- (a) Licensed counselors or marriage and family therapists who use technology to facilitate supervision, consultation, or other confidential meetings shall use appropriate precautions to protect the confidentiality of those communications.
(b) Precautions to protect confidentiality depend on the type of technology being used and may include:
- (1) Using passwords, firewalls, encryption, and antivirus software;
- (2) Using electronic service providers that rely on standards of security for data that are transmitted and stored; and
- (3) Ensuring a private setting when using their electronic devices.