Privacy Policy for Mental Health Maintenance, LLC (https://mhm.today)
Effective Date: May 20, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how Mental Health Maintenance, LLC ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit our website https://mhm.today (the "Site") and utilize our Mental Health & Executive Coaching services. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you understand how your information is handled.
By accessing or using our Site and services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect various types of information from and about you, including information that may personally identify you.
1.1. Information You Provide Directly to Us:
Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, and mailing address when you fill out forms, subscribe to newsletters, or inquire about our services.
Coaching-Related Information: Information you share during coaching sessions, assessments, or through client portals, which may include personal goals, professional background, mental wellness aspects, challenges, and progress. This information is primarily managed through our coaching platform, Practice.do.
Payment Information: If you make a purchase, we collect billing details, including credit card numbers (processed securely by third-party payment processors – we do not directly store full credit card details), billing address, and transaction history. Payments are processed via Stripe, integrated with Practice.do.
Communications: Records of your correspondence with us, such as emails managed via Google Workspace (Gmail), chat messages, or voicemails.
1.2. Information We Collect Automatically:
Usage Data: Information about how you access and use the Site (which may be hosted on Google Sites), including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, time spent on pages, and dates/times of access.
Device Information: Information about the device you use to access our Site, including device type, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to track activity on our Site and hold certain information. These help us improve your experience, analyze trends, administer the website, track users’ movements around the website, and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. (See Section 7 for more details).
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
To Provide and Maintain Our Services: To deliver the coaching services you request, manage your client account, process transactions, and provide client support. This involves using Practice.do for client management, scheduling, and contract handling, and Stripe for payment processing.
To Communicate with You: To send you administrative notices, updates about our services, appointment reminders (often managed via Google Calendar), newsletters, and promotional materials (where you have consented). Our primary communication tools include Google Workspace (Gmail, Google Meet).
To Personalize Your Experience: To tailor the content and services we offer to your preferences and needs within our coaching programs.
For Website Improvement: To analyze usage trends, diagnose technical problems, and improve the functionality and user experience of our Site (which may use Google Sites and Google Analytics for insights).
For Marketing and Advertising (with consent): To send you information about our services, special offers, or other information that may be of interest to you, where you have provided your explicit consent to receive such communications. You may opt out at any time.
To Ensure Security: To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, fraud (including through Stripe's fraud prevention tools), or security incidents across our systems.
To Comply with Legal Obligations: To meet our legal, regulatory, or ethical obligations, such as record-keeping, billing (via Practice.do and Stripe), and reporting requirements.
3. How We Share Your Information
We may share your information with trusted third parties only in the following circumstances:
3.1. With Your Consent: We may share your information if you give us explicit permission to do so.
3.2. Third-Party Service Providers: We engage trusted third-party companies and individuals to perform services on our behalf. These include:
Practice.do: As our all-in-one coaching platform, Practice.do processes and stores client data including contracts, appointment details, coaching notes, and facilitates communication and payments. The Practice.do privacy policy (available on their website) governs their handling of your data.
Stripe: As our payment gateway, Stripe securely processes all financial transactions. When you make a payment, your payment information is directly transmitted to Stripe for processing. We do not store your full credit card details. Stripe's privacy policy (available on their website) details how they handle payment information.
Google Workspace (Google LLC): We use Google Workspace services (e.g., Gmail for email communication, Google Meet for video conferencing, Google Calendar for scheduling, Google Sites for website hosting). Data handled through these services is subject to Google's privacy policy and data processing terms.
Other providers for website hosting, email delivery, CRM software, analytics, etc. These providers have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
3.3. Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency request), or if we believe such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect our rights or property, prevent fraud, or protect the safety of our users or the public.
3.4. Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, asset sale, or bankruptcy, your personal information may be transferred as part of the business assets. We will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our Site of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.
3.5. Aggregated or De-identified Data: We may share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you. This type of information may be used for research, marketing, or other purposes.
4. Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:
Using secure servers and encryption (SSL/TLS) for data transmission.
Leveraging the robust security features provided by our third-party service providers (Google Workspace, Practice.do, Stripe) for data storage and processing.
Regularly updating our systems and software.
Restricting access to your personal information to authorized personnel only.
However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet14 or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
5. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. The retention period for different types of data may vary based on legal obligations, business needs, and the nature of the information. For example, coaching session notes, client contracts facilitated through Practice.do, and payment records processed by Stripe may be retained for longer periods due to professional ethical guidelines and financial regulations.
6. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws (e.g., GDPR for EU residents, CCPA for California residents), you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
Right to Erasure (Right to Be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided in Section 10. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable laws.
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
How We Use Cookies: We use cookies for:
Essential Functionality: To make our Site work correctly (e.g., remembering your preferences, managing login sessions for Practice.do).
Performance and Analytics: To understand how you use our Site (e.g., through Google Analytics), which pages are most popular, and identify areas for improvement.
Advertising: To deliver relevant advertisements to you (e.g., via Google's advertising services, if used).
Your Choices Regarding Cookies: Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website. For more information on how to manage cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
8. Third-Party Links
Our Site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
9. Children's Privacy
Our services are not intended for individuals under the age of 18, depending on your jurisdiction and services. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. We may also notify you via email or through a prominent notice on our Site prior to the change becoming effective. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your data, or would like to exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact us:
By Email: stephan@mhm.today
By Mail: 1007 Westbriar Drive NE, Vienna, VA 22180 USA
By Phone: +1 (703) 493-0044