Privacy policy.

I’ve compiled this privacy policy to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ is being used online. The Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, maintained and disclosed when you visit or make a purchase via https://drkmcb.com (the “Site”). Please read this privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how your Personally Identifiable Information is collected, used, protected or otherwise handled in accordance with the Site.

What personal information do I collect from the people that visit the Site?

When ordering or commenting on the Site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, credit card information or other details to help you with your experience. I will only collect personal identification information from you if you voluntarily submit such information. You can refuse to supply personal identification information but doing so may prevent you from engaging in certain Site related activities.

How do I collect information?

I collect information from you when you subscribe to a newsletter, browse the website or enter information on the Site using a comment or contact form. In future, when the shop e-commerce function is set up, your personal information may also be collected to place an order (currently the online order feature is unavailable on the Site).

This Site is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Web pages you view while on this website

  • Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

When you submit information to this website via webform (such as the contact form, or newsletter sign up), the Site collects the data requested in the webform in order to track and respond to your submissions. This information is shared with Squarespace, the online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to me. Email subscriptions are also shared with Mailchimp and Google Drive for storage.

Data collected for analytics

This website collects personal data to power Site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

This information is shared with Squarespace, the Site analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

How do I use collected information

I may use the information collected from you in the following ways:

  • To personalize your experience and to allow me to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.

  • To improve the Site in order to better serve you.

  • To allow me to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.

  • To quickly process your transactions.

  • To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.

  • To follow up with you after correspondence (live chat, email or phone inquiries)

  • Visitor comments may be checked through Squarespace’s automated spam detection service.

I may use your email address to:

  • Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions

  • Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders.

  • Send you additional information related to your product and/or service

  • If you’ve subscribed to my newsletter, send regular newsletters to that may include marketing of my products and services

  • Continue to send emails to clients after the original transaction has occurred.

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email me at karen (at) drkmcb (dot) com or follow the instructions at the bottom of my newsletters and I will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

Third party disclosure

I do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others.

How do I protect your information?

The Site is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to the Site as safe as possible. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

I implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order to maintain the safety of your personal information. All online transactions are processed through a gateway provider (Stripe) and are not stored or processed on our servers.

How long is your information retained?

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically. Customer purchase records are kept for a minimum of 6 years to comply with legal requirements.

Does the Site use cookies?

Yes. This Site uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

If you turn cookies off it will turn off some of the features of the Site.

Fonts

This Site uses font files from Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, servers where the font files are stored may receive personal information about you, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, or device

  • Your IP address

Third-party websites

Occasionally, I may include or offer third-party products or services on the Site. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. I therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, I seek to protect the integrity of the Site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

I accept payments through Stripe and Venmo. I do not collect or receive your personal identifying information from these websites. You can view Stripe’s privacy policy here and Venmo’s privacy policy here.

I use Google Analytics cookies to better understand how visitors use the Site. You can view Google’s privacy policy here.

Email subscriptions to my newsletter are stored on Mailchimp. You can view their privacy policy here.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

The Site has the discretion to update this Privacy Policy at any time. I encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Your acceptance of these terms

By purchasing a product, subscribing to a newsletter, or other actions on the Site, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site. Your continued use in the Site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Contact Me

I welcome your questions or comments regarding the Privacy Policy. Please email me at karen (at) drkmcb (dot) com with any enquiries.

Effective as of 2 October 2022.