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Looking for addiction treatment is personal, and we treat everything you do on this site as sensitive. This page explains what information we collect, why, what we store on your device, who we share it with (almost no one), and how you stay in control. The short version: we collect almost nothing, nothing optional runs without your permission, and we never sell your information.
Last updated: August 31, 2026
Kick the Habit is a free directory that helps people find addiction treatment. We are not a treatment provider, and nothing on this site is medical advice. If anything in this policy is unclear, get in touch through our About page.
Information you give us. Most visitors never give us any. If you claim a facility listing on behalf of a treatment center, we collect your name, work email address, and optionally a phone number, so we can verify the claim and connect your provider account. If you contact us, we receive whatever you choose to send.
Information collected automatically. Like nearly every website, our hosting provider keeps standard server logs (IP address, pages requested, browser type) for security and troubleshooting. Beyond that, optional usage measurement runs only if you accept analytics in the consent banner, as described below. We treat your browsing on this site as consumer health data: we never use it for advertising, never sell it, and never share it with ad networks or social platforms.
The first time you visit, a banner asks whether we may collect anonymous analytics. Nothing optional runs until you answer, and "Reject non-essential" is always one click. You can change your mind anytime with the link in the footer of every page. Your choice is remembered for six months, after which we ask again.
These are required for the site to work and cannot be switched off.
| Cookie | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|
kth_consent |
Remembers the cookie choice you made in the banner. | 6 months |
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Sign-in session, only if you log in to manage a facility profile. Regular visitors never receive these. | Session |
If you accept analytics, we record anonymous usage signals in our own database: which facility profiles are viewed, which searches and filters are used, and clicks on a facility's call or website links. These signals set no cookies, include no name, account, or advertising identifier, and are used only to understand which centers and features help people, so we can improve the directory. They are never sold or shared with advertisers.
If you accept analytics, we also use Google Analytics 4 to measure page visits and site usage in aggregate. The Google Analytics script does not load at all until you accept: nothing is downloaded from Google and no data is sent to Google before then. We have switched off Google's advertising features (Google signals and ads personalization), so your visits are not used to build advertising profiles. Google Analytics does not log or store your IP address. If you accept and later change your mind, the script stops collecting and its cookies are deleted.
| Cookie | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|
_ga |
Google Analytics: tells returning visits apart using a random identifier. Set only if you accept analytics. | 2 years |
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Google Analytics: keeps track of the current browsing session. Set only if you accept analytics. | 2 years |
We use the information above to run the directory, verify facility claims, keep the site secure, and understand what helps people so we can improve it. That is the whole list. We do not build profiles of visitors, we do not use your activity for advertising, and we make no automated decisions about you.
Service providers who help us run the site: our hosting provider, our database provider, and (only if you accept analytics) Google Analytics, each of which processes data on our behalf. We may also disclose information if the law requires it. That is all. We never sell or rent personal information, and we never share your browsing with ad networks or social platforms.
Your consent choice lives on your device for six months. Server logs are kept briefly by our host for security. Facility claim records are kept while the listing relationship is active. Anonymous usage signals are kept only in aggregate form.
You can ask us what information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it, and you can withdraw analytics consent at any time from the footer of every page. We honor these requests for everyone, regardless of where you live. To make a request, contact us through the About page.
This site is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect information from them.
If what we collect ever changes, we update this page first, move the date at the top, and re-ask every returning visitor for consent before anything new runs.
No advertising or marketing cookies. No selling or renting of personal information. No sharing of your browsing on this site with ad networks or social platforms. Video embeds use YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode, which sets no tracking cookies until you press play.
If anything here is unclear, or you want to know more about how we handle data, get in touch through our About page.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911. For a mental health or suicide crisis, call or text 988 — free, confidential, and available 24/7.