Privacy Policy

This website collects only the information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address, phone number, and the general reason for your message when you submit the contact form. The website may also collect limited technical information that is standard for web servers, such as browser type, device type, and pages visited.

This website is not a patient portal and is not intended for the submission of detailed medical information.

Information submitted through this website is used to respond to your message, to direct your question to the appropriate staff member, and to maintain and improve the website. Information submitted through this website is not sold.

This website does not use advertising, remarketing, behavioral tracking, or session-recording tools, and the contents of form fields are never transmitted to analytics or advertising services. Any analytics in use are limited to general, aggregate website-usage measurement and are not used to identify individual visitors.

Cookies are small files stored by your browser. This website uses only the cookies necessary for the site to function properly. [PRACTICE TO CONFIRM if any optional or third-party cookies are added in the future, along with how consent will be managed.] You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings.

Please do not submit highly sensitive medical information through the website contact form. Submitting a form does not establish a physician-patient relationship and is not a secure channel for protected health information. For medical concerns, call the office at (985) 230-2778.

This website uses a small number of third-party services to operate, such as website hosting and email delivery. These providers handle information only as needed to provide their services and under their own terms and privacy policies. No contact-form contents are shared with advertising or marketing platforms.

Reasonable administrative and technical safeguards are used to protect information submitted through this website, including encryption in transit. Contact-form submissions are retained only as long as needed to respond to and handle your inquiry, and are then deleted. No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

This website links to external organizations, hospitals, educational resources, and review platforms for convenience. Those links open in a new tab and are labeled as external. We do not control and are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites, and a link does not imply endorsement.

Protected health information created or maintained in the course of clinical care is handled under the practice's HIPAA policies and its official Notice of Privacy Practices, not under this website policy. Information you voluntarily submit through this general website form is not a substitute for, and is not handled as, a clinical record.

Questions about this policy and requests concerning your information may be directed to the office by email at barousse.md@gmail.com or by phone at (985) 230-2778.

This policy may be updated from time to time. Changes are effective when posted, and the date below reflects the most recent revision.