Gainesville Community Counseling Center
At Gainesville Community Counseling Center, we are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal data we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.
Information We Collect
We collect and store the following types of personal information:
We collect and store your personal information for the following purposes:
We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, or as required by law.
You have the right to:
If you have any concerns about how your personal information is being used or if you wish to exercise your rights under this Privacy Policy, please contact us at office@gainesvillecounselingcenter.com.
We collect personal information directly from you when you provide it to us through our website, in person, or over the phone. We use your information only for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy and do not share it with third parties without your consent, except where required by law. By using our services or providing us with your personal information, you consent to the collection, use, and storage of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on our website with the updated effective date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.
No mobile information will be obtained from or shared with third parties and/or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties. You can always decline or stop receiving messages by responding “STOP” at any time. For more information, reply ‘HELP’. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies.
As a convenience to you, by using our services, you authorize Gainesville Community Counseling Center to communicate with you regarding your treatment via electronic communications (email or text message) and to transmit your protected health information electronically as described below.
We understand there are risks inherent in the electronic transmission of information by email or text message:
As such, Gainesville Community Counseling Center shall not have any responsibility or liability with respect to any error, omission, claim, or loss arising from or in connection with the electronic communication of information by Gainesville Community Counseling Center to you.
Your treatment does not depend on consent. You have the right to terminate or amend this agreement at any time. The use of more secure communication methods, such as messaging through your TherapyAppointment Patient Portal or phone are alternatives always available if you elect to not give consent to any of the forms of communication listed above.
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By ensuring transparency and security in our communication and data handling policies, we aim to protect your personal information comprehensively. Thank you for trusting Gainesville Community Counseling Center with your privacy and security.
Gainesville Community Counseling Center
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to