Privacy Policy

At Self Matters, we take your privacy and your trust in us very seriously. This privacy policy provides you with information about how we collect, use and disclose your personal information.

1. About This Privacy Policy

This privacy policy applies when you visit or use our websites, and other services that refer or link to this privacy policy (each, a "Service"). This privacy policy may be supplemented by additional privacy statements, terms or notices provided to you.

The Self Matters llc company (“Self Matters”) that owns or administers the Service, as identified therein, is the primary controller of your personal information provide to, or collected by or for, the Service.

We will indicate within the registration processes of services and other registration forms what types of personal information are required and those that are requested. You may choose not to submit the requested information, but that may limit or prohibit the services that Self Matters is able to provide to you.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information about you in three ways: directly from you, from third-party sources, and through automated technologies.

2.1 Data You Provide to Us

The types of personal information that we collect directly from you depends on how you interact with us and the Service, which may include:

  • Contact details, such as your name, email address, postal address, and phone number;

  • Payment information, such as a credit or debit card number;

  • Comments, feedback and other information you provide to us and/or

  • Interests and communication preferences, including preferred language.

2.4 Data from Service Use, Including Cookies

The Service may automatically collect information about how you and your device interact with the Service, including:

  • Computer, device and connection information, such as IP address, browser type and version, operating system and other software installed on your device, mobile platform and unique device identifier and other technical identifiers, error reports and performance data;

  • Usage data, such as the features you used, the settings you selected, your URL click stream data, including date and time stamp and referring and exit pages, search terms you used, and pages you visited or searched for on the Service;

Our Affiliates collect this data through their servers and the use of cookies and other technologies. Cookies are small text files that can be read by a web server in the domain that put the cookie on your hard drive. We may use cookies and other technologies to store your preferences and settings, help you with signing in and analyze site operations. You can control cookies through your browser’s settings and other tools. However, if you block certain cookies, you may not be able to make full use of the Service. For more details, see the cookie policy of the Service.

https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001264507-The-cookies-Squarespace-uses

3. How We Use Your information

Depending on how you interact with us and the Service, we use your personal information to:

  • Respond to your requests, inquiries, comments and concerns;

  • Identify usage trends and develop data analysis, including for purposes of research, audit, reporting and other business operations, including determining the effectiveness of our educational materials and evaluating our business performance and/or

  • Comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

4. Sharing of Your Information

4.1  Service Providers

Dependent upon the Services provided, we share information with:

  • Our affiliates, trading names and divisions within the Self Matters that provide technology, customer service and other shared services functions; and/or

  • Our service providers, suppliers, agents and representatives, including but not limited to, payment processors, customer support, email service providers, event venues and service providers, IT service providers;

to process the information as necessary to provide the Service or fulfill your request or otherwise on our behalf based on our instructions and in compliance with this privacy policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

4.4 Your Choices

The Service may let you post and share personal information, comments, materials and other content. Any such contributions that you disclose publicly may be collected and used by others. Please be careful when disclosing personal information in these public areas.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide the Service and fulfill transactions you have requested, or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, maintaining business and financial records, resolving disputes, maintaining security, detecting and preventing fraud and abuse, and enforcing our agreements.

7. Data Security

We implement technical and organizational measures to seek to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk to the personal information we process. These measures are aimed at ensuring the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of personal information.

8. Your Communications Preferences

You can customize and manage your communications preferences and other settings when you register with the Service, by using the "opt-out" mechanisms such as "unsubscribe" or other means provided within the communications that you receive, or by contacting us. We reserve the right to notify you of changes or updates to the Service whenever necessary.

9. Changes

We will update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. If we make any material changes, we will provide notice through the Service or by other means.

10. Contact

If you have any questions, comments, complaints or requests regarding this privacy policy, please contact us via our contact page.

Last Updated: January 7, 2024