Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2026

AwakeLiposuction.us ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect when you visit this website, how we use it, and your rights regarding your personal data.

Who We Are

AwakeLiposuction.us is an independent, editorially driven health information website about lipedema and awake/tumescent liposuction. We are not a clinic, hospital, or medical provider. We do not diagnose any condition, facilitate bookings, or process payments for medical procedures. Our editorial contact address is: info@awakeliposuction.us.

What Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We collect personal information only when you voluntarily provide it to us, through:

  • The contact form: your name and email address, along with the content of your message, so we can respond to your enquiry.
  • The free checklist / lead capture form: your email address and, optionally, your first name, so we can send you the requested resource (such as a printable symptom checklist) and occasional research-backed lipedema and awake liposuction content by email.

We do not ask for, and you should never submit, sensitive health details (such as a description of your own symptoms or medical history) through these forms. Any information you choose to share in a free-text message is used solely to respond to you and is not published anywhere on the site.

Automatically Collected Data

When you visit the site, our hosting infrastructure and (if enabled) analytics tools may collect anonymised technical data, including:

  • Pages viewed and time spent on each page
  • Browser type and operating system
  • Approximate geographic region (country / city level)
  • Referring website (how you found us)
  • Device type (desktop, tablet, mobile)

This data is aggregated and cannot reasonably be used to identify you individually.

How We Use Your Data

We use collected data to:

  • Respond to enquiries submitted through our contact form
  • Send the specific resource you requested through the checklist form, and occasional related editorial content, if you opted in
  • Understand how visitors use the site so we can improve content quality and accuracy
  • Monitor site performance and identify technical issues

We do not use your data for targeted advertising, profiling, or automated decision-making, and we do not sell your personal data to any third party. We do not share the content of your enquiries with any clinic, surgeon, or other third party.

Analytics & Cookies

As of the last update to this policy, this website does not have analytics tracking (such as Google Analytics or Google Tag Manager) active. If we enable analytics in the future, cookies will only be set with your consent, as described in our Cookie Policy. You will be able to withdraw consent at any time by adjusting your cookie preferences or your browser settings.

Third-Party Services

We use a third-party email delivery service to send transactional emails (such as replies to contact form submissions and the checklist you request). That provider processes your email address solely to deliver our messages and does not use it for its own marketing purposes.

Pages on this site may link to external websites, including peer-reviewed research, professional medical associations, and patient advocacy organizations. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third-party sites.

Data Retention

Contact form enquiries are retained only as long as needed to respond to and resolve your enquiry, and are then deleted. If you sign up for the checklist or editorial updates, we retain your email address until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it. We do not retain any special category (health) data, because we do not collect it through these forms.

Your Rights

If you are located in the UK or European Economic Area, you have the following rights under UK GDPR / GDPR. US residents in states with comparable privacy laws (such as California) may have similar rights.

  • Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Rectification: Ask us to correct inaccurate data.
  • Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data where there is no legitimate reason for us to continue processing it.
  • Objection / opt-out: Object to or opt out of receiving further emails from us at any time — every email includes an unsubscribe option.
  • Portability: Request a structured, machine-readable copy of your data.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@awakeliposuction.us. We will respond within 30 days.

Children's Privacy

This website is not directed at children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact

For privacy-related enquiries: info@awakeliposuction.us