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Privacy Statement (US)
This privacy statement was last changed on March 28, 2024, last checked on March 28, 2024, and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United States.
In this privacy statement, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via https://www.dc-acupuncture.com. We recommend you carefully read this statement. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:
- we clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this by means of this privacy statement;
- we aim to limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data required for legitimate purposes;
- we first request your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases requiring your consent;
- we take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and also require this from parties that process personal data on our behalf;
- we respect your right to access your personal data or have it corrected or deleted, at your request.
If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.
1. Purpose and categories of data
We may collect or receive personal information for a number of purposes connected with our business operations which may include the following: (click to expand)
1.1 Contact - Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms
1.1 Contact - Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms
The following categories of data are collected
- A first and last name
- A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
- An email address
- A telephone number
- IP Address
- Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
- Geolocation data
- Date of birth
- Insurance policy number
- Health insurance information
Retention period
Upon termination of the service we retain this data for the following period: No Data from form submissions is retained or stored on the website server. Retention of PHI by Transformational Acupuncture is governed by HIPAA and State retention requirements..
1.2 Newsletters
1.2 Newsletters
The following categories of data are collected
- A first and last name
- An email address
Retention period
We retain this data upon termination of the service for the following number of months: 12
1.3 Compiling and analyzing statistics for website improvement.
1.3 Compiling and analyzing statistics for website improvement.
The following categories of data are collected
- IP Address
- Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
- Geolocation data
Retention period
Upon termination of the service we retain this data for the following period: 26.
1.4 To sell or share data with a third party
1.4 To sell or share data with a third party
The following categories of data are collected
- IP Address
- Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
- Geolocation data
Retention period
Upon termination of the service we retain this data for the following period: 26.
2. Sharing with other parties
We only share or disclose this data to other recipients for the following purposes:
3. Disclosure practices
We disclose personal information if we are required by law or by a court order, in response to a law enforcement agency, to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information, or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety.
If our website or organisation is taken over, sold, or involved in a merger or acquisition, your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and will be passed on to the new owners.
4. How we respond to Do Not Track signals & Global Privacy Control
Our website responds to and supports the Do Not Track (DNT) header request field. If you turn DNT on in your browser, those preferences are communicated to us in the HTTP request header, and we will not track your browsing behavior.
5. Cookies
Our website uses cookies. For more information about cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy on our Opt-out preferences webpage.
The inclusion of full IP addresses is blocked by us.
6. Security
We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorized access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.
7. Third-party websites
This privacy statement does not apply to third-party websites connected by links on our website. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the privacy statements of these websites prior to making use of these websites.
8. Amendments to this privacy statement
We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy statement. It is recommended that you consult this privacy statement regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.
9. Accessing and modifying your data
If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please contact us. Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person. We shall provide the requested information only upon receipt of a verifiable consumer request. You can contact us by using the information below. You have the following rights:
9.1 You have the following rights with respect to your personal data
- You may submit a request for access to the data we process about you.
- You may object to the processing.
- You may request an overview, in a commonly used format, of the data we process about you.
- You may request correction or deletion of the data if it is incorrect or not or no longer relevant, or to ask to restrict the processing of the data.
9.2 Supplements
This section, which supplements the rest of this Privacy Statement, applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of California (CPRA), Colorado (CPA), Connecticut (CTDPA), Nevada (NRS 603A), Utah (UCPA) and Virginia (CDPA)
California
California
Right to know what personal information is being collected about you
A consumer shall have the right to request that a business that collects personal information about the consumer disclose to the consumer the following:
- The categories of personal information it has collected about that consumer.
- The categories of sources from which the personal information is collected.
- The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information.
- The categories of third parties with whom the business shares personal information.
- The specific pieces of personal information it has collected about that consumer.
The right to know whether personal information is sold or disclosed and to whom
A consumer shall have the right to request that a business that sells the consumer’s personal information, or that discloses it for a business purpose, disclose to that consumer:
- The categories of personal information that the business collected about the consumer.
- The categories of personal information that the business sold about the consumer and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold, by category or categories of personal information for each third party to whom the personal information was sold.
- The categories of personal information that the business disclosed about the consumer for a business purpose.
The Right to equal service and price, even if you exercise your privacy rights
A consumer shall have the right to request that a business delete any personal information about the consumer which the business has collected from the consumer.
A business that receives a verifiable request from a consumer to delete the consumer’s personal information pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section shall delete the consumer’s personal information from its records and direct any service providers to delete the consumer’s personal information from their records.
A business or a service provider shall not be required to comply with a consumer’s request to delete the consumer’s personal information if it is necessary for the business or service provider to maintain the consumer’s personal information in order to:
- Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, provide a good or service requested by the consumer, or reasonably anticipated within the context of a business’s ongoing business relationship with the consumer, or otherwise perform a contract between the business and the consumer.
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity.
- Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law.
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act pursuant to Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1546) of Title 12 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the businesses’ deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, if the consumer has provided informed consent.
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law.
- To enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with the expectations of the consumer based on the consumer’s relationship with the business.
- Comply with a legal obligation.
- Otherwise use the consumer’s personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which the consumer provided the information.
Right to opt-out
You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you. For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.
Financial incentives
Selling of personal data to third parties
We have not sold consumers’ personal data in the preceding 12 months
We have not disclosed consumers’ personal information for a business purpose in the preceding 12 months.
- A first and last name
- An email address
- Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
Colorado
Colorado
Right to Data Portability
When exercising the right to Access personal data , you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance. You may exercise this right no more than two times per calendar year.
Right to opt-out
You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.
Under Colorado law this concerns the following purposes:
- targeted advertising;
- the sale of personal data; or
- profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.
For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.
Connecticut
Connecticut
Right to Data Portability
When exercising the right to Access personal data , you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance.
We are not required to reveal any trade secret.
Right to opt-out
You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.
Under the CTDPA this concerns the following purposes:
- targeted advertising; or
- the sale of personal data; or
- profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.
For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.
Nevada
Nevada
Right to opt-out
You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.
For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.
Utah
Utah
Right to Data Portability
When exercising the right to Access personal data, you have the right to obtain the personal data that you previously provided to us as a controller in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance.
Right to opt-out
You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.
Under the UCPA this concerns the following purposes:
- targeted advertising; or
- the sale of personal data.
For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.
Virginia
Virginia
Right to Data Portability
When exercising the right to Access personal data , you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance. You may exercise this right no more than two times per calendar year.
Right to opt-out
You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.
Under the CDPA this concerns the following purposes:
- targeted advertising;
- the sale of personal data; or
- profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.
For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.
10. Children
Our website is not designed to attract children and it is not our intent to collect personal data from children under the age of consent in their country of residence. We therefore request that children under the age of consent do not submit any personal data to us.
11. Contact details
Transformational Acupuncture
1645 Connecticut Ave NW, 3rd floor
Washington, DC 20009
United States
Website: https://www.dc-acupuncture.com
Email: info@dc-acupuncture.com
Phone number: (202) 465-2802
12. Data Requests
For the most frequently submitted requests, we also offer you the possibility to use our data request form
Annex
Complianz | The Privacy Suite for WordPress
This website uses the Privacy Suite for WordPress from Complianz to collect records of consent. For this functionality your IP address is anonymized and stored in our database. For more information, see the Complianz Privacy Statement.Hustle
Which modules collect personal data?
If you use Hustle to create and embed any Pop-up, Embed, Slide-in, or Social share module, you may need to mention it here to properly distinguish it from other plugins.
What personal data do we collect and why?
By default, Hustle captures the IP Address for each conversion and for each view only if the "tracking" functionality is enabled. Other personal data such as your name and email address may also be captured, depending on the form fields.
Note: In this section you should include any personal data you collected and which form captures personal data to give users more relevant information. You should also include an explanation of why this data is needed. The explanation must note either the legal basis for your data collection and retention of the active consent the user has given.
Suggested text: When visitors or users submit a form or view a module, we capture the IP Address for analyisis purposes. We also capture the email address and might capture other personal data included in the form fields.How long we retain your data
By default Hustle retains all form submissions and tracking data forever. You can delete the stored data in Hustle » Settings » Privacy Settings, and under each module's settings.
Suggested text: When visitors or users submit a form or view a module we retain the data for 30 days.Where we send your data
Suggested text: All collected data might be shown publicly and we send it to our workers or contractors to perform necessary actions based on the form submission.Third Parties
If your forms use either built-in or external third-party services, in this section you should mention any third parties and its privacy policy.
By default Hustle optionally use these third-party integrations:
- ActiveCampaign. Enabled when you activate and setup ActiveCampaign on Email Collection settings.
- Aweber. Enabled when you activate and setup Aweber on Email Collection settings.
- Campaign Monitor. Enabled when you activate and setup Campaign Monitor on Email Collection settings.
- Constant Contact. Enabled when you activate and setup Constant Contact on Email Collection settings.
- ConvertKit. Enabled when you activate and setup ConvertKit on Email Collection settings.
- e-Newsletter. Enabled when you activate and setup e-Newsletter on Email Collection settings.
- GetResponse. Enabled when you activate and setup GetResponse on Email Collection settings.
- HubSpot. Enabled when you activate and setup HubSpot on Email Collection settings.
- iContact. Enabled when you activate and setup iContact on Email Collection settings.
- Infusionsoft. Enabled when you activate and setup Infusionsoft on Email Collection settings.
- Mad Mimi. Enabled when you activate and setup Mad Mimi on Email Collection settings.
- Mailchimp. Enabled when you activate and setup Mailchimp on Email Collection settings.
- MailerLite. Enabled when you activate and setup MailerLite on Email Collection settings.
- Mautic. Enabled when you activate and setup Mautic on Email Collection settings.
- reCAPTCHA. Enabled when you activate and setup reCAPTCHA on non-Social sharing modules.
- Pinterest. Enabled when you activate and setup Pinterest in Social Share Module.
- SendGrid. Enabled when you activated and setup SendGrid on Email Collection settings.
- SendinBlue. Enabled when you activated and setup SendinBlue on Email Collection settings.
- Sendy. Enabled when you activated and setup Sendy on Email Collection settings.
- Zapier. Enabled when you activated and setup Zapier on Email Collection settings.
Cookies
By default Hustle uses cookies to count how many times each module is visualized. Cookies might be used to handle other features such as display settings, used when a module should not be displayed for a certain time, whether the user commented before, whether the user has subscribed, among others, if their related settings are enabled.
WP Smush
Plugin: Smush
Note: Smush does not interact with end users on your website. The only input option Smush has is to a newsletter subscription for site admins only. If you would like to notify your users of this in your privacy policy, you can use the information below. Smush sends images to the WPMU DEV servers to optimize them for web use. This includes the transfer of EXIF data. The EXIF data will either be stripped or returned as it is. It is not stored on the WPMU DEV servers. Smush uses the Stackpath Content Delivery Network (CDN). Stackpath may store web log information of site visitors, including IPs, UA, referrer, Location and ISP info of site visitors for 7 days. Files and images served by the CDN may be stored and served from countries other than your own. Stackpath's privacy policy can be found here.BNE Testimonials
Review & Testimonial Submission
When visitors leave reviews on this website, we collect the data shown in the form. 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 review, your profile picture either from your supplied image upload or from the Gravatar service, may be visible to the public in the context of your review.iThemes Security
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Cookies
Suggested text: Some forms on this site require the use of Google's reCAPTCHA service before they can be submitted. If you consent to use Google's reCAPTCHA service, a cookie is created that stores your consent. This cookie deletes itself after thirty days. Suggested text: Visiting the login page sets a temporary cookie that aids compatibility with some alternate login methods. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after 1 hour.Security Logs
Suggested text: The IP address of visitors, user ID of logged in users, and username of login attempts are conditionally logged to check for malicious activity and to protect the site from specific kinds of attacks. Examples of conditions when logging occurs include login attempts, log out requests, requests for suspicious URLs, changes to site content, and password updates. This information is retained for 14 days.Who we share your data with
Suggested text: A QR code image is generated for users that set up two-factor authentication for this site. This image is generated using an iThemes hosted API. As part of generating this image, your username is sent to the API. This data is not logged. For privacy policy details, please see the iThemes Privacy Policy. Suggested text: Some forms on this site require the use of Google's reCAPTCHA service before they can be submitted. Use of the reCAPTCHA service is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.When running Security Check, ithemes.com will be contacted as part of a process to determine if the site supports TLS/SSL requests. No personal data is sent to ithemes.com as part of this process. Requests to ithemes.com include the site's URL. For ithemes.com privacy policy details, please see the iThemes Privacy Policy.
Suggested text: This site is scanned for potential malware and vulnerabilities by the iThemes Site Scanner. We do not send personal information to the scanner; however, the scanner could find personal information posted publicly (such as in comments) during the scan.In order to ensure file integrity, iThemes Security pulls data from wordpress.org, ithemes.com, and amazonaws.com. No personal data is sent to these sites. Requests to wordpress.org include the WordPress version, the site's locale, a list of installed plugins, and a list of each plugin's version. Requests to ithemes.com and amazonaws.com include the installed iThemes products and their versions. For wordpress.org privacy policy details, please see the WordPress Privacy Policy. For ithemes.com privacy policy details, please see the iThemes Privacy Policy. Requests to amazonaws.com are to content added and managed by iThemes which is covered by the Amazon Web Services Data Privacy policy.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: Security logs are retained for 14 days.Complianz | The Privacy Suite for WordPress
This website uses the Privacy Suite for WordPress from Complianz to collect records of consent. For this functionality your IP address is anonymized and stored in our database. For more information, see the Complianz Privacy Statement.Hustle
Which modules collect personal data?
If you use Hustle to create and embed any Pop-up, Embed, Slide-in, or Social share module, you may need to mention it here to properly distinguish it from other plugins.
What personal data do we collect and why?
By default, Hustle captures the IP Address for each conversion and for each view only if the "tracking" functionality is enabled. Other personal data such as your name and email address may also be captured, depending on the form fields.
Note: In this section you should include any personal data you collected and which form captures personal data to give users more relevant information. You should also include an explanation of why this data is needed. The explanation must note either the legal basis for your data collection and retention of the active consent the user has given.
Suggested text: When visitors or users submit a form or view a module, we capture the IP Address for analyisis purposes. We also capture the email address and might capture other personal data included in the form fields.How long we retain your data
By default Hustle retains all form submissions and tracking data forever. You can delete the stored data in Hustle » Settings » Privacy Settings, and under each module's settings.
Suggested text: When visitors or users submit a form or view a module we retain the data for 30 days.Where we send your data
Suggested text: All collected data might be shown publicly and we send it to our workers or contractors to perform necessary actions based on the form submission.Third Parties
If your forms use either built-in or external third-party services, in this section you should mention any third parties and its privacy policy.
By default Hustle optionally use these third-party integrations:
- ActiveCampaign. Enabled when you activate and setup ActiveCampaign on Email Collection settings.
- Aweber. Enabled when you activate and setup Aweber on Email Collection settings.
- Campaign Monitor. Enabled when you activate and setup Campaign Monitor on Email Collection settings.
- Constant Contact. Enabled when you activate and setup Constant Contact on Email Collection settings.
- ConvertKit. Enabled when you activate and setup ConvertKit on Email Collection settings.
- e-Newsletter. Enabled when you activate and setup e-Newsletter on Email Collection settings.
- GetResponse. Enabled when you activate and setup GetResponse on Email Collection settings.
- HubSpot. Enabled when you activate and setup HubSpot on Email Collection settings.
- iContact. Enabled when you activate and setup iContact on Email Collection settings.
- Infusionsoft. Enabled when you activate and setup Infusionsoft on Email Collection settings.
- Mad Mimi. Enabled when you activate and setup Mad Mimi on Email Collection settings.
- Mailchimp. Enabled when you activate and setup Mailchimp on Email Collection settings.
- MailerLite. Enabled when you activate and setup MailerLite on Email Collection settings.
- Mautic. Enabled when you activate and setup Mautic on Email Collection settings.
- reCAPTCHA. Enabled when you activate and setup reCAPTCHA on non-Social sharing modules.
- Pinterest. Enabled when you activate and setup Pinterest in Social Share Module.
- SendGrid. Enabled when you activated and setup SendGrid on Email Collection settings.
- SendinBlue. Enabled when you activated and setup SendinBlue on Email Collection settings.
- Sendy. Enabled when you activated and setup Sendy on Email Collection settings.
- Zapier. Enabled when you activated and setup Zapier on Email Collection settings.
Cookies
By default Hustle uses cookies to count how many times each module is visualized. Cookies might be used to handle other features such as display settings, used when a module should not be displayed for a certain time, whether the user commented before, whether the user has subscribed, among others, if their related settings are enabled.
