Privacy Policy

www.drkatzweightloss.com (the “Website”) is intended for informational purposes only. The use of this website and the information presented is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using this Website. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, process, and distribute your information, including Personal Data (as defined below) used to access this Website. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. The use of information collected through our Website shall be limited to the purposes under this Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy on the Website at any time without notice. Use of any personal information that you provide to us, or which is collected by us on or through our website or its content, is governed by this Privacy Policy. Please be aware that the Privacy Policy may change, and you are encouraged to visit our website, www.drkatzweightloss.com, for the most recent Privacy Policy. By using our website or its content, you consent to this Privacy Policy, whether or not you have read it.

Information We May Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Website includes:

Personal Data Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, phone and any question you submit to us. Providing this information is voluntary. You are not under any obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind, however your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of the Website.

Health Information We do not ask for any Personal Health Information (PHI). If you choose to make an appointment with us, you will be taken to our electronic health system vendor, www.elation.com where they will ask for your personal health information. Elation.com’s platform is HIPAA compliant and its privacy policy can be found at https://bit.ly/3SAkzUW.

Derivative Data Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Website, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.

Financial Data Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) is collected by our electronic health system vendor, www.elation.com. All financial information is stored by our payment processor Stripe. You are encouraged to review their privacy policy, https://stripe.com/privacy and contact them directly for responses to your questions.

Webhost Data Collection

Our Website’s host, Squarespace, collects data to power its site analytics, including information about your browser, device, and IP address. This information may also include details about your use of this website, such as pages visited, clicks, internal links, searches, and timestamps. This information is shared with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity. To read Squarespace’s privacy policy, please visit their page at https://www.squarespace.com/privacy To maintain our Website’s high quality, we may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer the Website by identifying which areas of the Website are most heavily used and to display content according to your preferences. Your IP address is the number assigned to computers connected to the Internet. This is essentially "traffic data," which cannot personally identify you but is helpful to us for marketing purposes and for improving our services. Traffic data collection does not follow a user’s activities on any other websites.

Use of Cookies

Squarespace may use the standard "cookies" feature of major web browsers. Cookies are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website. We do not capture any personally identifiable information in cookies, nor do we employ any data-capture mechanisms on our website other than cookies. You may choose to disable cookies through your web browser’s settings. However, disabling this function may diminish your experience on our website, and some features may not work as intended. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit https://bit.ly/3WyyvzM.

These functional and required cookies allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to provide you with a secure experience on our site. These analytics and performance cookies are used on this site, as described below, only when you acknowledge the cookie banner. We use analytics cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

Security

We take commercially reasonable steps to protect the Personal Data you may provide (non- identifiable browser, device, IP address, etc.) from misuse, disclosure, or unauthorized access. However, we cannot guarantee that your Personal Data will always be secure due to technology or security breaches. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit via the Internet. By transmitting any such information to us, you accept that you do so at your own risk.

Third-Party Websites

We may link to other websites on our website. We have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of any other individual, company, or entity whose website or materials may be linked to our website or its content, and thus we cannot be held liable for the privacy of the information on their website or that you voluntarily share with their website. Please review their privacy policies for guidelines on how they respectively store, use, and protect the privacy of your Personal Data.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, we do not knowingly collect any information from anyone under 18 years of age. Our website and its content are directed to individuals who are at least 18 years old or older. Malware/Spyware/Viruses Neither the Company nor the Website knowingly permit the use of malware, spyware, viruses, and/or other similar types of software.

Notification of Changes

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify or otherwise alter the Website, its content, and this Privacy Policy at any time. Such changes and/or modifications shall become effective immediately upon posting our updated Privacy Policy. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically. Continued use of any information obtained through or on the Website or its content following the posting of changes and/or modifications constitutes acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

Data Controller and Processors

In this context, the Website is considered a data controller because it collects and uses Personal Data. We use trusted third parties as our data processors for technical and organizational purposes.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at 567-666-4666.