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 TREAT ALL correspondence
related to this website with the same
confidentiality
that is due to all clinical material. I do not track or sell your e-mail
address—or your real name should you reveal it to me. Nor do I ever
make unsolicited contact with anyone who has written to me
previously.
Nevertheless, there are some
points about Internet privacy—or the lack of it—that you should
understand.
E-mail
If you choose to write to me
through e-mail, I will treat your correspondence
with full clinical confidentiality. I also keep copies of all
correspondence—both received and sent—for legal protection.
Occasionally, I use excerpts from e-mail—with identifying information
removed—to illustrate clinical points on the website or to use in
questions-and-answers sections.
You
should always be aware, however, that Internet e-mail is not
secure. Always keep in mind that someone, somewhere, could be
reading anything you write. I don’t know what anyone would do with it
if he or she did read it, but that’s life in the electronic
age.
Realize
also that if you are using a computer at your work site, the network
administrator has the capability to read every piece of e-mail you send and
receive under your company e-mail address. It may even be possible
to track every keystroke you make on your computer keyboard, regardless of
whether you’re sending e-mail. None of this may actually be happening
at your workplace, but the capability is there.
Freewill
Offerings
If you make a
donation to this website through PayPal,
all of your financial information is kept secure by PayPal. When
PayPal sends me a notification of a payment, however, they include
your e-mail address. I will not respond to that e-mail address unless you
request (in the “Comments” area on the PayPal transaction
form) that I send you a response.
Cookies
I do not use “cookies”
on this website.
No
advertising—no sponsor—just the simple truth . . .
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