D. Other Uses and Disclosures: As part of treatment, payment and health care operations, we may also use your PHI for the following purposes:

• Fundraising Activities: The agency may use and may also disclose some of your PHI to a related foundation for certain fund raising activities. For example, the agency may use your demographic information (e.g., name, address and other contact information, age, gender, and insurance status) and the dates the agency provided service to you. Any communication sent to you will let you know how you may opt out of receiving similar communications in the future. The agency may disclose limited PHI to a company contracted to conduct agency fundraising. This company will use your PHI only for the purposes of agency fund raising. (If you wish to opt-out, you may do so by contacting the Executive Director/Director Designee at the agency or the Privacy Official at THHS 248-305-7918.)
• Medical Research: The agency may disclose your PHI without your Authorization to medical researchers who request it for approved medical research projects; however, with very limited exceptions such disclosures must be cleared through a special approval process before any PHI is disclosed to the researchers. Researchers will be required to safeguard the PHI they receive.
• Information and Health Promotion Activities: the agency may use and disclose some of your PHI for certain health promotion activities. For example, your name and address will be used to send you newsletters or general communications. The agency will also send you information based on your own health concerns. The agency may send you this information if it has determined that a product or service may help you. The communication will explain how the product or service relates to your well-being and can improve your health.