Privacy Policy
Public brand: marriageandfamily.com Legal entity: Spurlock Medical Corporation, a California corporation Clinician: Mark Spurlock, LMFT, Vice President · California LMFT 45318 Draft date: September 1, 2026
Counseling since 1998. California LMFT since 2008 (license 45318).
Plain talk
This page explains what this website collects, how we use it, and how to ask us to stop. It is written in plain language on purpose.
This website is not a clinical record. Therapy notes and other clinical records are kept in the telehealth platforms we use (Plushcare, Alma, and Rula). They are not kept in these website forms.
Website forms are not for clinical communication and not for emergencies.
If you are in crisis, call or text 988, or call 911.
Who we are
marriageandfamily.com is the public site for this practice.
The practice is operated by Spurlock Medical Corporation, a California corporation. Mark Spurlock, LMFT is Vice President. He is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, license 45318.
We offer video counseling for adults in California: Christian husband-and-wife marriage work, and individual adult therapy. We do not see minors. We do not see people who are outside California. We do not handle emergencies on this site or by website form.
Public contact
- Email: info@marriageandfamily.com
- Phone: (619) 813-0315
- Website: https://marriageandfamily.com/
[MARK TO CONFIRM]: public mailing address for privacy requests, if you want one on this page.
What this site collects
Forms
When you fill out a form on this site, we may collect:
- First name
- Last name
- Phone
- A message, if that form has a message box
Most forms ask for first name, last name, email, and phone. The workbook / free-guide form may later drop last name and phone and keep a shorter set of fields.
[MARK TO CONFIRM]: which live forms still ask for last name and phone, and when the workbook form will drop those fields.
Email list and waitlist
If you ask for the free guide, join a waitlist, or sign up for updates, we keep the contact details you gave so we can send what you asked for.
Contact messages
If you write us through a form, we use that message to try to reply. That is still not therapy and not a clinical chart.
Automatic website data
Like most sites, ours may collect ordinary technical data, such as:
- Pages you open
- Date and time
- Browser and device type
- IP address
[MARK TO CONFIRM]: whether the host or WordPress currently logs IP addresses, and for how long.
Analytics (if added later)
We do not describe a live analytics tool here because one may not be in use yet. If we add analytics later (to see which pages people use), we will update this page.
[MARK TO CONFIRM]: confirm that Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, and similar tools are not live today. If any is live, name it here before publish.
Cookies
The site may use cookies so pages load and forms work. A cookie is a small file your browser stores. You can block cookies in your browser settings. Some parts of the site may not work if you do.
[MARK TO CONFIRM]: list the actual tools that set cookies (for example WordPress, Elementor, the web host, any email or form plugin).
How we use this information
We use website form and email-list information to:
- Send the free guide or other materials you asked for
- Add you to a waitlist if you asked
- Answer a contact message
- Keep the site working
- Follow the law if we must
Free materials are tools, not a promise of a result. Downloading a guide does not start therapy.
Filling out a form does not create a therapist-client relationship.
We do not use these website forms as a place to do clinical work.
We do not sell your data
We do not sell your name, email, phone, or other form data.
We do not sell your information to list brokers. We do not sell it for ads.
[MARK TO CONFIRM]: also state that we do not “share” personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, as California law uses those words — if that is true after vendor review.
Who else may see website data
We may use other companies to run the website, forms, and email. They see only what they need to do that job. That can include a web host, a form tool, and an email-delivery tool.
[MARK TO CONFIRM]: name the vendors before publish (host, form plugin, email list tool).
If you book counseling, Plushcare, Alma, or Rula will have their own privacy notices. Therapy records live there, not in these website forms.
We may share information if the law requires it, or if we believe we must do so to protect someone from serious harm.
[MARK TO CONFIRM]: attorney / CAMFT to review the “required by law / serious harm” sentence.
This website is not a HIPAA clinical record
HIPAA is the federal health-privacy law that covers clinical records in many health settings.
This website is not a clinical record. A form on marriageandfamily.com is not your chart. Do not put diagnosis details, session history, or other clinical information in a website form. Those forms are not how we keep therapy records.
Therapy records are kept in the telehealth platforms (Plushcare, Alma, and Rula), not in these forms.
If you already sent clinical details through a website form by mistake, email info@marriageandfamily.com and we will handle it as carefully as we can. That still does not turn the website into your chart.
[MARK TO CONFIRM]: whether info@ is covered by the same business-associate / platform rules as Plushcare, Alma, and Rula, or should be described only as a public practice inbox.
How to be removed
To stop emails from this website, or to ask us to delete form data this website holds, email info@marriageandfamily.com.
Please tell us:
- The email address you used
- Whether you want off the list, a form deleted, or both
We will do our best to honor the request.
[MARK TO CONFIRM]: a response time (for example 30 days) and any website or email records you must keep by law or for bookkeeping.
This does not delete therapy records on Plushcare, Alma, or Rula. For those, use that platform’s process. You can also email us and we will point you to it.
California privacy contact (CCPA)
If you live in California and you want to know what personal information this website has about you, or you want it deleted, email info@marriageandfamily.com.
That is the contact for California privacy requests about this site.
[MARK TO CONFIRM]: whether Spurlock Medical Corporation meets the size or data thresholds that make the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA / CPRA) legally apply. Many small practices do not. This draft still gives a clear contact path.
We will not treat you worse because you asked.
Children
This site and this practice are not for minors. Do not send a child’s information through these forms.
Forms are not for emergencies or clinical care
Do not use website forms, the waitlist, or even a routine email as your way to get urgent help.
- Crisis: call or text 988
- Immediate danger: call 911
Do not put detailed clinical information in a website form.
How long we keep website data
[MARK TO CONFIRM]: how long you keep form submissions, email-list records, and server logs.
Until that is set in writing, we keep website contact data only as long as we need it for the reason you sent it, or as long as the law requires.
Security
We take ordinary care to protect website data. No website is fully safe. Do not send passwords, insurance IDs, Social Security numbers, or clinical details through these forms.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will post a new date at the top of the published page.
Contact
Spurlock Medical Corporation c/o Mark Spurlock, LMFT, Vice President Email: info@marriageandfamily.com Phone: (619) 813-0315
Counseling since 1998. California LMFT since 2008 (license 45318).
