Privacy Policy – New Summit Wellness
Effective Date: September 23, 2024
New Summit Wellness (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect information when you visit our website or interact with our services, including our landing pages and online forms.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect personal information you provide voluntarily, including:
- Name, email address, phone number, and other contact information
- Health or wellness information you share with us voluntarily
- Payment or billing information if applicable
We may also collect non-personally identifiable information automatically through your use of our website, such as:
- IP address, browser type, and operating system
- Pages visited, links clicked, and other usage data
- Cookies and similar tracking technologies
Comments and User Interaction
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Where Your Data is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. This means that some information from your comment, such as your IP address and the content of your comment, may be transmitted to a third-party service to identify and prevent spam.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide and improve our services and content
- Respond to inquiries and communicate with you
- Analyze website usage and optimize our marketing efforts
- Serve personalized advertisements and track ad performance
- Comply with legal obligations
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and serve personalized advertisements.
This includes:
- Google Ads and Google Analytics for ad targeting and website analytics
- Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook and Instagram) for personalized advertising and performance measurement
These technologies may collect information about your browsing activities on this site and across other websites and apps.
Cookies for Comments and Login
- If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These expire after one year.
- Visiting our login page sets a temporary cookie to detect if your browser accepts cookies; it is discarded when you close your browser.
- Login cookies store login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last two days, screen options cookies last one year, and selecting “Remember Me” persists login for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
- Editing or publishing an article sets a temporary cookie containing the post ID; it expires after one day.
You can manage your cookie preferences or opt out of personalized advertising by visiting:
4. Third-Party Advertising
We may work with third-party advertising companies to serve targeted ads on our site and other websites. These third-party vendors, including Google and Meta (Facebook and Instagram), may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information about your activity on our site and other websites to provide interest-based advertising.
For more information:
5. Data Retention
We retain personal information only as long as necessary to provide services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements. Non-personally identifiable information collected via cookies or analytics is retained for up to 26 months unless otherwise specified.
Retention of Comments and User Profiles
- Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically without holding them in moderation.
- Registered Users: For users who register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except for the username, which cannot be changed. Website administrators may also view and edit this information.
6. Your Choices
You have the right to:
- Opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or Meta Ad Preferences
- Adjust your browser to block cookies or delete cookies already stored
- Request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information by contacting us
Please note that opting out does not mean you will stop seeing ads entirely, but the ads you see may be less relevant.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.
Please note that this does not include any data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
7. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may share information with trusted third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as website hosting, analytics, or marketing, under strict confidentiality agreements. We may also share information when required by law or to protect our rights.
8. Security
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Disclaimers
New Summit Wellness is a medical clinic owned and managed by a licensed physician. The information provided on this website and through our services is intended to support general wellness, education, and guidance related to health. It is not a substitute for personalized medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment from a qualified healthcare professional.
Always consult your physician or another qualified healthcare provider regarding any questions you may have about a medical condition, medications, or treatment options. In case of a medical emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately.
10. Contact Us
Email: info@newsummitwellness.com
Phone: 816-357-0500
Address: 1980 SE Blue Parkway, Suite 2310, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, 64063
11. User Content and Image Uploads
If you submit content to our website, including images, you are solely responsible for the information contained in that content. Please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) or other sensitive metadata.
Visitors to the website may be able to download submitted images and extract any embedded metadata, including location information. By submitting images, you acknowledge and accept this potential risk.
We reserve the right to remove or refuse any content that violates our policies or could compromise the privacy or safety of users.
12. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Information on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interactions if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
By using our website, you acknowledge and consent that interactions with embedded content may be tracked by these third parties according to their own privacy policies.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Effective Date.” Please check back periodically for updates.