Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important. This document outlines the types of personal information I receive and collect when you use PTSDexams.net, as well as some of the steps I take to safeguard information. This will help you make an informed decision about sharing personal information with on this website.

PTSDexams.net is an educational site with no advertising and no affiliate links. Dr. Worthen conducts Independent Psychological Exams (IPE) with veterans, but that information is on his professional practice website.

About Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that PTSDexams.net stores on your computer, which your browser provides to PTSDexams.net each time you return to the site. I use cookies to help me identify and track visitors, their use of my website, and their website access preferences.

Google Analytics Cookies

PTSDexams.net uses Google Analytics to analyze the use of this website. Google Analytics collects demographic and interest data, and generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies.

These cookies are kept on your computer. I share this information with Google, which will store and use this information on its servers. Google's privacy policy is available at: 

https://policies.google.com/privacy

PTSDexams.net uses information from Google Analytics to track the number of visits to the website and which browsers and operating systems visitors use. No personally identifiable information is obtained from these cookies.

I use the information that Google Analytics generates relating to my website to create reports about the use of the site. These reports allow me to update the site and improve your usage of it.

If you do not wish your data to be collected via Google Analytics, you can install Google's opt-out browser extension:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/ 

Refusing Cookies

You can set your browser to accept or refuse all cookies automatically, or notify you when a cookie is being requested. Taking this action should not cause a problem with the continued use of PTSDexams.net.

Consult the Help section of your browser for guidance on how to refuse all cookies or to notify you when a cookie is requested. Here are links to the most popular browsers' instruction pages to manage cookies:

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Personally Identifiable Information

PTSDexams.net may collect and use your personal information for the following purposes:

  • To run and operate my site.
  • To display content on the site correctly.
  • To improve customer service.
  • To help me respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently.
  • To personalize your user experience.
  • To understand how my users as a group use the services and resources provided on my site.
  • To improve my site.
  • To send information to you that you agreed to receive about topics I think will be of interest to you.
  • To send periodic emails, which may include electronic newsletters and/or autoresponder series of emails, if you subscribed to my newsletter or update emails.
  • To respond to your inquiries, questions, and/or other requests.

PTSDexams.net may collect personally identifiable information from you in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when you visit my site, register on the site, or fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources I make available on my site.

Specifically, if you subscribe to my newsletter or updates delivered via email, I will ask for your first name (optional) and will require your email address.

If you complete a form, I will require your name and your email address, and will ask for information relevant to the purpose of the form.

This site lets you share content with your friends and followers on various social media platforms. Please see the specific social media sites you use for their privacy policies.

PTSDexams.net offers RSS as a way to easily follow content updates. I use FeedBlitz to let you subscribe to these updates via your email address. The FeedBlitz privacy policy is located at this URL:

https://www.feedblitz.com/privacy/

You can always refuse to supply personally identifiable information and visit my site anonymously. However, it may prevent you from engaging in certain site-related activities.

If I make material changes in the collection of personally identifiable information, I will inform you by placing a notice on my site. I will use personal information received from you for internal purposes only and will not sell it or provide it to third parties.

I also collect each visitor's IP address, which helps me combat spam and fraud. I do not use IP addresses for any other purpose.

PTSDexams.net contains links to other websites that may be of interest to you. However, once you have used them to leave my site, I do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, I cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide while visiting such sites. These sites are not governed by this privacy statement. Always exercise caution by reviewing the privacy statement of the website in question before continuing to use it.

Non-personally Identifiable Information

I may collect non-personally identifiable information about you whenever you interact with my site. Non-personally identifiable information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about your method of connecting to my site, such as the operating system and the Internet service provider you used, and other similar information.

Children's Privacy Protection

This website is directed to adults. It is not directed to children under the age of 16. I operate my site in compliance with current regulations. Anyone under the age of 16 must have a parent or guardian provide consent to use this site. I do not knowingly collect or use personally identifiable information from anyone under 16 years of age.

Release of Information

If I sell PTSDexams.net, the information I have obtained from you through your voluntary participation in my site may transfer to the new owner as a part of the sale so that the service provided to you may continue. In that event, you will receive notice through my website of that change in control and practices, and I will make reasonable efforts to ensure that the purchaser honors any opt-out requests you might make.

Data Storage

Personally identifiable information and non-personally identifiable information collected by this site are stored on my host's servers. That host is SiteSell Inc., 1000 Saint-Jean Boulevard, Suite 702, Pointe-Claire, QC H9R 5P1 Canada.

How You Can Correct or Remove Information

I provide this privacy policy as a statement to you of my commitment to protect your personally identifiable information. If you have submitted personally identifiable information through my website and would like to download and review that information, please visit this web page to complete and submit the required form:

https://www.ptsdexams.net/gdpr-review.html

You can also request to edit or delete any of your information from the servers by visiting the following web page, where you can complete and submit the request form:

https://www.ptsdexams.net/gdpr-request.html

Updates and Effective Date

PTSDexams.net reserves the right to make changes in this policy. If there is a material change in my cookie and privacy practices, I will indicate on my site that those practices have changed and provide a link to the updated privacy policy. I encourage you to periodically review this policy so that you will know what information I collect and how I use it.

Agreeing to Terms

If you do not agree to PTSDexams.net's privacy policy as posted here on this web page, please do not consent to the setting of cookies and the collection and storage of your personally identifiable information. In that case, use the instructions for your browser to block all cookies and do not subscribe to email updates or newsletters on this site.

Your continued use of this website (PTSDexams.net) indicates acceptance of this privacy policy in its entirety.

Thank you - Mark D Worthen PsyD, owner, PTSDexams.net

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 25 August 2019

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