Collection: Privacy policy
The website and its content are owned by InkedE_Journal™ and Shopify.com ("Company," "we," or "us"). The term "you" refers to the user or viewer of inkedejournal.com ("Website").
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, process, and distribute your information, including Personal Data (as defined below) used to access this Website. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. The use of information collected through our Website shall be limited to the purposes under this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use for customers.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy on the Website immediately without notice. In the event of a material change, we will inform you via email and a prominent message on our Website.
Use of any personal information or contribution you provide to us, or collected by us on or through our Website or its content, is governed by this Privacy Policy. By using our Website or its content, you consent to this Privacy Policy, whether or not you have read it.
Information We May Collect
We collect personal information from you to provide a positive experience when utilizing our Website or content. We will only collect the minimum amount of information necessary to fulfill our obligation to you.
We may collect the following:
- A name and an email address so we can deliver our newsletter to you - you would be affirmatively consenting to this by providing this to us in our contact forms.
- Billing information, including name, address, and credit card information, so we can process payment to deliver our products or services to you under our contractual obligation.
- A name and an email address if you complete our contact form with a question. We may send you marketing emails with either your consent or if we believe we have a legitimate interest in contacting you based on your contact or question.
- Information from you from a co-branded offer. In this case, we will clarify who collects the information and whose privacy policy applies. If both / all parties retain the information you provide, this will also be made clear and links to all privacy policies.
Please note that the information above ("Personal Data") you are giving us is voluntary, and by you providing this information, you are giving consent for us to use, collect and process this Personal Data. You are welcome to opt-out or request that we delete your Data at any point by contacting us at ryan@inkedejournals.com.
If you choose not to provide us with certain Personal Data, you may be unable to participate in certain aspects of our Website or content.
Other Information We May Collect:
Anonymous Data Collection and Use
To maintain our Website's high quality, we may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, administer the Website by identifying which areas of the Website are most heavily used, and display content according to your preferences. Your IP address is the number assigned to computers connected to the Internet. This is essentially "traffic data" that cannot personally identify you but is helpful for marketing and improving our services. Traffic data collection does not follow a user's activities on any other websites in any way. Anonymous traffic data may also be shared with business partners and advertisers on an aggregate basis.
Use of "Cookies"
We may use the standard "cookies" feature of major web browsers. We do not set any personally identifiable information in cookies or employ any data-capture mechanisms on our Website other than cookies. You may turn off cookies through your web browser's settings. However, turning off this function may diminish your experience on our Website, and some features may not work as intended.
What We Do With the Information We Collect
Contact You
We may contact you with information that you provide to us based on these lawful grounds for processing:
- Consent. We may contact you if you give us your explicit, unambiguous, affirmative consent to contact you.
- Contract. We will contact you under our contractual obligation to deliver the goods or services you purchase from us.
- Legitimate Interest. We may contact you if you are interested in hearing from us. For example, if you sign up for a webinar, we may send you marketing emails based on the content of that webinar. You will always have the option to opt out of any of our emails.
Process Payments
We will use the Personal Data you give us to process your payment for purchasing goods or services under a contract. We only use third-party payment processors that take the utmost care in securing data and comply with the GDPR.
Targeted Social Media Advertisements
We may use the data you provide to run social media advertisements and create look-alike audiences for advertisements.
Share with Third Parties
We may share your information with trusted third parties, such as our newsletter provider, to contact you via email, our merchant accounts to process payments, and Google / social media accounts to run advertisements and our affiliates.
Viewing by Others
Note that whenever you voluntarily make your Data available for viewing by others online through this Website or its content, it may be seen, collected, and used by others. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for any unauthorized or improper use of the information that you voluntarily share (i.e., sharing a comment on a blog post, posting in a Facebook group that we manage, sharing details on a group coaching call, etc.).
Submission, Storage, Sharing, and Transferring of Personal Data
Personal Data you provide us is stored internally or through a data management system. Your Data will only be accessed by those who help to obtain, manage or store that information or who have a legitimate need to know such Personal Data (i.e., our hosting provider, newsletter provider, payment processors, or team members).
It is important to note that we may transfer data internationally. For users in the European Union, please be aware that we share Personal Data outside the European Union. By using our Website and providing us with your Personal Data, you consent to these transfers by this Privacy Policy.
Data Retention
We retain your Data for the minimum amount of time necessary to provide you with the information and services that you requested from us. We may include certain Personal Data for extended periods if necessary for legal, contractual, and accounting obligations.
Confidentiality
We aim to keep the Personal Data that you share with us confidential. Please note that we may disclose such information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that: (1) such action is necessary to protect and defend our rights or property or those of our users or licensees, (2) to act as immediately necessary to protect the personal safety or rights of our users or the public, or (3) to investigate or respond to any actual or perceived violation of this Privacy Policy or of our Disclaimer, Terms, and Conditions, or any other terms of use or agreement with us.
Passwords
You may need a username and password to use certain features of the Website or its content. You are responsible for maintaining the username's and password's confidentiality, and you are responsible for all activities, whether by you or others, that occur under your username or password and within your account. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your username, password, or account information. If you share your username or password with others, they may be able to obtain access to your Data at your own risk.
You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized or improper use of your username or password or any other security breach. To help protect against unauthorized or improper use, make sure that you log out at the end of each session, requiring your username and password.
We will do our best to keep your username and password(s) private. We will not otherwise share your password(s) without your consent, except as necessary when the law requires it or in the good faith belief that such action is needed, particularly when disclosure is required to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to others or interfering with our rights or property.
How You Can Access, Update, or Delete Your Data
You have the right to:
- Request information about how your Personal Data is being used and request a copy of what Personal Data we use.
- Restrict processing if you think the Personal Data is inaccurate, unlawful, or no longer needed.
- Rectify or erase Personal Data and receive confirmation of the rectification or erasure. (You have the "right to be forgotten").
- Withdraw your consent at any time to process your Data.
- Complain with a supervisory authority if you feel we are using your Personal Data unlawfully.
- Receive Personal Data portability and transference to another controller without our hindrance.
- Object to our use of your Personal Data.
- Not be subject to an automated decision based solely on automatic processing, including profiling, which legally or significantly affects you.
Unsubscribe
You may unsubscribe from our e-newsletters or updates anytime through the unsubscribe link at the footer of all email communications. If you have questions or are experiencing problems unsubscribing, please get in touch with us at ryan@inkedejournals.com.
Security
We take commercially reasonable steps to protect the Personal Data you provide to us from misuse, disclosure, or unauthorized access. We only share your Personal Data with trusted third parties who use the same level of care in processing your Personal Data. That being said, we cannot guarantee that your Personal Data will always be secure due to technology or security breaches. Should there be a data breach we are aware of, we will inform you immediately.
Anti-Spam Policy
We have a no-spam policy and allow you to opt-out of our communications by selecting the unsubscribe link at the footer of all e-mails. We have taken the necessary steps to comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 by never sending out misleading information. We will not sell, rent or share your email address.
Third-Party Websites
We may link to other websites on our Website. We have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of any other individual, company, or entity whose website or materials may be linked to our Website or its content, and thus we cannot be held liable for the privacy of the information on their website or that you voluntarily share with their website. Please review their privacy policies for guidelines on how they respectively store, use, and protect the privacy of your Personal Data.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We do not collect any information from anyone under 18 years of age in compliance with COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation of the EU). Our Website and its content is directed to individuals at least 18 years old or older.
Notification of Changes
We may use your Data, such as your contact information, to inform you of changes to the Website or its content or, if requested, to send you additional information about us. At our sole discretion, we reserve the right to change, modify or otherwise alter our Website, its content, and this Privacy Policy at any time. Such changes and modifications shall become effective immediately upon posting our updated Privacy Policy.
Please review this Privacy Policy periodically. Continued use of any information obtained through or on the Website or its content following the posting of changes and modifications constituted acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. Should there be a material change to our Privacy Policy, we will contact you via email or by a prominent note on our Website.
Data Controller and Processors
We are the data controllers as we collect and use your Data. We use trusted third parties as our data processors for technical and organizational purposes, including payments and email marketing. We use reasonable efforts to ensure our data processors are GDPR-compliant.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please get in touch with us at ryan@inkedejournals.com.
