Privacy Policy
Effective Date: October 1, 2025
Introduction
Welcome to The Psych Update. At The Psych Update, we are committed to safeguarding your privacy. This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you interact with our website and receive our newsletter.
1. Information We Collect
We collect the following types of information:
1.1 Personal Information
- Email Address: We collect your email address to send you our weekly newsletter.
- Name: We collect your name to personalize our communications with you.
- Interests: We collect information about the psychological disorders and treatments that interest you. This information is used to customize the content we send you.
1.2 Automatically Collected Information
We use cookies, Facebook Pixel, and Google Analytics to automatically collect information when you visit our website. This information may include your IP address, browser type, the pages you visit, your interactions with advertisements, and other usage data. This technology helps us understand how our website is being used, track user interactions, personalize and improve your experience, and serve targeted advertisements.
Facebook Pixel allows us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising by understanding the actions people take on our website and to deliver ads to you based on your interests as part of our retargeting and behavioural advertising campaigns. You can learn more about Facebook’s data policies and how to opt out of Facebook’s personalized advertising through the settings in your Facebook account.
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our website. This data is shared with other Google services. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on or by configuring your browser settings to block the use of cookies.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your information for the following purposes:
- To send you our weekly newsletter customized to your interests.
- To personalize our communications with you.
- To improve our website and newsletter.
3. Data Security
We take data security seriously. We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your data from unauthorized access and use.
4. Information Sharing
We do not share your personal information with any third party.
5. Your Privacy Choices
You can choose to unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by following the instructions in the emails you receive from us.
In addition to unsubscribing from our newsletter, you also have the following privacy choices:
- You may adjust your browser settings to limit the use of cookies and other tracking technologies. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of our website.
- To opt out of targeted advertising from Facebook Pixel or Google Analytics, please adjust your Facebook ad settings and Google ad settings, respectively, or follow the opt-out procedures described in Section 1.2.
6. Children’s Privacy
The Psych Update is not intended for children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
7. Updates to this Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the revised policy will be effective from the updated effective date. We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed of how we are protecting your information.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding your privacy or this Privacy Policy, please contact us at chris@thepsychupdate.com.