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Privacy Policy

Updated: June 10, 2020

1.0 Introduction

We care about your privacy online, so here is relevant information regarding privacy on our website shop.autismgrownup.com. Our goal is to safeguard the privacy of all our visitors and users. Please make sure you understand our practices before you use our site. 

 

2.0 No Children's Use

Our website is not intended for children, which is defined as anyone under 13 years of age in the US and anyone under 16 in the EU. Anyone under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian willing to agree to these terms on their behalf. If you are a child under these definitions, you may not use or provide any information on this Website; use any of its features or register; make any purchases; use any of the interactive or public comment features; or provide any information about yourself to us.

If we learn that we have received personal information from a child without parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at support@autismgrownup.com

 

3.0 Data: Do We Collect it, and What Do We Do with It? (For EU visitors)

3.1 Data Collection Table

 

 PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT PURPOSE OF COLLECTING DATA LEGAL BASIS FOR COLLECTION AND PROCESSING
NAME 

Provide goods/services;

Personalize website/email experience;

Protect our company

We will ask for consent
EMAIL ADDRESS

Provide goods/services;

Send emails about goods/services

We will ask for consent
ADDRESS

Provide goods/services

Deliver goods/services as part of transaction
BILLING INFORMATION

Collect payment for goods/services

Contracted purchase
QUESTIONS

To answer questions and improve site experience and offerings

Need questions to provide answers

 

3.2 Who Has Access to the Data We Collect?

We process and store data we collect from you, but we may also use third parties to assist us with processing your personal data including the following categories of vendors:

  • Financial transaction processors (Stripe, PayPal)
  • Customer service communication platform
  • Content and survey platform
  • Email communication manager
  • Marketing funnel providers
  • Website management services
  • Website design and programming services
  • Website analytics services (Google Analytics)

Any of these third parties who help process or store your data have written agreements with us that prevent them from using, sharing, or storing your personal data for any other purpose than the scope of our contracted terms with them.

 

3.3 Legitimate Interest

We claim a legitimate interest for processing your personal information when you submit the information. with an expectation that it will be processed without any impact on you. If you have questions about your data, what we use it for, or the basis for collecting it, please contact us at support@autismgrownup.com

 

3.4 How Long Do We Keep Your Data?

We keep your personal data for differing periods of time depending on why we gathered it:

  • Opt-In to Newsletter: 24 months
  • Opt-In to Membership: 24 months
  • Waiting List: 12 months
  • Transaction: Four years for tax audit purposes
  • Submitting Questions: 12 months
  • Survey Data: 6 months

If a legal claim arises involving your data, we will store and disclose that data to the relevant parties until the matter has been resolved.

 

3.5 Your Right to Ask for Corrections, Erasure and Export of Your Data

You have the right to control your personal data. Specifically, you have the following rights:

  • The right to be informed: We are informing you now with this policy
  • The right of access: We'll provide you with the data we have about you
  • The right to rectification: Request we fix incorrect data about you
  • The right to erasure: Request we erase certain data about you
  • The right to restrict processing: Ask us to restrict certain type of processing your personal information
  • The right to data portability: Ask us to provide your personal data we have for export
  • The right to object: object to how we use your data
  • Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling: We don't profile you, but keep in mind you have this right with other sites.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact support@autismgrownup.com with your request.

 

3.6 Your Right to Withdraw Consent

Although this is mentioned above, we want to emphasize that wherever we've asked for your consent to collect or process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent. If you receive email messages from us, you can use the Unsubscribe link in each message to withdraw consent and stop the mailings. Alternatively, you can contact us at support@autismgrownup.com with your request.

 

3.7 Do We Transfer Your Data to Third Countries?

No. We are located in the United States. Your data is collected and held here.

 

3.8 Privacy Concerns, Contacting Us, Complaints

You can contact support@autismgrownup.com with any questions or requests about these policies or your personal data. If, after contacting us, you feel a privacy issue has not resolved, you have the right to file a complaint with a Supervisory Authority such as the Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland.

Data Controller Representative: Tara Regan

www.autismgrownup.com

tara@autismgrownup.com

 

3.9 Cookies and Similar Technologies

Like many websites, this site uses cookies and similar technologies to track particular aspects of you and other people who visit us. Cookies are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer to track particular aspects of your activity online to help us learn certain things about our website. This tracking is done to provide us with information on how people move about this site, what is of interest to them and what is not, how our marketing is performing, and incidental items such as what percentage of users access the site from a personal computer versus a mobile phone. You may block most cookies by adjusting your browser settings as well as responding to cookie consent notices. You may respond to cookie notices that may appear when you visit the site.

 

4.0 For California Visitors

4.1 Do Not Track Signals

Pursuant to the California Online Privacy Protection Act, we hereby disclose that we do not currently honor Do Not Track signals issued by browsers or other third-party sources.

4.2 California Eraser Law

If you are an individual under 18 and have provided personal information or content to use in some manner, you have the right to request the deletion of that information pursuant to the "California Eraser Law". Contact us at support@autismgrownup.com to make a request.

 

 

5.0 For Everyone Regardless of Location

5.1 Privacy Policy Modifications and Updates

We may update and modify this Privacy Policy at any time. We will post a notice on the site 30 days before the change goes into effect and forward an email message to you should we have an email address for you. You may or may not notice the changes.

 

5.2 Legal Disclosures of Personal Information

We may process, store, and disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to 1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on us; 2) protect and defend our rights or property; or 3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the safety or the public or users of the site.

 

5.3 DMCA Disclosures

We comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. As part of the compliance process, we may be required to disclose whatever information we have for you to copyright holder who has submitted a complaint to us.

 

5.4 Public Interaction with Others

If you interact with others on our website, such as participating in a group chat or a group online course, in a forum, or make a comment on a post, or otherwise interact with other users - they may have access to some of your data, including your name, profile picture, and your history of interaction with our website, such as prior comments or posts. Please remember that any information you provide is not private and that the internet rarely forgets. Any publicly posted comment can be viewed publicly and could be viewed by anyone, including family, friends, media, investigators, and potential employers conducting background checks.

 

5.5 Third Party Websites

We link to other sites, but please keep in mind that we do not control the privacy policies of those sites. Make sure to review the policies of these sites before providing your personal information.

 

5.6 Sale of Business

Should we sell a portion of all of this site or our business, your personal information will be an asset transferred to the new owner

 

5.7 Affiliates

We may share your personal information with affiliates who promote our products or services for a commission fee. We require our affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. They are not allowed to spam you and must disclose they are an affiliate for us. If they do not do so, they are in violation of their affiliate terms and this Privacy Policy, and any violation of this nature should be reported to support@autismgrownup.com

 

5.8 Advertisers

We may use third party advertising companies to run and manage our ads, such as Google Ads to manage ads that appear when you visit our site. These companies may use information about your visit to our site and others through cookies to offer you personalized ads. We cannot control the activities of other advertisers or sites. You should consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party advertisers for more detailed information on their practices. You can also get instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices and/or tracking, by searching for [Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.

 

6.0 Miscellaneous Legal

 

6.1 Severability

If any part of this Privacy Policy is deemed unlawful and/or unenforceable, all other provisions contained herein will remain in full force and effect

 

6.2 Entire Agreement

The information contained herein constitutes the entire agreement between site users and our company relating to the use of this website

 

6.3 Law and Jurisdiction

This Privacy Policy is governed by and construed in accordance with United States law. Any dispute arising out of or related to the information contained herein is subject to adjudication in the state of Georgia, United States.

 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at support@autismgrownup.com

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