This policy explains what data Anxiety.com collects, how we use it, and your rights. It is written to be intelligible; where legal terms are unavoidable, we explain them. If you have questions, email privacy@anxiety.com.
The short version
- Nothing is collected until you opt in. On your first visit, a consent banner asks whether you want to allow minimal analytics. If you decline (or ignore it), nothing is sent to our server.
- Your anxiety-quiz answers stay in your browser and are never sent to our server, regardless of consent state.
- Your quiz result (severity band, profile code, modality preference) is used only client-side to render your matched recommendations. Partner links go directly to the service — no tracking parameters or referral IDs are attached.
- We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
- We do use standard analytics (aggregate traffic patterns) to understand how the site is used.
- If you email us or subscribe to a newsletter, we keep that data until you ask us to delete it.
What we collect
Quiz answers
The Anxiety Profile assessment runs entirely in your browser. Your individual question answers are held in your browser's memory during the quiz and are not transmitted to our servers. When you complete the quiz, the computed result (GAD-7 score, severity band, profile code, and modality preference) is written to the URL of the result page. Individual answers to each question are not stored server-side.
Site analytics (opt-in only)
Only if you accept the consent banner, we collect aggregate analytics: page views, which pages you scroll on, and which outbound partner links you click. If you completed the assessment, the derived result (severity band, 4-letter profile code, and modality preference) is included in these events so we can understand which recommendations are getting clicked. Individual quiz answers are never sent.
A short anonymous session ID (12 random characters) is stored in your browser's localStorage under the key anxsid so we can correlate events from a single visit. It is not linked to your name, email, or any other identifier.
If you decline the consent banner, no analytics are collected at all — no session ID, no events, no server-side logging (beyond standard web-server access logs which any web server produces).
Referral tracking
When you click a partner recommendation, the destination link includes anonymous tracking parameters (which partner, which severity band, which profile code) so we can be credited for the referral. This information is shared with the destination partner only as needed to attribute the referral — it does not include your name, email, or IP.
Email and voluntary contact
If you email us or (in the future) subscribe to a newsletter, we retain your email and any content you share with us so we can respond and communicate. We do not sell this data. You can unsubscribe or request deletion at any time.
What we don't do
- We do not sell your data to advertisers or brokers.
- We do not share individual quiz answers with therapy or medication partners.
- We do not run behavioral ad-targeting pixels tied to mental-health conditions.
- We do not attempt to identify you across sites.
HIPAA
Anxiety.com is not a HIPAA-covered entity: we are not a healthcare provider, health plan, or clearinghouse. If you use a partner service we refer you to, that service (a licensed provider) is a HIPAA-covered entity, and their privacy practices govern the data they collect from you. We do not receive protected health information (PHI) from those partners.
State health privacy laws
Washington My Health My Data Act
If you are a Washington resident, the state's My Health My Data Act treats certain data collected on this site as "consumer health data." You have the right to know what consumer health data we have collected about you, request deletion, and withdraw consent for our processing. To exercise these rights, email privacy@anxiety.com.
California CMIA and CCPA/CPRA
If you are a California resident, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act and its amendments (CCPA/CPRA), and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) may apply to some data we handle. You have the right to know what personal information we collect, request deletion, and opt out of any sale of personal information (we do not currently sell personal information). Contact privacy@anxiety.com to exercise these rights.
Nevada SB 370
If you are a Nevada resident, the state's health-data privacy statute (SB 370) affords similar rights. Same contact.
Other states
State-level health-data privacy laws are proliferating; we honor equivalent rights for residents of any state with an applicable statute even where not specifically enumerated here.
GDPR / non-US users
Anxiety.com is intended for US users. If you access the site from the European Union, United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with strong data-protection laws, we honor the equivalent of the rights above — access, correction, deletion, and objection to processing. Contact privacy@anxiety.com.
Cookies
We use a small set of cookies: one to remember your preference for showing/hiding the crisis banner across sessions, and analytics cookies described above. We do not currently use advertising cookies.
Children
Anxiety.com is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from users under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided data through the site, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes to this policy
When we make material changes to this policy, we update the "last updated" date at the top and, where feasible, notify users through a site banner. Continued use of the site after a policy change constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
Manage your consent
You can review or change your analytics-consent decision any time. This will reset your choice and re-show the consent banner on your next page view:
Current consent state is stored in your browser's localStorage under the key anxconsent. Clearing your browser data will reset it automatically.
Contact
Privacy questions and requests: privacy@anxiety.com.