Privacy Policy - Clear Healthcare Advocacy

Effective 3/15/2025

Who we are

Clear Healthcare Advocacy (“we,” “us,” “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how Clear Healthcare Advocacy collects and uses information about you when you opt-in to receive SMS messages from us.

Our website address is: https://clearhealthcareadvocacy.com/.

How We Collect Your Information

We may collect your information directly from you, such as when you complete a form or contact us or leave comments on our blog posts; automatically, such as when you interact with our website; or from others, such as when we receive information about you from third parties.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We use your information to:

Send you the SMS messages you’ve opted in to receive
Provide updates, promotions, or other relevant content based on your preferences
Ensure choice and control over how your information is collected, used, and shared
To operate our business

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Contact forms

When you opt-in to receive SMS messages, we collect:

Your phone number
Consent to send SMS messages
Your email address
Your basic contact information
Your messaging history

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

We may disclose your information to our affiliated companies; to third party service providers, business advisors, or consultants who provide services to us; in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, restructuring, financing transaction, or sale of assets; as required by law or administrative order; to assert claims or rights or to defend against claims.

We do not share your personal information, phone number, or SMS consent opt-in data with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Protection of Information

We take steps to protect your information against unauthorized use or disclosure.

Updates

We may periodically update this privacy policy. If we make material changes that have a substantive and adverse impact on your privacy, we will provide notice on this website before the change becomes effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information about our privacy practices.