Therapy Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: 01/01/2024

Jessica Pavelka Counseling, LLC is committed to protecting your privacy. Accordingly, we have developed this policy for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate, disclose, and use personal information.

1. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

Under data protection laws, you have rights concerning your data that include the right to request access, correction, erasure, restriction, transfer, to object to processing, to the portability of data, and (where the lawful ground of processing is consent) to withdraw consent. If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please email us.

We (I, therapist) may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This security measure ensures that personal data is not disclosed to anyone with no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information concerning your request to speed up our response.

2. INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE

We collect information about visitors to our Site to provide an experience responsive to our users' needs. We do not collect your personal information unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the site. These may include (a) registering for an account to be a client, (b) scheduling an appointment, (c) sending us private messages, (d) signing up for a membership, and (e) submitting a payment for service. The transaction is completed through a HIPPA-compliant payment application if you purchase services. Please do not include credit card information in your electronic communication to safeguard your information. This Site and our Services may contain links to other websites. Unfortunately, we are not responsible for such sites' privacy practices or content.

Our Site may use forms in which you give us contact information (including your name, telephone number, email address, and comments) so you can request information or support. We receive and store any information you enter on our Site or give us in any other way, including through email, telephone, or other communications. You do not need to give us personal information to use our Site.

3. CHILDREN UNDER FOURTEEN

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under fourteen. You must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website if you are under fourteen.

4. SECURITY

This Site has security measures to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of the information under our control. We may sometimes provide information about you to third parties to provide various services on our behalf, such as providers who process credit card payments. We will only share information about you necessary for the third party to provide the requested service. These companies are prohibited from retaining, sharing, buying, selling, storing, or using your personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes. We follow generally accepted standards to protect the personal information submitted to us during transmission and after receiving it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage method is one hundred percent (100%) secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

5. GOOGLE ANALYTICS AND COOKIES

We may use a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about the use of this Site, such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used before coming to this Site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this Site rather than your name or other identifying information. Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this Site. This cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google, Inc. The information generated by the cookie will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

We only use the information from Google Analytics to improve services on this Site. We do not combine the information collected through Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Site is restricted by the Google Privacy Policy http:// www.google.com/policies/privacy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this Site by disabling the Google Analytics cookie on your browser.

6. TRANSFER OF DATA ABROAD

Suppose you are visiting this Site from a country other than the country where our servers are located. In that case, your communications with us may result in the transfer of information across international boundaries. By visiting this Site and communicating electronically with us, you consent to such transfers.

7. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

We cooperate with government, law enforcement officials, and private parties to enforce and comply with the law. We will disclose any information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and legal processes (including without limitation subpoenas) to protect our property and rights or the property and rights of a third party, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop activity we consider to be illegal or unethical. We will also share your information to the extent necessary to comply with ICANN's rules, regulations, and policies. To the extent we are legally permitted to do so, we will take reasonable steps to notify you if we are required to provide your personal information to third parties as part of the legal process.

8. CHANGES IN OUR PRACTICES

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Suppose we decide to change our Privacy Policy. In that case, we will post those changes to this Privacy Policy and any other places we deem appropriate so that you know what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it, if any. Your continued use of our site after any modification to this policy will constitute your acceptance of such modification.

9. CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Site or under our Services, or your dealings with this Site or our Services, please contact us by email at the following address: hello@jessicapavelkacounseling.com