Effective date: November 7, 2026
ProtectingFun ("we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal information you share when using protectingfun.com and related services. This Privacy Policy describes what we collect, why we collect it, how we use and share it, and the choices available to you.
This Policy applies to visitors, members, appointment requestors, email subscribers, and individuals who interact with our website forms. It does not apply to third-party websites linked from our platform or to independent clinicians who maintain their own privacy practices for clinical records they control.
We may collect:
If you include symptoms, diagnoses, medications, or other health details in forms or messages, we treat that information as sensitive. It is used only for coordinating care, responding to your inquiry, quality improvement, and as otherwise described in this Policy or required by law. This website's demo forms validate client-side only; production deployments should transmit data over encrypted connections to secure servers.
When you browse our site, we may automatically collect technical data such as browser type, device type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and approximate timestamps. We may use cookies, local storage, or similar technologies to remember preferences and measure site performance. You can control cookies through browser settings; disabling cookies may limit certain features.
Clinics and laboratories in our network may share limited information back to us to confirm appointments, close referral loops, or report aggregate quality metrics. We require partners to provide data under contractual confidentiality obligations.
We use personal information to:
Depending on your location, we rely on one or more of the following bases: your consent (for marketing emails and optional cookies), performance of a contract (membership or appointment coordination), legitimate interests (site security, analytics, product improvement balanced against your rights), and legal obligation (recordkeeping, responding to lawful requests).
We do not sell your personal information. We may share information with:
We share only the minimum information necessary for each purpose.
We retain personal information for as long as needed to fulfill the purposes described above, including while you maintain an active membership or ongoing care coordination. Appointment and contact records may be kept for a period consistent with healthcare operations and applicable record retention rules. Marketing suppression lists are retained to honor unsubscribe requests. When data is no longer required, we delete or de-identify it using reasonable technical measures.
We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Measures may include access controls, encryption in transit where deployed, staff training, and vendor security assessments. No method of transmission over the Internet is completely secure; we encourage you to use strong passwords where accounts are offered and to avoid sending highly sensitive records through unsecured channels.
Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to:
To exercise rights, email privacy@protectingfun.com. We may verify your identity before fulfilling requests.
We send promotional emails only with consent or as permitted by law. Each marketing message includes an unsubscribe mechanism. Use our Unsubscribe page or the link in any email. Please note that you may still receive non-promotional messages about active care or account status.
Our general audience site is not directed to children under thirteen. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children without appropriate parental authorization. If you believe we have collected a child's information improperly, contact us to request deletion.
If you access the site from outside the country where our servers are located, your information may be processed in jurisdictions with different data protection laws. We take steps to ensure adequate protections consistent with this Policy.
We may use first-party cookies to remember preferences and session state. Analytics tools may help us understand aggregated traffic patterns. Where required, we will request consent before placing non-essential cookies. You may adjust browser settings to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are sent.
Footer social icons link to external sharing endpoints. Clicking them may expose your browser to third-party tracking governed by those platforms' policies. We do not receive your social credentials through these links.
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. The effective date at the top will change when revisions are posted. Material updates may be communicated via website notice or email. We encourage you to review this page regularly.
Privacy questions or requests: privacy@protectingfun.com. General inquiries: Contact Us form or care@protectingfun.com.
Use of the Services is also subject to our Terms & Services. In case of conflict between operational notices and this Policy regarding privacy practices, this Policy controls for data protection matters.
