OnlineCounseling.org Privacy Policy Effective December 28, 2001

Our Commitment To Privacy

Your privacy is of paramount importance to me. To better protect your privacy, I provide this notice to explain my online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, it's available on my homepage and on every page where personally identifiable information may be requested.

The Information I Collect

This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the OnlineCounseling.org website. 

On some pages, you can order counseling or consulting products (make requests for counseling). The types of personal information collected at these pages are:

1. Name or pseudonym.

2. Email address for reply.

3. Description of the situation you want to receive analysis and advice on.

On some pages, you can pay by credit card for the counseling products you've ordered. The types of personal information collected at these pages are:

1. Name.

2. Address.

3. Email address.

On some pages, you can subscribe to a monthly Ezine article. The types of personal information collected at these pages are:

1. Email address.

2. Name (optional).

On the Lateral Thinking Test page, you can request the answer to a Lateral Thinking Test and/or subscribe to a monthly Ezine article. The types of personal information collected at this page is:

1. Email address.

The Way I Use Information

The information you provide about yourself when placing an order for counseling or consulting products is only used by OnlineCounseling.org to complete that order. I use the email address provided to reply to your request. 

I use the description of the situation to create my analysis and advice. This information is not stored on any Web Servers. I don't disclose or share this information with any outside parties.  

The information you provide about yourself when you pay online by credit card is used by PayPal to confirm the transaction has processed and is never seen by me. I don't disclose or share any information with any outside parties.

After you end your session, your account is held for 60 days before being closed and all communication is removed from the computer system.

My Commitment to Data Security

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, I've put appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures in place to safeguard and secure the information I collect online.

My Commitment to Children's Privacy

Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, I never collect or maintain information on my website from those people I actually know are under 18, and no part of my website is structured to attract anyone under 18.

How To Access Or Correct Your Personal Information

The only personally identifiable information I may have stored is your return email address and the emails that are exchanged during your requests for advice and my answers to those requests. Storage of this information is of a temporary nature while counseling is in progress. You may request this information be deleted at any time by notifying me by email.

In the interest of complete privacy and security, this information isn't accessible in any form to anyone, including the counselor and the person who has requested the counseling, other than that of the email exchange during the counseling sessions.  

In the interest of privacy and security, it's the full responsibility of the person requesting advice to keep their own copies of the emails received as advice, since I don't store these communications. 

How To Contact Me

If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please call me at: 305-432-4849 or send me an email at: info@onlinecounseling.org.

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