Cookie Policy
Last updated: 2025-10-03
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences, enabling certain functionality, and helping us understand how our website is used.
Types of Cookies We Use
Legal Basis (GDPR)
We process your personal data based on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) for analytics and marketing cookies, and our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) for necessary cookies required for website functionality and security. As a healthcare practice, we maintain HIPAA compliance for all protected health information.
Your Rights
- Access: Request access to your personal data
- Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate personal data
- Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data
- Restriction: Request restriction of processing
- Portability: Request transfer of your data to another service
- Object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests
- Withdraw consent: Withdraw consent for cookie processing at any time
- Lodge a complaint: File a complaint with your local data protection authority
Data Processing & Retention
Why We Process Data
- Website functionality and security
- Performance monitoring and optimization for speech therapy services
- User experience personalization for accessibility
- Analytics and usage statistics to improve service delivery
- Contact form functionality for therapy consultation requests
- Fraud prevention and security monitoring for healthcare data protection
Data Retention
We retain cookie data for the duration specified for each cookie type. You can delete cookies at any time through your browser settings or our cookie preference center. Analytics data is retained for 26 months in accordance with Google Analytics data retention policies. As a healthcare practice, we maintain strict data retention policies in compliance with HIPAA regulations.
Third-Party Data Sharing
We may share anonymized analytics data with Google Analytics to understand website usage patterns and improve our speech therapy services. We do not sell personal information to third parties. As a healthcare practice, we maintain HIPAA compliance and may only share data with service providers who assist us in operating our website and providing therapy services, provided they agree to keep this information confidential and comply with healthcare privacy regulations.
California Residents (CCPA)
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), you have the right to know what personal information is collected, used, shared or sold. You can opt-out of the sale of personal information and request deletion of your personal information. As a healthcare provider, we do not sell personal health information.
Browser Cookie Controls
Chrome
Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
Firefox
Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
Safari
Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
Questions About Our Cookie Policy?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please don't hesitate to contact us.