Effective Date: May 1, 2025
Last Updated: August 29, 2025

The Functional Health Institute (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal health information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard information when you visit our website https://thefunctionalhealthinstitute.com, communicate with us online, or submit information as a potential patient.

• Personal Information: Name, date of birth, address, phone number, email.
   
• Health-Related Information: Details you share about symptoms, health history, goals, and care needs.
   
• Minor Information: We may collect limited personal information about minors under 13 only with verifiable parental/guardian consent (COPPA).
   
• Technical Data: IP address, device/browser info, pages visited, and cookie/analytics data.
   
• Communications: Messages you send via forms, email, or scheduling tools.
   

• Evaluate inquiries and potential eligibility for services.
   
• Communicate about scheduling, services, and general questions.
   
• Maintain records to comply with healthcare, HIPAA, and Pennsylvania law.
   
• Improve our website, security, and user experience.
   
• Detect, prevent, and address technical or security issues.
   

We do not sell or rent your information. We may share:

• With your explicit consent.
   
• With vendors that support our website/forms/communications (bound by confidentiality and data-protection commitments).
   
• As required by law, regulation, or court order, or to protect safety, rights, or property.
   

We comply with COPPA. We collect, use, or disclose a child’s personal information only with verifiable parental/guardian consent.
Parents/guardians can review, request deletion, or refuse further collection by emailing thefunctionalhealthinstitute@gmail.com.

If you become a patient, your medical records and PHI are protected by HIPAA. We use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards and provide a separate HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices at intake describing permitted uses/disclosures and your HIPAA rights.

We implement reasonable security measures (encryption in transit, access controls, secure hosting). No system is perfectly secure; online transmission carries inherent risk.

Subject to applicable law, you may:

• Request access, correction, or deletion of your personal information (subject to medical/legal retention requirements).
   
• Withdraw consent for certain processing.
  Contact thefunctionalhealthinstitute@gmail.com to submit a request.
   

We may use cookies and analytics to understand site performance and improve services. You can control cookies via your browser settings; some features may not work without them.

Links to external sites are provided for convenience. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices.

We primarily operate in ZIP code 15071 (Pennsylvania), and this Policy is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and applicable U.S. federal law.

Contact Us
The Functional Health Institute
Email: thefunctionalhealthinstitute@gmail.com