BEING THERE AWAKENINGS Privacy Policy
Being There Awakenings provides this Privacy Policy to inform you of our privacy practices as they pertain to our website, www.BEINGTHEREAWAKENINGS.com (the “Site”). We also intend for this policy to inform you about our privacy practices as they pertain to your use of our products and services. This Privacy Policy applies to all aspects of our products and services, whether made available or accessed via our Site, via the websites of our partners, via other third parties, or on mobile devices.
This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains how Being There Awakenings. (“Being There Awakenings,” “us,” “our,” and “we”) uses your information and applies to all who use our Web site – www.BeingThereAwakenings.com, mobile applications, electronic services, social networking sites, interactive features, online services, or any of our described online activities we own or control (collectively, the “Site”). This Privacy Policy is incorporated in our Terms of Conditions. This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time at our discretion and without notice. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on the Site. You are advised to consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes.
By using the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the practices described in this Privacy Policy, please do not provide us with your PII or interact with the Site.
- What Information do we collect?
Personally Identifiable Information
Being There Awakenings collects Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) via the Site and the Services. PII is any information that may be used to contact, identify or locate an individual, and includes, but is not limited to, your name, phone number, email address and postal address. We generally collect PII under the following scenarios:
When you choose to provide us with your PII via the Site, including when you send us an email for any reason, we use that information to respond to your request and store it in our database.
PII means information about you that specifically identifies you or, when combined with other information we have, can be used to identify you. This includes the following types of information:
- Contact Information. your name, postal addresses, email addresses, social networking website user account names, telephone numbers, or other addresses at which you are able to receive communications.
- Transaction Information: information you provide when you interact with us and the Site; email and other communications; and how you interact with Business Partners and our Vendors; and
- Financial Information. information collected from you as needed to process payments for Being There Awakenings products or services that you buy, or as provided by you to administer your participation in optional services and programs, such as your payment card number, expiration date, and card verification number.
2. How Being There Awakenings Collects Information
You provide us with your PII when you register, subscribe, create an account, make a purchase, or otherwise when you provide us with your PII during your interaction with the Site and Other Programs. We also collect PII when you contact us online for customer service and other support using self-help tools, such as email, text, or by posting to our Site.
We also receive PII and other online and offline information from other sources. Being There Awakenings will use such information in accordance with applicable laws. Such information, when combined with PII collected as provided in this Privacy Policy, will also be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We also use cookies, tags, web beacons, local shared objects, files, tools and programs to keep records, store your preferences, improve our advertising, and collect Non-Identifying Information, including Device Data and your interaction with the Site.
- How We Use the Information We Collect and Receive
If you provide Being There Awakenings with your email address for the purposes of receiving email notifications regarding the Services, we may email you with information and offers from Being There Awakenings and/or third parties that we believe you may find useful or interesting.
We may also use the information we collect and receive for the following general purposes:
- To provide our Services. We use the information we collect and receive to provide you with the Services you use or request.
- To improve our Services. We also use the information we collect and receive to provide content and advertising that people are likely to find relevant and engaging. For example, if we receive information from users that a Service isn’t working properly, we may use that information to address any problem.
- To provide effective advertising. Many of our Services are supported by advertising, and some of our Services provide advertising on our websites and apps, and on third-party websites and apps. We use the information we collect and receive to make the advertising we provide more effective.
If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive such communications, please follow the unsubscribe instructions provided within the email.
4. How to Access and Correct PII
You can access, update and delete your PII, Financial Account Information, and the other information you provided to us by managing this information through your online account or sending us an email at privacy@Being There Awakenings.com. Keeping your PII current helps ensure that we, our Affiliates and Business Partners offer you the offers that are most relevant to you.
If you want to deactivate your Being There Awakenings account or have other questions or requests, please contact us. While we are ready to assist you in managing your subscriptions, deactivating your account, and removing your active profile, we cannot always delete records of past interactions and transactions. For example, we are required to retain records relating to previous purchases on the Site for financial reporting and compliance reasons.
We will retain your PII for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services and to maintain a record of your transactions for financial reporting purposes. If you wish to deactivate your account or request that we no longer use your PII to provide you services contact us at info@BeingThereAwakenings.com. We will retain and use your PII as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
5. When and Why Being There Awakening Discloses Information
We may share your PII as required or permitted by law:
- with any Being There Awakenings Affiliate who may only use the PII for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy;
- with our Vendors to provide services for us and who are required to protect the PII;
- to report or collect on debts owed to us or our Business Partners;
- with relevant Business Partners:
- with whom we jointly offer products and services;
- to facilitate a direct relationship with you, including in connection with any program we administer on behalf of the Business Partner;
- to enable electronic communications with you as part of purchase, a sponsored gift, offer, campaign, program, or other activity in which you have elected to participate;
- with a purchaser of Being There Awakenings or any of the Being There Awakenings Affiliates (or their assets);
- to comply with legal orders and government requests, or as needed to support auditing, compliance, and corporate governance functions;
- to combat fraud or criminal activity, and to protect our rights or those of our Affiliates, users, and Business Partners, or as part of legal proceedings affecting Being There Awakenings;
- in response to a subpoena, or similar legal process, including to law enforcement agencies, regulators, and courts in the United States and other countries where we operate; or
- with your consent.
We encourage Business Partners to adopt and post privacy policies. However, their use of PII obtained through Being There Awakenings is governed by their privacy policies and is not subject to our control.
We do not share PII with Third-Party Ad-Servers; however, Third-Party Ad-Servers may automatically collect Non-Identifying Information about your visit to the Site and other websites, your device address, your Internet Service Provider and the browser you use to visit the Site. They do this by using Cookies, clear gifs and other technologies. Information collected may be used, among other things, to deliver advertising targeted to your interests and to better understand the usage and visits to the Site and the other websites tracked by these third parties. This Privacy Policy does not cover the collection methods or use of the information collected by Third-Party Ad-Servers, and Being There Awakenings is not responsible for Cookies or clear gifs in third party ads. We encourage you to review the privacy policies or statements of the third party advertising companies to learn more about their use of Cookies and other technologies. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by third party advertisers, please visit http://www.networkadvertising.org and http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.
- Security of PII
Being There Awakenings has implemented an information security program that contains administrative, technical and physical controls that are designed to reasonably safeguard PII. For example, we use industry-standard encryption technology to secure Financial Account Information. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can contact us at info@BeingThereAwakenings.com.
7. Social Networks
Social Community Areas
The Site may be accessible through or contain connections to areas where you may be able to publicly post information, communicate with others such as discussion boards or blogs, review products and merchants, and submit media content. Prior to posting in these areas, please read our Terms of Conditions carefully. All the information you post may be accessible to anyone with Internet access, and any PII you include in your posting may be read, collected, and used by others. We recommend that you do not post any PII in the social community areas.
Social Networks
You may log in to the Site using certain social network credentials. To manage the sharing of certain PII with us when you connect with us through social networking platforms or applications refer to the privacy policy and settings of the social networking website or application.
You also have the option to link social networks, such as Facebook, to your Being There Awakenings account. Once you register with Being There Awakening and connect with the social network, you will be able to automatically post recent Being There Awakenings activity back to your social network. You can enable and disable social network connections from the “Connections” tab in your Being There Awakenings account.
By proceeding through any of the above steps, you grant Being There Awakenings permission to access all of the elements of your social network profile information that you have made available to be shared and to use it in accordance with the social network’s Terms of Conditions and this Privacy Policy.
8. Privacy Practices of Third Parties
This Privacy Policy only addresses the use and disclosure of information by Being There Awakenings through your interaction with the Site. Other websites that may be accessible through links from the Site and Other Programs may have their own Privacy Policies and PII collection, use, and disclosure practices. Our Business Partners may also have their own Privacy Policies. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the Privacy Policies provided by these other parties prior to providing them with information or taking advantage of a sponsored offer or promotion.
9. Notice to Residents of Countries outside the United States of America
If you live outside the United States (including in the European Economic Area (“EE”) and Switzerland (“CH”) collectively the “EEA/CH”), and you use the Site or provide us with PII directly via the Site, your information will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy. By using the Site or giving us your PII, you are directly transferring your PII and Non-Identifiable Information to us in the United States. The United States may not have the same level of data protection as your jurisdiction. However, you agree and consent to our collection, transfer, and processing of your PII and Non-Identifiable Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You are solely responsible for compliance with any data protection or privacy obligations in your jurisdiction when you use the Site or provide us with PII. Regardless of where we transfer your information, we still protect your information in the manner described in this Privacy Policy.
10. Children’s Privacy
Being There Awakenings does not intend that any portion of the Site will be accessed or used by children under the age of eighteen (18), and such use is prohibited. The Site is designed and intended for adults. By using Being There Awakenings, you represent that you are at least eighteen years old and understand that you must be at least eighteen years old in order to create an account and purchase the goods or services advertised through the Site. We will promptly delete information associated with any account be obtain actual knowledge is associated with a registered user who is not at least eighteen years old.
11. Contact Us; California Privacy Rights and Other Countries
Please contact us if you have any questions or comments about our privacy practices
or this Privacy Policy. You can reach us online here.
You can reach us via postal mail at the following address:
Being There Awakenings
Attention: Privacy Office
3-1 Park Plaza Suite 102
Old Brookville, NY 11545
If you reside in Canada, you may have the right to be provided with access to PII that we have collected about you and written information about our policies and practices with respect to the transfer of your PII to Vendors outside Canada. Pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, residents of California can obtain certain information about the types of PII that companies with whom they have an established business relationship have shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. In particular, the law provides that companies must inform consumers about the categories of PII that have been shared with third parties, the names and addresses of those third parties, and examples of the types of services or products marketed by those third parties. To request a copy of the information disclosure provided by Being There Awakenings pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, please contact us via the email or address stated above. Please allow 30 days for a response.
12. Self Regulatory Frameworks
We self-certify compliance with:
(a) Safe Harbor
Being There Awakenings has certified to its compliance with the Safe Harbor privacy framework for the handling of PII transferred from the EEA/CH.
The European Community has established a data protection regime pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC (the “Directive”). The Directive applies to the European Economic Area (“EEA”). Switzerland has also established a data protection regime pursuant to the Federal Act on Data Protection (“FADP”). These regimes restrict companies in the EEA and Switzerland (collectively, “EEA/CH”) from transferring PII about individuals in the EEA/CH to the United States, unless there is “adequate protection” for such PII when it is received in the United States. To create such “adequate protection” and allow our Affiliates, Vendors and Business Partners to overcome the restriction on international data transfers established by the Directive and the FADP, we adhere to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles published by US Department of Commerce (“Safe Harbor Principles”) with respect to PII about individuals in the EEA/CH that our subsidiaries and Business Partners in the EEA/CH send to us, (“EEA/CH Data”).