Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
Welcome to Pathways at Mesiarik Psychological Services. Your privacy is of the utmost importance to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our clinical services. Please read this privacy policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
2. Information We Collect
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our services, such as your name, email address, phone number, and clinical intake information. We also automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the website, including IP addresses, browser and device characteristics, and operating systems.
3. How We Use Information
We use the information we collect or receive to provide the services you have requested, to manage your account, to send you administrative information, to fulfill and manage your appointments.
4. Legal and Clinical Uses of Information
As a psychological services provider, your clinical records are maintained in accordance with professional ethical standards and state laws. Information may be shared with other healthcare providers involved in your treatment only with your explicit written consent, unless a legal exception applies.
5. Cookies and Website Analytics
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to access or store information. Cookies help us provide a better user experience by allowing us to identify which pages are being used and to analyze traffic data. You can choose to accept or decline cookies through your browser settings.
6. Data Storage and Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. Clinical data is stored on secure, encrypted, and HIPAA-compliant platforms to ensure the highest level of protection for your sensitive records.
7. Confidentiality and Limits of Confidentiality
The law protects the privacy of all communications between a client and a psychologist. However, there are exceptions where we may be legally or ethically required to share information, including situations involving immediate danger to self or others, or suspected abuse or neglect of a child or vulnerable adult.
8. Third-Party Services
Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by Pathways at MPS. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites and encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.
9. Telehealth and Electronic Communication
Telehealth involves the use of electronic communications to enable our clinicians to provide services to individuals at different locations. We use secure, HIPAA-compliant communication platforms for telehealth sessions. However, electronic communications carry inherent risks to privacy, and you agree to these risks when opting for telehealth services.
10. Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 through our website without parental or guardian consent. All clinical services provided to minors are subject to legal requirements regarding parental notification and consent to treatment.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the 'effective date'.
If you have any questions or comments about this policy, or if you wish to exercise your rights regarding your data, please contact us at info@pathwaysmps.com or by mail at 1304 E. High St., 2nd floor, Pottstown, PA 19464.