Who we are

Our website address is: https://vitallinkadvocates.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

SMS Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy 

 

Vital Link values the privacy of your communication and is committed to safeguarding your SMS contact and content data. We do not sell or share SMS contact or content data with third parties.

 

Types of Data Collected 

When you communicate with Vital Link via SMS, we may collect information such as:

 

• Your phone number
• The content of your messages
• Responding to your inquiries
• Providing customer support

 

This information is used solely for the following purposes:

We will not use your SMS data for any other purpose without your written consent.

 

Protection of SMS Data 

 

Vital Link employs industry-standard security measures to protect SMS data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We are dedicated to ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of your SMS communications.

 

SMS consent is not shared with third parties.

 

Disclosure of SMS Data 

 

Vital Link does not disclose SMS contact or content data to third parties unless:

• Required by law
• Necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Vital Link, its users, or others
• Your Rights

 

User rights/You have the right to: 

 

Access, correct, or delete your SMS contact or content data, except where retention is required by law

 

For assistance or to exercise your rights, please contact us at 480-877-0037.

 

Retention policy 

 

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When deciding what the correct time is to keep the data we look at its amount, nature and sensitivity, potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, the processing purposes, if these can be achieved by other means, and legal requirements.

 

For tax purposes, the law requires us to keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial and Transaction Data) for six years after they stop being customers.

 

In some circumstances, we may anonymize your personal data for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this

information indefinitely without further notice to you.

 

Changes to this SMS Privacy Policy

 

Vital Link reserves the right to update or modify this SMS Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting the revised policy on our website. We encourage you to review this policy periodically for updates.

 

Contact Us

 

If you have questions or concerns regarding this SMS Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at 480-877-0037

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will 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.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

We do not share your data or personal information with any third parties or affiliates for marketing purposes. Data and personal information may be shared for the purposes of conducting business with your written consent and authorization. SMS consent is not shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing purposes. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.