Privacy policy

Last Updated on 10/01/2022. This privacy policy is effective immediately

Introduction

At Softening Stone Psychotherapy, LLC and Softeningstonepsychotherapy.com (the “Company” or “We”), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

 

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit this website (our “Website” or “site”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing that information.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our site. By accessing or using this site, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of this site after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

 

SCOPE OF THIS NOTICE

This online privacy notice (this “Notice”) applies only to information collected through this website on which it is posted. It does not apply to information collected through other channels, such as by us over the phone or in person. It also does not apply to information collected by any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

The European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which is enforceable from May 25, 2018, provides new rights to individuals and requires organizations to provide information about their processing in a clear and transparent way. Although we are a United States-based business, we have published this updated Privacy Notice to take into account new requirements and to explain how we collect, store and use personal data for all users, including those accessing our site from within the EU. This Privacy Notice applies to all users of this Site. By using this site, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by this Privacy Notice with Parker Schneider, MA, LPC and Softening Stone Psychotherapy, LLC (“Company” “we” or “us”). If you do not agree to this Privacy Notice, you may not access or use this Site.

YOUR CONSENT

By using this Site, you are consenting to the collection, use, disclosure, and transfer of your information as described in this Notice. If you do not consent to the collection, use, disclosure and transfer of your information as described in this Notice, you may not use this Site. If you have questions about this Notice, please contact us using the information provided below.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

The Site must collect some information from you (“Identifier Information”) to allow you to use and access services, products, and materials.  Identifier information is information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, or an online identifier.

We collect several types of information from and about users of our site, including information:

  • by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number or ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE WEBSITE COLLECTS THAT IS DEFINED AS PERSONAL OR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION UNDER AN APPLICABLE LAW (“personal information”);

  • that is about you but individually does not identify you, and/or

  • about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our site and usage details.

We collect this information:

  • Directly from you when you provide it to us.

  • Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses and information collected through cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies.

  • From third parties, for example, our business partners.

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through our site may include:

  • Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Website, subscribing to our service, posting material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our site.

  • Records and copies of your correspondence (including e-mail addresses), if you contact us.

  • Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.

  • Details of transactions you carry out through our site and of the fulfillment of your orders. You may be required to provide financial information before placing an order through our site.

  • Your search queries on the site.

 

You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, “posted”) on public areas of the Website, or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, “User Contributions”). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although we limit access to certain pages/you may set certain privacy settings for such information by logging into your account profile, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Website with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies.

As you navigate through and interact with our site, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, including:

  • Details of your visits to our site, including traffic data, location data, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the site.

  • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type.

We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services. The information we collect automatically is statistical data and does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.

  • Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.

  • Speed up your searches.

  • Recognize you when you return to our site.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

  • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.

  • Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from and on our Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.

  • Web Beacons. Pages of our site may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs. pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an e-mail and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

We do not collect personal Information automatically, but we may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us.

How We Use Your Information

Generally, we use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

  • To present our Website and its contents to you.

  • To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us.

  • To provide you with information about our services

  • To provide you with notices about your account/subscription, including expiration and renewal notices.

  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.

  • To notify you about changes to our site or any products or services we offer or provide though it.

  • To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website.

  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.

  • To fulfill any purpose for which you provide it.

  • for good faith compliance with the law, a court order or a subpoena.

  • For any other purpose with your consent.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual or release protected health information, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

  • To our subsidiaries and affiliates.

  • To contractors, service providers and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.

  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. For example, if you give us an e-mail address through the contact form feature of our Website, we will transmit the contents of that e-mail and your e-mail address to the recipients, to which you will receive a reply from us.

  • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.

  • With your consent.

 

We may also disclose your personal information when legally required:

  • To comply with any court order, subpoena, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.

  • To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.

  • To investigate violations of or otherwise enforce our Legal Terms

  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect us from legal action or claims from third parties including you and/or other Members; and/or

  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the legal rights, personal/real property, or personal safety of Parker Schneider and Softening stone Psychotherapy, our customers, employees, affiliates or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

YOUR CHOICES

We respect your right to make choices about the ways we collect, use, and disclose your information. This Notice describes some of your choices. We may ask you to indicate your choices at the time and on the page where you provide your information. You may also change previously expressed preferences regarding how we use your information. 

We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

  • Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

  • We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s website.

HOW LONG IS INFORMATION RETAINED?

We generally retain your information only as long as reasonably necessary to provide you the Services or to comply with applicable law.

YOUR RIGHTS

We do NOT sell, license, or otherwise disclose your personal information to third-parties for their marketing purposes at ANY time.

We respect your right to access, correct, request restriction or deletion or request of our usage of your personal information and data collected as required by applicable law. We also take steps to ensure that the personal information we collect is accurate, up to date and in accordance with our Data Protection Policy. After verification of identity, you have the right to:

  • know what personal information and data we maintain about you

  • request a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format

  • request update to your personal information if it is incorrect or incomplete

  • request we cease our processing of your personal information and data

  • request us to delete or restrict how we use your personal information, but this right is determined by applicable law and may impact your access to some of our Services

A copy of the information that we possess will be provided free of charge. However, if the request is manifested excessively and repetitively, we reserve the right to charge a reasonable administrative fee. In order to exercise any of these rights within this Notice, please contact the Data Protection officer listed in this Notice. Please note that we dispose of maximum of 1 month to comply to your request. 

CALIFORNIA USERS

California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser Do Not Track (DNT) signals. At this time, we do not have a DNT signal policy. Until further privacy regulations and guidelines are published, we will adhere to this policy.

California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do NOT sell, license, or otherwise disclose your personal information to third-parties for their marketing purposes at ANY time. Any California residents who require further information, please contact us via the Contact Form.

THIRD-PARTY COOKIES

This site does not contain targeted advertisements from any third-party providers. However, other third parties through which you may access this site may deliver cookies to your computer or mobile device for the purpose of tracking your online behaviors over time and across nonaffiliated websites and/or delivering targeted advertisements either on other websites.

Additionally, this site does contain social widgets: These are buttons or icons provided by third-party social media providers that allow you to interact with those social media services when you view a web page or a mobile app screen. These social widgets may collect browsing data, which may be received by the third party that provided the widget and are controlled by the third parties.

 

DATA PROTECTION & SECURITY

We take a number of steps to protect your data, but no security is guaranteed. The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our site. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the Site, your information is protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information, that information is encrypted and transmitted to us by secure servers. 

Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL, is a technology that secures the connection between your browser and the website you’re visiting. To verify that SSL is protecting a page, look for a URL beginning with https://, instead of http://, and a closed padlock icon in your web browser. This allows visitors to navigate this Site and submit information through a secure connection.

SSL provides three important security benefits:

  • Privacy: Encrypts the connection between the browser and web server and securely transmits information (like login credentials) to prevent unauthorized parties from eavesdropping.

  • Data integrity: Prevents unauthorized parties from altering data during transmission (like during a Form Block submission).

  • Authentication: Protects against impersonation by requiring web server proof of identity.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment. Only the site owner (Parker Schneider) is granted access to personally identifiable information. The only change to who has access to your personally identifiable information through this site would be in the case of severe disability, death, or an extended leave of absence of the site owner, in which case this Site would be transferred to the current executor of the any applicable Professional Wills.

CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on the site. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this site or on or through any of its features, register on the Website, make any purchases through the site, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this site, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, photos, or any screen name or user name you may use.

If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us via our contact form.

The GDPR requires parental consent to collect or process the personal data of children under the age of 16. Therefore, if you are an EU resident, you must be at least 16 years old to have our permission to use this Site. If you are under the age of 16, please do not use this Site. We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information about visitors under 16 years of age.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

This Site may contain links to other websites that are not under our direct control. These websites may have their own policies regarding privacy. We have no control of or responsibility for linked websites and provide these links solely for the convenience and information of our visitors. You access such linked websites at your own risk. These websites are not subject to this Privacy Notice. You should check the privacy policies, if any, of those individual websites to see how the operators of those third-party websites will utilize your personal information. In addition, these websites may contain a link to websites of our affiliates. The websites of our affiliates are not subject to this Privacy Notice, and you should check their individual privacy policies to see how the operators of such websites will utilize your personal information.

UPDATES AND CHANGES TO PRIVACY NOTICE

We reserve the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update or modify this Privacy Notice, by posting such change, update or modification on the Site. Any such change, update or modification will be effective immediately upon posting.

GOVERNING LAW

This Notice shall be governed under the laws of the Colorado, United States of America without regard to its conflicts of law provisions.

DATA PROTECTION INQUIRIES

If you have any questions or concerns regarding our notice or if you believe our notice or applicable laws relating to the protection of your personal information have not been respected, you can file a complaint with our Data Protection Officer listed below and we will respond to let you know who will be handling your matter and when you can expect a further response. We may request additional details from you regarding your concerns and may need to engage or consult with other parties in order to investigate and address your issue(s). Records will be kept of any requests.

Please contact our Privacy Department with any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Notice. Please mark your questions or concerns: ATTN Data Protection Officer.

Softening Stone Psychotherapy, LLC
P.O. Box 1364
Fort Collins, CO, 80522
parker@softeningstonepsychotherapy.com