Effective Date: June 26, 2026
Website: Shrink the Script
Operator: Shrink the Script, a Kentucky-based educational media project
Contact: contact@shrinkthescript.com
1. Purpose of This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Shrink the Script may collect, use, store, and protect information from visitors, medical students, learners, and other users of the website.
Shrink the Script provides educational content related to psychiatry, psychology, mental health education, media analysis, and rotation-based learning materials. Some content may be publicly available, and some content may be accessible only through shared access credentials provided to authorized learners.
2. Information We May Collect
Shrink the Script may collect or process the following types of information.
A. Information You Provide
This may include:
- name;
- email address;
- contact form messages;
- comments submitted for review;
- questions or feedback sent by email;
- information needed to provide access to restricted educational materials;
- other information you choose to provide.
B. Automatically Collected Information
The website, hosting provider, analytics tools, security tools, or related services may automatically collect:
- IP address;
- browser type;
- device type;
- operating system;
- pages viewed;
- referring URLs;
- dates and times of access;
- login attempts;
- access logs;
- approximate location based on IP address;
- cookies or similar tracking technologies.
C. Shared Student Access Information
Some restricted educational materials may be accessed through a shared username and password provided to an authorized group of learners, such as medical students participating in a psychiatry rotation.
Because access may be shared, Shrink the Script may not be able to identify which individual learner accessed specific materials unless separate identifying information is provided through email, a contact form, comment, payment tool, or another communication method.
Shrink the Script may collect or receive technical information associated with restricted access, such as login dates, IP addresses, device information, browser information, access logs, failed login attempts, and related security information.
Students should not enter personal information, patient information, protected health information, clinical notes, case details, or confidential institutional information into the restricted-access area.
Shrink the Script does not intend to collect grades, formal academic evaluations, patient-care assessments, protected health information, or clinical performance records through the website.
3. No Patient Information
Shrink the Script is not designed to collect, receive, store, transmit, or process patient information.
Do not submit, upload, email, comment, post, or enter:
- patient names;
- dates of birth;
- medical record numbers;
- addresses;
- phone numbers;
- photographs;
- clinical notes;
- case details;
- admission details;
- discharge details;
- room numbers;
- screenshots from clinical systems;
- recordings;
- any other information that could identify a patient.
Shrink the Script should not be used for patient care, clinical documentation, case consultation, treatment decisions, or communication about identifiable patients.
4. How We Use Information
Shrink the Script may use collected information to:
- provide website access;
- manage restricted student or learner access;
- maintain login security;
- respond to messages or support requests;
- moderate comments;
- improve educational content;
- monitor website performance;
- protect the website from spam, abuse, unauthorized access, or misuse;
- comply with applicable legal, institutional, security, or administrative obligations.
Shrink the Script does not use the website to provide individualized medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, psychotherapy, psychiatric care, or clinical supervision.
5. Restricted Educational Access
Some materials may be available only to authorized learners, such as medical students participating in psychiatry rotation activities.
Authorized users must not share usernames, passwords, links, downloaded materials, screenshots, or restricted content with unauthorized persons outside the authorized learner group.
Access may be limited, revoked, suspended, rotated, or changed at any time.
Because access may be shared among multiple learners, users should not enter information that requires individual attribution, confidentiality, grading, clinical supervision, or personal recordkeeping.
6. Cookies and Analytics
Shrink the Script may use cookies, analytics tools, hosting logs, security tools, or similar technologies to operate the website, understand general usage, detect errors, improve content, and protect against misuse.
You may be able to limit cookies through your browser settings. Some website features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
7. Comments and Communications
If comments are enabled, comments may be reviewed before publication. Do not submit personal medical information, patient information, confidential institutional information, or requests for individualized diagnosis or treatment.
If you contact Shrink the Script by email or contact form, the message may be stored and used to respond to you.
8. How We Share Information
Shrink the Script may share information with service providers that help operate the website, such as:
- web hosting providers;
- email providers;
- analytics providers;
- security or spam-prevention tools;
- payment processors, if paid products are added;
- course, download, or membership platforms, if used.
Shrink the Script may also disclose information if required by law, to protect rights or safety, to respond to legal process, to investigate misuse, or to protect the website and its users.
Shrink the Script does not sell personal information to advertisers.
9. Data Security
Shrink the Script uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect information. However, no website, email system, hosting service, or internet transmission is completely secure.
Users are responsible for protecting access credentials and notifying Shrink the Script if they believe credentials have been compromised.
10. Data Retention
Shrink the Script may retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide access, operate the website, maintain records, respond to inquiries, resolve disputes, protect security, or comply with applicable obligations.
Shared student access credentials may be changed or deactivated when a rotation, course, or authorized access period ends.
11. Children’s Privacy
Shrink the Script is intended for medical students, residents, clinicians, learners, educators, and general adult users. It is not directed to children under 13. Shrink the Script does not knowingly collect information from children under 13.
12. Third-Party Links and Embedded Content
Shrink the Script may link to third-party websites, articles, videos, resources, streaming platforms, or educational materials. Third-party sites have their own privacy practices, and Shrink the Script is not responsible for those practices.
13. Your Choices
You may contact Shrink the Script to request access correction, account deactivation, removal from communications, or deletion of certain information where appropriate.
Requests may be sent to:
contact@shrinkthescript.com
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
Shrink the Script may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Continued use of the website after updates means you accept the revised policy.
15. Contact
Questions about this Privacy Policy may be sent to:
contact@shrinkthescript.com