How We Store Your Personal Information
At St Mary’s Clinic, we prioritize the protection and security of your personal information. We understand that your privacy matters, and we are committed to being transparent about how we collect, use, and safeguard your data. Please review our detailed privacy policy below to understand your rights and how we handle your information with the utmost care and confidentiality.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://stmarysclinic.com.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images on the site as per our privacy policy.
Cookies
- Comments: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies will last for one year.
- Login Page: When you visit the login page, we 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.
- Logged-In Users: If you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
- Article Editing/Publishing: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same way as if you visited those websites directly. These websites may:
- Collect data about you
- Use cookies
- Embed additional third-party tracking
- Monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you are logged in to the external website.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments: If you leave a comment, it and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically rather than holding them for moderation.
- Registered Users: For users who register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profiles. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except usernames). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you provided. You can also request that we erase your personal data, as per our privacy policy. This excludes data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.