Privacy Policy

Your privacy is assured. Your personal information is kept private. NewYork-Presbyterian Queens collect only the information we need to serve you. In select areas of the web site, www.nyp.org/queens, we might ask you to provide us with some personal information that is necessary to complete your requests. This enables us to provide you with special offers, benefit programs, email updates or other services or opportunities.

NewYork-Presbyterian Queens collects no personally identifying information about you except when you specifically and knowingly provide such information. We only require your email address to confirm your requests and to contact you regarding updates and useful information.

NewYork-Presbyterian Queens collects general statistical information which allows us to track the frequency of visits and this information is collected for statistical reasons only, and will be used in the aggregate. We do not share any of this information.

NewYork-Presbyterian Queens believes in your right to informed consent in the handling of your information. We will not rent or sell your personal information to any other company. We may use information or share it with our health care affiliates to improve our service and provide updates about items and offers which may be of special interest. We may share non-personal, non-individual information in aggregate form with our marketing partners, advertisers or other third parties. This information is in the form of statistics or demographics and is not connected to personal information.

Please keep in mind that, the foregoing guarantee and our best efforts notwithstanding, we cannot unconditionally guarantee that information will never be disclosed to a third party. We may be obligated, in certain circumstances, to disclose information to the federal government in response to a warrant or official request. So by using www.nyp.org/queens, you do authorize us to disclose information to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate. Further, the foregoing guarantee notwithstanding, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access private communications despite every best effort using industry-standard security measures, to prevent such an occurrence.

Looking for HIPAA Privacy information for Patients? Please visit our Patient and Visitor Information section.