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Privacy Policy

Effective date: 3 July 2026

Your trust matters to us. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data Excellent Diagnostic and Cardiology Clinic collects through this website and our services, how we use and protect it, and the rights you have under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023.

1. Introduction

Excellent Diagnostic and Cardiology Clinic Limited ("the Clinic", "we", "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains what personal data we collect through this website and in the course of providing our services, how we use and protect it, and the rights you have over it.

We process personal data in accordance with the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA) and other applicable Nigerian laws and professional obligations of medical confidentiality.

2. Data we collect

Through this website:

Appointment bookings - your name, phone number, appointment date and time, department and service requested, and optionally your email address, date of birth and any notes you choose to include (which may contain health-related information such as symptoms or referral details).
Contact form messages - your name, message, and optionally your email address, phone number and subject.

In the course of providing clinical services at the Clinic:

Patient and clinical records - identification details, referring physician, requested investigations, clinical notes, test results, findings and reports. These are health data and are treated as sensitive personal data under the NDPA.

We do not collect payment card details through this website.

3. How we use your data

To schedule, confirm, change and manage your appointments, and to contact you about them by SMS, email or phone.
To carry out the investigations you request, prepare and deliver your diagnostic reports, and notify you when they are ready.
To respond to enquiries you send through the contact form.
To operate our document verification service, which displays only the limited summary shown on the printed document.
To maintain proper medical records as required by law and professional standards, and to manage the Clinic's internal administration, quality assurance and security.

Our lawful bases under the NDPA are: performance of a contract or steps taken at your request (bookings and enquiries), your consent (optional contact details and service notifications), compliance with legal obligations (medical record-keeping), and the provision of healthcare under appropriate professional secrecy obligations.

4. SMS and email notifications

We send transactional service messages - booking acknowledgements, appointment confirmations and results-ready notifications - using reputable third-party providers: Termii (SMS) and Resend (email). Only the minimum data needed to deliver each message (your name, phone number or email, and the message content) is shared with these providers for transmission.

Notification messages never include your clinical findings. A results notification tells you a report is ready and how to collect or verify it; the report itself is released through the Clinic's controlled channels.

We do not send marketing messages without your separate, explicit consent.

5. Where your data is stored and how it is protected

Website and clinical workflow data is stored in a managed, access-controlled cloud database (Supabase) protected by encryption in transit and at rest, row-level security policies and role-based staff access. Patient records are accessible only to authenticated Clinic staff whose role requires access.

Anonymous website visitors cannot read, list or browse bookings, messages or patient records. The public verification page returns only the limited summary of a single document when its exact reference is presented.

We apply reasonable technical and organisational measures appropriate to the sensitivity of health data. No system is perfectly secure; if a breach affecting your rights occurs, we will notify the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) and affected individuals as required by the NDPA.

6. Sharing and disclosure

We do not sell or rent your personal data. We share it only:

With your referring physician or another healthcare provider involved in your care, with your knowledge or consent.
With service providers who process data on our behalf (secure hosting, SMS and email delivery), under obligations of confidentiality and only to the extent needed to provide their service.
Where disclosure is required by law, court order or a competent regulatory authority, or is necessary to protect a person's vital interests.

7. Retention

Medical records are retained for the periods required by Nigerian law and applicable professional guidelines. Booking and contact-form data is retained for as long as needed for the purposes described above and for our legitimate record-keeping, after which it is deleted or anonymised.

8. Your rights

Subject to the NDPA and to legal and professional record-keeping obligations, you have the right to:

Request access to the personal data we hold about you and receive a copy.
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
Request deletion of data we are not legally required to retain.
Withdraw consent for processing based on consent (for example, notification contact details), without affecting processing carried out before withdrawal.
Object to or request restriction of certain processing, and lodge a complaint with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) if you believe your rights have been infringed.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details below. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request - this protects your records from disclosure to the wrong person.

9. Cookies and tracking

The public website does not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. The staff portal uses strictly necessary session storage to keep authorised staff signed in. Embedded third-party content (such as the location map) may set its own cookies governed by that provider's policy.

10. Children

Bookings and enquiries for persons under 18 should be made by a parent or legal guardian. Clinical services for minors are provided with appropriate parental or guardian consent in line with applicable law.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised. Significant changes will be highlighted on the website.

Questions about this policy?

Excellent Diagnostic and Cardiology Clinic Limited
No 4 Hospital Road, Kano, Nigeria
0803 489 4558 · info@excellentdiagnostic.com.ng