Privacy Policy & Notice of Privacy Practices: Alzheimers Disease Research Center (ADRC)

At ADRC we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal and health information is handled with care, in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and applicable privacy laws.

1. Information We Collect and How We Use It

We may collect the following personal and health-related information:

• Name, date of birth, and contact information (phone number, email, address)
• Medical history, medications, diagnoses, treatment plans, and clinical notes
• Communication preferences (e.g., your consent to receive messages or reminders)

This information is used to:

• Provide and coordinate your care
• Contact you regarding appointments, updates, or follow-up instructions
• Maintain accurate health records
• Improve our services and support

We retain your information only as long as necessary for medical, legal, and operational purposes.

2. Your Rights Under HIPAA

You have the right to:

• Request a copy of your medical records
• Ask for corrections to your health information
• Request a list of disclosures we’ve made of your health information
• Request that we limit how we use or share your information
• Choose how we contact you (e.g., via phone, email, or mail)

To exercise your rights or for more information, please contact our office at research@naaresesearch.com, or at 518-426-0575.

3. Mobile Information & Text Messaging

We respect your preferences and privacy when it comes to mobile communication.

• We do not share your mobile number with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.
• Consent for text messaging is used solely within our practice—for example, to send appointment reminders or important care-related updates.
• You may opt out of receiving text messages at any time by contacting our office

4. Sharing Information with Trusted Service Providers

We may share your information with trusted subcontractors and service providers (such as electronic health record systems, IT support, or administrative services) who help us operate effectively.

These third parties are required by law and agreement to protect your information and may only use it to support our practice.

Privacy Policy

The Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center of Albany has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: https://alzheimersresearchcenteralbany.com/. If at any time you find this privacy policy unacceptable, you must immediately leave this website.

We respect your privacy. Any information we collect from you, including your email address, will simply be used to send you the information you have requested. We will not give or sell your personal information to any unaffiliated third party. If you give us your email and permission to send more information, you may opt out of receiving any additional email messages at any time, by unsubscribing from our email list.

Information Gathering

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our website by (1) identifying which parts of our site are most heavily used (2) to tailor site content to user needs and (3) to generate aggregate statistical reports. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means that user sessions will be tracked, but the users will remain anonymous.

You need not provide The Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center of Albany with personally identifying information (e.g., name, telephone number, email address, city and/or state of residence) as a condition of using our site. However, your failure to provide certain personally identifying information when asked will prevent certain features of the website from functioning or will prevent The Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center of Albany from effectively responding to your requests. The website will collect only that personally identifying information that you affirmatively provide in response to a direct request.

We use a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about use of this site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our website. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to your browser on the date of your visit, instead of your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with any personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a “cookie” on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing your return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser. Please refer to your browser settings for additional information on disabling cookies or visit Google Analytics’ currently available opt-outs for the web.

Dr Richard Holub, MD