Privacy Policy
 TREAT all correspondence
related to this website with the same
confidentiality
that is due to all clinical material. I do not make unsolicited contact with anyone who
has written to me previously.
Nevertheless, there are some
points about Internet privacy—or the lack of it—that you should
understand.
E-mail
If you choose to write to me
through e-mail, I will treat your correspondence
with full clinical confidentiality. I do not make unsolicited contact with anyone
who has written to me previously. I will not sell your e-mail address—or your
real name and address should you reveal it to me. (It irritates me when companies
with whom I do business sell my personal information!) I may, however, keep copies of
correspondence—both received and sent—for legal protection.
At my discretion, I may use excerpts
from e-mail—with identifying information removed—to illustrate
clinical points on the website or to use in questions-and-answers
sections.
You
should always be aware, however, that Internet e-mail is not
secure. Always keep in mind that someone, somewhere, could be
reading anything you write. I don’t know what anyone would do with it
if he or she did read it, but that’s life in the electronic
age.
Realize also that if you are using a computer at
your work site, the network
administrator has the capability to read every piece of e-mail you send and
receive under your company e-mail address. It may even be possible
to track every keystroke you make on your computer keyboard, regardless of
whether you’re sending e-mail. None of this may actually be happening
at your workplace, but the capability is there.
Donations and Payments
If you make a donation or payment through PayPal or Square,
your financial information is kept secure by PayPal or Square
and is not given to me. When PayPal or Square sends me a notification
of a transaction, however, your e-mail address that you used to register with
PayPal or Square may be included in the transaction details. I will
not respond to that e-mail address unless (a) you request in the “Comments”
area on the PayPal or Square transaction form that I send you a
response, or (b) you send an e-mail message to me through my own
Communications page.
If you send me a donation by mail, I will not write back to acknowledge the payment
unless you include a note requesting my response.
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