Privacy Policy

It is deVries Counselling Group’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites. deVries Counselling Group operates deVriesCounsellingGroup.com and may operate other websites.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

deVries Counselling Group discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on deVries Counselling Group’s behalf or to provide services available at deVries Counselling Group‘s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using deVries Counselling Group’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. deVries Counselling Group will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, deVries Counselling Group discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when deVries Counselling Group believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of deVries Counselling Group, third parties or the public at large. 

If you are a registered user of a deVries Counselling Group website and have supplied your email address, deVries Counselling Group may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with deVries Counselling Group and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. deVries Counselling Group takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, deVries Counselling Group collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. deVries Counselling Group’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how deVries Counselling Group’s visitors use its website. From time to time, deVries Counselling Group may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

deVries Counselling Group also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments, where applicable, on deVriesCounsellingGroup.com sites. deVries Counselling Group only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the site where the comment was left.

Responsibility of Website Visitors

deVries Counselling Group has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to deVriesCounsellingGroup.com, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating deVriesCounsellingGroup.com, deVries Counselling Group does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. deVriesCounsellingGroup.com may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. deVriesCounsellingGroup.com may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. deVries Counselling Group disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of deVriesCounsellingGroup.com, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to deVries Counselling Group‘s websites choose to interact with deVries Counselling Group in ways that require deVries Counselling Group to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that deVries Counselling Group gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at deVriesCounsellingGroup.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with deVries Counselling Group are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, deVries Counselling Group collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with deVries Counselling Group. deVries Counselling Group does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

deVries Counselling Group may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. deVries Counselling Group may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, deVries Counselling Group does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. deVries Counselling Group uses cookies to help deVries Counselling Group identify and track visitors, their usage of deVries Counselling Group’s website, and their website access preferences. deVries Counselling Group visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using deVries Counselling Group‘s websites, with the drawback that certain features of deVries Counselling Group‘s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If deVries Counselling Group, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that deVries Counselling Group goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of deVries Counselling Group may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by deVries Counselling Group and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, deVries Counselling Group may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in deVries Counselling Group’s sole discretion. deVries Counselling Group encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a deVriesCounsellingGroup.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Disclaimer

The information on this website is designed for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for informed medical or psychological advice or medical or psychological care. You should not use this information to diagnose or treat any mental health problems or illnesses without consulting your paediatrician, family doctor or registered mental health professional. Please consult, in person, with a doctor or registered mental health professional, with any questions or concerns you might have regarding your or your child’s condition.