Privacy at Peak Brain

Your brain data is personal.

We treat it that way.

Peak Brain provides QEEG brain mapping, neurofeedback, biofeedback, education, mindfulness, performance coaching, and related services. We collect what we need, use it for stated purposes, limit who can access it, and give you meaningful choices about how it is used and shared.

Privacy, in plain language

We assume full confidentiality.

Staff keep client and prospective-client information within the authorized Peak Brain service team and use it only for their work. We disclose information outside that team only to contracted providers needed to deliver or operate services, when you direct or authorize us, or when a narrow legal or safety exception applies.

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Purposeful collection

We collect information needed to answer you and provide useful, safe services.

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Small-team access

The primary provider and small team assisting that work may access client information.

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Meaningful choice

You can exercise applicable rights and direct optional outside sharing.

Full policy

Privacy Policy

This policy explains how Peak Brain collects, uses, protects, retains, and shares personal information and how you can exercise your privacy rights.

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Who this policy covers

“Peak Brain,” “we,” “us,” and “our” mean Peak Brain Institute and the Peak Brain entity identified in your service agreement. That entity is responsible for your service records unless the agreement or a local privacy notice says otherwise.

This policy covers our websites and forms; inquiries, consultations, scheduling, purchasing, and account administration; in-office and remote QEEG, neurofeedback, biofeedback, coaching, education, and support; and information received from you or a person or service you ask us to involve.

Some locations are separately operated and may provide an additional local notice. A more specific local notice controls records held by that location if the notices differ. This policy does not control an unrelated third-party site or service linked from our website.

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HIPAA, GDPR, and other privacy laws

We apply privacy and security safeguards based on the sensitivity of the information and the laws applying to the particular entity, person, service, and record.

HIPAA

HIPAA applies only to protected health information handled by a covered entity or business associate. When it applies, we follow applicable HIPAA requirements. A specific Notice of Privacy Practices controls PHI-specific rights and duties if provided.

GDPR and UK GDPR

When applicable, the responsible entity uses an appropriate legal basis, provides the additional rights below, and safeguards restricted international transfers.

Other protections

Consumer, medical-record, biometric, marketing, breach-notification, and consumer-health-data laws may provide additional protections that we honor where applicable.

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Information we collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:

Contact and identity

Name, date of birth or age, contact details, location, time zone, representatives, emergency contacts, referral information, and details needed to verify a privacy request.

Inquiry and service

Interests, questions, goals, concerns, forms, appointment history, attendance, equipment assignments, remote-support messages, attachments, and service communications.

Brain, health, and coaching

Relevant history, symptoms, sleep, stress, attention, goals, EEG/QEEG data, maps, reports, HRV data, protocols, device readings, progress measures, and support notes.

Transactions and administration

Purchases, invoices, payment status, refunds, reimbursement information if used, shipping, signed agreements, authorizations, incident, safety, and complaint records.

Website and device

IP address, browser and device details, dates and times of use, referring page, pages viewed, essential cookies, preferences, consent records, and limited interaction data.

Please use the right channel.

Do not place detailed health information in a general website form, ordinary email, or text message unless we specifically ask. We may move the conversation to a more secure channel.

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Where information comes from

  • Directly from you or your authorized representative.
  • Automatically from your browser or device when you use a covered site.
  • From a Peak Brain location, employee, contractor, coach, or provider involved in requested services.
  • From a clinician, coach, family member, school, employer, or other person when you authorize the exchange or law otherwise permits it.
  • From payment, scheduling, communication, shipping, security, and technology providers supporting your interaction.
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Why we use information

  • Answer questions, provide program information, and arrange consultations.
  • Assess appropriateness and safely provide QEEG, neurofeedback, biofeedback, coaching, education, and support.
  • Personalize protocols, coaching, progress reviews, and service communications.
  • Coordinate the authorized team working with you and communicate with people you designate.
  • Schedule appointments, support remote clients, manage equipment, process payments, and maintain service records.
  • Operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve our services and websites and prevent fraud or security incidents.
  • Meet legal, professional, accounting, insurance, and recordkeeping obligations.

We do not use identifiable brain, health, or coaching information for testimonials, unrelated advertising, or general-purpose AI-model training without separate valid permission when required.

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GDPR and UK GDPR legal bases

Where GDPR or UK GDPR applies, the legal basis depends on the purpose and context.

PurposeUsual legal basisSensitive-data condition
Respond to an inquiryContract steps or legitimate interestsExplicit consent when sensitive details are optional
Provide requested servicesContract, legal obligation, or legitimate interestsExplicit consent or another applicable health-data condition
Coordinate with someone you designateConsent or performance of requested servicesExplicit consent or another applicable condition
Payments, accounting, and complianceContract, legal obligation, or legitimate interestsLegal claims or another applicable condition
Optional marketing and analyticsConsent, or legitimate interests where permittedHealth data is not used for unrelated targeting

If we rely on consent, you may withdraw it prospectively. Withdrawal does not make earlier processing unlawful or require deletion of a record that another legal basis or retention duty requires us to keep.

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Staff confidentiality and internal handling

Our default rule is simple

Assume every client and prospective-client record is confidential.

Peak Brain is a small practice led by a primary provider. Staff help that provider deliver and administer client services, so every current team member whose role includes that support may need access to client information. Those people are part of the authorized Peak Brain service team.

  • Information may be used only for assigned service, support, safety, payment, or administrative work.
  • Staff may share information internally only with another authorized team member who needs it for that work.
  • No one may access a record from curiosity or use it for gossip, personal benefit, unrelated research, personal projects, or unauthorized marketing.
  • Staff use approved accounts, systems, devices, and communication methods and report suspected privacy or security incidents promptly.
  • Confidentiality duties continue after a person’s work with Peak Brain ends, and access is removed when no longer required.

Private remote support

A separate private Slack channel for each client

Each remote coaching client may receive a private channel that is not public and is not shared with other clients. The client and Peak Brain’s small, currently support-enabled team may participate. Authorized staff may review earlier messages needed to continue support. Information must remain within approved systems and may not be moved to personal accounts, notes, or devices. Someone outside Peak Brain is included only at the client’s direction or under a narrow legal or safety exception.

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How we share information

We disclose only the information reasonably needed for the purpose and only to appropriate recipients.

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Your Peak Brain team

The primary provider and small authorized support team assisting with services and administration.

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Participating locations

A selected location or affiliate when needed to provide a requested program.

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Vendors working for us

Contracted providers supporting records, scheduling, communications, payments, equipment, security, and data storage. We use Business Associate Agreement and data-protection terms when required.

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Website measurement and advertising providers

Providers such as Google, Meta, Reddit, and SiteBehaviour may receive online identifiers and website activity as described in the cookies section. We do not send them identifiable QEEG results, brain maps, coaching notes, or client Slack content for advertising.

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People you choose

A clinician, therapist, coach, family member, school, employer, attorney, or another recipient you direct us to involve.

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Legal and safety recipients

Only when reasonably necessary for law, valid legal process, claims, emergencies, fraud prevention, or safety.

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A successor organization

Information may be reviewed or transferred under confidentiality and privacy obligations if part of the business is reorganized or transferred.

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Aggregate or deidentified information

Information combined or processed so it is not reasonably capable of identifying you.

NO SALE

We do not sell or rent client records, brain maps, QEEG results, coaching notes, or client Slack content. We do not disclose that information to data brokers or third-party advertisers for their own advertising purposes. Website measurement and advertising disclosures are described separately below.

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Coaching, collaboration, and information sharing

A coach who is part of your authorized Peak Brain team may receive relevant QEEG findings, goals, protocol information, session observations, and progress measures. We use information for legitimate coaching and coordination purposes.

We keep coaching and brain information within the authorized Peak Brain team unless you ask us to involve an outside coach, clinician, family member, school, employer, or other person, or a narrow legal or safety exception applies. When separate permission is required, we obtain it before sharing.

For employer-, school-, or team-sponsored programs, we do not provide session content, brain maps, coaching notes, or individual outcomes unless you direct us or law requires it. Administrative information and aggregate or deidentified reporting may be provided as described in advance.

In a group coaching, mindfulness, or education session, other participants may hear what you choose to share. We ask participants to respect confidentiality, but we cannot guarantee another participant’s conduct.

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Cookies, analytics, and online tracking

Our public website uses essential technologies and tools from providers such as Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager, Meta, Reddit, and SiteBehaviour. These tools may receive online identifiers, device and browser details, referral information, pages viewed, approximate location derived from an IP address, and interactions with the public website. We use this information to operate and secure the website, understand traffic, improve communications, measure campaigns, and prevent fraud.

Our cookie banner provides available accept and decline choices. Some limited cookieless measurement or page-view signals may be sent before you make a choice. After acceptance, additional analytics and advertising technologies may operate. Browser settings and provider controls may also limit cookies, although blocking them can affect website functions.

We do not intentionally send identifiable QEEG results, brain maps, coaching notes, client Slack content, or other client service records to these providers for advertising. We also do not intentionally place general advertising or session-replay tools inside authenticated client systems unless the configuration and vendor relationship have been reviewed for the information involved and applicable privacy requirements.

Some laws may call certain advertising-related disclosures a “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising even when no money changes hands. Where such a law applies to Peak Brain, you may use available cookie controls or contact us to exercise the applicable opt-out right.

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Retention and deletion

We keep personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the stated purpose, requested services, and applicable legal, professional, tax, accounting, security, insurance, dispute, and recordkeeping requirements. The period depends on the record, responsible entity, client age, jurisdiction, and any legal hold or active dispute.

When information is no longer needed, we delete it, deidentify it, or place it beyond routine use. Deletion is not absolute. Certain client, brain-data, billing, authorization, security, or legal records may need to be retained. When required, we explain why requested information cannot be deleted and limit further use to the retained purpose.

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Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed for the sensitivity of the information. Depending on the system, these may include encryption, access controls, multi-factor authentication, role-based permissions, logging, secure backups, workforce training, vendor review, incident response, and secure disposal.

No transmission or storage method is perfectly secure. Ordinary email and text may be less secure than a designated portal or approved service channel. If we discover a breach, we investigate, contain, document, and notify affected people and authorities when applicable law requires it.

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Your privacy rights

Depending on the law and record type, you may have the right to:

✓Access your information
✓Receive a portable copy
✓Correct inaccuracies
✓Request deletion
✓Restrict processing
✓Withdraw consent
✓Object to direct marketing
✓Request confidential communications
✓Ask for certain disclosure records
✓Appeal an eligible denial
✓Complain without retaliation

Rights are subject to legal exceptions. We take reasonable steps to verify identity and authority, respond within the required period, and explain denials and appeal options where required.

Regulatory complaints

Where applicable, you may complain to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, your local data-protection authority, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, or another regulator. Contacting Peak Brain first is welcome but not required.

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International data transfers

Peak Brain operates and uses providers in more than one country. Information may be processed in the United States or another country whose privacy laws differ from those where you live.

Where GDPR, UK GDPR, or another law restricts a transfer, the responsible Peak Brain entity uses an approved mechanism as applicable, such as an adequacy decision, EU Standard Contractual Clauses, the UK transfer addendum or agreement, or another lawful safeguard.

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Children and minors

Our general websites are intended for adults and are not designed for a child to submit personal or health information independently. Services may be provided to minors through a parent, guardian, or another person authorized by law.

We obtain permissions required for the child’s age, location, and service, recognizing that a minor may control some information or decisions under applicable law. Contact us if you believe a child submitted information through a general form without appropriate permission.

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Changes to this policy

Last updated: January 1, 2026

We may update this policy as services, technology, or law changes. We will post the revised version with a new “Last updated” date. If a change materially affects how we use information already collected, we provide additional notice or seek consent when applicable law requires it.

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Contact us

Privacy contact

Peak Brain Institute

11156 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
United States

info@peakbrainla.com(424) 603-4950

Tell us which privacy right you want to exercise and the Peak Brain location or service involved.

Related client document: Program Agreement and Informed Consent.

For urgent medical or safety concerns, do not use the privacy email or website form. Contact an appropriate emergency or medical service.