PRIVACY POLICY

This is the Privacy Policy of Tree Top Naturopathy (ABN 63843595792) Chantal Fabian Naturopath.

We are committed to protecting your privacy, whether you are a contact, client, customer or supplier of Tree Top Naturopathy/ Chantal Fabian Naturopath.

The purpose of this policy is to explain how your personal information, which may include your health information, is collected and used by us (Tree Top Naturopathy/ Chantal Fabain Naturopath) in our clinical practice, via our online consultation or through our website.

Please read this policy carefully. By providing your personal information to us, you consent to us collecting, holding, using and sharing your personal information in accordance with this policy.

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

The personal information we collect may include:

  • Personal details such as your name, date of birth, age, gender, occupation or job title

  • Contact details such as your address, email address, mobile phone

  • Your health and lifestyle information including previous and current health and medical history, medications or current treatments, social history, family history and risk factors

  • We may ask for photo’s of visible presenting symptoms used to accurately understand your health presentation and to use to gauge improvement or worsening of visible symptoms for eg. skin conditions. Any photo’s, or information recorded will be secured either on our desktop that our practitioner only has access to, or uploaded on your file stored on our third party Cliniko system that maintains privacy and secure storage of your information via encryption.

  • Details of the products and services you have enquired about or purchased from us, together with any additional information needed to respond to your enquiries and deliver those products and services

  • Your browser session and geo-location data, device and network information, statistics on page views and sessions, acquisition sources, search queries and/or browsing behaviour

  • Information about your access and use of this website, including through the use of internet cookies, your communications with the Site, the type of browser you are using, the type of operating system you are using and the domain name of your internet service provider

  • Additional personal information that you provide to us, directly or indirectly, through the use of our Site, associated applications, associated social media platforms and/or accounts from which you permit us to collect information, and

  • Any other personal information requested by us and/or provided by you or a third party during our communications

HOW DO WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We may collect your personal information in several ways, including when you:

  • Purchase a product or service from us, including when you make a booking and during consultations

  • Subscribe to our newsletter

  • Attend an in person or virtual event or workshop we are hosting

  • Correspond with us on a social media platform

  • Contact us with a question, comment or enquiry via our website, phone call or via email.

  • Visit our website

Where reasonable, we will collect personal information directly from you.  However in some circumstances your personal information may also be collected from others involved in your healthcare, with your permission.  This may include specialists, allied health professionals, hospitals, community health services, pathology and diagnostic imaging services.

If you do not provide us with personal information when requested to do so, we may not be able to carry out your instructions or achieve the purpose for which the information has been sought. Wherever lawful and practical, you will have the option of not identifying yourself when dealing with us.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE USED

We may use the information collected in the following ways:

  • To connect and communicate with you

  • For internal record keeping and administrative purposes

  • To provide you with our products and services, such as personalised treatment plans

  • For analytics, market research and business development

  • To evaluate, modify and enhance our products and services

  • To enable you to access and use our website and associated applications and platforms

  • To comply with our legal obligations and resolve any disputes that we may have

WHO DO I SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH?

We will never share your personal information with third parties unless you have authorised me to do so.

This website may use third party service providers, whose use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

This website currently uses the following third party service providers:

Google Analytics – this service tracks website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the website. Google analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured.

MailChimp – this service is used to deliver email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. 

Cliniko – this service is used for booking Naturopathic Consultations. We store your name, email, phone and presenting health concerns for the purpose of booking appointments and sending reminders. Additionally, we use Cliniko for storing your health information in form of notes taken during your online consultation.

Stripe – this service is utilised for the purpose of processing payment for Tree Top Naturopathy services, such as Naturopathic consultations.

At this time your personal information is not shared with any other third party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the website’s sole discretion.

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute or reveal your email address or other personal information without your consent.  However we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which  may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganisation proceeding brought by or against us.

HOW DO I STORE AND PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We are committed to ensuring that your personal information is stored safely and securely.  

Chantal Fabian Naturopath and owner of Tree Top Naturopathy maintain her files on her personal computer which is password protected and only used by herself. 

Third party services such as Cloud storage, Mailchimp, Stripe and Cliniko are subject to encryption and protection details which can be found on their websites.

If you are communicating with us via electronic means such as email and social media platforms, you agree that by participating in such forms of communication you understand and accept that there is an inherent risk of disclosure or loss of your personal information for which Tree Top Naturopathy cannot be held liable.

We will destroy personal information we no longer require except where we have a legal obligation to retain such information. We will never permanently store your complete credit card details.

COOKIES

We may use cookies on our site which store your preferences. Cookies do not tell us your email address or other personal information, however they help with site navigation and user-friendliness.  They also tell us which products and services you view so that, if you consent, we can send you news about those products and services. If and when you choose to provide our site with personal information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie.  You can disable cookies at any time, but it may restrict your ability to access certain areas of the site.

HOW CAN YOU ACCESS AND CORRECT YOUR INFORMATION?

You may opt out of any future correspondence from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the contact form on this website.  

  • See what data we have about you

  • Change/correct any data we have about you

  • Have us delete any data we have about you

  • Express any concern you have about our use of your data

An admin fee may apply to remove your personal information.

Telehealth Consultations

We will ensure privacy of your personal health information shared with our Naturopath during your online consult. We will take measures such as conducting your online consult in our private and quiet room and under the Australian privacy policy Act 1988, we are not prohibited to use video or audio with any recording device without the permission from both parties. Additionally, we maintain an expectation that you as the client or any other party, will not record audio or video of any consultation session you have with our Naturopath, unless permission has been provided by that practitioner.


MAILING LIST

You can unsubscribe from my mailing list at any time by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of any email you receive from us.

LINKS

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content and privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy policies of other sites that collect personal information.

If you feel we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately at conatct@treetopnaturopathy.com.au

Last Updated October 2025