Effective date: November 10th, 2026
TreatLyme publishes information about Lyme disease and related illness, so information about how you use our site can reveal something about your health. This policy explains how we handle that consumer health data under Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA).
The Services are operated by MagicianDoc Works, Inc., doing business as TreatLyme. This policy does not cover Marty Ross MD Clinic, which has its own privacy notice, or Femologist.
1. Consumer health data we collect
| Health-related browsing | Articles, protocols, and product pages you view about conditions, symptoms, or treatments | To show you the content you request; with consent, to understand which content helps people |
| Health-related searches | What you type into our site search | To return search results; with consent, to improve our content |
| Webinar questions and chat | Questions or messages describing symptoms, diagnoses, or treatments | Questions are viewed in the live chat, posted on the screen in live webinars, and read outloud for live attendees or for those watching recorded versions. They may include names if a person chooses to provide that information. |
| Email interests | Health topics you choose, and which health-related emails you open or click | To send the content you signed up for and see which emails are useful, as explained when you subscribed |
| Inferences | Health topics we or our partners infer from the above | Only with consent, for analytics and advertising |
2. Sources
We collect consumer health data directly from you, from your device and browser as you use the Services, and, with consent, through cookies and similar technologies set by our analytics and advertising partners.
3. How we use it
- Without extra consent, only as necessary to provide what you asked for: showing pages, returning search results, delivering webinars and emails you signed up for, and keeping the Services secure.
- With your consent, for analytics that tell us which content is useful.
- With your separate consent to share, for advertising measurement and remarketing with Google and Meta.
You give consent through our cookie banner and, for emails and webinars, on the signup form. Declining does not affect your access to our content.
4. Who we share it with
Processors that handle data only on our instructions and under contract: Growth Mechanics Ltd. (site management), Cloudways (hosting), Cloudflare (web security), WPMU (web security) Mailchimp (email), WebinarJam (webinars), PostHog (analytics, with consent), Google Analytics (analytics, with consent), AddSearch (site search, with no identifiers), and CookieYes (consent management).
Third parties, only with your separate consent to share: Google LLC (Google Ads and YouTube video embeds) and Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook and Instagram advertising). Contact details for each are listed in section 7.
Affiliates: we do not share consumer health data with Marty Ross MD Clinic, Femologist, or any other affiliate. Links to Femologist carry referral parameters that identify TreatLyme, not you.
As required by law, or to protect the rights and safety of you or others.
We do not sell consumer health data.
5. Your rights
You have the right to:
- Confirm whether we collect, share, or sell your consumer health data.
- Access your consumer health data, including a list of all third parties and affiliates we have shared it with or sold it to, and how to contact them.
- Withdraw consent to our collection and sharing at any time.
- Delete your consumer health data, including from archives and backups (backup copies are deleted within six months). We will also tell every processor and third party we shared it with to delete it.
6. How to exercise your rights
- Online: our privacy request form
- Email: [email protected]
- Withdraw consent to cookies and sharing: use the cookie settings link in our footer, or send a Global Privacy Control signal.
- Stop health-related emails: use the unsubscribe link in any email.
We will respond within 45 days. If we need up to 45 more days, we will tell you why within the first 45. We will verify your request using information you have already given us, such as confirming your email address.
Appeals. If we deny your request, you can appeal within 45 days by emailing [email protected] with “Appeal” in the subject line. We will respond in writing within 60 days, explain our decision, and tell you how to contact your state attorney general if you disagree. In Texas, you can contact the Attorney General’s Office at texasattorneygeneral.gov.
7. Third parties we may share with, and how to contact them
| Google LLC | https://policies.google.com/privacy (includes Google’s privacy contact options) |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ (includes Meta’s privacy contact options) |
8. Contact
MagicianDoc Works, Inc. doing business as TreatLyme
1920 E Riverside Dr
Ste A120 #271
Austin, TX 78741