Website Privacy Policy

Healwise Community Naturopathic Medicine

Effective Date: October 28, 2026

Healwise Community Naturopathic Medicine respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.

This policy explains how information is collected, used, and protected when you visit www.dr-rhonda-naturopath.com.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect:

  • Contact information: Your name, email address, telephone number, and information you voluntarily provide through website forms.

  • Appointment inquiries: Information submitted when requesting information about our services or appointments.

  • Email subscriptions: Your email address and subscription preferences when you choose to receive Healwise updates.

  • Gathering registrations and purchases: Contact, registration, order, and transaction information needed to process purchases through Squarespace Commerce.

  • Website activity: Information such as browser type, device information, IP address, pages visited, referral sources, and interactions with the website.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use information collected through our website to:

  • Respond to questions and inquiries.

  • Communicate about services and appointment requests.

  • Process registrations, purchases, and related communications.

  • Send educational updates, gathering announcements, and practice news when you have subscribed.

  • Maintain website security and functionality.

  • Understand website traffic and improve the visitor experience.

  • Meet applicable legal and administrative obligations.

Healwise does not sell personal information collected through its website.

3. Email Subscriptions

Visitors may voluntarily subscribe to receive occasional updates about seasonal gatherings, educational offerings, and Healwise news.

Subscription is optional and is not required to contact the practice or request an appointment.

Subscribers may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link in marketing emails.

4. Website Forms and Medical Information

The general website contact form is intended for non-urgent inquiries about services, scheduling, and community gatherings.

Please do not submit sensitive medical information through general website contact forms.

Medical information collected in connection with naturopathic healthcare is handled through the practice's designated healthcare systems and is subject to the separate Healwise Notice of Privacy Practices.

5. Gathering Registration and Payment Processing

Healwise uses Squarespace Commerce to manage registration and payment for certain gatherings and offerings.

Squarespace and the connected payment processor process information necessary to complete transactions, such as contact, billing, payment, and order details.

Payment information is handled according to the security practices and privacy policies of the applicable payment service providers.

6. Website Analytics and Cookies

Healwise uses Squarespace's built-in analytics to understand general website traffic and visitor activity.

Squarespace uses cookies and similar technologies for necessary website functions, including navigation, security, shopping cart functionality, and checkout.

Squarespace may also use analytics and performance cookies to collect information about visits, page views, traffic sources, and website interactions.

Healwise has not intentionally installed additional third-party advertising tracking tools, such as Meta Pixel or Google Ads tracking.

Visitors may manage cookies through their browser settings and any cookie preferences made available on the website.

7. Third-Party Services

Our website is hosted by Squarespace.

Certain website functions, including contact forms, email subscriptions, analytics, gathering registration, and payment processing, may involve Squarespace and its authorized service providers.

Links to external websites or services may be subject to those providers' individual privacy policies.

8. Information Security and Retention

Healwise takes reasonable administrative and technical precautions to protect personal information and restrict unauthorized access.

However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.

Information is retained as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including applicable business, administrative, and legal requirements.

9. Your Privacy Choices

You may contact Healwise to request information about personal data you have submitted through this website, or to request correction or deletion when appropriate and permitted by law.

You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time.

Certain information may need to be retained to comply with legal, financial, or healthcare recordkeeping requirements.

10. Healthcare Privacy

This Website Privacy Policy addresses general website interactions.

It does not replace the Healwise Notice of Privacy Practices, which describes the use and disclosure of protected health information and your rights under applicable healthcare privacy laws.

11. Contact Information

Healwise Community Naturopathic Medicine

Astoria, Oregon

Telephone: 503-791-8430

Website: www.dr-rhonda-naturopath.com

For questions about this policy or information submitted through the website, please contact the practice.

12. Updates to This Policy

This policy may be revised to reflect changes in website functionality, business practices, or applicable privacy requirements.

The effective date at the top of this document will be updated when revisions are made.