My practice is currently full, and I do not keep a waiting list.
To find local providers check the directory of the
North Coast Association of Mental Health Professionals at www.ncamhp.org
Etta Bergstresser, lcsw
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Privacy Policy
We collect only the information that you provide to us and use it only to serve your needs as a client. We will never sell or otherwise share your information with anyone outside of this practice without your prior expressed consent. We will never try to make money from your data.
That said, it is prudent to have an explicit privacy policy in this day and age. Here’s ours:
What Information We Collect:
We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. We collect personally identifiable information (including name, email, password, communications); payment details (including credit card information); comments; and feedback. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page.
How We Collect Information:
When you conduct a transaction on our website, as part of the process, we collect personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. Your personal information will be used for the specific reasons stated above only.
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Why We Collect Information:
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To provide and operate our services;
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To provide our users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;
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To be able to contact our visitors and users with general or personalized service-related notices that will not include unsolicited advertisements;
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To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred non-personal information, which we may use to provide and improve our services;
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To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.
How we Store, Use, Share, and Disclose Your Information:
Our company is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to provide our services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.
All direct payment gateways offered through our website are hosted by SimplePractice and adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
We do not share any of your information except as stated above and only for the purposes of completing business between us and you, the client
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How We Communicate With You:
We will always abide by the contact preferences you expressed in your initial client information or that you have explicitly expressed since then.
In the event that these methods are not successful we may contact you to notify you regarding your account, to troubleshoot problems with your account, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed, to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about our company, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email, telephone, text messages, and postal mail.
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How We Use Cookies:
Usually with milk. Actually, we don’t use cookies ourselves but those who host our web platform do. To better understand cookies you shouldn’t rely on us – we recommend learning more here: https://www.allaboutcookies.org/
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How You Can Withdraw Your Consent:
If you would like us to stop processing your data please contact Richard@OutOfTheBramble.com or send mail to P.O. Box 143, Bayside, CA 95524.
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Privacy Policy Updates:
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
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Contact Information:
If you would like to access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, you are invited to contact us at Richard@OutOfTheBramble.com or send us mail to: P.O. Box 143, Bayside, CA 95524.
