Anne Metz LLC

Website Privacy Policy

Anne Metz LLC · annemetz.com · 434-531-2396 · anne@annemetz.com

Effective date: [PLACEHOLDER: effective date]

What this policy covers

This policy explains what information this website collects, how it is used, and how to reach me about it. It covers annemetz.com. It does not cover your counseling records, which are protected by my Notice of Privacy Practices, available at: [PLACEHOLDER: link to Notice of Privacy Practices]

Please do not send clinical information through this website

The contact form and email are not a secure way to share health information. Please do not include symptoms, diagnoses, medications, substance use, or details about your treatment. To ask about services, give your name, how to reach you, and a good time to call. Sensitive information should be shared only on a consultation call, in a session, or on my secure client platform after we start work together.

Information this website collects

Contact form. Name (required), email (required), phone (optional), state of residence, your consent to be contacted by email (required), your consent to be contacted by phone or text (optional), and a short message. The form is processed by Formspree.

Booking requests. This website does not offer online booking. Consultations are requested through the contact form, by email, or by phone.

Automatically collected. This website does not use analytics or tracking tools. The site's host, GitHub Pages, may record visitors' IP addresses for security purposes. Fonts are loaded from Google Fonts, which receives your IP address and browser information when a page loads.

Cookies. This website does not set cookies. When you submit the contact form, Formspree may use cookies or a spam-prevention check to process the submission.

How I use the information

I use it to answer your inquiry, schedule a consultation, and run the website. I do not sell your information. I do not use advertising or remarketing tools, and I do not use your information to advertise to you.

Who receives it

GitHub (website hosting), Google Fonts (font delivery), Formspree (contact form processing), and my email provider. They may use information only to provide those services. I may also share information when the law requires it.

If you become a client

Once you become a client, information about your care is kept in my records on a secure platform and handled as described in my Notice of Privacy Practices.

How long I keep it

Inquiries that do not become a client relationship are kept for [PLACEHOLDER: retention period] and then deleted. Client information is kept under my records retention policy.

Your choices

You may ask to see, correct, or delete information you submitted through this website, subject to legal limits. Contact me at the email above.

Security

I use reasonable measures to protect information, but no website or email is completely secure. Please do not send anything through this website that you would not want others to see.

Children

This website is for adults 18 and older. I do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18.

Changes

I may update this policy. The effective date above shows the current version.

Contact

Anne L. Metz, PhD, LPCC · 434-531-2396 · anne@annemetz.com