to reflect enhancements in clinical operations, integration of novel audiological technologies, or amendments in applicable health and digital privacy legislations.

Any revised version will be published on this page with an updated modification timestamp. We encourage patients and visitors to review this statement periodically to remain informed on how we protect patient welfare.

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9. Contact Information & Grievance Redressal

If you have questions, feedback, or wish to exercise your rights regarding personal audiological records, please contact our administrative desk:

location_onRegistered Clinical Headquarters

Nagu Speech and Hearing Clinic • No 1563 3rd Floor, 8th Cross Rd, above HDFC Bank, 2nd Block, Nagarbhavi 1st Stage, Chandra Layout, Attiguppe, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560040.

Branch Centers: Basaveshwar Nagar (Bengaluru) & Main Road Clinic (Channapattana).

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Have questions about your hearing test data?

Our certified audiologists and patient coordinators are available to help you retrieve previous audiograms, understand Oticon warranty coverage, or book an in-person consultation.