The EMDR International Association is a membership organization that collects information including mailing and email addresses, phone numbers, demographic and professional information, and certain member preferences to provide resources to its members and to differentiate between them. Full Members also have the option to provide information for inclusion in our public Find an EMDR Therapist® online directory.

EMDRIA™ is committed to protecting the privacy of its website users. The privacy policies outlined below disclose the privacy practices for all websites owned or controlled by EMDRIA™. By using these websites, you agree that you understand, accept, and agree to these policies.

Collection of Personal Information

As a visitor to this site, you can engage in many activities without providing any personal information. If you register as a member or sign in to access membership benefits or your EMDRIA™ member profile, the site may ask you to provide personal information, such as your first and last name, mailing address (including postal code), country of residence, email address, employer, title, credentials, telephone number, and other personal and professional information. When participating in electronic commerce via the site, you may be asked to provide a credit card number. Depending upon the activity, some of the information that is asked of you may be mandatory, and some may be voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data or delete information previously provided with respect to a particular activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity.

Please note that EMDRIA™ is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of non-EMDRIA™ websites to which this site may link. Personal information that you provide while you are visiting a third-party provider's website will be subject to the privacy policy posted on that site.

Use of Cookies

When someone visits this site, standard internet log information and details of visitor behavior patterns are collected. This is done to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is collected in a manner in which it does not identify anyone. No attempts are made to find out the identities of those visiting this site. No data gathered from this site is associated to/with any personally identifying information from any source. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently. Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings.

Google Analytics cookies are used on this site. These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use this site so we can make improvements to functionality and content. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors come to the site from, browsing patterns on this site, and the pages they visited.

How We Use Your Personal and Professional Information

EMDRIA™ collects your personal information to record, support, and facilitate your participation on this site as well as to track your website preferences and keep you informed within the community unless you have opted not to receive such communications or such communications are prohibited by law.

Personal Information is used primarily for the following purposes:

Directory Information is used to provide a public online directory of EMDR therapists based on the following conditions:

  • Information is provided voluntarily by members
  • Address information is validated through USPS and Google Maps

Updating Your Personal Information and Privacy Settings

You have the right to access and update your personal and contact information at any time by signing in and visiting the Account tab of your profile.

Website Security

No data transmissions over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. Consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. You understand that any information you transfer to EMDRIA™ is done at your own risk. However, EMDRIA™ uses software and vendors with security measures consistent with current best practices to protect its members and their information.

EMDRIA™ Website Vendors

Third-Party Web Sites

Our website contains links to third-party websites. Although EMDRIA™ strives to link only to websites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices employed by other websites.

Credit Card Information

Credit card information is transmitted using secure socket layer (SSL) encryption. Member and purchaser information is a high priority and we use our own protective measures, as well as the capabilities of our software and hardware vendors.

Disclosing of Information to Third Parties

  • To confirm Membership, Certification, Approved Consultant, EMDRIA™ Training Provider, or EMDRIA™ Credit Provider Status
  • Email addresses to EMDRIA™ Credit Providers for promotional communications regarding their EMDRIA™ credit programs only and Approved Consultants for promotional communications regarding their consulting services. These emails are only sent to members who have selected “Yes” for the Commercial Mailings Opt-In field located on the Personal Info tab of your profile. EMDRIA™ does not sell or rent email or mailing addresses to any other outside entities.
  • EMDRIA™ reserves the right to disclose information where required by law or to comply with valid legal process (such as search warrant, subpoena, or court order), to protect the association's rights or property, including without limitation in the event of transfer of control of EMDRIA™ or substantially all of its assets, or during emergencies when safety is at risk.

Children

Our websites are intended for adults. EMDRIA™ does not knowingly or intentionally collect personal information from children under the age of 18.

EU/GDPR Compliance

EMDRIA™ makes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that members and customers who are part of the EU are provided with clear and comprehensive information about use and storage of their information per this Privacy Policy.

Additionally ...

  • EU EMDRIA™ members will not be included in any marketing campaigns conducted by EMDRIA™, third parties, or through automation unless they explicitly opt-in to receive these communications.
  • EU EMDRIA™ members have the right to be forgotten and may email us at info@emdria.org to request that their information be permanently removed from our member database.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post the changes here and to other such places that we deem appropriate so that you are aware of the information that we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, the information is disclosed. If at some point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time this information was collected, we will notify users by email.

EMDRIA™ reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time.

Privacy Concern / Contact Us

If you have a privacy concern or any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@emdria.org or (512) 451-5200.