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Website & General Privacy Notice

Last updated: September 1, 2026

Anghel Facial Plastic Surgery (Anghel Plastic Surgery PLLC; “the practice,” “we,” “us” or “our”) respects your privacy. This notice explains how we collect, use and share personal information through our website, www.anghelfps.com, our online booking and contact tools, our social media accounts and our marketing.

This notice does not cover your medical care. Information created during your consultation and treatment is protected health information. Our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices explains how we protect it. Washington residents can also read our separate Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy.

Please don’t send health information through the website

Our website itself does not collect information. Our online contact form asks for your name, email and phone, which procedure you are interested in, your time frame, and how you heard about us, so our team can call you and help schedule a consultation. It does not ask about your health history. Please do not include medical details, photos or health questions in the form, in email, in texts or in social media messages. We are glad to discuss them at your consultation.

How we collect personal information

From you: when you use our contact form, call or email the office, book a consultation through our online booking link, sign up for our email list, or message us on social media.
Automatically: basic technical logs kept by our website host (see Cookies below).
From service providers: such as our contact form and booking platforms, payment processor and financing partners, when you use them to reach us.
From public sources: such as information on your public social media profile when you tag or message us.

What personal information we collect

Contact details: name, email address, phone number and, if you give it, mailing address.
Contact form details: the procedure(s) you are interested in, the time frame you have in mind, and how you heard about us. Our form provider, monday.com, collects these for us.
Booking details: your contact details and the appointment time you choose. Our online booking platform collects these for us.
Payment and financing details: billing name and address, and what you give our payment processor or a financing partner (Cherry or PatientFi) for a deposit, consultation fee or procedure. We do not store full card numbers; our payment processor handles them.
Website technical logs: our website host keeps basic technical logs, such as IP address and browser type, to run and secure the site. We do not use analytics or advertising tools.
Messages: emails, calls and texts with our office about scheduling, when they are not part of your medical record.
Social media: what you share when you comment on, message or engage with our Instagram account.

How we use personal information

To answer your questions and schedule consultations.
To contact you about your inquiry or appointment.
To process fees, deposits and payments, and to work with the financing partner you choose.
To run, secure and improve the website.
To send marketing emails or texts if you opt in. You can opt out at any time.
To keep business records for accounting, tax and legal requirements.
To prevent fraud, spam and misuse.
To comply with the law.

We do not sell your personal information. We do not use automated decision-making or profiling to make decisions about your care.

Cookies and similar technologies

Our website does not use analytics, advertising or social media tracking cookies or pixels. If the site uses any cookies, they are only the ones it needs to work. You can control cookies in your browser settings.

We share personal information only as needed to run the practice and as the law allows:

Service providers that work for us, such as our contact form and booking platforms, website host, email and text services, payment processor and IT support. They may use the information only to provide services to us.
Financing partners (Cherry or PatientFi), only if you choose to apply with them.
Professional advisors, such as our accountant or attorney, when needed.
Government agencies or others when the law requires it, or to protect our rights or someone’s safety.
Anyone else, with your consent.

Your privacy choices and rights

Depending on where you live, you may be able to:

Ask for access to, or a copy of, the personal information we hold about you.
Ask us to correct information that is wrong or incomplete.
Ask us to delete your personal information, subject to our legal and medical record-keeping duties.
Opt out of marketing emails (use the unsubscribe link) or texts (reply STOP).

To make a request, contact us using the details below. We will confirm your identity before we respond. Requests about your medical records follow our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices.

Washington My Health My Data Act

Washington residents have additional rights over consumer health data. See our separate Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy.

Children’s privacy

Our website is meant for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us personal information through the website, contact us and we will delete it. Care for patients under 18, such as ear surgery for children, is arranged by a parent or guardian through our office.

How we protect personal information

We use reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect personal information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, use, disclosure or change. No method of sending or storing information is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

How long we keep personal information

We keep personal information only as long as we need it for the purposes in this notice, including legal, tax, accounting and medical record-keeping requirements. Then we securely delete it or remove anything that identifies you.

Our website links to sites we don’t run, such as Instagram, review sites, our booking platform and our financing partners. This notice does not cover them; please read their privacy policies.

Changes to this notice

We may update this notice. We will post the new version here and change the “Last updated” date. We will highlight important changes on this page, or tell you directly when the law requires it.

Contact us

Anghel Facial Plastic Surgery
14411 NE 20th Ave, Suite 111, Vancouver, WA 98686
Phone: 360-450-4359 · Email: hello@anghelfps.com
Privacy contact: Dr. Ersilia Anghel

HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.

Effective date: September 1, 2026

Your rights

When it comes to your health information, you have certain rights.

Get a copy of your medical record. You can ask to see or get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record and other health information we have about you. We will give you a copy or a summary, usually within 30 days of your request. We may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee.

Ask us to correct your medical record. You can ask us to correct health information about you that you think is wrong or incomplete. We may say no, but we will tell you why in writing within 60 days.

Ask for confidential communications. You can ask us to contact you in a specific way (for example, home or office phone) or to send mail to a different address. We will say yes to all reasonable requests.

Ask us to limit what we use or share. You can ask us not to use or share certain health information for treatment, payment or our operations. We are not required to agree, and we may say no if it would affect your care. If you pay for a service or health care item out of pocket in full, you can ask us not to share that information with your health insurer for payment or operations. We will say yes unless a law requires us to share it.

Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared information. You can ask for a list (an “accounting”) of the times we’ve shared your health information for six years before the date you ask, who we shared it with and why. It will include all disclosures except those about treatment, payment and health care operations, and certain others (such as any you asked us to make). We will provide one list a year for free; we will charge a reasonable, cost-based fee if you ask for another within 12 months.

Get a copy of this notice. You can ask for a paper copy at any time, even if you agreed to get it electronically.

Choose someone to act for you. If you have given someone medical power of attorney, or someone is your legal guardian, that person can use your rights and make choices about your health information. We will make sure the person has this authority before we take any action.

File a complaint if you feel your rights are violated. You can complain to us using the contact details at the end of this notice. You can also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights by sending a letter to 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, calling 1-877-696-6775, or visiting www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

Your choices

For certain health information, you can tell us your choices about what we share. Tell us what you want us to do, and we will follow your instructions.

You have both the right and the choice to tell us to:

Share information with your family, close friends or others involved in your care, or in paying for it.
Share information in a disaster relief situation.

If you can’t tell us your preference, for example if you are unconscious, we may share your information if we believe it is in your best interest. We may also share it when needed to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.

We never share your information in these cases unless you give us written permission:

Marketing.
Sale of your information.
Most sharing of psychotherapy notes.

We do not use your photos for marketing, social media or the website without your separate written consent.

Our uses and disclosures

How do we typically use or share your health information?

Treat you. We use your health information and share it with other professionals who are treating you. Example: we share information with the anesthesia provider for your surgery.
Run our practice. We use and share your health information to run our practice, improve your care and contact you when needed. Example: we use your information to manage your appointments and follow-up visits.
Get payment for your care. We use your health information to process payment for your care. We do not bill health insurance. If you choose a financing partner, we share only what is needed for your payment.

How else can we use or share your health information? We are allowed or required to share your information in other ways, usually in ways that contribute to the public good, such as public health and research. We have to meet many conditions in the law before we can share your information for these purposes.

Help with public health and safety issues, such as reporting adverse reactions to medicines or devices, reporting suspected abuse, neglect or domestic violence, and preventing a serious threat to anyone’s health or safety.
Do research, under conditions the law sets.
Comply with the law, including with the Department of Health and Human Services if it wants to see that we are following federal privacy law.
Respond to organ and tissue donation requests.
Work with a medical examiner or funeral director when an individual dies.
Address workers’ compensation, law enforcement and other government requests, such as for workers’ compensation claims, for law enforcement purposes or with a law enforcement official, with health oversight agencies for activities authorized by law, and for special government functions such as military, national security and presidential protective services.
Respond to lawsuits and legal actions, in response to a court or administrative order, or a subpoena.

Our responsibilities

We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information.
We will let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information.
We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in this notice and give you a copy of it.
We will not use or share your information other than as described here unless you tell us we can in writing. If you tell us we can, you may change your mind at any time. Let us know in writing if you change your mind.

Changes to the terms of this notice

We can change the terms of this notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. The new notice will be available on request, in our office and on our website.

Contact

Privacy officer: Dr. Ersilia Anghel
Anghel Facial Plastic Surgery, 14411 NE 20th Ave, Suite 111, Vancouver, WA 98686
Phone: 360-450-4359 · Email: hello@anghelfps.com

SMS Terms

By opting in to text messages from Anghel Facial Plastic Surgery (Anghel Plastic Surgery PLLC), you agree to receive texts from us about scheduling and your questions. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Reply HELP for help or STOP to opt out at any time. Please don’t send medical details by text. See our Privacy notice.