Privacy Policy
Updated July 26, 2026
Your privacy is very important and this policy serves to be as transparent as possible with how your information is collected, used, stored, and safeguarded.
By visiting gabibarnettcounseling.com (herein referred to as ‘website’ or ‘therapist’), you accept and agree to the privacy policy outlined below. The terms ‘you’ or ‘your’ refers to anyone who uses, visits, and/or reviews this website.
Your use of this website constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions-including any updates or changes to the policy. If you do not wish to be bound by these terms of use, you must not access or use the website
Device and Personal Information Collected through Website:
Just like other websites, when you visit this site, we automatically collect certain information about your device. Both Squarespace (our hosting platform) and google analytics will collect the following information about your browser, network, and device.
How you interact with the site as you browse, such as
Clicks
Use of internal links
Pages visited
Scrolling
Searches
Timestamps
Your IP address
Browser Information & Type
Internet Service Provider
Operation System
Equipment you used to access the website (phone, computer)
Where located and connected to website (e.g. Google, Social Media, etc.)
Time zone and Location
Google analytics will additionally collect the following information about your browser, network, and device:
Browsing history
Traffic patterns
Other general patterns related to your use of this website
You can review a more detailed explanation of how google analytics operates at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en, including how to delete information. You can opt out of google analytics via https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Use of Cookies:
The above information is collected using cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. Just like other websites, we automatically collect some non-personally identifiable information including but not limited to your IP address, geographic location, language preference, date, and time of visitors.
Cookies and similar technologies are necessary and required for:
function & performance- allowing the website to recognize you and your previously selected preferences.
advertising—to collect information about your site traffic, activity, visit, content, views, etc.
These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.
Cookies are used for various reasons, including:
convenience
optimizing and personalizing browsing experience
website analytics to help learn more about site traffic and activity
serving ads based on your liking and interests
affiliate marketing
Data Collection and Cookies collected by Squarespace and Google Analytics to better serve and understand your experience, to learn more about site traffic and activity, for therapist’s reference to inform and improve website content and information.
You have the option of turning off cookies on your computer should you wish to do so. If you choose to do that, you may not be able to view all the features and content of this website.
Third-Party Links & Use:
Therapist may include, offer, or advertise third party links, products or services on the website. Once you leave this website, third-party websites Privacy Policy & Terms and Conditions apply.
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Therapist has no control over these third parties. Therapist is not responsible for the activities and practices of these third parties. You should contact them directly and read their privacy policies for any questions. You also agree that your use of these third-party websites is solely at your risk.
Voluntary Information Collected via Submitted Contact Form:
Therapist also collects the data you directly provide through the form submission.
When you submit information to this website via webform, the data requested and provided in the submitted contact form is collected in order to track and respond to your submissions.
We provide this information to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us and help us manage our relationship with you. We also provide this information with [storage method(s)] for storage and for data porting].
Information provided through form submissions is further used by the therapist to connect with you based on the request.
The following information provided in the form submission used by the therapist include:
personal identification information (name, email address, phone number)
contact preferences (how to reach out, when to reach out)
Should you prefer to not have information gathered by website, you are able to call or email therapist directly using contact information listed at the bottom of webpages. For increased privacy protection, do not click on the embedded links.
Additionally, form submissions are connected to therapist email address, with information provided in the form submission going to provider of email management and distribution tools.
Information Disclosure:
We do not disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent, with the exception of the following circumstances:
Trusted third parties that work with therapist such as website hosting partners, email marketing service providers, other service providers that assist in the operation of the website, and other affiliates and subsidiaries we rely upon to provide you with services offered here.
Third parties that help support therapist services. These parties may use your data only to provide services requested by us and for no other purpose, and are bound by contractual obligations to keep information confidential.
Based on state or federal regulations regulated to copyright or infringement lawsuits or other legal claims related to website.
To enforce website or services terms and conditions, or any agreements entered into for billing or collection purposes.
Privacy Rights:
Depending on the state including but not limited to California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Iowa, Texas, Delaware, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Nevada, New Jersey, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Utah, and others, you may be subject to the following rights:
The right to obtain confirmation of processing and access to your data.
The right to correct incomplete or inaccurate data.
The right to portability of data where you can request your data to be transferred to another organization.
The right to revoke or withdraw consent at any time.
The right to delete your personal information/data collected from you, subject to certain limitations under the law.
The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information.
The right to non-discrimination for exercising a privacy right.
The right to obtain a list of third parties to which personal information was shared or disclosed.
The right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information.
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Iowa, Delaware, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Utah, Texas, and other states provide their state residents with rights to:
Confirm whether we process their personal information.
Access and delete certain personal information.
Data portability.
Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.
How information Used:
We use the information we collect for various purposes depending on how you interact with us. These purposes include:
To communicate with you about therapist’s services.
To improve our website, products, services, content, and advertising and personalize them to your interests and preferences
To better understand the demographics of our users, analyze data and usage trends
To help you share our content, products, services, and your experience working with us with your friends and followers on social media
To protect our website, products, and services from misuse and to ensure security
To transfer business in any merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, bankruptcy where we may sell, transfer, or share some of our business assets including information related to our customers. In those instances, you will be notified of such ownership changes as well as the rights you have regarding your personal information.
To comply with legal requirements and to enforce our terms and agreements with you.
To comply with state and federal laws and regulations.
To assess or carry out a merger, dissolution, restructuring, reorganization, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as part of a bankruptcy or similar proceeding, in which personal information about our website users, including our email list, is one of the assets transferred.
Data Retention:
We will retain your information as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. We may also retain and use your information to continue offering you our products and services, comply with our legal and accounting obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Security
Therapist and website takes reasonable and recommended steps to protect your privacy. However, contacting therapist online- whether through contact form or email- isn’t guaranteed to be 100% secure. For your privacy, avoid sharing highly sensitive health or personal information through unencrypted channels. To reach out with increased security, please call therapist at 615-592-6394. If connect with voicemail leave a basic message with name, return number, and general reason for call to receive a return call.
This therapist takes security of your personal information seriously. We strive to take all reasonable, recommended, and commercial industry standards to protect your personal information submitted to us voluntarily and automatically. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
By using this website, you agree to hold us harmless for any security breach and any unauthorized use of your personal information by third parties. You also agree that we cannot be held responsible for any disclosure of your information through our website without our knowledge and consent.
If there were ever a suspected data breach, I’d follow all legal steps to notify and protect you and your information.
I do not sell or share your information with advertisers or third-party marketers.
Blogs:
This website includes commenting functionality on some pages which enables you to post a comment. This website collects personal information when you post a comment, including:
Your name (which will be displayed as part of your posted comment)
Your email address (optional, to let you know if someone replies to your comment)
Your website URL (optional)
This website includes “likes” functionality on some blog posts which enables you to “like” a post. This website collects personal information when you like a post to try to prevent the same person from liking the same post during the same visit, including:
Information about your browser, network and device
Details about the web page or content you shared or proposed to share
Your IP address
This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal information when you visit this website, including:
Website Visitors
Information about your browser, network and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Web pages you view while on this website
Your IP address
Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. You can read more about how Squarespace uses your data (site usage information of end users) for its own purposes in their Privacy Policy.
Updates:
These privacy policies may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the practice, for operation, legal, or regulatory reasons.
For more information or questions about therapist’s privacy policy please contact gabi@gabrielabarnett.com or 615-592-6394