Privacy Statement for the Adam Ratner, MD, MPH website

Last Updated: April 15, 2024

1. Introduction

Welcome to the privacy statement of Adam Ratner, MD, MPH. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled safely and responsibly. This privacy statement outlines the types of personal information we may collect, how we use, store, and disclose your information, and your rights regarding your personal information.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal information from you:

• Name

• Username or other unique identifier

• Email Address

• IP Address

• Physical Address

• Time Zone

• Phone Number

• Other information you voluntarily provide to us, such as feedback, comments, or inquiries

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

• Information about your browser, network and device

• Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

• Web pages you view while on this website

• Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:

• Information about your browser, network, or device

• Information about this site and the page you’re viewing on it

• Your IP address

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To communicate with you, respond to your inquiries, and provide customer support

• To send you newsletters, promotional materials, and updates about Adam Ratner, MD, MPH and our work

• To improve our website, products, and services

• To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms and conditions

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

• Information about your browser, network, and device

• Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

• Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

• Clicks

• Internal links

• Pages visited

• Scrolling

• Searches

• Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

When you submit information to this website via webform, we collect the data requested in the webform in order to track and respond to your submissions. We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us. 

Additionally, if you are a European resident, we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example, if you sign up for a newsletter or contact us via a form on the site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information might be transferred outside of Europe, including Canada and the United States.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

5. Disclosure of Your Information

We will not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may disclose your personal information in the following circumstances:

• To our trusted service providers who assist us in operating our website or conducting our business, subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations

• To comply with legal obligations or respond to legal requests

• To protect the rights, property, or safety of Adam Ratner, MD, MPH, our users, or others

6. Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by us. Please be aware that we are not responsible for such other websites or third parties' privacy practices. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our website and read the privacy statements of each website that may collect personal information.

7. Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, please note that no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your personal information.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, such as the right to access, correct, or delete your personal information, the right to object to or restrict the processing of your personal information, and the right to data portability. To exercise your rights, please contact us at adam@adamratnermd.com.

9. Changes to This Privacy Statement

We may update this privacy statement from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated privacy statement on our website with a revised "Last Updated" date.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this privacy statement or our privacy practices, please contact us at adam@adamratnermd.com.