Birmingham Anxiety & Trauma Therapy Website Privacy Statement

Protecting your information is our priority. This statement of Privacy applies to www.therapistsbirmingham.com and Birmingham Anxiety & Trauma Therapy (BATT), and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Birmingham Anxiety & Trauma Therapy include www.therapistsbirmingham.com and BATT. The BATT website is a business site that seeks to provide information to potential clients and staff about what it might be like to use the services at BATT. By using the BATT website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Privacy Compliance Certification

BATT therapists have completed the HIPAA and teletherapy certification with Person Centered Tech, and BATT staff have completed additional HIPAA training and certification.

Collection of Your Personal Information

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain services. This will likely include sending us your email address or phone number when you reach out and make a request for us to contact you about receiving services from a therapist at BATT. At that time, we will use your information for, but not limited to communicating with you in relation to services you have requested from us.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

BATT does not sell, rent or lease its client lists to third parties. While BATT may use a trusted third party to communicate with you (i.e., a digital phone service or email provider), all such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to BATT, and they are legally required to maintain the confidentiality o f your information. BATT may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with the legal process served on BATT or the BATT site; or protect and defend the rights or property of BATT; or act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of BATT or the public.

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by BATT. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the BATT website.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content of privacy practices of other such sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security of Your Personal Information

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the internet which are beyond our control; and security, integrity, and privacy of all information and data exchanged between you and us through this site cannot be guaranteed.

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions listed below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will delete your personal information from our records and will direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records where appropriate. Please note, we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

• Delete security incidents, protect against malicious,m deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity
• Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality
• Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law
• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us
• Comply with an existing legal obligation
• Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information

Children Under Thirteen

BATT does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this site.

Email Communications

From time to time, BATT may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements or other general information. If you would like to stop receiving communications from BATT via email, simply opt out by sending an email to [email protected] and requesting that all communications take place in another format – and only when absolutely necessary.

Changes to this Statement

BATT reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by posting a notice on our website. Your continued use of the website will constitute your acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy and agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information

BATT welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that BATT has not adhered to this statement, please contact us at your earliest convenience: Birmingham Anxiety & Trauma Therapy 100 Centerview Drive, Suite 150 Vestavia Hills, AL 35216 [email protected] 205-807-5372 Effective as of November 29, 2022