This Privacy Notice for Faisal Rafiq MD. PC. (doing business as Psychvisit) (“we,” “us,” or “our”) outlines how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share (“process”) your personal information when you use our services (“Services”), including when you: Visit our website at https://www.mypsychvisit.com or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Notice Engage with us in other related ways, such as sales, marketing, or events If you have questions or concerns, reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed. If you disagree with our policies and practices, please refrain from using our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at contact@psychvisit.today.
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS:
- Personal Information Processing: When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information based on your interactions with us and the Services, your choices, and the products and features you use. Learn more about the personal information you disclose to us.
- Sensitive Personal Information: Some information may be considered “special” or “sensitive” in certain jurisdictions, such as your racial or ethnic origins, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs. We may process sensitive personal information when necessary with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law. Learn more about sensitive information we process.
- Information Collection from Third Parties: We may collect information from public databases, marketing partners, social media platforms, and other outside sources. Learn more about the information collected from other sources. How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Notice.
In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Notice.
How do we keep your information safe? We have adequate organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Notice.
What are your rights? Depending on your location, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Notice.
How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by submitting a data subject access request or by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Want to learn more about what we do with any information we collect? Review the Privacy Notice in full.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
3. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
4. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
5. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
6. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
7. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
8. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
9. Do United States residents have specific privacy rights?
10. Do we make updates to this notice?
11. How can you contact us about this notice?
12. How can you review, update, or delete the data we collect from you?
1. What information do we collect?
Personal information you disclose to us.
In short, we collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in learning more about us or our products and services, participate in activities on the services, or otherwise contact us. The personal information we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. It may include the following: names, email addresses, phone numbers, mailing addresses, job titles, contact preferences, contact or authentication data, billing addresses, debit/credit card numbers, and sensitive information.
When necessary, with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law, we process the following categories of sensitive information: health data, financial data, data about a person’s sex life or sexual orientation, information revealing race or ethnic origin, information revealing religious or philosophical beliefs, social security numbers, and other government identifiers.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
Information automatically collected.
In short, some information, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics, is collected automatically when you visit our services. We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate our services. This information doesn’t reveal your personal details like your name or contact information. However, it may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical details. This information is primarily needed to keep our Services secure and running smoothly, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes. Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies. The information we collect includes:
- Log and Usage Data: This data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information that our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services. We record this data in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings. It also includes information about your activity in the Services, such as the date and time stamps associated with your usage, the pages and files you viewed, the searches you made, and other actions you took, like which features you used. Device event information, such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called “crash dumps”), and hardware settings, is also included.
- Device Data: We collect device data about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access our Services. Depending on the device you use, this device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information.
- Location Data: We collect location data about your device’s location, which can be either precise or imprecise. The amount of information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access our Services. For instance, we may utilize GPS and other technologies to gather geolocation data that reveals your current location (based on your IP address). You have the option to opt out of allowing us to collect this information by either denying access to it or disabling your Location setting on your device. However, if you choose to opt out, you may be unable to utilize certain aspects of the Services.
In short, we may collect limited data from public databases, marketing partners, and other external sources. To enhance our ability to provide relevant marketing, offers, and services to you and update our records, we may obtain information about you from various sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, affiliate programs, data providers, and other third parties. This information includes mailing addresses, job titles, email addresses, phone numbers, intent data (or user behavior data), Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, social media profiles, social media URLs, and custom profiles, all for the purpose of targeted advertising and event promotion.
2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In short, we process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your personal information for other purposes with your consent. The reasons for processing your personal information vary depending on how you interact with our Services, including:
- Delivering and facilitating the delivery of services to the user.
- Providing you with the requested service.
- Responding to user inquiries and offering support to users.
- Responding to your inquiries and resolving any potential issues you may have with the requested service.
- Sending administrative information to you.
- Sending you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information. To fulfill and manage your orders, we may process your information to process orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through our Services. We may also process your information when necessary to request feedback and contact you about your use of our Services. Additionally, we may process the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any time. For more information, see “WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?” below.
We may also process your information to post testimonials on our Services, which may contain personal information. Additionally, we may process your information as part of our efforts to keep our Services safe and secure, including fraud monitoring and prevention. We may also process your information when we believe it is necessary to identify usage trends, determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience.
Furthermore, we may need to share your personal information in the following situations: business transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company. When we use Google Maps Platform APIs, we may share your information with certain APIs, such as the Google Maps API and the Places API. Google Maps uses GPS, Wi-Fi, and cell towers to estimate your location. GPS is accurate to about 20 meters, while Wi-Fi and cell towers help improve accuracy when GPS signals are weak, like indoors. This data helps Google Maps provide directions, but it’s not always perfectly precise.
We also use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies, such as web beacons and pixels, to gather information when you interact with our Services. Some online tracking technologies help us maintain the security of our Services, prevent crashes, fix bugs, save your preferences, and assist with basic site functions. We also permit third parties and service providers to use online tracking technologies on our Services for analytics and advertising, including to help manage and display advertisements, tailor advertisements to your interests, or send abandoned shopping cart reminders (depending on your communication preferences). These third parties and service providers use their technology to provide advertising about products and services tailored to your interests, which may appear either on our Services or on other websites.
To the extent these online tracking technologies are deemed to be a “sale”/“sharing” (which includes targeted advertising, as defined under applicable laws) under applicable US state laws, you can opt out of these online tracking technologies by submitting a request as described below under section “DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?” Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.
We may also share your information with Google Analytics to track and analyze the use of our Services. The Google Analytics Advertising Features we may use include Google Analytics Demographics and Interests Reporting. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across our Services, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. You can also opt out of Google Analytics Advertising Features through Ads Settings and Ad Settings for mobile apps. Other opt-out methods include http://optout.networkadvertising.org/ and http://www.networkadvertising.org/mobile-choice. For more information on Google’s privacy practices, visit the Google Privacy & Terms page.
In short, we keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice, unless otherwise required by law. We will only retain your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes specified in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us to keep your personal information for longer than 7 years. When we no longer have a legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it. If this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), we will securely store it and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
To ensure the safety of your information, we implement various measures, including encryption, access controls, and regular audits. In short, we strive to safeguard your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures. We’ve implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties won’t be able to breach our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. While we’ll do our best to protect your personal information, transmitting it to and from our services is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.
Now, let’s discuss your privacy rights. You have the right to review, change, or terminate your account at any time, depending on your country, province, or state of residence. If we’re relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express or implied consent based on applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent by contacting us using the contact details provided in the section “HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?” below. However, please note that this won’t affect the lawfulness of the processing before your withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent. Opting out of marketing and promotional communications: You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails we send, replying “STOP” or “UNSUBSCRIBE” to the SMS messages we send, or contacting us using the details provided in the section “HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?” below. This will remove you from our marketing lists. However, we may still communicate with you, such as sending you service-related messages necessary for account administration and use, responding to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes. We will not share your mobile information with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Information sharing to subcontractors in support services, such as customer service, is permitted. All other use case categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with third parties. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies or reject them. This could affect certain features or services of our Services. If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you can email us at contact@psychvisit.today.
CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES: Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. However, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As a result, we currently do not respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted and we must adhere to it in the future, we will update this Privacy Notice to reflect that practice. California law requires us to inform you about our response to web browser DNT signals. However, since there is currently no industry or legal standard for recognizing or honoring DNT signals, we do not respond to them at this time.
DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In short, if you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you may have the right to request access to and receive details about the personal information we maintain about you and how we have processed it. You can also correct inaccuracies, obtain a copy of, or delete your personal information. Additionally, you may have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in certain circumstances by applicable law. For more information, please refer to the section titled “WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?”
CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
The table below provides a list of the categories of personal information we have collected in the past twelve months. Each category includes illustrative examples, but please note that this list does not reflect the personal information we collect from you. For a comprehensive inventory of all personal information we process, please refer to the section titled “WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?” Category Examples Collected:
A. Identifiers:
- Contact details (real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and account name)
YES
B. Personal information as defined in the California Customer Records statute:
- Name
- Contact information
- Education
- Employment
- Employment history
- Financial information
YES
C. Protected classification characteristics under state or federal law:
- Gender
- Age
- Date of birth
- Race and ethnicity
- National origin
- Marital status
- Other demographic data
YES
D. Commercial information:
- Transaction information
- Purchase history
- Financial details
- Payment information
YES
E. Biometric information:
- Fingerprints
- Voiceprints
NO
F. Internet or other similar network activity:
- Browsing history
- Search history
- Online behavior
- Interest data
- Interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems, and advertisements
NO
G. Geolocation data:
- Device location
NO
H. Audio, electronic, sensory, or similar information:
- Images and audio, video or call recordings created in connection with our business activities
YES
I. Professional or employment-related information:
- Business contact details in order to provide you our Services at a business level or job title
- Work history
- Professional qualifications (if you apply for a job with us)
YES
J. Education Information: Student records and directory information are collected. Yes, inferences can be drawn from this information to create a profile or summary about an individual’s preferences and characteristics. Yes, sensitive personal information is collected, including citizenship or immigration status, contents of email or text messages, debit or credit card numbers, drivers’ licenses, financial information including account access details, genetic data, health data, national origin, passport numbers, personal data from a known child, racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life or sexual orientation, social security numbers, state ID card numbers, status as transgender or nonbinary, and union membership. We only collect sensitive personal information as defined by applicable privacy laws or with your consent. Sensitive personal information may be used or disclosed to a service provider or contractor for additional, specified purposes. You may have the right to limit the use or disclosure of your sensitive personal information. We do not collect or process sensitive personal information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about you. We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of receiving help through our customer support channels, participating in customer surveys or contests, and facilitating the delivery of our Services and responding to your inquiries. We will use and retain the collected personal information as needed to provide the Services. The retention period for the personal information will vary depending on the category of the user’s account.
Category A: Users with an account with us will have their personal information retained as long as they have an account with us.
Category B: Users with an account with us will have their personal information retained as long as they have an account with us.
Category C: Users with an account with us will have their personal information retained as long as they have an account with us.
Category D: Users with an account with us will have their personal information retained as long as they have an account with us.
Category H: Users with an account with us will have their personal information retained as long as they have an account with us.
Category I: Users with an account with us will have their personal information retained as long as they have an account with us.
Category J: Users with an account with us will have their personal information retained as long as they have an account with us.
Category K: Users with an account with us will have their personal information retained as long as they have an account with us.
Category L: Users with an account with us will have their personal information retained as long as they have an account with us.
We collect personal information from various sources, including website visitors, users, and other consumers. For more information about the sources of personal information we collect, please refer to the “WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?” section.
We use personal information for various purposes, including undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to be “selling” of your personal information. We have not disclosed, sold, or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. We will not sell or share personal information in the future belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers.
You have rights under certain US state data protection laws. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law. These rights include:
- The right to know if we’re processing your personal data.
- The right to access your personal data.
- The right to correct any inaccuracies in your personal data.
- The right to request the deletion of your personal data.
- The right to obtain a copy of the personal data you previously shared with us.
- The right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights.
- The right to opt out of the processing of your personal data if it’s used for targeted advertising (or sharing as defined under California’s privacy law), the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects (“profiling”).
Depending on the state where you live, you may also have the following rights:
- The right to access the categories of personal data being processed (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in Minnesota).
- The right to obtain a list of the categories of third parties to which we’ve disclosed personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in California, Delaware, and Maryland).
- The right to obtain a list of specific third parties to which we’ve disclosed personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in Minnesota and Oregon).
- The right to review, understand, question, and correct how personal data has been profiled (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in Minnesota).
- The right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in California).
- The right to opt out of the collection of sensitive data and personal data collected through the operation of a voice or facial recognition feature (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in Florida).
How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise these rights, you can contact us by submitting a data subject access request, emailing us at contact@psychvisit.today, visiting https://psychvisit.fillout.com/t/3BoYe2kGzrus, or referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document. Under certain US state data protection laws, you can designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. However, we may deny a request from an unauthorized agent unless they provide proof of valid authorization. Upon receiving your request, we’ll verify your identity to ensure you’re the same person with whom we have information in our system. We’ll only use the personal information provided in your request for this purpose. If we can’t verify your identity from our records, we may request additional information for verification and security or fraud prevention. If you submit the request through an authorized agent, we may need to collect additional information before processing your request. The agent will need to provide a written and signed permission from you to make the request on your behalf.
If we decline to take action regarding your request, you may appeal our decision by emailing us at contact@psychvisit.today. We’ll inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken, including a written explanation of the reasons for our decisions. If your appeal is denied, you can file a complaint with your state attorney general.
California residents have a law called the “Shine The Light” law (California Civil Code Section 1798.83). This law allows California residents to request and obtain free information about categories of personal information we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with whom we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you’re a California resident and want to make a request, please send us a written request using the contact details provided in the “HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?” section.
We may update this notice to stay compliant with relevant laws. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date at the top of this Privacy Notice. If we make significant changes, we’ll notify you either by prominently posting a notice or sending you a direct notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice regularly to stay informed about how we protect your information.
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you can email us at contact@psychvisit.today or send a postal letter to Faisal Rafiq MD. PC. at 120 Broadway, Amityville, NY 11701, United States.
You have the right to request access to your personal information, details about how we’ve processed it, correct any inaccuracies, or delete your personal information. You may also withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited by applicable law. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please fill out and submit a data subject access request.