Privacy Policy

Joanna L. Gardy, LMHC (“company”, “I”, “we” or “us”) is dedicated to respecting  the privacy of your personal information, and this privacy policy describes what  information is collected from you on joannagardy.com (hereinafter the “website”)  and how it is used. The term “you” refers to anyone who uses, visits and/or views  the website. 

By visiting and using the website, you accept and agree to be bound by  this privacy policy. Your continued use of the website after posting of any  changes to our Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those  changes and updates. You must not access or use the website if you do not  wish to be bound by this Privacy Policy. 

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY 

We respect the privacy of children and “child” means an individual under the age  of 13. This policy is in accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection  Act (“COPPA”). This website's information and content are only intended for  people over the age of 18. This website is not intended for children under the age  of 13. Without prior parental or guardian consent, we do not knowingly collect,  use, or disclose personal information from children under the age of 13. If you  believe that personal information was collected without parental or guardian  consent from a child under the age of 13, please contact us to have that  information deleted.  

WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW IT IS USED 

When you access the website, you may provide certain personally identifiable  information including but not limited to your name, email address, phone number,  address, avatar image, credit card information when you make a purchase on the  website. 

This information is collected when you register on the site, place an order,  subscribe to a newsletter, contact us, use the search feature on the website,  provide comments or any other feedback, fill out a form or use the live chat or  enter any other information on the website to communicate with us. From time to  time, we may also collect information that you submit when you participate in any  online surveys that we may post on our website. 

Your personal information is used to personalize your experience, improve the  website to better serve you, provide customer service support, efficiently process  your requests or transactions, tailor advertisements to you, elicit reviews of  services or products, provide you offers, promotions and to follow up with you  through correspondence (email, live chat, or phone). We may also use this information to provide you offers and promotions from our partners and/or our  affiliates in exchange for a commission without additional cost to you. 

Additionally, like other websites, this website automatically collects certain  information about you through Log Data and Google Analytics. Log Data is  information about your computer’s Internet Protocol Address, which is your “IP”  address, browser information, Internet Service Provider’s information, your  operating system, and your browser type. Similarly, Google Analytics collects  certain information about your location, browsing history, the pages you visit, the  equipment you used to access the website, traffic patterns, and other general  patterns related to your use of the website. 

This information is used to analyze website statistics related to user behavior and  interests, improve our performance and your use of the website and to further  enhance our products and services offered to you. 

COMMENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA  

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.  This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically  instead of holding them in a moderation queue. When you leave a comment,  your name, email address and website/organization name is not shared with a  third party and may be used to communicate with you. 

Social media accounts and sharing options are available on this website. Social  media sites (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and others) can track your  personal information. Should you choose to interact with us on social media,  please note that you will be voluntarily disclosing that personal information. This  information is no longer private. It becomes public information and can be  collected and used by others. We have no control over and take no responsibility  for the use, storage or dissemination of such publicly-disclosed personal  information by you. 

Any such interactions via comments and social media with us do not subject us  to any kind of liability related to misuse of your information by others. 

USE OF COOKIES  

The website may use cookies to facilitate your use of the website. Cookies are  files with small amounts of data including an anonymous unique identifier that a  website sends to your computer’s hard drive when you are viewing the website.  Just like other websites, we automatically collect some non-personally  identifiable information including but not limited to your IP address, geographic  location, language preference, date and time of visitors. 

When you leave a comment on our website, you may opt-in to saving your name,  email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that  you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.  

If you have an account and you log in to this website, we will set a temporary  cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no  personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. 

We may use cookies for various reasons such as optimizing and personalizing  your browsing experience, checking our website analytics, saving your  preferences and settings for future use, serving ads based on your liking and  interests, affiliate marketing and posting comments on our website.  

This information is only collected to better serve and understand your user  experience on the website. You have the option of turning off cookies on your  computer should you wish to do so. If you choose to do that, you may not be able  to view all the features and content of this website. 

USE OF WEB BEACONS AND PIXELS 

In conjunction with the use of cookies, third parties may also use web beacons,  which are also known as clear GIFs, web bugs or pixel tags to collect general  information about your use of our website. They monitor user activity and are  used to track customer behavior data. This information may be relevant to third  parties such as the ad networks used on our website to tailor the advertising  based on your behavior and interests. 

We may use social media pixels to track and collect general information about  your use in compliance with different social media sites (Facebook, Twitter,  Pinterest, and others) for the purpose of promoting products, tracking  conversions, remarketing, running target advertisements and so forth.  

Third parties like Facebook may use their own cookies, web beacons and other  technologies to collect and receive information from our website for the purpose  of providing target advertisements. You may see our ads on Facebook or  YouTube after you have visited our website.  

THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND USE  

We may include, offer or advertise third party links, products or services on the  website. Once you click on a third-party link and leave this website, you are no  longer bound by our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions. 

Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images,  advertisements, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the  exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites  may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your  interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in  to that website. 

We may use Google AdSense advertising along with any other third-party  advertising on the website. Google is a third party that also uses cookies to serve  ads on the website for the purpose of providing a positive user experience. Third party vendors such as Google use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior  visits to the website. You can opt-out of Google by visiting their privacy policy and  ad settings. 

We have no control over these third parties and they have their own privacy  policies. Neither are we responsible for the activities and practices of these third  parties. You should contact them directly and read their privacy policies for any  questions. You also agree that your use of these third-party websites is solely at  your risk. 

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION 

As a general rule, we do not disclose your personal information to third parties  without your consent with the exception of the following circumstances: 

1. We may disclose your information to our trusted third parties that work  with us such as our website hosting partners, email marketing service  provider, other service providers that assist in the operation of the website,  and any other affiliates and subsidiaries we rely upon to provide you  products and services offered here. 

2. We may disclose your information in order to comply with state or federal  regulations related to copyright infringement lawsuits or any other legal  claims related to the website. 

3. We may disclose your information to our successor and/or acquiring party  in the event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, dissolution or partial  sale in the future. However, your personal information will be transferred to  the acquiring party in accordance with this privacy policy. 

EMAIL MARKETING  

You have the option of opting in or unsubscribing from our email list. By  subscribing and opting in, you agree to receive newsletters, updates, messages,  promotional materials and any other content related to this website. When you  send an email, your email message along with email address and responses are  saved for communication purposes with you. This information is kept confidential and we do not share, sell or trade your email information with third parties except  as otherwise stated in this privacy policy. 

If you are in the European Union and opt-in to receive any of our free products or  services and/or purchase any products or services through our website then you  will be subscribed to receive our free email newsletter once you affirmatively  consent to it. Please see the Opt-Out section below should you wish to  “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us. 

But if you are NOT in the European Union then you will be automatically  subscribed to receive our free email newsletter once you opt-in to receive any of  our free products or services and/or purchase any products or services through  our website. Please see the Opt-Out section below should you wish to  “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us. 

OPT-OUT 

We comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and do not spam or send misleading  information. Should you wish to no longer receive communication from us, you  have the option of unsubscribing by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of the  email we send to you or by contacting us. 

As for third party websites, please contact them directly to unsubscribe and/or  opt-out from their communications. 

We are in compliance with the GDPR along with the email marketing service we  use to collect your data.  

GDPR VISITOR RIGHTS 

Under the GDPR, if you are within the European Union, you are entitled to  certain rights and information listed below. 

We will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of: 

1. You ask us to delete the information by sending a request to  joanna@joannagardy,com. Please note that such requests may result in  you no longer being able to access paid or free content previously  provided to you. 

2. Our decision to cease using our existing data providers. 

3. The Company decides to no longer be in business or continue to offer the  services. 

4. The data is no longer needed to provide you service, is too costly to  maintain further retention, or the Company finds it outdated. 

You have the right to request access to your data that we store and have the  ability to access your personal data. 

You have the right to either rectify or erase your personal data. You have the right  to verify the accuracy of your personal data and have it corrected or removed  completely 

You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data. When you  restrict the processing of your data, we can store your data but cannot process it  further. 

You have the right to object to the processing of your data in certain  circumstances including but not limited to direct marketing, profiling, scientific or  historical research purposes, statistical purposes, automated decision making  and profiling and tasks based on legitimate interests or in the public interest/ 

exercise of official authority. 

You have the right to the portability of your data. You have the right to request  your personal data from us, receive it and transfer it to another controller.  

You have the right to withdraw consent at any time. If you have provided consent  to the Company’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to  withdraw that consent any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing  based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent. 

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has  jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation. 

We require only the information that is reasonably necessary to enter into a  contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary  processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us. 

CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT (CCPA) COMPLIANCE AND YOUR  LEGAL RIGHTS 

If you live in California, you have additional rights under California law, and we  comply with the CCPA because we may have visitors from California on our  website. Here are your legal rights: 

1. You have the right to know whether your personal information is sold or  disclosed to third parties.  

2. You have the right to say no to the sale of your personal information.  

3. You also have the right to access your personal information, which we will  provide within 30 days of such request.  

4. You have the right to know what personal information is collected from you  and how it is used, which we explained in this Privacy Policy 

5. You have the right to have your personal information deleted 6. You have the right to equal service, price and no discrimination 

7. You have the right to data portability and right to request your personal  information and use it for your own purposes 

Pursuant to California’s “Shine the Light Act,” you are permitted to request  information about the manner in which we share certain categories of information  with third parties for their marketing use. We may disclose your personal  information to our affiliates or other related third parties such as service  providers, vendors for their use in marketing to you, so we can provide the  products and/or services offered on this website to you. When we disclose such  information, your personal information is still kept confidential and between us  and that third party. It is not used for any other purpose that’s not permitted under  the laws. 

Please be advised we DO NOT SELL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION to third  parties and have never sold your personal information. We do not intend to sell  your personal information in the future either.  

Under the CCPA, you still have the right to opt-out of such sales and send us a  “do not sell my information” request. If you would like to exercise any of your  rights under California law, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by  sending us an email at joanna@joannagardy.com. Only you, as the person  registered with the California Secretary of State, or someone you authorize to act  on your behalf, can make such verifiable consumer requests related to your  personal information. 

Your verifiable consumer request must provide sufficient information that allows  us to verify that you are the person you are claiming to be or that you are the  authorized representative of such person about whom we had collected personal  information. You must describe your request with enough details such as your  first and last name, address and your country that allow us to properly  understand the request and respond to it. Please note we cannot respond to your  request or provide you with personal information unless we first verify your  identity or authority to make such a request and confirm that the personal  information relates to you. We will make all attempts to respond to your request  within 30 days of receipt.  

This privacy notice for California residents supplements the information included  in the previous sections of this privacy policy. California and Delaware law also  requires us to state whether we honor “Do Not Track” settings in your browser  

regarding targeted advertising and we do not monitor or respond to Do Not Track  browser requests. 

SECURITY 

The security of your personal information is important to us, and we strive to  follow generally commercial industry standards to protect your personal  information submitted to us voluntarily and automatically. However, no method of  transmission over the Internet is 100% secure and we cannot guarantee the  absolute security of your information. When you make a credit card purchase or  purchase through any means on the website, you will be directed to a third-party  vendor to complete the transaction. Any information you provide during the  checkout process is not stored on our website but instead provided to the third 

party vendor that completes the purchase transaction. 

By using this website, you agree to hold us harmless for any security breach and  for any unauthorized use of your personal information by third parties. You also  agree that we cannot be held responsible for any disclosure of your information  through our website without our knowledge and consent. 

PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES  

This privacy policy is effective as of June 26, 2022 and will be updated and  modified as needed. You are responsible for visiting this page periodically to  check for future updates to this policy. Any modifications to this privacy policy will  be effective upon our publishing of the new terms, and your continued use of our  website after the posting of any updates constitutes your acceptance of our  modified privacy policy. 

CONTACT 

For any questions or comments regarding the privacy policy, please contact us at  joanna@joannagardy.com.