Notice of Privacy Practices

This website is owned and managed by Lindsay Weber LCSW PLLC (“the Practice”). We prioritize the protection and privacy of your personal information. We do not share personal information collected unless prior authorization is given.

This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) applies to our website at www.lindsayweberlcswpllc.com and/or mobile applications to which this Policy applies (collectively, the “Sites”). This Policy does not apply to any offline interactions you may have with the Practice.

This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, process, and distribute your information, including Personal Data (as defined below) used to access the Sites. We understand that health information about you and your health care is personal. We are committed to protecting this information and creating a record of the care and services you receive to provide quality care and comply with legal requirements.

This notice applies to all records of care generated by this mental health care practice. This notice will inform you about the ways we may use and disclose health information. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. The use of information collected through our Sites is limited to the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use for customers.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy on the Sites at any time without notice. In the event of a material change, we will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our Sites.

By using our Sites or their content, you consent to this Privacy Policy, whether or not you have read it.

BY USING ANY OF OUR SITES, YOU CONSENT TO THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY AND TO THE PRACTICE’S COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES STATED BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SITES.

Information Collected

We generally collect two types of information from users of the Practice Sites: 1) Personal Information (your name, email address, payment information), 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, or email address. The Practice collects and stores the Personal Information that you have provided. Here are some examples of ways we may collect your Personal Information on the Sites:

  1. A name and an email address so we can deliver our newsletter to you – you would be affirmatively consenting to this by providing this to us in our contact forms.

  2. Billing information including name and address so that we can process payment to deliver our services to you.

Please note that the information above (“Personal Data”) you are giving to us is voluntarily provided, and by providing this information, you consent to our use, collection, and processing of this Personal Data. You are welcome to opt-out or request the deletion of your Personal Data at any point by contacting us.

If you choose not to provide us with certain Personal Data, you may not be able to participate in certain aspects of our Sites or content.

Retention and Deletion

We retain your Personal Data for the minimum amount of time necessary to provide the information and/or services you requested. We may retain certain Personal Data for longer periods if necessary for legal, contractual, and accounting obligations.

Sensitive Information

We ask that you not send us or share any unnecessary and sensitive Personal Information (e.g., Social Security numbers).

Anonymous Data Collection and Use

To maintain our Sites’ high quality, we may use your IP address to help diagnose server problems and administer the Sites by identifying heavily used areas and displaying content according to your preferences. Your IP address is the number assigned to computers connected to the Internet. This is essentially “traffic data” that cannot personally identify you but is helpful to us for improving our services. Traffic data collection does not follow a user’s activities on other Sites in any way.

Non-Personal Information

“Non-Personal Information” can be technical information or 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 the Sites and how this information is used:

Internet Protocol (IP) address — Your IP address is a number that lets computers attached to the Internet know where to send you data — such as the webpages you view. We use this information to deliver our webpages to you upon request, tailor our Sites to the interests of our users, and measure traffic within our Sites.

Cookies — Our Sites use “cookies” to improve functionality and usability. We use this information for planning, tracking, and improving the technical functions of our Sites and products. By using our services and agreeing to this Policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this Policy.

About 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 Sites and can be used by Web servers to identify and track users as they navigate different pages on a Site and identify users returning to our Sites.

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.

Blocking cookies

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 Sites. 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 Sites 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 Sites.

Use of Information Collected Via the Sites

Personal Information

We use the Personal Information collected on the Sites primarily for the following purposes:

  • To deliver services, such as professional services, information, or newsletters you request or purchase;

  • To inform you about updated information and new services from the Practice;

  • To process your billing statements and, if necessary, to contact you regarding the status of the statement;

  • To ensure the Sites are relevant to your needs;

  • To help us create and publish content most relevant to you;

  • To contact you regarding additional services and features;

  • To request your feedback about your experience with the Practice;

  • To notify you about a material change to this Policy, if necessary;

  • To allow you access to limited-entry areas of the Sites.

Non-Personal Information

Non-Personal Information is used as described above and in other ways as permitted by applicable laws, including combining Non-Personal Information with Personal Information.

Release of Information to Third Parties

By using the Sites, you grant the Practice the right to use your Non-Personal Information to improve the Sites. The Practice will not share or disclose your Personal Information with third parties.

Third-Party Sites and Advertisers

The Sites may provide you with links to other websites, although we do not necessarily advise linking to those websites. If you choose to access such websites, the Practice is not responsible for any actions or policies of those sites. Further, note that third-party privacy policies and security practices may differ from the Practice’s standards. The Practice neither assumes responsibility for, nor does it control, endorse, or guarantee any aspect of your use of any linked sites. We recommend that you check the privacy policy of such a party before providing Personal Information to it.

The Practice may also permit advertisers, third-party ad networks, or other advertising companies to serve advertisements on the Sites. Please be advised that such advertising companies may gather information about your visit to the Sites or other sites (such as through cookies, Web beacons, and other technologies) to enable such advertising companies to market products or services to you, 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.

Opt-Out

We communicate with our members regularly via email. For example, we may use your email address to confirm a request you have made, send you payment notices, inform you about changes to our services, and send notices and other disclosures as required by law.

We may send you our newsletter and occasional updates about new features or services. You may opt out of receiving our newsletter by changing your preferences on our Site.

Security of Your Personal Information

The Practice employs reasonable security measures consistent with standard industry practice for Personal Information collected through the Sites. While the Practice takes reasonable efforts to protect Personal Information collected through the Sites, no security system is impenetrable.

We cannot guarantee the security of our databases, nor can we guarantee that the Personal Information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted over the Internet. We ask that you do your part by maintaining your internet security.

You are also responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any username and password you use. To better protect your account, please sign out when you finish using a shared device.

Reviewing and Correcting Your Information

We offer the ability to correct or change the Personal Information collected during registration on the Sites. You may change this information at any time and as often as necessary. If you have questions about the Personal Information that may have been collected or you would like to request a change to such Personal Information, please contact us.

No Use by Children

We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 16 through our Sites. If you are under 16, please do not give us any Personal Data. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children to never provide Personal Data through the Sites without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 16 has provided Personal Data to us through the Sites, please contact us, and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or complaints about this Policy, our privacy practices, or our treatment of your Personal Information, please contact us by email or postal mail at:

Lindsay Weber LCSW PLLC

520 Franklin Avenue, Suite L22, Garden City, NY 11530

lindsay@lindsayweberlcsw.com

This policy has been lasted updated on 8/14/2024.