Confidentiality and Privacy Policy

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Last updated: January 01, 2022

CONFIDENTIALITY DISCLOSURE

While the Empathy Paradigm provides mental health education services, We are not a healthcare company and are not legally bound by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). However, Empathy Paradigm will not share Your Protected Health Information or Electronic Personal Health Information obtained through the provision of Services without Your consent.

PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the  Service, and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects  You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

    Email address

    First name and last name

    Phone number

    Address, City, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code

Use of your Personal Data

Empathy Paradigm will never sell your Personal Data and will take all reasonable precautions to keep your data secure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute  security.

Empathy Paradigm may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
• To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration  as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You  access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to  You as a registered user.
• For the performance of a contract: the development,  compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
• To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone  calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such  as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or  informative communications related to the functionalities, products or  contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation. We will never send you spam.
• To provide You with news, special offers and general  information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or inquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information. You can opt out at any time.
• To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
• For other purposes: We may use Your information for  other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends,  determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to  evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your  experience.

Disclosure of Personal Data

Under certain circumstances, We may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

We may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation
• Protect and defend the rights or property of the Empathy Paradigm
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
• Protect against legal liability

Tracking Technology and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small  file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all  Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do  not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our  Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will  refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
• Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Service may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about Your preferences or Your activity on our Service. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies. For more information on how You can delete Flash Cookies, please read "Where can I change the settings for disabling, or deleting local shared objects?" available at https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/disable-local-shared-objects-flash.html#main_Where_can_I_change_the_settings_for_disabling__or_deleting_local_shared_objects_
• Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and  our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those  pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies  remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline,  while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.  Learn more about cookies: Use of Cookies by Free Privacy Policy.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

• Necessary / Essential Cookies
  Type: Session Cookies
  Administered by: Us
  Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services  available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its  features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of  user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked  for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You  with those services.
   
• Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
  Type: Persistent Cookies
  Administered by: Us
  Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
   
• Functionality Cookies
  Type: Persistent Cookies
  Administered by: Us
  Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You  use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language  preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more  personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences  every time You use the Website.
   

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices  regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies  section of our Privacy Policy.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on the home page of our website www.empathyparadigm.com for a minimum period of 30 days prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are  posted on this page.

Last updated: January 01, 2022

This website is provided for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute providing medical advice or professional services. The information provided should not be used for diagnosing or treating a mental health problem or disease, and those seeking personal medical advice should consult with a licensed mental healthcare provider. Always seek the advice of a qualified mental healthcare provider regarding a medical or mental health condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on Empathy Paradigm's website. If you think you may have a medical or mental health emergency, refer to our Resources page for mental health crisis hotlines, call  911 or go to the nearest emergency room immediately. No therapist-client relationship is created by this web site or its use. Neither the Empathy Paradigm, nor any contributor to this web site, makes any representations, express or implied, with respect to the information provided herein or to its use. 

All copyrights to the Empathy Paradigm web site and its contents are the  property of the the Empathy Paradigm LLC unless otherwise noted. Except when indicated on the web site or licensed through a contractual agreement, permission is not granted to reproduce, distribute, and display copies of content material for any purpose. Permission can be granted on an individual basis through written consent from the Empathy Paradigm or an authorized representative.