Houston Area Therapy with Becky Dodds, MS, LPC
Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy Consent
The Website and its Content is owned by Houston Area Therapy LLC (“Company”, “we”, or “us”). The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of our Website (“Website”). This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, process, and distribute your information, including Personal Data (as defined below) used to access this Website. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. The use of information collected through our Website shall be limited to the purposes under this Privacy Policy.
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Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy on the Website at any time without notice. In the event of a material change, we will let you know via prominent notice on our Website.
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Use of 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 our Website or its content, you consent to this Privacy Policy, whether or not you have read it.
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Information We May Collect
We collect personal information from you so we can provide you with a positive experience when utilizing our Website or content. We will only collect the minimum amount of information necessary to fulfill our obligation to you.
We may collect: A name and an email address if you complete our contact form.
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Please note that the information above (“Personal Data”) that you are giving to us is voluntary, and by providing this information, you are giving consent for us to use, collect, and process this Personal Data. You are welcome to opt out or request for us to delete your Personal Data at any point. If you choose not to provide us with certain Personal Data, you may not be able to participate in certain aspects of our Website or Content.
Other Information We May Collect: Anonymous Data Collection and Use
To maintain Website quality, we may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and administer the Website by identifying which areas of the Website are most heavily used, and display content according to user 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 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.
What We Do with the Information We Collect: Contact You
We may contact you with information that you provide to us based on these lawful grounds for processing:
a) Consent. We may contact you if you give us your clear, unambiguous, affirmative consent to contact you.
b) Legitimate Interest. We may contact you if we feel you have a legitimate interest in hearing from us. For example, if you complete the contact form on this website.
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Submission, Storage, Sharing, and Transferring of Personal Data
Personal Data that you provide to us is stored internally or through a data management system. Your Personal Data will only be accessed by those who have a legitimate need to know such Personal Data.
Data Retention
We retain your Personal Data for the minimum amount of time necessary to provide you with the information or services that you requested from us.
Confidentiality
We aim to keep the Personal Data 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.
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Security
We take commercially reasonable steps to protect the Personal Data you provide to us from misuse, disclosure, or unauthorized access. That being said, we cannot guarantee that your Personal Data will always be secure due to technology or security breaches. Should there be a data breach of which we are aware, we will inform you immediately.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We do not collect any information from anyone under 18 years of age in compliance with COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation of the EU). Our Website and its content are directed to individuals who are at least 18 years old or older.
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Notification of Changes
We may use your Personal Data, such as your contact information, to inform you of changes to the Website or its content, or, if requested, to send you additional information about us. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, or otherwise alter our Website, its content, and this Privacy Policy at any time. Such changes or modifications shall become effective immediately upon posting our updated Privacy Policy. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically. Continued use of any information obtained through or on the Website or its content following the posting of changes or modifications constituted acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. Should there be a material change to our Privacy Policy, we will contact you via email or by a prominent note on our Website.
Last Updated: July 2024