Privacy Policy

01 Who We Are

Health Matters Clinic ("HMC," "we," "us," or "our") operates the Unstoppable program at teamhmc.github.io/Unstoppable. Unstoppable is a community-built mental health program for Black and underserved Los Angeles, including a workshop curriculum, monthly walks and runs, wellness meetups, and a podcast series.

This Privacy Policy covers data collected through the Unstoppable site, its forms, and its event pages. It does not cover personal health information collected during clinical care, which is governed by separate HIPAA notices provided at the point of service.

02 What This Page Covers

This policy applies to:

• The Unstoppable landing site and its sub-pages (this site)
• The story submission form on this site
• The facilitator and CEU registration form linked from this site
• Embedded RSVP flows that link out to the HMC Event Finder

When you click a link to a different HMC platform (Event Finder, Partner Portal, CalmKit) or to a third-party service (YouTube, Eventbrite, Gumroad), that platform's own privacy policy applies once you leave this site.

03 What We Collect

3.1 Story Submissions

When you share your story through the Unstoppable form, we collect only what you choose to enter:

• Name (or initials, or a pseudonym if you prefer)
• Email address
• City or neighborhood
• Organization or affiliation (optional)
• One social or professional link (optional)
• The story text you write
• Consent flags confirming you are over 18 and grant HMC permission to publish your story

Stories are submitted to the HMC public stories endpoint at /api/public/unstoppable-stories, hosted on Google Cloud Run in the United States. Submissions are reviewed by HMC staff before any public publication.

3.2 Site Visit Data

When you visit this site, our hosting provider (GitHub Pages) and basic analytics may automatically log:

• IP address (truncated)
• Browser type and version
• Operating system and device type
• Pages visited and time on page
• Referring URL

This information helps us understand which sections of the program resonate and which need work. It is not used to identify individual visitors.

3.3 Cookies and Local Storage

This site uses only essential cookies and local storage. See the Cookie Policy for the full list.

04 How We Use Your Data

We use the data above to:

• Review and, where you consent, publish your story as part of the Unstoppable program
• Reply to you by email if your story needs follow-up before publication
• Send confirmation when you submit a story or register for an event (transactional only)
• Understand which parts of the site help the most people
• Improve the workshop, walks, meetups, and podcast based on what the community tells us
• Comply with legal obligations, including grant and nonprofit reporting

We do not use your story or contact information to send marketing email unless you opt in separately on a different HMC platform.

05 How We Share Your Data

We do not sell your personal information.

We share data only in these limited cases:

• Story publication you consent to. If you grant publication permission on the form, your story (with the name or pseudonym you supplied) may be posted on the Unstoppable site, the HMC site, or HMC social channels.
• Service providers we rely on. Google Cloud (hosting, storage), GitHub Pages (static hosting), and email delivery providers process limited data on our behalf under contract.
• Aggregate reporting. Aggregated, de-identified counts (for example, "we received 120 stories this quarter") may appear in grant reports to LACDMH and other funders.
• Legal compliance. If required by law, court order, or to prevent imminent harm.

We do not share story data with advertisers, data brokers, or partner organizations for marketing purposes.

06 How Long We Keep Your Data

• Story submissions: retained for as long as the Unstoppable program is active, or until you ask us to delete them.
• Email follow-up records: 24 months from the last contact.
• Site analytics: aggregated and retained for up to 26 months; raw IP-level logs are discarded after 90 days.

You can ask us to delete your story or contact data at any time using the email address in Section 9.

07 Security

Story submissions travel over HTTPS to a Google Cloud Run service hosted in the United States. Access to stored stories is limited to a small group of HMC staff and contractors under written confidentiality terms. We use authentication, audit logging, and routine backups. No internet system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute protection, but we take the trust you place in us seriously.

08 Your Rights

8.1 Everyone

You have the right to:

• Ask what information we hold about you
• Ask us to correct it
• Ask us to delete it
• Withdraw consent for publication of a story you previously submitted

Email privacy@healthmatters.clinic and we will respond within 30 days.

8.2 California Residents (CCPA / CPRA)

If you live in California, you also have the right to:

• Know the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you
• Know the categories of sources from which information was collected
• Know the purposes for which information is used
• Know the categories of third parties with whom information is shared
• Request deletion of personal information, subject to certain exceptions
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information (we do not sell or share for cross-context advertising, but you have the right regardless)
• Limit the use of sensitive personal information
• Be free from retaliation for exercising any of these rights

To exercise any California right, email privacy@healthmatters.clinic with the subject line "California Privacy Request." We may need to verify your identity before acting on the request.

09 Contact

10 Changes

We may update this policy when the program evolves or when laws change. Material changes will be noted with a new effective date at the top of the page. Substantive changes will also be announced on the Unstoppable site for at least 30 days.

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