Dr. Elayne Daniels (hereafter referred to as “we,” “us,” “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy and protecting the personal information collected about you on our websites – DrElayneDaniels.com (hereafter referred to as WEBSITES). We respect your right to control your personal data. We will be clear about the data we collect and why. We do not sell your data to third parties.

“Personal information” is information that you provide to us which personally identifies you, such as your name, email address, or other data which can be reasonably linked to such information.
By accessing our WEBSITES, you acknowledge and freely consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. You also give your consent to the information collection practices described below.
If you have questions or complaints regarding the Privacy Policy or our practices, please use the information in the “How to Contact Us” section of this policy.
 
The Privacy Policy for our WEBSITES includes:

• The Types of Information We Collect
• How We Use Your Information
• What You Can Do to Manage Your Privacy
• Data Retention and Your Access Rights
• Security of Your Information
• How to Contact Us

 
The Types of Information We Collect

We collect two categories of information – the personal information you provide and the anonymous information automatically collected through cookies and analytics.
 

Information You Provide

We collect personal information you voluntarily provide to us (e.g. name, email, address, phone number) when you use the shopping cart (if shown) , submit on our Contact Us form, or opt in to our email marketing via the website pop-up.

Information Collected Automatically

We automatically collect information about you by using cookies and similar technologies when you use, access or interact with us via our websites. We use cookies on our WEBSITES for a number of purposes. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer.

You can find more information about web cookies by clicking here.

Cookies help us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our WEBSITES. They also allow us to improve our sites and deliver to you websites you want to browse and enjoy. As a user of these (or any) websites, you can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of some or all cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our WEBSITES. To learn how to block cookies, you can search on the phrase “how do I block cookies” on whichever browser you use (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Explorer, etc.) and you will find the details needed to block some or all cookies on your browser.

Any automatically collected personal information is deleted when a purchase transaction is completed and/or when you log out of your account.

We may also automatically receive information about you from social media platforms, for instance, when you choose to interact with us on those platforms. We protect data obtained from third parties according to the practices described in this Privacy Policy and we also apply any additional restrictions imposed by the source of the data.

By continuing to browse the site, you agree to the use of cookies as detailed above.

How We Use Your Information

We do not sell personal information about customers, website visitors, or any other individual who interacts with us. We only disclose your data as described in this Privacy Policy.
 The policy below relates to the information we collect when your computer or you personally interact with our WEBSITES. In short, here’s what we will and won’t do with your information:

• We may use your information to:
  • Create an account on our WEBSITES
  • Process a purchase through our WEBSITES
  • Contact you with important information
  • Answer your questions via Contact Us forms
  • Provide technical support or customer service
  • Communicate with you and tell you about other services
• We don’t ask for information unless we need it for your order or to add you (at your request) to our mailing list.
• We do not share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
• We don’t store your personal information on the servers we use unless required for normal business operation.
• We may maintain some personal information in order to comply with certain required standards as established by licensing boroughs as well as other certification programs we may facilitate.

 
Participating Vendor/Merchant Policies

Our WEBSITES may offer services (like data collection forms) that link to service providers other than our WEBSITES. These third parties perform important functions for us, such as website design, email communications, customer care, online shopping carts, or performing website analytics. Each company has their own privacy terms. Because we do not have direct control over these sites, we are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices of those sites.

To receive free gifts such as downloadable eBooks, free webinars, or other files from this website, we ask that you complete a form that may include your first and last name, your email address, and/or other relevant contact information necessary to disseminate the information you have requested. In most cases, information is gathered and stored on the WEBSITES’ database or via a third-party service like Constant Contact. All information gathered via a form on our WEBSITES can be deleted upon request. You may unsubscribe from said email list(s) at any time by using the unsubscribe link provided in our emails or by simply writing to us with that request.

We believe that you have a right to know and consent to the level of information shared about you, so below you will find links to the sites we partner with, along with links to their privacy policies. It is possible that additional partners may be added from time to time and, if so, we will update these names as needed in an appropriate manner and time. We recommend that you review these policies before providing personal or confidential data or before completing any transactions with these sites.

Included in our list of third-party cookies are the following services:

• Google Analytics –Google Analytics is used to collect data about website usage. This data does not include personally identifiable information. Data is stored anonymously for XX months and per Google’s policies, this data is automatically deleted after XX months. You can view Google’s Privacy Policy by clicking here.
• Social sharing plugin– A cookie is used when you use the social sharing service on our websites to share a link with LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc. More information about Shareaholic’s Privacy Policy can be found by clicking here.
• Constant Contact newsletter (or any similar service – herein referred to Constant Contact) – We ask for your name and email to be added to the mailing list for our events, promotions, and to share information with you. You have the option to join our mailing list, but you can choose not to submit your information by closing the box on this request. We do not share our mailing list with people outside of our WEBSITES. A copy of Constant Contact’s Privacy Policy can be found by clicking here.  In the event we use another service, their respective privacy policy can be found on any distributed email, newsletter, etc. that we may use.
• In the event we create a webinar, it may be provided by a service such as Zoom. Free webinars are provided in exchange for being placed on one of the Constant Contact mailing lists. The email address you provide allows us to send you the information about the free webinar and about our other services. The Privacy Policy for Zoom can be viewed by clicking here.
• Any payments for any products or informational items are processed securely via Authorize.net. or another equally secure, industry recognized service.  Authorize.net’s Privacy Policy can be viewed by clicking here.  
• Any other plugins that collect third party data from your website and its users. Consider things like specific social media plugins that are not a collection of social options (Facebook’s policy is here: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/), newsletter plugin and other plugins that collect/store personal data for your website’s users).

 
What You Can Do to Manage Your Privacy

We respect your right to manage your personal information and privacy. Where we are using your personal information with your consent (e.g. to send newsletters), you can withdraw that consent at any time. Where we are processing your information based on legitimate interest or the public interest, you have the right to object at any time to that use of your personal information.
We rely on you to ensure that your personal information is complete, accurate, and current.  Please inform us promptly of any changes to, or inaccuracies of, your personal information by contacting DrD@DrElayneDaniels.com
You may request access to, update, change, correct, or request the deletion of your information through our WEBSITES’ “Contact Us” form, by contacting DrD@DrElayneDaniels.com or through the information in the “How to Contact Us” section of this policy. We will respond to you as quickly as possible.

Managing Marketing Communications from Us

We have an opt-in policy, where you choose to receive communications about our products and services. We will honor your choices when it comes to receiving marketing communications from us.

Your choices about your personal information include:

• You may contact us at any time to request your information not be shared with third parties (other than shippers that may have collected your information for their own purposes in order to facilitate orders you have placed).
• You may access the opt-out link in any communication with us.
• You may choose to stop receiving marketing communications, but we may continue to use your information for transactional or mandatory service communications necessary to fulfill ongoing services or products you have previously established with us.

Data Retention and Your Access Rights

Your information is stored in a safe and secure method to allow us to serve you, process orders, hold webinars, or as otherwise needed to operate our business. We will retain and use your information as required by our records and information management policies to comply with our legal and reporting obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and complete any outstanding transactions and for the detection and prevention of fraud.
 
Security of Your Information

Keeping your personal information safe is important to us. We provide reasonable and appropriate security measures in connection with securing and transmitting personal information we collect. No method of transmission, storing, or accessing data over the internet is 100% secure, however, we:

• Comply with applicable laws and security standards.
• Securely transmit your sensitive personal information, but only when necessary.
• Train our staff and require them to safeguard your data.
• Limit the staff who have access to your personal information.
• Transmit, protect, and access all cardholder information in compliance with the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standards.

 
How to Contact Us

If at any time you wish to opt out of communication, email, or to have your data deleted as allowed by law, please direct your request to the email, address and/or phone number below.

If you wish to contact us, the best way is as follows:
Email:DrD@DrElayneDaniels.com
Address: 275 Turnpike Street – Suite 105
Canton, MA  02021

Phone: 781-785-0390

Effective date: December 3, 2018
Last update: june 13, 2023