Email and Texting Sample Clauses
Email and Texting. If you elect to communicate with me by email or text, or decide to receive appointment reminders by email or text, please be aware that email and text messages are not completely confidential. Please note that anything you send me electronically becomes a part of your legal record, even if I do not place it in your clinical record. Please note that I only use email and text to communicate about appointments. Discussions therapeutic in nature will be handled on the phone or in session.
Email and Texting. I prefer using email and or texting to arrange and/or modify appointments or briefly check with Clients. Please do not email or text me content related to your therapy sessions, as email and text are not completely secure or confidential. If you choose to communicate with me by email, be aware that all emails are retained in the logs of your and my internet service providers. While it is unlikely that someone will not be looking at these logs, they are, in theory, available to read by the system administrator(s) of the internet service provider. You should also know that if I receive any emails or texts from you and any responses I send to you that involve any therapeutic information will become a part of your legal record.
Email and Texting i) Users must take care when using email or texting as a means of communication because, although often informal in nature, email communications may be subject to production in a legal action or Public Records request. ii) Users must not knowingly distribute or forward hoax virus warnings, chain letters, jokes, political commentaries, or similar unsolicited email or texts of any kind. iii) Users must not access any other User’s email or texts without explicit authorization from that User (e.g. through Outlook delegates) or proper management permission. iv) Users must not send any email or text purporting to come from another User without explicit authorization from that User (e.g., through Outlook delegates).
Email and Texting. Use of email may affect the security of messages. For example, using an email app on an unlocked phone may mean that anyone can view messages they receive in that app. Please keep in mind that communications via email over the internet are not secure. Although it is unlikely, there is a possibility that information you include in an email can be intercepted and read by other parties besides the person to whom it is addressed. Please do not include personal identifying information personal such as medical information in any emails/texts you send to me. No one can diagnose your condition from email or other written communications, and communication via email/text/website cannot replace the relationship you have with your therapist. I will not voluntarily participate in any litigation or custody dispute in which you and another individual, or entity, are parties. I have a policy of not communicating with patients’ attorneys and will generally not write or sign letters, reports, declarations, or affidavits to be used in any patient’s legal matter. I will generally not provide records or testimony unless compelled to do so. Should I be subpoenaed, or ordered by a court of law, to appear as a witness in an action involving you, you agree to reimburse me for any time spent for preparation, travel, or other time in which I have made myself available for such an appearance at my hourly rate for such services of $250.00 per hour.