Privacy Policy

The Functional Medicine MD (“we” or “us” or “our”), understands your concerns about privacy and how your information is used and safeguarded, and we want to provide you with more information on these topics. This Privacy Policy describes the practices, policies and procedures related to the websites located at thefunctionalmedicinemd.com (collectively the “Websites”), including the types of personal information we collect on the Websites, how we may use that information, with whom we share it, and the choices you have regarding our collection, use and disclosure of your information. Please note that this Privacy Policy applies only to our online information-gathering and dissemination practices, and does not apply to any of our practices conducted offline. By visiting the Websites, you are accepting the practices, policies and procedures described herein, and you are further indicating that you agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not visit or use the Websites. We may update this Policy from time to time, so please check this Policy periodically for changes. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us, at info@thefunctionalmedicinemd.com.

The notifications provided by this Privacy Policy include:

When you visit our Websites, you may provide us with personally identifying information (such as name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, and/or credit/debit card information) and other information on a voluntary basis, as more particularly described below. We do not knowingly collect sensitive information, such as Social Security numbers. Please do not send sensitive, personal or confidential information to us directly through the Websites, or by email to any of the contact email addresses listed on the Websites.

We provide the ability for you to comment on our blogs and on other portions of the Websites. In order to leave a comment on one of our blogs or on other portions of the Websites, you will be required to provide your name and email address, and you will have the option to provide additional personally identifying information. We also provide the option for you to connect with us through various social media outlets and platforms, and we may promote your activities on social media by “retweeting” or “sharing” content that you choose to make available to us.

The Functional Medicine MD and third parties with whom we have contracted to provide services for us collect certain personal and non-personal information by automated means when you visit the Websites, including when you access the Websites via a mobile device. We collect this information through various means such as “cookies,” “web beacons” and IP addresses, as further explained below.

Personal information collected may include your device’s phone number, and your location information, such as the real-time geographic location of the device you use to access the Websites.

Non-personal information we collect may include the numbers and frequency of visitors to the Websites, pages visited and similar data, information about the devices our visitors use to access the Internet (such as the IP address and the device, browser and operating system type), URLs that refer users to our Website, dates and times of visits to our Website, actions taken on our Website (such as page views and site navigation patterns), general geographic locations (such as country and city) of our visitors, and, search terms that visitors use to reach our Website. If gathered, this data is used in the aggregate, and not in a manner that is intended to identify you personally. This type of aggregate information may be shared with third parties at any time.

We may use information collected by automated means to tailor our products and services to suit your personal interests and the manner in which visitors use our Website, to operate, evaluate and improve our business and the products and services we offer, to analyze and enhance our marketing communications and strategies (including by identifying when emails sent to you have been received and read), to analyze trends and statistics regarding visitors’ use of our sites, mobile applications and social media assets, and the contributions or purchases visitors make on our sites, to protect against and prevent fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims and other liabilities, and manage risk exposure, including by identifying potential hackers and other unauthorized users, and to enforce the User Agreement for our Websites.

A cookie is a piece of information that a web server may place on your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are commonly used by websites to improve the user experience. Many cookies last only through a single website session, or visit. Others may have an expiration date, or may remain on your computer until you delete them. The Functional Medicine MD uses “session cookies” so that we can properly verify a user’s identity as they move from one page to the next. We may also use cookies for other purposes, such as to identify and authenticate visitors, to maintain continuity during a user session, to gather data about the usage of our website for research and other purposes, or to store a user name or encrypted identification number so that you do not have to provide this information every time you return to our Websites.

Most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of all the features on our Websites. Our cookies do not gather personally identifiable information. In some cases, The Functional Medicine MD may also use another company to operate web servers for our Websites. The Functional Medicine MD uses the cookie information gathered by these companies in the same manner as stated in this Privacy Policy.

Certain pages on the Websites contain “web beacons” (also known as Internet tags, pixel tags and clear GIFs). These web beacons allow third parties to obtain information such as the IP address of the computer that downloaded the page on which the beacon appears, the URL of the page on which the beacon appears, the time the page containing the beacon was viewed, the type of browser used to view the page, and the information in cookies set by the third party. Web beacons also may be used to track whether you have opened an HTML email. When the email is opened, a part of the code that makes up the HTML page calls a web server to load the web beacon that then generates a record showing that the email has been viewed. Web beacons may also recognize when the email was opened, how many times it was forwarded and which URLs (links within the email) were clicked.

When you visit and interact with the Websites, The Functional Medicine MD and third parties with whom we have contracted to provide services for us may collect Internet Protocol addresses (each an “IP Address”), as well as browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and page navigation. An IP Address is a unique identifier number that certain electronic devices use to identify and to communicate with each other on the Internet; your Internet Service Provider automatically assigns an IP Address to the computer that you are using. We gather this information to track web site visitor movement in the aggregate, and to gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. Our goal in gathering this information is to learn how our customers and the public are using our service. We may use this information to enhance our Website or for other lawful purposes.

We may disclose all of the information (described herein) that we collect, as stated in this Privacy Policy, including in accordance with the terms set forth in this section. Please note that like many organizations, we use specialist service providers to help run parts of our operations. For example, we contract with Google to provide marketing and data aggregation and analysis services. From time to time, these third-party service providers may require access to our database, which may contain personally identifying information belonging to visitors to our Websites. Our agreements with our third-party service providers require that they keep this information confidential.

Unless otherwise stated herein, we do not reveal personally identifiable information about you to third parties for their independent use unless: (1) you expressly authorize The Functional Medicine MD or a The Functional Medicine MD affiliate to do so, (2) it is necessary to allow The Functional Medicine MD and its service providers or agents, including but not limited to, our third-party payment processors, to provide services on The Functional Medicine MD’s behalf, (3) it is necessary in order to provide products or services to you, (4) the information is disclosed to entities that perform marketing or data aggregation services for The Functional Medicine MD, (5) it is necessary in connection with a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of The Functional Medicine MD or the merger of The Functional Medicine MD into another entity or any consolidation, share exchange, combination, reorganization, or like transaction in which The Functional Medicine MD is not the survivor, (6) The Functional Medicine MD is required or permitted to do so for any or all of the following reasons: (i) to comply with a subpoena, legal process, government request or any other legal obligation, (ii) to prevent, investigate, detect, or prosecute criminal offenses or attacks on the technical integrity of the Websites or our network, and/or (iii) to protect the rights, privacy, property, business, or safety of The Functional Medicine MD, its affiliates, subsidiaries, partners, directors, officers, employees, or members, visitors to the Websites, or the general public.

We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards for the Websites designed to protect against loss, misuse or unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction of the personal information that we collect from you. We also restrict access to personal information collected about you on the Websites to our employees, those who are otherwise specified in this Privacy Policy, or others who need to know that information to provide services to you or in the course of conducting our business operations or activities. However, no website can guarantee security. Thus, while we have established and maintain what we believe to be reasonable procedures to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personally identifying information obtained through the Websites and we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. Therefore, you understand, acknowledge, and agree that you transmit certain personal information over the Websites at your own risk.

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personally identifiable information about visitors younger than 13 years of age. If you are under the age of 13, you are expressly prohibited from accessing/viewing the Websites. If you are the parent or guardian of a child under 13 years of age and believe that they have disclosed personally identifiable information to us, please contact us at info@thefunctionalmedicinemd.com so that we may delete your child’s information.

We may provide links to third-party websites as a service to you or in order to provide you additional information related to the transactions and activities that occur on the Websites. Please be aware that we cannot control and are not responsible for the information collection, use, and disclosure practices of such websites. We encourage you to review and understand the privacy practices and policies, if any, of these websites before providing any personally identifying information to them. We are not responsible for the content or information of these websites, any products or services that may be offered through these websites, or any other use of the linked websites.

We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time by updating this posting. Please check back regularly and to see if there have been any changes to this policy, which you can determine by reviewing the Effective Date listed below. By continuing to use the Websites after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits Website users who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, information about the personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. If applicable, this information would include a list of the categories of personal information that was shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to request this information, please contact us or write to us at info@thefunctionalmedicinemd.com.

Some web browsers incorporate a “Do Not Track” feature that signals to websites that you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. How browsers communicate and respond to the Do Not Track signal is not yet uniform. For this reason, like many web websites, the Websites do not currently respond to or alter their practices in response to a Do Not Track signal. Please note that third parties may collect personal information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you visit our Websites or other online websites and services. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” you may wish to visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, or if you would like us to update or correct information we have about you or your preferences, please contact us by email at info@thefunctionalmedicinemd.com or by phone at 815.355.1605 You also may write to us at:

The Functional Medicine MD
110 S Johnson Street, Suite 207
Woodstock, IL 60098

This Privacy Policy is effective as of August 19, 2018.

The Functional Medicine MD shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performance due in whole or in part to any cause beyond the reasonable control of The Functional Medicine MD, including a delay in services from its contractors, agents or suppliers, including but not limited to utility or transmission failures, power failure, strikes or other labor disturbances, acts of God, acts of war or terror, floods, sabotage, fire, natural or other disasters.

Any notices to you from The Functional Medicine MD regarding the Websites or this Agreement will be posted on the Websites or made by e-mail or regular mail.

If you have any questions or comments about this Agreement or the Websites, please contact us by email at info@thefunctionalmedicinemd.com. You also may write to us at:

The Functional Medicine MD
110 S Johnson Street, Suite 207
Woodstock, IL 60098

Date this Agreement was last updated: May 11, 2020.