Privacy

At Homewood Health™, we are dedicated to protecting your privacy and safeguarding the personal information entrusted to us. Protecting your privacy and safeguarding your personal information is a cornerstone of our business and will always be one of our highest priorities.

Homewood Health™ follows comprehensive privacy policies and security practices in compliance with legal obligations and to support our commitment of confidentiality and integrity in everything we do.

The clinical information presented here is not intended as a diagnosis. It is for information purposes only and Homewood Health Centre does not warrant its accuracy. Should specific concerns arise with respect to your health or the health of a family member, please see your family physician or visit the local emergency department. This is a Canadian web site. Its content is intended only for residents in Canada.

Personal Information Protection and Confidentiality Policy

Homewood Health™ collects personal information for the purpose of providing services to employees and family members of the organizations we contract with. Whether you contact our customer service centre, consult one of our professionals, or use our website, we will keep all personal information you entrust to us strictly confidential. In compliance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA, Canada), the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (Quebec law), and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA, US) along with our professionals' codes of ethics, we will protect the personal information entrusted to us through various control measures which includes:

  • There is a need to intervene to prevent serious harm to an individual or others (e.g., imminent threat or risk of suicidal and/or homicidal behaviour).
  • There is suspicion that a child is or may be in need of protection from current or potential physical abuse, emotional abuse, or neglect.
  • Records are subpoenaed by a court of law.
  • There is a need to report a health professional where there is reason to believe that they are not working in accordance with the standards of the Regulated Health Professions Act.

Client Services Centre


Our Client Services Centre representatives undergo an independent security screening prior to their employment with Homewood Health. Comprehensive and ongoing training and supervision is provided in regards to personal information protection and confidentiality. Access to client information is restricted to only that which is needed to perform their duties.

Professional Services

  • All Homewood Health™' professionals are members of a regulated professional association / body of governance, and are obliged to keep your counselling process strictly confidential, in compliance with their code of ethics and relevant legislation.
  • Counselling services are provided away from the worksite, and can be offered before or after work hours if necessary.
  • Professionals are contractually bound not to book back-to-back appointments with employees/family members from the same organization.
  • Homewood Health™' professionals are accountable for the maintenance of your records, as per both the professional standards that are applicable in the region where they practice and Homewood Health' standards.
  • When necessary to transmit information, professionals utilize a secure website. When they have to revert to fax or mail to transmit such information, your name and/or any other identifiable information is not transmitted.

Website

  • Unless you open a session in the secure Member Area, we do not solicit or keep any information about you when you browse the public-access areas of our website. We use "cookies" only to rapidly display pages you have already consulted and to make our website more user-friendly for you. We never use cookies to compile information about you without your knowledge.
  • Our Member Area is totally secured, using technology similar to what is used to secure online banking, as confirmed by the little lock that appears in the lower right corner of your browser when you use our site and by the https:// prefix which shows in your browser's addr... means that as soon as you start to register in this area or open a session, all the information you submit to us is encrypted in a virtual tunnel that makes access to it impossible.
  • When you first register to our Member Area, we ask you to provide certain personal information to verify your eligibility for the service and to open an on-line service file in your name. Once your eligibility has been established, we assign you a user name (which cannot be changed) and a password (which you can change at any time). This combination of a user name and a password allows you to access the Member Area as often as you wish. It is yours alone, and is your personal access key. Like any other access key, we suggest that you memorize it. If, however, you want to keep a record of it somewhere, we recommend that you do so in a safe place, and that you do not keep both your user name and your password in the same place.
  • Our Member Area uses a technology that enables us to relate members (and their organization) to the different services they have used. Without ever citing individuals' names or other identifying information, we use this capability to report to your organization on the use of our services (type and number used during a given time period) and, when necessary, to justify our fees. Once again, none of your personal information is ever relayed to your organization or to a third party.
  • We never send information by email unless you have expressly provided us consent to do so.
  • As our Internet server is located in Canada, the information contained within cannot be consulted by a third party under the Patriot Act (an American law established to combat terrorism).

If you have any questions about our Personal Information Protection & Confidentiality Policy, feel free to contact us directly or ask your Homewood Health™' professional.