Privacy Policy
Welcome to DrSiegal.com’s Privacy Policy. DrSiegal.com (the “Site”) is owned and maintained by Nutraforia LLC (“Nutraforia”). This policy outlines how Nutraforia collects, uses, and safeguards information obtained from the Site. This policy is designed to inform our customers and users about our privacy practices.
Information Collected
We collect various types of information from you, including:
- Your name and email address when you subscribe to our newsletters.
- Information you provide when you log in to your subscription account, participate in promotions, respond to surveys, contact us, or make other information requests.
- Any data required for providing our services.
- Like most websites, we use cookies to enhance your experience, gather general Site visitor information, and track Site visits. Details about cookies and their usage are provided in the Cookies and Tracking Technologies section below.
How We Use Your Information
The information we collect serves various purposes, including:
- Improving customer service by effectively responding to customer inquiries and support needs.
- Responding to your requests or other forms of correspondence.
- Sending you emails related to your subscription to our newsletters, your request for information, company news, updates, promotions, product recalls, and other relevant product or service information.
- Administering and fulfilling marketing promotions, surveys, or other site features.
Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability
- The Site is provided “as is,” and there is no warranty that it will be uninterrupted or error-free.
- The Site may contain links to third-party websites. Nutraforia is not responsible for the availability, content, quality, safety, or policies of these third-party websites.
- Nutraforia disclaims all warranties and is not liable for any damages arising from the use of the Site.
We may share information with trusted third-party companies, entities, and individuals to perform functions on Nutraforia’s behalf, such as marketing and promotional services, as well as posting customer ratings and reviews. These third parties are required to handle your personal information confidentially and only to the extent necessary to fulfill their functions. All third-party vendors must adhere to our privacy policy.
Protecting Your Information
We employ a range of security measures to safeguard your personal information when you submit requests or access your personal data. These measures include password-protected directories, encrypted databases, and technology to ensure secure data transmission over the internet. While we maintain stringent security measures, please note that no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Nutraforia and trusted third-party vendors collect information about users over time across our Site and other services. We utilize tracking tools such as Cookies, and other similar technologies. These technologies are employed to:
- Recognize new or returning customers, including storing registered user passwords.
- Enhance our website’s functionality.
- Serve interest-based or targeted advertising.
- Analyze user behavior and browsing activities to better understand customer interests.
- Measure the effectiveness of our advertising and website usage.
You can control the types of cookies downloaded to your computer by adjusting your web browser settings. Browsers typically allow you to refuse new browser cookies, receive notifications about new cookies, and disable existing ones. Specific instructions for your browser can be found at www.allaboutcookies.org. Additionally, mobile device settings may permit you to restrict certain information sharing between app platforms like Apple® and Google® and websites like ours. Please note that disabling these tools may limit certain features of our services. Our services do not respond to “do not track” signals from browsers.
Disclosure to Third Parties
We do not sell, trade, or transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties without your consent. Non-personally identifiable visitor information may be shared with other parties for marketing, advertising, or network integrity and security purposes. We may also disclose personal information and IP addresses when required by law or to protect our rights, property, or the safety of our website visitors.
Online Privacy Policy Only
This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected through our Site and does not cover offline information collection.
Third-Party Websites
Our Site may feature content or applications served by third parties, including content providers, chat services, and application providers. These third-party websites may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about your online activities. Their practices may differ from ours, and we do not endorse their privacy policies. Please refer to the privacy policies of these third-party websites for further information.
Children Under 18
Our Site is not directed at, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18 years of age. If you are under 18, you may only use our Site with parental or guardian involvement.
Your Consent
By using our Site, you consent to our privacy policy.
State-Specific Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have specific privacy rights as mandated by your state’s laws. Below, we first outline these rights for residents of Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, and Virginia. We then outline these rights for residents of California in a separate section.
In Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia, you possess the following privacy rights regarding your personal information:
- Access, Correction, and Deletion: You have the right to access, correct, and delete specific personal information that we collect about you. When you request access, you can receive this information in a portable and user-friendly format.
- Control Over Personal Information: You have the power to restrict the use of your personal information for targeted advertising, prevent the sale of your personal information, and manage the use of sensitive personal information. Discrimination against you for exercising these rights is prohibited.
- Submitting Requests: You can submit requests to exercise your access, correction, and deletion rights through a data rights request. Refer to the Contact Us and Opt-Out section below for instructions.
- Opting Out of Targeted Advertising: To opt out of targeted advertising and the sharing or sale of personal information, please refer to the Contact Us and Opt-Out section below for instructions.
Nevada residents have the option to opt out of the sale of specific types of their information to other companies. Currently, Nutraforia does not engage in any such sales.
California Privacy Rights
California residents have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) that include receiving notice about the categories of personal information we collect, the purposes for which we use these categories, and the retention duration of this information. You also have the right to be informed about your rights under the CCPA.
Collection, Use, and Retention of Personal Information
As a California resident, you have the right to know about the personal information we collect, where we obtain it, and the reasons for its use. We are also required to disclose how we determine the retention period for this information.
We determine retention periods based on several criteria, including the purpose for which the information is used, legal obligations, security needs, privacy impact on individuals, and the management of information across our systems. Different retention periods may apply to individual pieces of personal information depending on their use cases.
The following chart provides information about what we collect, how we use it, and additional retention considerations that arise when we apply these criteria to such information. California law requires us to provide this information using the categories enumerated in the law. Some elements of personal information may fall into multiple categories.
Identifiers
- Examples of information collected: Contact information (name and email address); social media handles and account information; unique identifiers (such as those assigned in cookies) and subscription membership number.
- Source(s) of information: Directly from you; automatically when you interact with us.
- Purpose(s) of collection and use: All purposes listed in “Our Use of Personal Information” above.
- Retention Considerations: Identifiers will be retained for the length of time for which you subscribe to our newsletters, participate in any of our promotional campaigns, and/or respond to surveys, plus a reasonable period thereafter.
Additional categories of information listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
- Examples of information collected: We do not currently collect this type of information.
- Source(s) of information: N/A
- Purpose(s) of collection and use: N/A
- Retention Considerations: N/A
Protected Classifications under CA or Federal Law
- Examples of information collected: Age (including date of birth); gender; disability status; veteran status.
- Source(s) of information: Directly from you; automatically when you interact with us.
- Purpose(s) of collection and use: All purposes listed in “Our Use of Personal Information” above.
- Retention Considerations: Information will be retained for the length of time for which you subscribe to our newsletters, participate in any of our promotional campaigns, and/or respond to surveys, plus a reasonable period thereafter.
Commercial Information
- Examples of information collected: Feedback information you provide through the Services or responses to surveys.
- Source(s) of information: Directly from you; automatically when you interact with us.
- Purpose(s) of collection and use: All purposes listed in “Our Use of Personal Information” above.
- Retention Considerations: Information will be retained for the length of time for which you subscribe to our newsletters, participate in any of our promotional campaigns, and/or respond to surveys, plus a reasonable period thereafter.
Biometric Information
- Examples of information collected: We do not currently collect this type of information.
- Source(s) of information: N/A
- Purpose(s) of collection and use: N/A
- Retention Considerations: N/A
Sensitive Personal Information
- Examples of information collected: We do not currently collect this type of information.
- Source(s) of information: N/A
- Purpose(s) of collection and use: N/A
- Retention Considerations: N/A
Internet or Electronic Network Activity Information
- Examples of information collected: Device identifiers (MAC address); device type and operating system; mobile network information; cookie or tracking pixel information; usage information (information about products or pages you browse and other interactions with our Site); online session monitoring; chat transcripts.
- Source(s) of information: Automatically when you interact with us online.
- Purpose(s) of collection and use: All purposes listed in “Our Use of Personal Information” above.
- Retention Considerations: We dispose of this information on a regular basis, when no longer reasonably necessary for a business purpose.
Audio, Electronic, Visual, Thermal, Olfactory, or Similar Information
- Examples of information collected: Call recordings such as customer service calls.
- Source(s) of information: Directly from you; automatically when you interact with us.
- Purpose(s) of collection and use: All purposes listed in “Our Use of Personal Information” above.
- Retention Considerations: We dispose of this information on a regular basis when no longer reasonably necessary for a business purpose.
Professional or Employment-Related Information
- Examples of information collected: We do not currently collect this type of information.
- Source(s) of information: N/A
- Purpose(s) of collection and use: N/A
- Retention Considerations: N/A
Inferences Drawn About You
- Examples of information collected: Interests; preferences.
- Source(s) of information: Directly from you; automatically when you interact with us, and/or respond to our surveys.
- Purpose(s) of collection and use: All purposes listed in “Our Use of Personal Information” above.
- Retention Considerations: Information will be retained for the length of time for which you subscribe to our newsletters, participate in any of our promotional campaigns, and/or respond to surveys, plus a reasonable period thereafter.
Disclosure of Personal Information
California law mandates that we inform you that we do not “sell” or “share” your information with any third parties except as expressly set forth in the How We Use Your Information and the Disclosure to Third Parties sections above.
Right to Know, Correct, and Request Deletion
As a California resident, you have the right to request information about the personal information we collect and use. You can also request the deletion of certain personal information and correction of inaccuracies. Refer to the Contact Us and Opt-Out section below for instructions.
Right to Opt Out of Sale of Personal Information
This provision of California law does not apply to us because we do not “sell” your information to any third parties.
Right to Restrict Use of Sensitive Personal Information
This provision of California law does not apply to us because we do not collect, process or use any of sensitive personal information.
Right to Non-Discrimination
You have the right to exercise your privacy rights without facing discriminatory treatment.
Contact Us and Opt-Out
If you have questions or concerns about our online policy, wish to opt out of subscriptions, or have privacy and data retention requests, you can reach us at:
Nutraforia LLC, 11810 Grand Park Avenue, Suite 500, North Bethesda, MD 20852,
telephone #: 833-774-3425
You can also use the Contact form available here. www.drsiegal.com/contact
For more information about opting out of data collection programs, you can visit the:
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
If we make changes to our Privacy Policy, we will update this page with those changes and revise the effective date above. Any policy changes will apply to information collected after the date of the change.
Territorial Use Restrictions and Jurisdiction
These web pages are controlled and operated by Nutraforia in the United States. We make no representation that this Privacy Policy complies with laws outside the United States. Those accessing our pages from locations outside the United States do so at their own initiative and risk. This Privacy Policy and all related policies are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland. Any claims, disputes, or lawsuits arising from this Privacy Policy will be resolved or adjudicated in Montgomery County, Maryland.
