PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated May 30, 2024
Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at the Ministry of Health (“Ministry”, “We”, “Us”, or “Our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy or our practices concerning your personal information, please contact us at corporatecommunications@health.gov.tt.
When you visit our website https://health.gov.tt, and use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy policy, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Sites and our services.
This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our website (such as https://health.gov.tt), and/or any related services, sales, marketing or events (we refer to them collectively in this privacy policy as the "Services").
Please read this privacy policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.
Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
The words, of which the initial letter is capitalised, have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
· Account means a unique account created for you to access our Service or parts of our
Service.
· Ministry (referred to as either "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to the Ministry
of Health Trinidad and Tobago, 4-6 Queen’s Park East, Port of Spain.
· Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device or any other
device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history
· Country refers to Trinidad & Tobago
· Device means any apparatus that can access the Service such as a computer, a cell
phone or a digital tablet.
· Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
· Service refers to the Website.
· Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of
the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Ministry to
facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Ministry, to perform services
related to the Service or to assist the Ministry in analysing how the Service is used.
· Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website
through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.
· Usage Data refers to data collected automatically. Data is generated either by the use of
the Service, or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page
visit).
· Website refers to Ministry of Health Website, accessible from www.health.gov.tt
· You / Your means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other
legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as
applicable.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
· Email address
· First name and last name
· Phone number
· Address
· Usage Data
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
Information from Third-Party Social Media Services
The Ministry allows You to create an account and log in to use the Service through the following Third-party Social Media Services:
· Facebook
· Twitter
If You decide to register through or otherwise grant us access to a Third-Party Social Media Service, We may collect Personal data that is already associated with Your Third-Party Social Media Service's account, such as Your name, Your email address, Your activities or Your contact list associated with that account.
You may also have the option of sharing additional information with the Ministry through Your Third-Party Social Media Service's account. If You choose to provide such information and Personal Data, during registration or otherwise, You are giving the Ministry permission to use, share, and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse Our Service. The technologies We use may include:
· Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can
instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent.
However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our
Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our
Service may use Cookies.
· Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small
electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-
pixel gifs) that permit the Ministry to count users who have visited those pages or opened
an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of
a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookie Policy.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Ministry may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
· To provide and maintain our Service, including monitoring the usage of our Service.
· To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The
Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service
that are available to You as a registered user.
· For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the
purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other
contract with Us through the Service.
· To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms
of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding
updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or
contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for
their implementation.
· To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
· For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data
analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional
campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and
your experience.
We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
· With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers
to monitor and analyse the use of our Service, to contact You.
· For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in
connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of assets, financing, or
acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
· With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will
require those affiliates to honour this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include the Government of
Trinidad and Tobago and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other
agencies/companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
· With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose
with Your consent.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Ministry will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Ministry will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Ministry’s operating office and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Ministry will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If the Ministry is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law Enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Ministry may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Other Legal Requirements
The Ministry may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
· Comply with a legal obligation
· Protect and defend the rights or property of the Ministry
· Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
· Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
· Protect against legal liability
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Children's Privacy
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us:
· By email: corporatecommunications@health.gov.tt
· By visiting this page on our website: https://www.health.gov.tt/contact-us
· By phone number: By phone: (868) 217-4664
