WEBSITE PRIVACY NOTICE
Last Updated: July 31, 2026
1. Introduction
Nicholas Bolton Counseling, LLC respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
This Website Privacy Notice explains how information may be collected, used, and shared when you visit www.NicholasBoltonCounseling.com, contact us through the website, use scheduling links, or interact with resources linked from this site.
This notice applies to website use and general online communication. It does not replace the HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices or informed consent documents provided to clients of Nicholas Bolton Counseling, LLC.
Nicholas Bolton Counseling, LLC is an Ohio-based counseling practice.
Contact information:
Nicholas Bolton Counseling, LLC
3528 N. High St., Suite B
Columbus, OH 43214
Email: info@nicholasboltoncounseling.com
2. Important Privacy Note About Website Communication
Please do not use the website contact form, email, text, or social media messaging to send highly sensitive clinical information.
The contact form is intended for general inquiries, scheduling questions, and basic communication. More sensitive clinical information can be shared through appropriate intake forms, the secure client portal, or during the counseling process.
Email, website forms, text messages, and online communication can carry privacy risks. While reasonable safeguards are used, no online communication method can be guaranteed to be fully secure.
3. Information We May Collect
We may collect information you choose to provide directly, including:
Name
Email address
Phone number
Message or inquiry content
Scheduling questions
Information related to requests for counseling, consultation, workshops, training, or resources
We may also collect basic technical information when you use the website, such as:
IP address
Browser type
Device information
Pages visited
Approximate location data
Date and time of visit
Referring website
Cookie and analytics information, if enabled
If you schedule through the client portal, complete intake forms, make payments, or become a client, additional information may be collected through secure third-party platforms used for scheduling, records, forms, billing, and practice management.
4. Health and Clinical Information
Nicholas Bolton Counseling, LLC provides clinical counseling services. Once you become a client, certain information may be protected health information and handled according to applicable privacy laws, professional obligations, and the practice’s HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices.
Clinical records, intake forms, payment records, and counseling-related documentation are handled separately from general website activity.
Please use the secure client portal for sensitive clinical forms and client-related communication whenever appropriate.
5. How We Use Information
Information may be used to:
Respond to inquiries
Answer questions
Schedule appointments or consultations
Provide counseling, consultation, training, or related services
Send requested information
Manage administrative and billing needs
Maintain records
Improve the website and user experience
Protect the security of the website and practice
Comply with legal, ethical, regulatory, or professional obligations
We may also use information to send updates, newsletters, articles, event information, or resources if you have signed up or requested to receive them. You may unsubscribe from marketing or newsletter communications at any time.
6. Scheduling, Client Portal, and Payment Services
Nicholas Bolton Counseling, LLC may use third-party service providers for scheduling, client portal access, intake forms, payment processing, telehealth, administrative records, email, website hosting, analytics, and related business functions.
These providers may process information as needed to perform their services. Examples may include secure practice-management platforms, payment processors, email or newsletter platforms, website hosting services, analytics tools, or other administrative technology providers.
Nicholas Bolton Counseling, LLC does not store full credit card numbers on this website.
7. Cookies and Analytics
This website may use cookies or similar technologies to support basic website function, understand website traffic, improve the website, and support security.
Depending on the settings used on the website, cookies or analytics tools may collect information about how visitors use the site.
You can adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Some website features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
8. How Information May Be Shared
We do not sell your personal information.
Information may be shared only as reasonably necessary with:
Service providers who help operate the website, scheduling, billing, client portal, email, analytics, or administrative systems
Professional advisers such as attorneys, accountants, consultants, insurers, or auditors
Government, regulatory, licensing, or legal authorities when required or permitted by law
Third parties involved in a business transition, if applicable
Other parties when you give permission or when disclosure is required or permitted by law
Clinical information is handled according to applicable professional, legal, and ethical requirements and the practice’s HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices.
9. Third-Party Links
This website may include links to third-party websites, platforms, podcasts, newsletters, scheduling portals, payment systems, professional resources, social media pages, or related offerings.
Third-party websites and platforms have their own privacy practices. Nicholas Bolton Counseling, LLC is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of third-party websites.
10. Security
Reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards are used to help protect personal information.
However, no website, email system, online form, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Please use care when deciding what information to share online.
11. Data Retention
Information is retained only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this notice, including responding to inquiries, providing services, maintaining records, meeting legal or professional obligations, resolving disputes, and supporting business operations.
Clinical records, billing records, and professional records may be retained according to applicable legal, ethical, and professional requirements.
12. Children and Teens
This website is intended for general audiences and is not directed to children under 13.
Nicholas Bolton Counseling, LLC may provide counseling services to children and teens when clinically appropriate and with appropriate consent or involvement from a parent, guardian, or legally authorized person as required.
If you are under 18, please involve a parent or guardian when contacting the practice through the website.
13. Your Choices
You may contact Nicholas Bolton Counseling, LLC to request that your contact information be updated or corrected.
You may unsubscribe from newsletter or marketing communications by using the unsubscribe link in those communications or by contacting the practice.
You may also adjust cookie settings through your browser.
Certain requests may be limited by legal, clinical, ethical, professional, recordkeeping, or security obligations.
14. International Visitors
Nicholas Bolton Counseling, LLC is based in the United States. If you access this website from outside the United States, you understand that information may be processed in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those in your location.
15. Updates to This Notice
This Website Privacy Notice may be updated from time to time. The updated date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.
Continued use of the website after updates are posted means you acknowledge the updated notice.
16. Contact
Questions about this Website Privacy Notice may be directed to:
Nicholas Bolton Counseling, LLC
3528 N. High St., Suite B
Columbus, OH 43214
Email: info@nicholasboltoncounseling.com