Last updated: August 20, 2026
We value your privacy very highly. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the www.drbarberclinic.com website (the "Website") operated by Element One Acupuncture PLLC, a Professional Limited Liability Company formed in New York, United States ("us, we, our"), as this Privacy Policy contains important information regarding your privacy and how we may use the information we collect about you.
Your access to or use of the Website is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to everyone, including but not limited to visitors, users and others, who wish to access or use the Website.
By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part of this Privacy Policy, you do not have our permission to access or use the Website.
This Privacy Policy covers this Website only. Information you provide during a clinical visit, and the records we keep about your care, are handled separately under our practice privacy practices and applicable health information law. Please do not send detailed health information through the contact form, by email, or by text message.
We collect and store any and all information that you enter on this Website. We collect and store the following information about you:
Identifying information - Name
Specific piece of information: Name
How we use this information:
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Participation in surveys and contests
- Performing services
Identifying information - Phone number
Specific piece of information: Phone number
How we use this information:
- Booking and managing calendar appointments
- Marketing and advertising
- Providing customer service
- Responding to consumer messages
- Sending SMS messages
Identifying information - IP address
Specific piece of information: IP address
How we use this information:
- Analytics
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
Identifying information - Email address
Specific piece of information: Email address
How we use this information:
- Analytics
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
- Providing customer service
Identifying information - Device identifier
Specific piece of information: Device identifier
How we use this information:
- Analytics
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
Identifying information - Online identifier
Specific piece of information: Online identifier
How we use this information:
- Analytics
Internet or other electronic activity - Information regarding your interaction with our website or application
Specific piece of information: Information regarding your interaction with our website or application
How we use this information:
- Analytics
Note that we do not use your personal information for the purposes of targeted advertising, nor for profiling. Please see the "Your rights" section below for more information about exercising your privacy rights related to profiling and targeted advertising.
We share the following personal information with the following categories of third parties:
Identifying information - Phone number
Specific piece of personal information shared: Phone number
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is or was shared:
- SMS campaign service providers
Identifying information - IP address
Specific piece of personal information shared: IP address
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is or was shared:
- Content management systems
- Data analytics providers
- Hosting providers
- Security and bot detection providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
Identifying information - Device identifier
Specific piece of personal information shared: Device identifier
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is or was shared:
- Content management systems
- Data analytics providers
- Hosting providers
- Security and bot detection providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
Identifying information - Online identifier
Specific piece of personal information shared: Online identifier
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is or was shared:
- Content management systems
- Data analytics providers
- Hosting providers
- Security and bot detection providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
Internet or other electronic activity - Information regarding your interaction with our website or application
Specific piece of personal information shared: Information regarding your interaction with our website or application
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is or was shared:
- Content management systems
- Data analytics providers
- Hosting providers
- Security and bot detection providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
We will not share your actual consent to receiving SMS messaging with any third parties or affiliates. This means that when you consent to receiving SMS messages from us, this will not automatically opt you into receiving SMS messaging from any other company.
We will only send you SMS messages if you consent to us doing so. We obtain SMS consent via opt-in messages when you subscribe to receive text messages. Message and data rates may apply. We use Twilio to send SMS messages. To learn more about their privacy practices and terms, please read the Twilio Privacy Notice and the Twilio Terms of Service. Reply STOP to any message to opt out.
We do not sell your personal information. Please see the "Your rights" section below for more information about exercising your privacy rights regarding sales of your personal information.
A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on your device by your browser. Cookies are generally used to allow websites to respond to you as an individual, to remember your preferences, to test content, and to analyze your interactions with websites or with advertisements.
This Website, and the third party services it relies on, do place cookies and use similar technologies on your device. These include cookies and similar identifiers used for website analytics, for content delivery and performance, and for security and bot detection on our forms. We do not use cookies for targeted advertising or profiling.
Most browsers let you refuse or delete cookies through their settings. Blocking cookies may prevent parts of this Website, including our forms, from working correctly.
This Website uses Google Analytics to collect information about you and your behaviors. If you would like to opt out of Google Analytics, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
This Website is intended for use by a general audience and does not offer services to children. Should a child whom we know to be under 18 send personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond to that child to inform them that they cannot use this Website.
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect the information collected through this Website, including encryption in transit. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. Please do not transmit sensitive health information through this Website.
Depending upon where you reside, you may have the following rights with regard to your personal information:
If you reside elsewhere, you may still submit a request using the procedure below, and we will respond in accordance with the law that applies to you.
To exercise any of the rights described above, contact us using any of the methods in the "Contact us" section below. Please tell us which right you wish to exercise and give us enough detail to locate your information, such as the name, email address, or phone number you used on this Website.
We will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before acting on your request, and we may ask you for additional information for that purpose. We will not use verification information for any other purpose.
We will respond to your request within 45 days of receiving it. If we need more time, we will tell you why and how much additional time we need, up to a further 45 days. There is no charge for a request unless it is manifestly unfounded, excessive, or repetitive.
An authorized agent may submit a request on your behalf. We may require the agent to provide proof of authorization and may ask you to verify your identity directly.
If we decline to act on your request, we will tell you why. You may appeal that decision by replying to our response, or by contacting us using any of the methods below, with the word "Appeal" in your message. We will respond to an appeal within 60 days and, if we deny the appeal, we will provide information about how you may contact your state attorney general.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Your continued use of the Website after a revision means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.
If you have any question about this Privacy Policy, or wish to exercise any right described above, contact us:
Element One Acupuncture PLLC
Contact form
[email protected]
917-409-6659
118 West 72nd Street, Rear of the Lobby
New York, NY 10023
United States
