Effective Date: 09/04/2026
Last Updated: 09/04/2026
Welcome to Deep Sea Psychology PLLC (“Deep Sea Psychology,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website www.deepseapsych.com (“Site”).
By using our Site, you agree to the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at [email protected] or 619-797-5258.
1. Information We Collect
We collect various types of personal information depending on how you interact with our Site, including:
A. Personal Information You Provide
Name, email address, phone number, and mailing address.
Information you provide through contact forms or consultations.
B. Information Collected Automatically
IP address, browser type, and device information.
Usage data, including pages viewed, time spent on the Site, and referring URLs.
C. Sensitive Information
We do not intentionally collect sensitive health or mental health information through this website. Please do not submit information about your diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, medications, or other confidential health information through our contact forms.
Submission of information through this website does not establish a psychologist-client relationship.
When you submit information to this website via webform, we collect the data requested in the webform in order to track and respond to your submissions. We use Squarespace to host our website and process information submitted through certain website forms.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
Provide, manage, and improve our services.
Process payments and fulfill requests.
Communicate with you regarding inquiries or appointments.
Comply with legal obligations.
3. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may disclose personal information to service providers that assist us with operating our website and providing our services, including website hosting, analytics, and other necessary business functions.
We may also disclose information when necessary to comply with applicable laws, legal processes, or lawful requests, or in connection with a business transfer, such as a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
Our website uses analytics and advertising technologies provided by third parties, including Squarespace Analytics, Google Analytics, and Google Ads. These services may collect information such as:
Information about your browser, network, and device
Your IP address
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Pages visited and interactions with the Site
Clicks and internal links
Scrolling and searches
Timestamps and similar usage information
We use this information to understand website traffic and activity, improve our Site, and evaluate the effectiveness of our advertising.
Analytics and performance cookies are used only when you acknowledge our cookie banner, where applicable. Necessary cookies may be used without consent because they are required for the Site to function and to be securely served through Squarespace.
4. Your California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, you may have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). These rights are subject to certain exceptions and limitations under applicable law.
Depending on the circumstances, you may have the following rights:
Right to Know: You may request information about the categories of personal information we collect, the sources from which we collect it, the purposes for which we use it, and the categories of third parties to whom we disclose it. You may also request a copy of certain personal information we have collected about you.
Right to Delete: You may request that we delete personal information we have collected from you, subject to exceptions permitted or required by law. For example, we may need to retain certain information to provide requested services, comply with legal obligations, establish or defend legal claims, or for other purposes permitted by law.
Right to Correct: You may request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you, subject to applicable exceptions.
Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing: You may request that we do not sell or share your personal information as those terms are defined under the CCPA. Deep Sea Psychology does not sell personal information. If our use of third-party advertising or analytics services constitutes "sharing" under the CCPA, we will provide the applicable mechanism for exercising this right.
Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information: In certain circumstances, you may have the right to limit our use and disclosure of sensitive personal information to the purposes permitted under the CCPA. Certain health or medical information may be subject to separate privacy laws or exemptions.
Right to Non-Discrimination: You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your privacy rights under the CCPA.
How to Exercise Your Rights
To submit a request regarding your California privacy rights, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 619-797-5258
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests in order to protect your personal information. We will only use information provided for verification purposes as permitted by law.
We will generally respond to verified requests within the time periods required by applicable law. California law generally provides 45 calendar days to respond to requests to know, delete, or correct, with a possible extension of an additional 45 days when permitted by law and when the consumer is notified.
Some personal information maintained by Deep Sea Psychology may be subject to federal or state health-privacy laws and therefore may not be subject to certain CCPA rights. This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through this website and is separate from our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices, which describes how protected health information is handled in connection with our healthcare services.
5. Children’s Privacy
Our services are not directed to individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have collected information from a child, please contact us immediately.
6. Data Retention
We retain information submitted through website forms only for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to your inquiry, provide requested services, maintain appropriate business records, comply with legal obligations, and as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
7. Data Security
We use industry-standard measures to protect your data. However, no security system is foolproof, and we cannot guarantee the security of your information.
8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.
These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.
These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.
Our Site uses cookies to:
Enhance user experience.
Monitor Site traffic.
Analyze user behavior.
Squarespace analytics.
Google Analytics.
Google Ads.
You can manage cookies through your browser settings. You can control cookies through your browser settings, however, disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
9. The Website Privacy Policy is Different from HIPAA
This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through this website. It does not replace or modify our practice’s Notice of Privacy Practices, which describes how protected health information is collected, used, and disclosed in connection with healthcare services.
We do not intentionally collect sensitive health or mental health information through this website. Please do not submit information about your diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, medications, or other confidential health information through our contact forms.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with a “Last Updated” date.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 619-797-5258
Mailing Address: 2300 Wilson Blvd, Ste 700, Arlington, VA 22202