1. Introduction

Vision Wellness Institute ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website www.visionwellnessinstitute.org (the "Site"), including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Site. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the "Last Updated" date of this Privacy Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on the Site, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or modification.

You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Privacy Policy is posted.

2. Information We Collect

Personal Information

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when you participate in activities on the Site, or otherwise when you contact us. The personal information we collect may include:

• Contact Information: Name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data.
• Professional Information: If you are a healthcare professional contributing to our content, we may collect information about your credentials, specialties, and professional affiliations.
• Account Information: If you create an account on our Site, we collect your username, password, and preferences.
• Feedback and Correspondence: Information you provide when you respond to surveys, participate in market research activities, report a problem with our Site, receive customer support, or otherwise correspond with us.
• Newsletter Subscriptions: Email address and subscription preferences when you sign up for our newsletters.

Information Automatically Collected

When you visit our Site, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage of the Site. This information may include:

• Device Information: Computer or mobile device type, operating system, browser type, browser settings, IP address, language settings, and device identifiers.
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our Site, such as the pages you visit, the time and duration of your visits, the links you click, search terms you enter, and how you interact with content.
• Location Information: General location information inferred from your IP address.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: Information collected through cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies. For more information, see the "Cookies and Similar Technologies" section below.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• Providing and Improving Our Services: To provide, maintain, and improve our Site and the content we offer.
• Communication: To respond to your inquiries, comments, or questions; to provide you with technical support or customer service; and to send you administrative information, such as updates to our terms, conditions, and policies.
• Newsletters and Marketing: To send you newsletters, educational content, and marketing communications about our services that may be of interest to you, if you have subscribed to receive such communications.
• Research and Analysis: To conduct research and analysis to better understand how users access and use our Site, to improve our content and services, and to develop new features and functionality.
• Security and Fraud Prevention: To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, security breaches, and fraudulent or illegal activity.
• Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or enforceable governmental requests.

4. Information Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your information in the following situations:

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as web hosting, data analysis, payment processing, email delivery, and other similar services. These third parties are contractually obligated to use the personal information we share with them only to perform the services we have engaged them to provide and to protect the confidentiality and security of such information.

Business Transfers

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.

Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information where we believe disclosure is necessary or required by law, regulation, or legal process, such as to comply with a subpoena or other legal demands, or to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, or that of others.

With Your Consent

We may share your information with third parties when you have given us your consent to do so.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and use information about you and your usage of our Site. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners.

Types of Cookies We Use

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the Site to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.
• Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the Site.
• Functional Cookies: These cookies enable the Site to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
• Targeting Cookies: These cookies may be set through our Site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites.

Cookie Management

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience, as it will no longer be personalized to you. For more information on how to manage cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.

6. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.

We will make any legally required disclosures of any breach of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of your unencrypted electronically stored "personal data" (as defined in applicable laws on security breach notification) to you via email or conspicuous posting on the Site as promptly as possible and without unreasonable delay, insofar as consistent with (i) the legitimate needs of law enforcement or (ii) any measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system.

7. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include:

• Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
• Correction: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
• Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal information, under certain conditions.
• Restriction: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
• Objection: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
• 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.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section below. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.

Email Communications

If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us, you may opt-out by:

• Clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any email from us.
• Contacting us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section below.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take necessary actions.

9. International Data Transfers

We are based in the United States and the information we collect is governed by U.S. law. If you are accessing the Site from outside the United States, please be aware that information collected through the Site may be transferred to, processed, stored, and used in the United States and other jurisdictions. Your use of the Site or provision of any information therefore constitutes your consent to the transfer, processing, usage, sharing, and storage of your information in the United States and other jurisdictions as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last Updated" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise your rights regarding your personal information, please contact us at:

Vision Wellness Institute
123 Eye Health Boulevard
Suite 456
San Francisco, CA 94105
Email: privacy@visionwellnessinstitute.org
Phone: +1 (800) 555-1234