Our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Info
The counseling and coaching business has confidentiality at its foundation. The first item clients sign when they enter our office is informed consent, including our HIPAA privacy practices policy. Our HIPAA policy is available for download on this site. Since we blog on this site for our own therapeutic purposes, we also include current standard policies and practices surrounding the field of writing and communication in general. Many changes and updates are constantly being made, and we try to adjust to these as quickly as we can.
Holistic Behavioral Solutions (HBS) respects the privacy of visitors to its Websites (the “Sites”) or uses our mobile applications (each an “App”). The Sites and Apps are collectively the “Services.”
HBS is located in the United States, and these are U.S.-based websites. By using these Sites or the Services, you agree to the data collection, use, disclosure, and storage practices described in this privacy policy.
Policy Changes
If there are material changes to our privacy policies, we will notify you by posting the updated policy on our sites, and for registered users by sending an email. We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review this page frequently for any changes. Amendments to this privacy policy will be effective at the time they are posted. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be considered to have accepted the changes to any amended or revised privacy policy by your continued use of our services or the sites.
What Info does HBS collect?
We collect information from you when you choose to provide it to us. This may include when you request information from us, register for a conference or other event, purchase a product, create an account with us, sign up for newsletters or our email lists, use our Services, submit a rating or review, participate in a survey or promotion, or otherwise contact us. In some countries, including in the European Economic Area, this information may be considered personal data under applicable data protection laws: Most data HBS collects is used only to help us better serve our clients. Our general policy is to collect and store only personal information that our clients and visitors knowingly provide.
The information we collect may include your name, address, email address, telephone number, mobile telephone number, geolocation information, photos or videos, and username. If you use a third-party service to log in, link to us, or communicate with us (such as a social network or third-party video chat), we may receive specific information about you from the third party based on your registration and privacy settings on those third-party services.
HBS does not automatically collect any personal information from users browsing its websites. Only aggregate data — such as the number of hits per page — are collected. Aggregate data are only used for internal and marketing purposes and do not provide any personally identifying information. HBS uses this information to enhance its products, services, and distribution of those products to its clients.
Privacy for Children?
Protecting children’s privacy is important to us. We do not direct services to, nor do we knowingly collect any personal information from, children under the age of thirteen.
Compliance with Law. We may provide access to your information, including personal information, when legally required to do so, to cooperate with legal proceedings, to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our websites, to limit our legal liability and protect our rights, or to protect the rights, property or safety of visitors of these websites or the public.
Data Storage and Retention
Your personal information is stored on servers in the United States. You understand and agree that HBS may collect, use, disclose, and otherwise process the information you provide as described in this Privacy Policy, even if you are from an area outside the United States. Your personal information may be disclosed in response to inquiries or requests from government authorities or to respond to the judicial process in the United States.
We will retain your personal information for as long as needed to provide you with the Services or fulfill any legal or contractual obligations we may have.
If you are a resident of the EEA, Your personal information will be transferred to and processed in the United States, which has data protection laws that are different than those in your country and may not be as protective. For more information on where and how long your personal data is stored and for more information on your rights of erasure and portability, please contact HBS’s data protection officer at policy@holisticbehavioralsolutions.com.
Cookie and Pixel tags?
Cookies are files that contain information created by a web server that can be stored on a user’s hard disk for use either during a particular session (“per-session” cookie) or for future use (“persistent” cookie). HBS and its partners may use cookies to facilitate automated activity, assist you with storing and tracking your passwords, determine appropriate solicitations, and review navigation patterns. Cookies are not used to disseminate personally identifiable information about Users over the Internet or to analyze any information that Users have knowingly or unknowingly provided.
Users may instruct their Internet browsers to opt out of accepting a “persistent” cookie and rather accept only a “per-session” cookie but will need to log in each time they visit the sites to enjoy the full benefits. If the user declines the attachment of any cookie, the user may not have access to the full benefits of the website. Registration enables the sites to determine users’ interest areas better and provide the most relevant information.
Pixel Tags. We also use “pixel tags” (sometimes called “Internet tags,” “web beacons,” or “clear GIFS”), which are tiny graphic images on our websites. Pixel tags help us analyze our visitors’ online behavior and measure our sites’ effectiveness and advertising. We work with service providers that help us track, collect, and analyze this information. Pixel tags on our websites may be used to gather information about your visit, including the pages you view, the features you use, the links you click, and other actions you take in connection with the websites. This information may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, date and time information, and other technical information about your computer or device.
Pixel tags and cookies in our emails may be used to track your interactions with those messages, such as when you receive, open, or click a link in our email.
We also work with business partners that use tracking technologies to deliver advertisements on our behalf across the Internet. These companies may collect information about your visits to our websites and your interaction with our advertising and other communications.
Privacy issues with Links to other Sites?
Our website contains links to other websites and outside sources. After leaving the HBS site, HBS is not responsible for the privacy policies or content of such sites. Additionally, HBS privacy practices may differ from those of these other sites. If you provide personal information at one of those sites, you are subject to the privacy policy of the operator of that site, not the HBS’s privacy policy. Please make sure you understand the other site’s privacy policy before providing personal information.
Your California Privacy Rights?
Under California Civil Code, California residents are entitled to ask us for a notice describing what categories of personal information we share with third parties or corporate affiliates for those third parties’, or corporate affiliates’ direct marketing purposes. That notice will identify the categories of information shared and will include a list of the third parties and affiliates with which it was shared, along with their names and addresses. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to the following address: PO Box 497 Pennington, NJ 08534. Attn: Website Privacy Policy. Please allow 30 days for a response.
What are your rights as a European Economic Area (EEA) visitor?
If you are a European resident, our legal basis for collecting and using your personal data or information is to do so with your consent; where we need the personal data or information for the performance of a contract, or where the collection and use is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect the personal information in question. If we collected your personal data or information with your consent, you might withdraw your consent at any time.
You also have the right to:
Access your personal data or information;
Delete, or request deletion of, your personal data or information;
Object to or restrict the processing of your personal information;
Request portability of your personal information;
Complain to your local data protection authority at any time;
Object to automated decision-making and
Update your personal data or information.
To withdraw consent or exercise these rights, please:
Contact: policy@holisticbehavioralsolutions.com
What Means of Redress are Available?
If we ask you to provide personal data to us to comply with a legal requirement or enter into a contract, we will inform you of this and let you know whether providing us with your personal data is required and, if not, the consequences of not sharing your personal data with us. Similarly, if we collect and use your personal information in reliance on our or a third party’s legitimate interests and those interests are not already listed above (see “Information Use” section), we will let you know what those legitimate interests are.
If any user suspects HBS has handled its personal information in a manner that does not comply with this privacy statement, please contact us by e-mailing policy@holisticbehavioralsolutions.com or by calling 609-752-3098. Please include “Web Privacy Policy Question or Comment” in the subject line.
For residents of the EEA with questions, concerns, or requests relating to your personal information, you may contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) at policy@holisticbehavioralsolutions.com.
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