Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember your preferences and understand how you use the site. Some cookies are essential for the website to function, while others help us improve our services by collecting anonymized usage data.

2. How We Use Cookies

The Center for Psychotherapy Safety uses cookies for website analytics purposes only. We use Google Analytics 4 (via Google Tag Manager) to understand how visitors interact with our site so we can improve our resources and content.

Analytics cookies are only set after you give consent through our cookie consent banner. If you decline cookies or do not interact with the banner, no analytics cookies are placed on your device. Google still receives cookieless “pings” that do not identify you individually.

We do not use cookies for advertising, marketing, or profiling. We do not sell any data collected through cookies.

3. Cookies We Set

Essential (Always Active)

Analytics (Requires Consent)

These cookies are only set if you accept analytics cookies via our consent banner.

Marketing Cookies

We do not use any marketing or advertising cookies.

4. Your Consent Choices

When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner appears at the bottom of the page. You can:

• Accept Analytics — allows us to set analytics cookies to understand site usage
• Reject All — no analytics cookies are set; only essential storage is used
• Manage Preferences — choose exactly which categories you want to enable or disable

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link in the website footer.

5. Third-Party Services

Our website uses the following third-party services:

• Google Tag Manager — Tag management system that loads analytics scripts based on your consent preferences. Google Privacy Policy
• Google Analytics 4 — Web analytics service that collects anonymized usage data (page views, scrolls, clicks). Only active with your consent. Google Analytics data practices
• Vercel — Website hosting
• Supabase — Backend database for form submissions
• Resend — Email delivery for form confirmations

6. Browser Settings

In addition to our consent banner, you can manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Please note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of some websites.

Common browser cookie settings:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge

7. Global Privacy Control (GPC)

We respect the Global Privacy Control signal. If your browser sends a GPC signal, we automatically treat it as a request to opt out of analytics cookies, regardless of your consent banner selection. Analytics cookies will not be set when GPC is detected.

8. Contact

For questions about our cookie practices:

Center for Psychotherapy Safety, Inc.
P.O. Box 600471
Jacksonville, FL 32260
Email: info@psychotherapysafety.org