Privacy Policy

 
I 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 it is important to 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. 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.

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

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 donation unless you include a letter welcoming my response.