1. Introduction

I, Vidya Venkat recognizes the importance of privacy. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy” or “policy”) describes the sources of your personal information that I may collect from you or that you may provide, purposes for collecting and processing your information, and practices for collecting, using, maintaining, retaining, protecting and disclosing that information.

2. Information Collected About You And Use Of Your Personal Information

Contact Form –

To respond to your queries, your personal information of name, email ID, phone, message is collected. This is used in pursuit of legitimate business interests to address your queries.

Booking form in Calendly –

To book your discovery call, your personal information of first name, last name, email ID, phone, gender is collected. This is used in pursuit of legitimate business interests to address your queries. This data is stored in calendly. Please see here

Calendly Data Privacy Policy

Booking form in Calendly –

To book your discovery call, your personal information of first name, last name, email ID, phone, gender is collected. To book your RTT session, your personal information of first name, last name, email ID, phone, gender, age is collected. This is used in pursuit of legitimate business interests to provide you RTT session. This data is stored in calendly. Please see here

Intake form –

o conduct your RTT session, your personal information of first name, last name, email ID, phone, gender, age, emergency contact name and number is collected. This is used in pursuit of legitimate business interests to provide you RTT session. This data is stored in Google drive. Please see here

Google Data Privacy Policy

Session notes –

I keep brief anonymous notes of our session(s), description of system they are kept in if appropriate.

3. Cookies

This website uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymized tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. Cookies generally exist to make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the help section of your browser.

Necessary Cookies (All Site Visitors)

  • cfduid: Is used for our CDN CloudFlare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. See more information on privacy here: CloudFlare Privacy Policy.
  • PHPSESSID: To identify your unique session on the website.

Necessary Cookies (Additional For Logged In Customers)

  • wp-auth: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
  • wordpress_logged_in_{hash}: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
  • wordpress_test_cookie Used by WordPress to ensure cookies are working correctly.

4. Share Your Data

It is very unlikely that I will share your data. I will not sell it on or use it for unethical reasons. I may have to share it if my notes are subpoenaed by court, if you or anyone you tell me about is at harm or risk of harm I may have to pass this information on. I also have regular Supervision where I talk about my work but I only use your first name.

5. Store Your Data

It is mainly stored as hard copy in a locked filing cabinet. Immediately after the work is finished, I transfer the data with your initials to my password protected computer. Your phone number(s) may be kept in my business mobile phone with your first name and last initial. Only I will access your information.

6. Retain Your Data

I will only keep your personal information for as long as is reasonably necessary taking into consideration my need to answer queries or resolve problems, any other purpose outlined above or to comply with legal requirements under applicable law(s). In certain cases, I may retain your personal information for a longer period where extended retention periods are required by law or regulation and to establish, exercise or defend my legal rights. I will ensure that it is disposed in a secure manner when it’s no longer needed.

7. Security Measures

This site uses the SSL/HTTPS protocol throughout site. This encrypts user communications with the servers so that personal identifiable information is not captured/hijacked by third parties without authorization.

In case of a data breach, system administrators will immediately take all needed steps to ensure system integrity, will contact affected users and will attempt to reset passwords if needed.

8. Amendments

This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of my website after changes is made is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.