Privacy Policy

Last updated: Aug 31, 2026

This Privacy Policy outlines how Homecoming Psychotherapy ("the Company," "We," "Us," or "Our") collects, uses, and protects your information when you use our website ("Service"). It also explains your privacy rights and legal protections.

A) Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

Words capitalized here have specific meanings defined under these conditions. These definitions apply whether in singular or plural form.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

B) Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

I) Personal Data

During your use of our Service, we may ask for personally identifiable information such as:

II) Usage Data

Includes information like your Device's IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on pages, collected automatically during Service use.

III) Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We utilize cookies and similar technologies to enhance Service functionality and analyze usage. You can learn more about cookies on TermsFeed website article.

Use of Your Personal Data

I) Purposes

We may use Personal Data:

II) Sharing Your Personal Information

We may share your information:

Retention of Your Personal Data

We retain Personal Data only as long as necessary for Service purposes or legal compliance. Usage Data may be retained for analysis and security improvement.

I) Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

II) Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

C) SMS Terms and Conditions

By providing your mobile number and agreeing to these terms, you consent to receive text messages (SMS/MMS) from Homecoming Psychotherapy at the number you provided.

1. Program Description

Homecoming Psychotherapy may use SMS to send appointment reminders, scheduling confirmations and changes, intake and paperwork notices, billing and payment reminders, and brief administrative replies to messages you send us. We do not use SMS for clinical care, crisis support, or therapy between sessions.

2. Consent

Consent to receive text messages is voluntary and is not a condition of receiving services from Homecoming Psychotherapy. You may decline SMS and still book, attend, and pay for appointments through other channels.

3. Message Frequency

Message frequency varies based on your appointment schedule and your interactions with us. You can expect approximately 10 messages per month.

4. Cost

Message and data rates may apply. These charges come from your mobile carrier, not from Homecoming Psychotherapy. Contact your carrier for details about your plan.

5. Opt-Out

You may stop receiving text messages at any time by replying STOP, END, CANCEL, UNSUBSCRIBE, or QUIT to any message you receive from us. After you send one of these keywords, we will send a single confirmation message and then stop sending you texts. You may also opt out by contacting us using the details in Section 10. Opting out of SMS does not cancel your appointments or end your care. We will contact you by phone or email instead.

6. Help

Reply HELP to any message for assistance, or contact us using the details in Section 10.

7. Privacy and Data Sharing

No sharing for marketing. Your mobile information, SMS registration data, and SMS consent data will not be shared with any third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.

Operational sharing only. If we share any of this information, we limit that sharing strictly to our own operational and business purposes — for example, the SMS service providers, aggregators, and messaging platforms we rely on to deliver the program. These providers are permitted to use the information only to operate the service on our behalf, and are not permitted to use it for their own marketing purposes.

No transfer to unauthorized parties. Consumer personal data, including SMS registration and consent data, is not sold, shared, rented, or transferred to unauthorized external organizations. This applies even where a user has given consent for such a transfer. The only exception is where disclosure is required by law, court order, or other lawful authority.

Health information. As a regulated health practice, we also handle your personal health information in accordance with Ontario's Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) and applicable federal privacy law. Our full Privacy Policy sets out those obligations in detail and applies alongside these SMS terms.

8. Security

Homecoming Psychotherapy maintains administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect user data against unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, sharing, or destruction. These safeguards apply to mobile numbers, SMS registration data, consent records, and message content held by the practice.

9. Limits of SMS as a Channel

Standard text messaging is not a secure or confidential channel. Messages can be intercepted in transit, may remain visible on a device that others can access, and may be stored by your mobile carrier. Please do not send clinical details, personal health information, or sensitive disclosures by text.

SMS is not monitored continuously and must not be used for emergencies or crisis situations. If you are in crisis or at risk of harm, call 911, go to your nearest emergency department, or call crisis hotlines listed on the website. Delivery of text messages is not guaranteed. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages, and supported carriers may change without notice.

10. Contact Us

For any privacy or SMS-related question, or to opt out by another method: Email: info@homecomingtherapy.ca Phone: 289-672-1082

11. Changes to These Terms

We may update these terms from time to time. The current version will always be posted at https://homecomingtherapy.ca/privacy-policy/ ,with the revision date shown at the top. Continued participation in the SMS program after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

D) Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

E) Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to third-party sites. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices.

F) Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact me by email: info@homecomingtherapy.ca