Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 27, 2026
Friendship Building Psychological Services, PLLC (“Friendship Building,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit https://www.friendshipbuildingpsych.com/ (the “Website”), contact us through the Website, or otherwise interact with our online services.
This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the Website. It does not replace any Notice of Privacy Practices that may apply to protected health information collected or maintained by Friendship Building in connection with psychological services.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using the Website, you acknowledge the practices described below.
1. Information We Collect
Information You Provide to Us
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:
Complete a contact or inquiry form;
Request information about our groups or services;
Ask to be contacted by our practice;
Subscribe to emails or other communications, if offered;
Register for an event, presentation, or program, if offered; or
Communicate with us by email, telephone, or another method.
Depending on how you contact us, this information may include:
Your name;
Your email address;
Your telephone number;
Your relationship to the child or prospective client;
General information about the type of service you are seeking;
Your communication preferences; and
Any other information you choose to include in your message.
Please Do Not Submit Confidential Clinical Information
The Website and its general contact forms are intended for initial and administrative inquiries. Please do not use the Website to submit detailed psychological, medical, diagnostic, treatment, educational, insurance, or other sensitive information about yourself or a child.
Submitting a Website inquiry does not establish a psychologist-patient relationship or guarantee acceptance into a program or service.
If you are an established client, please use the communication method provided by your clinician for clinical or treatment-related matters.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Website, certain information may be collected automatically by Squarespace, our website hosting and analytics provider, and by other service providers that support the Website.
This information may include:
Your Internet Protocol address;
Browser type and version;
Device type;
Operating system;
Network and device information;
Referring website or webpage;
Pages viewed;
Links clicked;
Website searches;
Scrolling activity;
Dates and times of visits;
General or approximate location inferred from your IP address; and
Other information about how you use and interact with the Website.
We use this information to operate and secure the Website, understand Website traffic, evaluate how visitors use the Website, and improve its content and performance.
We do not intentionally collect precise GPS location through the Website unless a particular feature clearly requests permission to do so.
2. How We Use Information
We may use the information collected through the Website to:
Respond to questions and requests;
Provide information about our groups, programs, and services;
Determine which member of our team may be best suited to respond to an inquiry;
Schedule or facilitate an introductory conversation;
Communicate about programs, events, or practice updates;
Operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve the Website;
Understand Website traffic and visitor activity;
Protect the Website and our practice against fraud, misuse, security threats, and unlawful activity;
Maintain appropriate business and administrative records;
Comply with applicable laws, regulations, professional requirements, court orders, and legal processes; and
Carry out other purposes disclosed when information is collected or with your consent.
We will not use Website information to make a clinical diagnosis or provide psychological treatment through the Website.
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
The Website uses cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files or pieces of text stored on a visitor’s device that help websites function, remember preferences, and understand how visitors use different features.
Necessary Cookies
Squarespace may use cookies that are necessary to securely operate and display the Website. These cookies may be used automatically because the Website cannot function properly without them.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
The Website may use analytics and performance cookies to help us understand Website traffic and activity. Depending on our cookie-banner settings and applicable law, these cookies may be used only after you acknowledge or accept the cookie banner.
Squarespace analytics may collect information such as:
Browser, network, and device information;
Your IP address;
The webpages you visited before arriving at the Website;
Pages visited on the Website;
Clicks and internal links;
Scrolling and searches; and
Visit timestamps.
You may be able to accept, reject, or manage nonessential cookies through the Website’s cookie banner. You may also be able to control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the availability or operation of certain Website features.
4. Analytics and Advertising Services
We may use third-party analytics or advertising services, such as Google Analytics or Google Ads, to understand Website usage, evaluate outreach efforts, and measure the effectiveness of advertising.
Depending on which services are active, these providers may use cookies, pixels, device identifiers, IP addresses, and similar technologies to collect information about interactions with the Website and advertisements.
We do not sell personal information for money. However, some state privacy laws may define certain advertising-related disclosures as “sharing,” “targeted advertising,” or a “sale,” even when no money is exchanged. Where required by applicable law, visitors may have the right to opt out of these activities.
Visitors can manage nonessential cookies through the Website’s cookie banner where available. Google also provides tools and account settings that may allow users to control advertising personalization and analytics tracking.
5. How We Share Information
We may disclose Website information only as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Website and Business Service Providers
We may provide information to vendors that help us operate the Website and our practice, such as:
Squarespace and its affiliated service providers;
Website hosting, analytics, and security providers;
Email and communications providers;
Scheduling or form-processing providers;
Information technology providers;
Professional advisers, including attorneys and accountants; and
Other contractors that provide services on our behalf.
These providers may access information only as needed to perform their services, subject to applicable contractual and legal obligations.
Legal, Safety, and Compliance Purposes
We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:
Comply with a law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or other legal process;
Respond to a lawful governmental request;
Enforce or protect our legal rights;
Investigate suspected fraud, misuse, or security issues;
Protect the rights, safety, or property of Friendship Building, our visitors, clients, or others; or
Meet applicable professional, ethical, or regulatory obligations.
With Your Direction or Consent
We may disclose information when you ask us to do so or otherwise provide consent.
6. Children’s Privacy
Friendship Building provides services for children and adolescents, but the Website is intended primarily for parents, legal guardians, educators, professionals, and other adults seeking information about our services.
Children should not submit personal information through the Website without the involvement and permission of a parent or legal guardian.
Children Under 13
We do not knowingly collect personal information directly through the Website from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent.
Parents and guardians may contact us on behalf of a child. Information provided by a parent or guardian about a child will be handled in accordance with applicable privacy, professional, and healthcare requirements.
If we learn that a child under 13 submitted personal information directly through the Website without appropriate parental consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete the information, unless retention is required or permitted by law.
A parent or legal guardian who believes that a child has submitted personal information may contact us to:
Ask whether we have collected information from the child;
Request access to or deletion of that information;
Withdraw previously provided consent; or
Request that we stop collecting or using the child’s information.
We may need to verify the requesting individual’s identity and authority as the child’s parent or legal guardian before fulfilling the request.
Minors Ages 13 Through 17
Visitors under 18 should use the Website only with the involvement and permission of a parent or legal guardian. We encourage parents and guardians to supervise minors’ online activities and communications with our practice.
7. Clinical and Health Information
Friendship Building may separately collect psychological, medical, treatment, insurance, educational, family, or other sensitive information when a person seeks or receives professional services.
Clinical records and protected health information are not governed solely by this Website Privacy Policy. Where applicable, they are handled in accordance with:
Friendship Building’s Notice of Privacy Practices;
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and its implementing regulations;
Applicable New York laws;
Professional and ethical requirements; and
Friendship Building’s clinical consent and recordkeeping policies.
This Privacy Policy does not change any rights or obligations described in an applicable Notice of Privacy Practices.
To request a copy of Friendship Building’s Notice of Privacy Practices, please contact the practice using the information at the end of this policy.
8. Third-Party Websites and Embedded Content
The Website may contain links to websites, social media platforms, videos, maps, scheduling services, or other tools operated by third parties. It may also include embedded content provided by third parties.
When you click a third-party link or interact with embedded content, the third party may collect information in accordance with its own privacy policy. Friendship Building does not control and is not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or practices of third-party websites or services.
We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party service before providing personal information.
9. Data Retention
We retain Website information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:
Respond to inquiries;
Provide requested information or services;
Maintain appropriate administrative and business records;
Protect against fraud, misuse, or security incidents;
Resolve disputes;
Enforce agreements; and
Comply with legal, regulatory, professional, tax, accounting, or recordkeeping obligations.
Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information and the reason it was collected.
When information is no longer reasonably necessary, we may delete, anonymize, or securely store it until deletion is reasonably possible, subject to applicable legal and technical limitations.
Clinical records may be subject to separate retention requirements and are addressed through our clinical privacy and recordkeeping practices.
10. Information Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information collected through the Website.
However, no website, email transmission, Internet connection, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We therefore cannot guarantee that information submitted online will never be accessed, disclosed, altered, lost, or misused.
You should use caution when submitting information through the Website or by email and should avoid sending detailed clinical or other highly sensitive information through general Website forms.
11. Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Depending on where you live and subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:
Ask whether we process your personal information;
Request access to certain personal information;
Request correction of inaccurate information;
Request deletion of certain information;
Request a portable copy of certain information;
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
Opt out of certain targeted advertising, sharing, sales, or profiling;
Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information;
Designate an authorized agent to submit a request; and
Appeal a decision regarding a privacy request.
These rights are not absolute. We may decline or limit a request when permitted or required by law, including when information must be retained for legal, clinical, professional, security, or recordkeeping purposes.
This section concerns personal information collected through the Website. Requests concerning clinical or protected health information may be governed by different procedures and should be directed to the practice under the applicable Notice of Privacy Practices.
Submitting a Request
To submit a privacy request, contact us at:
FriendshipBuildingPsych@gmail.com
or through:
https://www.friendshipbuildingpsych.com/contact
Please describe the nature of your request and provide enough information for us to identify the relevant records.
We may need to verify your identity or authority before completing a request. We will use information provided for verification only for identity, security, fraud-prevention, and request-processing purposes.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising a privacy right provided by applicable law.
Authorized Agents
Where permitted by law, you may designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf. We may require proof of the agent’s authorization and may also need to verify your identity directly.
Appeals
Where applicable law provides a right to appeal, you may appeal our decision by emailing FriendshipBuildingPsych@gmail.com. Please state that you are submitting a privacy appeal and identify the request involved.
12. Do-Not-Track Signals and Browser Privacy Controls
Some browsers and devices offer a “Do Not Track” setting that signals a preference regarding online tracking. Because there is not currently a universally accepted standard for interpreting all Do Not Track signals, the Website may not respond to every such signal.
Where required by applicable law and supported by our Website technology, we will process recognized browser-based opt-out preference signals in accordance with applicable requirements.
You may also manage cookies through the Website’s cookie banner and your browser settings.
13. Email Communications
If you provide your email address, we may use it to respond to your inquiry and provide information you requested.
If we send optional promotional or informational emails, you may unsubscribe by using the instructions included in the email or by contacting us. We may still send nonpromotional communications related to an inquiry, registration, appointment, legal notice, or existing relationship.
Email is not always secure. Please do not send detailed clinical or highly sensitive information through ordinary email unless you have been instructed to do so through an appropriate communication method.
14. Emergency and Crisis Communications
The Website, contact forms, and email address are not monitored as emergency or crisis-response services.
Do not use the Website or email to seek urgent assistance or report an emergency. In an emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our Website, practices, service providers, or legal obligations.
The date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last updated. Material changes may also be communicated by posting a notice on the Website or through another appropriate method.
We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
16. Contact Us
For questions about this Privacy Policy or our Website privacy practices, please contact:
Friendship Building Psychological Services, PLLC
150 Broadhollow Road
Suite 314
Melville, NY 11747
United States
Email: FriendshipBuildingPsych@gmail.com
Website: https://www.friendshipbuildingpsych.com/
Contact page: https://www.friendshipbuildingpsych.com/contact