Website address: https://NortheastPsychological.com
Our privacy policy below describes how your information is used and protected.
Disclaimer: The information provided on this website is educational/informational and not intended to constitute medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always speak to a qualified health service provider and ask any questions you may have regarding a medical or mental health condition. The owner of this website assumes no liability for any diagnosis, treatment, decision made, or action taken in reliance upon information provided on this website or any other sites linked to or from northeastpsychological.com in any way. The owner of this website does not assume any responsibility or risk for your use of this website or any information obtained from this website.
Your privacy is very important to us. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy on this website at any time without notice. Any personal information or contribution that you provide to us, or which is collected by us on or through our website or its content is governed by this Privacy Policy. By using this website or its content, you consent to this Privacy Policy, whether or not you have read it.
Information Collected
We generally collect two types of information from users on this website: 1) Personal Information (your name, email address, phone number, or any other information about yourself or your problems that you provide through the message system or through the comments section on the articles); and 2) Non-Personal Information (e.g. cookies or IP address).
Personal Information
“Personal Information” is defined as information that identifies you personally, such as your name, address, phone numbers, email address, as well as additional information that you provide through the contact forms. This website collects and stores the Personal Information that you have provided to us. We collect this information to contact you to schedule an appointment or provide you with a free phone consultation to assess whether our treatment is appropriate for you. Our organization may send you marketing emails with either your consent or if we believe we have a legitimate interest to contact you based on your contact or question. You would be affirmatively consenting to this by providing this information to us in our contact forms. We do NOT sell your Personal Information to 3rd party contractors, vendors, or service providers.
Please note that the information above (“Personal Information”) that you are giving to us is voluntarily, and by providing this information to us, you are giving consent for us to use, collect, and process this Personal Information. You are welcome to opt-out or request that we delete your Personal Information at any point by contacting us.
Retention and Deletion
We only retain your Personal Information for as long as necessary for the purpose of providing you with the information and/or services that you requested from us. We may include certain Personal Informational for longer periods of time if necessary for legal, contractual, or accounting obligations.
Confidentiality
We aim to keep the Personal Information that you share with us confidential. Please note that we may disclose such information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that: (1) such action is necessary to protect and defend our rights or property or those of our users or licensees, (2) to act as immediately necessary in order to protect the personal safety or rights of our users or the public, or (3) to investigate or respond to any real or perceived violation of this Privacy Policy or on our Disclaimer, Terms and Conditions, or any other terms of use or agreement with us.
Sensitive Information
We ask that you not send us, and you do not share any sensitive Personal Data (e.g., Social Security numbers).
Non-Personal Information
“Non-Personal Information” can be technical information or it can be demographic information, such as your age, gender, ZIP code or other geolocation data, or interests. Non-Personal Information does NOT identify you personally. Here are some examples of the Non-Personal Information that is collected via this website and a description of how this information is used:
Internet Protocol (IP) address — To maintain our website’s high quality, we may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to improve website by identifying which areas of the website are most heavily used, and to display content according to your preferences. Your IP address is the number assigned to computers connected to the Internet. This is essentially “traffic data” which cannot personally identify you, but is helpful to us for marketing purposes and for improving our services. Traffic data collection does not follow a user’s activities on any other websites in any way. Anonymous traffic data may also be shared with business partners and advertisers on an aggregate basis. By using our website and agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you consent to our use of your IP address in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Blocking cookies
Cookies — Cookies are text files sent by Web servers to Web browsers and are stored on the user’s computer or mobile device. If the browser is loading a page and the server requests the information stored in the cookie, the cookie is sent back to the server. Cookies contain data about the user’s activities on the website, and can be used by Web servers to identify and track users as they navigate different pages on a website, and to identify users returning to a website. Cookies may be either “persistent” or “session” cookies. A persistent cookie will remain valid until its set expiration date (unless deleted by the user). A session cookie will expire at the end of the user session, when the Web browser is closed. Out website use “cookies” to improve functionality and usability. We use this information for planning, tracking and to improve the technical functions of our websites and products. By using our website and agreeing to this Policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Most browsers allow users to refuse to accept cookies.
– In Google Chrome, you can adjust your cookie permissions by clicking “Options,” “Under the hood” and Content Settings in the “Privacy” section. Click on the Cookies tab in the Content Settings.
– In Safari, you can block cookies by clicking “Preferences,” selecting the “Privacy” tab and “Block cookies.”
– In Internet Explorer, you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools,” “Internet Options,” “Privacy,” and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector.
– In Firefox, you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools,” “Options,” and un-checking “Accept cookies from sites” in the “Privacy” box.
– Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you may not be able to log on, access content or use search functions, for example.
Deleting cookies
Users can also delete cookies already stored on their computers:
– In Google Chrome, you can adjust your cookie permissions by clicking “Options,” “Under the hood,” and Content Settings in the “Privacy” section. Click on the Cookies tab in the Content Settings.
– In Safari, you can delete cookies by clicking “Preferences,” selecting the “Privacy” tab and selecting “Remove All Website Data.”
– In Internet Explorer, you must manually delete cookie files.
– In Firefox, you can delete cookies by first ensuring that cookies are to be deleted when you “clear private data” (this setting can be changed by clicking “Tools,” “Options” and “Settings” in the “Private Data” box) and then clicking “Clear private data” in the “Tools” menu.
– Doing this may have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.
Third Party Websites and Advertisers
We may link to other websites on our website. We assume no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of any other individual, company or entity whose website or materials may be linked to our website or its content, and thus we cannot be held liable for the privacy of the information on their website or that you voluntarily share with their website. Please review their privacy policies for guidelines as to how they respectively store, use and protect the privacy of your Personal Information.
The website may also permit advertisers, third party ad networks or other advertising companies to serve advertisements on this website. Please be advised that such advertising companies may gather information about your visit to this website or other sites (such as through cookies, Web beacons and other technologies) to enable such advertising companies to market products or services to you, to monitor which ads have been served to your browser and which Web pages you were viewing when such ads were delivered. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POLICY DOES NOT COVER THE COLLECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION BY SUCH ADVERTISING COMPANIES.
Website Security
No data transmissions over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. Consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you understand that any information that you transfer to this website is done at your own risk. However, this website uses website security measures consistent with current best practices to protect the websites, email and mailing lists. These measures include technical, procedural, monitoring and tracking steps intended to safeguard data from misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, loss, alteration or destruction.
Contacting Us
You may contact us with any questions or concerns by emailing us at info@northeastpsychological.com.