Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 20, 2026
Ayr Mental Health PLLC ("we," "us," "our") operates the website ayrmentalhealth.com (the "Site"). This Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect "Consumer Health Data" as defined by the Washington My Health My Data Act (MHMDA), Chapter 19.373 RCW.
This Policy applies to Washington residents and to individuals whose Consumer Health Data is collected in Washington, as applicable under the MHMDA.
Important Notice Regarding HIPAA: This Policy addresses Consumer Health Data collected through our website and other website-level interactions that are subject to the MHMDA. It does not replace or govern Protected Health Information (PHI) maintained as part of providing healthcare services. PHI is governed separately by our Notice of Privacy Practices and applicable healthcare privacy laws.
1. Consumer Health Data We Collect
The MHMDA defines Consumer Health Data to include certain personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a consumer and identifies the consumer's past, present, or future physical or mental health status. This may include information that identifies a consumer seeking healthcare services, information about health conditions or symptoms, and certain precise location or inferred information.
Depending on how you interact with our Site, we may collect the following categories of Consumer Health Data:
Health Conditions or Status: Information regarding health conditions, symptoms, diagnoses, treatment, or mental health concerns that you voluntarily choose to include in a website inquiry.
Information Indicating an Attempt to Seek Healthcare Services: Information that identifies or reasonably indicates that you are seeking psychiatric or mental health services from Ayr Mental Health PLLC.
Contact Information and Identifiers: Your name, email address, or phone number when you voluntarily provide this information in connection with an inquiry about our services, when such information is linked or reasonably linkable to Consumer Health Data.
Location Information: Certain precise location information that could reasonably indicate an attempt to acquire or receive health services, if such information is collected and processed in a manner covered by the MHMDA.
Inferences: Information derived or inferred from other information that we process to associate or identify you with Consumer Health Data. We do not intentionally request or encourage visitors to submit medical, psychiatric, medication, insurance, or other sensitive health information through our public website contact form.
2. Sources of Consumer Health Data
We may collect Consumer Health Data from the following sources:
Directly from you when you voluntarily submit information through our website contact form or other website inquiry form
Through communications you voluntarily initiate with us regarding preliminary inquiries about our services
Through website technology and service providers that process information on our behalf, where such information constitutes Consumer Health Data under the MHMDA
3. Purposes of Collection and Use
We may collect and use Consumer Health Data for the following purposes:
To respond to inquiries about our services
To communicate with individuals who contact us regarding scheduling or other service-related questions
To determine whether our services may be an appropriate fit for an individual's stated needs
To operate, maintain, secure, and administer our website
To comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements
We do not use Consumer Health Data for targeted advertising or to create advertising profiles. We do not sell Consumer Health Data. Under the MHMDA, Consumer Health Data generally may be collected with the consumer's consent for a specified purpose or when necessary to provide a product or service the consumer has requested. Sharing generally requires separate consent unless the sharing is necessary to provide a requested product or service.
4. Disclosures and Sharing of Consumer Health Data
We do not sell Consumer Health Data and do not share Consumer Health Data with third-party advertisers or data brokers for targeted advertising purposes. We may share Consumer Health Data with categories of service providers that are necessary to operate our website and respond to inquiries, including:
Website Hosting and Platform Providers: Service providers that host, maintain, secure, or provide functionality for our website.
Email and Communication Providers: Service providers used to receive, route, and deliver communications that you initiate with us.
Scheduling and Healthcare Service Providers: Where applicable, service providers used to facilitate scheduling, intake, or other services that you have requested. Service providers that process Consumer Health Data on our behalf are required to process that information consistently with applicable contractual instructions and applicable law.
5. Your MHMDA Privacy Rights
Subject to the requirements and exceptions of applicable law, Washington consumers have rights under the MHMDA, including the right to:
Confirm and Access: Confirm whether we are collecting, sharing, or selling Consumer Health Data and access Consumer Health Data we have collected about you.
Delete: Request deletion of Consumer Health Data concerning you.
Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent for future collection or sharing of Consumer Health Data where processing is based on your consent.
Appeal: Appeal our denial of a request to exercise your rights under the MHMDA.
The MHMDA also provides consumers with rights concerning information about third parties and affiliates with whom Consumer Health Data has been shared or sold, as applicable.
6. How to Exercise Your Rights
To submit a request concerning your Consumer Health Data, please contact us at: hello@ayrmentalhealth.com
Subject line: Washington MHMDA Privacy Request
We may need to verify your identity before completing a request in order to protect your information. We will respond to a valid consumer request within 45 days, as required by applicable law. In certain circumstances permitted by law, the response period may be extended when reasonably necessary. If we deny your request, you may appeal the denial as provided by the MHMDA.
7. Data Security
We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect Consumer Health Data appropriate to the nature and volume of the information we process.
Access to Consumer Health Data is limited to employees, contractors, and processors who require access for purposes permitted by applicable law and our privacy practices. No method of transmission or storage over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, technology, privacy practices, or applicable legal requirements.
When we make changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Policy. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically.