Effective: September 1, 2014
Our Privacy Policy explains:
- Why we collect personally identifiable information;
- What personally identifiable information we collect;
- How we use that information, including how the information is stored and whether we share the information with third parties; and
- Your choices regarding our collection, use, and distribution of that information.
DOES WAKE THE WOLVES™ PRIVACY POLICY APPLY TO ME?
By accessing or using Wake the Wolves™ services (“Services”), such as accessing or using information on our website located at http://www.wakethewolves.com (“Site”) or in our e-mailed newsletter, or by downloading or accessing our digital products available on the Site, like our eBooks, for example (“Digital Products”), you accept and agree to the terms of our Privacy Policy. By submitting personal information to our Site in order to gain access to, purchase, or use our Services, Digital Products, or other features of our Site, such as a promotion, contest, giveaway, or sweepstakes on our Site, you accept and agree to the terms of our Privacy Policy and expressly consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Wake the Wolves™ Privacy Policy DOES NOT apply to any information that you submit in a public comment on the Site or to information that you may share on any of Wake the Wolves™ social media properties, such as information you share in a comment, like or post on Wake the Wolves™ Facebook page, in comments or likes on Wake the Wolves™ Instagram posts, or in a Twitter exchange with Wake the Wolves™. You do not have an expectation of privacy in the information you reveal in a public comment on our Site or in your interactions on any of Wake the Wolves™ social media platforms. We are not responsible for any information that you submit to or via a third party (such as Facebook, when you post to, comment on, or like material on the Wake the Wolves™ Facebook Page, for example) or in a public comment on Wake the Wolves™ Site.
WHAT INFORMATION DOES WAKE THE WOLVES™ COLLECT?
Wake the Wolves™ collects two types of information from you: personally identifiable information (e.g., information that can be used to identify you specifically, such as your name, e-mail address, billing address, telephone number, credit card information, etc.) and non-personally identifiable information (e.g., information that reasonably could not be linked to or associated with you or aggregated anonymous data, etc.).
Newsletter Subscription
When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect the name and e-mail address that you submit to our newsletter subscription form.
E-Course, Newsletter, and Challenge Signup
When you sign up to participate in our free or paid e-courses, newsletter, or food challenges, we collect the name and e-mail address that you submit to our challenge signup form.
Digital Product Download
When you purchase one of our Digital Products, we collect your name, e-mail address, credit card information, and billing address through PayPal or Stripe. When you purchase a free Digital Product, we only collect your name and e-mail address.
Promotions
If you participate in a Wake the Wolves™ promotion like a giveaway, contest, or sweepstakes, we collect and store the name and e-mail address you submit to enter the promotion.
Surveys
If you participate in a Wake the Wolves™ survey, we may collect your name and e-mail address in connection with that survey, as well as the information you agree to submit in the survey.
DOES YOUR SITE USE COOKIES?
Our website uses cookies in order to deliver a better experience for you. For example, if you log in to our site, we may be able to personalize your experience by recognizing your name when you return to the site, save your login and/or password, or enable your shopping cart function. Our newsletters and e-mail messages may use cookies to measure the effectiveness of our marketing (e.g., to track clicks on links in our e-mails/newsletters) or we may use cookies to determine the number of times Site visitors have accessed a particular area on the site. Most web browsers have a function that allows you to delete existing cookies on your device or you can set your browser options so that your device does not receive or accept cookies.
THIRD PARTY ANALYTICS
We use Google Analytics, which uses cookies and collects aggregate data from our website visitors, such as which areas of our Site receive the most traffic, how often visitors go to a particular page and the duration of their visits, general geographical location information, or the source of referred traffic to our Site (e.g., visits via search engine search or Pinterest, etc.). Google Analytics also collects the IP address assigned to you on the date of your visit. We do not separately aggregate or store your IP address with any of your personal information outside of the data we access in Google Analytics.
WHAT DOES WAKE THE WOLVES™ DO WITH MY INFORMATION?
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
We use non-personally identifiable information, like aggregate data about the most visited Site pages or the duration of a certain Site page’s visits from Google Analytics that is not tied to any specific Site user, to maintain, improve, and protect our Site and our product and service offerings.
Personally Identifiable Information
When you sign up for our newsletter or sign up to participate in an e-course or food challenge, we use the name and e-mail address that you provide to subscribe you to our newsletter or our e-mail list, in order to send you the newsletter or e-mails. We store the name and e-mail address you provide in an SSL encrypted database.
When you enter a promotion on our Site, we use the information you submit to us to administer the promotion (e.g., enter you into the promotion, notify you if you are a winner, and send you your prize). We store the name and e-mail address you provide in an SSL encrypted database. If the prize for the promotion is administered by a third party, we may provide your name and e-mail address to that third party if you are one of the winners of a promotion. Please read the rules of any promotion prior to entering any giveaway, contest, or sweepstakes.
When you purchase a Digital Product, we use the personal information you provide to process the transaction, deliver the purchased Digital Product(s), and to provide customer service as necessary. We store this information in an SSL encrypted database.
DOES WAKE THE WOLVES™ SHARE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES?
There are some instances in which Wake the Wolves™ may share your personal information.
We may disclose your personal information without your consent when we have a good faith belief that we are required to release the information pursuant to any applicable law, regulation, court order, or legal process.
We may also disclose or use your personal information in order to enforce our Terms of Use and/or Privacy Policy, including disclosure or use to investigate potential violations of our Terms of Use and/or Privacy Policy and to detect, prevent, or address fraud, security, or technical issues.
In the event that Wake the Wolves™ merges with a third party, or in the event that all or substantially all of Wake the Wolves™ assets are acquired by a third party, your personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable information may be shared with, transferred to and/or used by such third party. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your privacy preferences are followed and provide you with notice before your personal information becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
DO YOU COLLECT CHILDREN’S INFORMATION?
Our Site and our Digital Products and Services are not directed to, marketed towards or intended for children under thirteen (13) years of age and we request that children under 13 do not submit any personally identifiable information or any other information to our Site.
IS MY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION SECURE?
The security of your personally identifiable information is important to Wake the Wolves™. We use PayPal and Stripe to process your purchases of our Digital Products. The information is stored in an SSL encrypted database.
Please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic or physical storage is 100% secure. While we value the privacy and security of your personal information, we cannot guarantee against or prevent potential security breaches, nor can we assure you that the personally identifiable information that you provide us will never be disclosed in a manner inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
If you have reason to believe that the security of your information has been compromised, e-mail us immediately at hello@wakethewolves.com.
WHAT ARE MY OPT OUT CHOICES?
Electronic Newsletter and E-mail Communications
You may unsubscribe from our electronic newsletters or e-mail communications (including promotional e-mails) at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions in the e-mail or newsletter you received from us. You can also contact us via e-mail at hello@wakethewolves.com.
CORRECTION OR DELETION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
You may request that we update, change, correct, or delete your personally identifiable information at any time. If you request that we delete your personally identifiable information, we will remove your personally identifiable information that is stored in databases we actively use and in readily searchable formats. Please be aware, however, that it may not be technologically possible for us to erase or otherwise remove every record of the information you have provided to us, such as information stored on backup tapes or backup servers. We are not responsible for and cannot control the personally identifiable information that you have provided to third parties.
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
If you are a resident of California, you have the right to request a list of all third parties to which Wake the Wolves™ has disclosed certain personally identifiable information during the preceding year for third party direct marketing purposes. If you choose to make such a request, please be advised that you are limited to one request per calendar year. Please provide a current California address for our response to you and please also attest to the fact that you are a California resident. At this time, we only collect personally identifiable information about your online activities on our Site. We do not collect personally identifiable information about your online activities over time and across third-party Web sites or online services.
DOES WAKE THE WOLVES™ USE AFFILIATE LINKS?
Wake the Wolves™ is a participant in the Apple iBookstore and Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to the Apple iBookstore and Amazon.com. We also use other affiliate programs and use affiliate referral links to third party sites. If you click on an affiliate link, please be sure to read that third party’s privacy policy to understand what happens to the personal information you submit to that third party. We do not have knowledge of or control over what happens to the personal information that you submit to third parties and are not responsible for those third parties’ disclosure or use of your personal information.
HOW WILL I BE NOTIFIED OF CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY?
We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make a material change to this Policy, we will post the changes on this Privacy Policy web page and may also inform you of the changes by other means, such as in our newsletter or in a direct e-mail containing the update.
QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR PRIVACY POLICY?
Please direct any questions regarding this Privacy Policy via e-mail to hello@wakethewolves.com.