Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 2, 2025

Overall Wellness is committed to protecting your privacy and providing a safe online experience. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information gathered through our website.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval, your profile picture (if applicable) may be visible in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
Other cookies may be used for login sessions and display settings. For details, see the Cookies section above.

Embedded Content

Articles on this site may include embedded content (videos, images, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if the visitor has visited the source website, which may collect data, use cookies, or track interactions.

Data Sharing

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Data Retention

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. For registered users (if any), we store the personal information provided in their profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their data at any time (username changes are not permitted). Site administrators can also access and edit this information.

Your Rights

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold or request that we erase your personal data (excluding any required for legal or security purposes).

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

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HIPAA Notice & Patient Privacy

While this website may collect general visitor information (as described above), it does not collect, store, or transmit any patient health information. All HIPAA-protected medical data is securely managed through our electronic health records platform, Charm Health.

For information about how patient data is handled within Charm, please refer to their privacy policy:
https://www.charmhealth.com/privacy-policy.html