Privacy Practices
HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

Just like all other health professionals in the US, I’m required to provide you with my HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices. Please open and review it before your first session with me. It’s a separate document from my website privacy statement below.

Website Privacy Policy

Welcome. The purpose of DarylAnnSmith.com (“Website,” “we,” “us,” “our”) is to familiarize people with, and connect people to, the Oahu-based professional services of Daryl Ann Smith, RDN, LD, CEDRD, who specializes in nutrition therapy for the treatment of eating disorders.

The Website is found at https://www.darylannsmith.com/ and is hosted by NameHero.

Our central premise is confidentiality in all interactions with anyone who connects with us via the Website (or any other means).

Unlike many other websites, DarylAnnSmith.com has no ads, no affiliate links, and no newsletter. So, there is a minimal collection of personal and non-personal information required to fulfill the purpose of the Website.

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which the Website collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) and patients (each, a “Patient”) of the Website.

By using the Website, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by the Privacy Policy. If you don’t want to agree to and be bound by the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.

The good news? The Website exists to support your quest for recovery to normal eating, not to snoop on you or to spam you.

Information We Collect About You

When accessing the Website, we will learn certain information about you, both automatically and through voluntary actions you may take, during your visit. This policy applies to information we collect on the Website and in email, text, or other electronic messages between you and the Website.

Personal Identification Information You Provide to the Website. We collect information that Users and Patients provide via email to the Owner; via search queries on the Website search feature; and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on this Website. We use the information collected to deliver the requested information.

Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, mailing address, and credit card information (to secure an appointment, for example). Users may, however, visit our Website anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personal identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Website-related activities.

Non-personal Identification Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technology. As you navigate through this Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies including Google Analytics to collect certain non-personal identification information about Users. Non-personal identifiable information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users’ means of connection to our Website, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized, IP address and other similar information. This is aggregated information we collect automatically and it’s used for statistical data and to adjust content accordingly. It does not include personal information. To the extent that you voluntarily provide personal information to us, our systems will associate the automatically collected information with your personal information. This is a common practice across the Internet.

How We Use Collected Information

This Website may collect and use Users’ or Patients’ personal information for the following purposes:

  • To improve service
    Information you provide helps us respond to your service requests and support needs.
  • To personalize user experience
    We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on the Website.
  • To share Patients’ experiences
    With permission of a particular Patient, we may anonymously post a Patient’s testimonial about our services.
  • To improve the Website
    We may use feedback you provide to improve our products and services. In addition, we may use some of the questions sent to us by Users or Patients, or asked of us via telephone or other means, to develop content for the Website. However, in these cases, all personal identifying information is stripped or modified to protect the privacy of the User or Patient.

NOTE: We do not sell, trade, or rent Users or Patients personal identification information to others.

Use of Cookies And Pixels
Like other commercial websites, this Website uses a standard technology called “cookies” and server logs to collect information about how our Website is used and to enhance User experience. The User’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them.

Information gathered through cookies and server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our site, and the websites visited just before and just after this Website, and the IP address.

Users may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert the User when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Website may not function properly. To learn more about cookies, including how to control and disable them through browser settings, visit Cookies & You.

Third Party Links
This Website contains links to other sites. This does not constitute endorsement by the Website of the linked web sites, or the information, products or services contained therein. The Owner is not responsible for the privacy practices or the contents of such third party websites.

No Affiliate Programs
This Website is NOT a participant in any affiliate program nor has any affiliate links. (This disclosure is in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”)

Email Information
If you choose to correspond with the Owner via email, she may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and the email responses. Correspondence is protected and kept confidential. As a matter of policy and practice, we do not sell, rent, lease or otherwise transfer any information collected whether automatically or through your voluntary action.

International Transfer
Your information, including Personal Information, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the information, including Personal Information, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Compliance with Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
This Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age and no part of the Website is structured to attract anyone under 13. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Website has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using this Website, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use this Website. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Questions
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Website, or your dealings with this Website, please contact Daryl Ann Smith at: