MEL WICK COACHING, LLC and
WWW.MELWICKCOACHING.COM Privacy Policy
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WWW.MELWICKCOACHING.COM
OVERVIEW
At Mel Wick Coaching, LLC, (“Company,” “we,” or “us”) your privacy is very important to us. We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information to or with third parties without your explicit consent. Please read this privacy policy to learn more about what types of information we gather about you, how we use it, how to correct or change it, and the measures we take to protect it.
If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, you shall not use or browse the Site, purchase, view, download, sign up to receive Mel Wick Coaching, LLC emails, newsletters, social media posts, blogs, courses, materials, services, eBooks, forms, worksheets, website materials, workbooks, or webinars.
By using www.mwicklaw.com (“Site”) you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time with or without notice.
“Personal Information” means information that can be used on its own or in conjunction with other information to identify, contact, or locate a person, or to identify an individual in context. For example, personal information includes, among other things, your name, address, email address, telephone number, credit card information, site behavior, etc.
“Content” means any and all written, visual, video, or audio information contained on the Site, including, but not limited to, any and all emails received from Melissa Wick, Mel Wick Coaching, LLC and/or www.mwicklaw.com and any and all written or downloadable material purchased, viewed, or otherwise offered by Mel Wick Coaching, LLC and/or on www.mwicklaw.com, including, but not limited to, blog posts, graphics, newsletters, designs, documents, information, templates and materials.
“Courses, Services, and/or Products” means www.mwicklaw.com Content (as defined herein), email list/newsletters, social media posts, blog posts, courses, coaching services, guides, eBooks, forms, worksheets, workbooks, webinars, website materials, individual classes, class packages, and/or templates available on the Site.
SCOPE OF POLICY
This privacy policy applies to our websites, mobile sites, and applications, including the www.mwicklaw.com website, and the mobile versions thereof (“Site”). It does not apply to other companies’ or organizations’ websites to which we link. You should carefully review the privacy policies of those web sites in order to determine how your personal information is treated by such third parties.
Electronic Communications Privacy Act Notice 18 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2711
We make no guarantee of confidentiality of privacy of any communication or information transmitted on the Site or any website linked to the Site. We will not be liable for the privacy of the information, email addresses, registration and identification information, disk space, communications, confidential or trade
secret information, or any other content transmitted over networks accessed by the Site, or otherwise connected to your use of the Site.
INFORMATION GATHERED FROM ALL VISITORS
When you visit this Site you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and Site use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our Site.
1. Personal Information You Provide:
When using the Site, and in filling out forms, purchasing products, providing comments, signing up to receive a newsletter, downloading a freebie, or contacting us, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, website address, mailing address, payment or credit card information. We use this information to deliver the product purchased, or information requested, to improve the performance and applicability of the Site, and to provide you with educational content, newsletters, promotions, and special offers.
2. Aggregate Data and Personal Information Automatically Collected from All Visitors:
We gather certain generic information with respect to all visitors’ use of our Site, such as the number of unique visitors, frequency with which they visit and favored areas on the Site. Through use of the Site, Mel Wick Coaching, LLC may use data collection technology, such as Google Analytics and other similar technology (hereinafter referred to as the “Data Collection Companies”) to collect information related to your use of the Site. Generally speaking, this includes information about your geographic location and Site behavior. The Data Collection Companies also provide us with information about what type of device or software you use, your IP address (with location information), and whether you view the Site on mobile, tablet, or desktop. We only use this type of data in aggregate – that is we look at the data on a collective basic, in summary form, rather than on an individual basis.
We collect this information for statistical purposes only and to improve the viewer experience. We may also provide statistical “ratings” about how our customers collectively use our Site to advertisers, sponsors, and other companies with which we do business. These statistical ratings do not contain any personally identifiable information about you or any of our users.
We may automatically track certain information about you based upon your behavior on our Site. We use this information to do internal research on our user’s demographics, interests, and behavior to better understand, protect, and serve our users. This information is compiled and analyzed on an aggregate basis.
a. COOKIES AND PIXELS
We do use a technology nicknamed “cookies” on our Site. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current Site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about Site traffic and Site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools
in the future. Cookies may be set upon your browser during Site visits to save your site customization preferences and to save your passwords so you do not have to re-enter passwords upon each Site visit. We use cookies to track user sessions and to gather Site usage statistics.
We use cookies to:
- Differentiate you from other users
- To prevent you from having to log in more than is necessary for security
- Help remember and process the items in the shopping cart
- In conjunction with our web server’s log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better Site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf
Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other websites. Browsers are usually set up to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you may alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of the Site will not function as effectively.
Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal information about you and we do not intentionally store any personal information that your browser provided to us in your cookies. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive of pass on computer viruses.
The Company does reserve the right to use the technological equivalent of cookies, including social media pixels. These pixels allow social media sites to track visitors to outside websites so as to tailor advertising messages users see while visiting that social media website. The Company reserves the right to use these pixels in compliance with the policies of various social media websites.
b. IP ADDRESSES
IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are connected to the Internet. We collect and analyze traffic on our Sites by keeping track of the IP addresses of our visitors. IP addresses are unique numeric identifiers that are assigned to each computer browser accessing the internet. An IP address, by itself, cannot identify you personally. However, when combined with other information provided by your internet service provider (ISP), your IP address can be used to identify the computer originating a message.
c. APPLICATIONS
We collect generic information through applications, including mobile applications or widgets.
d. SURVEYS
From time to time, we may conduct surveys or solicit your feedback. These surveys are used to gather information to improve our sites and provide a more meaningful experience for our users. We may also use the information to alert you to offers and products in which you have expressed an interest.
THIRD PARTY LINKS
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products, services, or links to articles/blogs/sites on our Site. These third-party sites may or may not have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites and/or their privacy policy (or lack thereof). Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our Site and welcome any feedback about any issues you experience with linked-to sites by emailing us at mwick@mwicklaw.com.
GOOGLE ADS
Google's advertising requirements can be summed up by Google's Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for you. We are not currently using Google Ads on the Site, although this may change in the future.
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies and / or device identifiers to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to Our website or use of Our app.
We use remarketing to reach people who have previously visited our Site by tracking information to we can send the rights ads to the right people.
Third party vendors, including Google, show our ads on sites across the internet. We have implemented the following through Google Analytics: Demographics and Interests Reporting.
We, along with third-party vendors such as Google, use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.
To Opt-Out of Google Ads: You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt-out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser add-on.
To Opt-Out of Google Marketing Platform’s Remarketing Pixels, visit the Google Marketing Platform opt-out page or the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
COMMUNICATIONS
Mel Wick Coaching, LLC reserves the right to communicate with you from time to time about important administrative, policy, legal, credit card, and billing matters, which will affect your use of our website, including any alleged violations of the applicable site Terms and Conditions. If you are an account holder, you will automatically receive the following emails unless you choose to not receive them by going to “Account Login” page or by following the instructions at the bottom of each email message on how to unsubscribe: (i) to contact you for feedback and surveys; or (ii) to send you relevant company or service related information.
HOW DO WE USE THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE US?
We use personal information for purposes of presenting our Site and its Content, Courses, Services and Products to you, providing you with information, providing you with offers for products and services, providing you with information about Services and Products, carrying out any contract between you and
the Company, administering our business activities, providing customer service, and making available other Content, Products, and Services.
We collect Personal Information from you when you open a user account, purchase, order, or sign up on and for the Site, Courses, Services, and Products, download our freebies or resources, subscribe to our newsletter, fill out a form, browse the Site, view Content, make purchases, enter your any Personal Information on the Site.
If you open a user account, purchase, order, or sign up on and for the Site, Courses, Services, and Products, download our freebies or resources, subscribe to our newsletter, fill out a form, enter your personal information on the Site, you will be required to provide us with certain personal information, including your name, email address, phone number, credit card, debit card or account number, expiration date and billing address. If you're just viewing the Site, you won't be required to provide personal information to browse.
If the Personal Information we have collected about you is incorrect or incomplete in any way, or you would like to update what we have, please contact Mel Wick Coaching, LLC at mwick@mwicklaw.com We will make the appropriate corrections when notified, as long as the corrections requested to be made are not incorrect or fraudulent in any way.
If you're outside of the EU: if you sign-up to receive any freebies, downloads, webinars, recordings, courses, or services from Mel Wick Coaching, LLC, or purchase any products or services from us, you will automatically be added to our email list to receive free email messages from us. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking "UNSUBSCRIBE" at the bottom of each email. If you have any questions, or difficulty unsubscribing from those emails, email Melissa Wick at mwick@mwicklaw.com to be unsubscribed from future messages.
If you're IN the EU: if you sign-up to receive any freebies, downloads, webinars, recordings, courses, or services from Mel Wick Coaching, LLC, or purchase any products or services from us, you will only be added to our email list to receive free email messages from us if you affirmatively consent to receiving
such messages. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking "UNSUBSCRIBE" at the bottom of each email. If you have any questions, or difficulty unsubscribing from those emails, email Melissa Wick at mwick@mwicklaw.com to be unsubscribed from future messages.
When using the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products, we may use the Personal Information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication (typically by email), browse the Site, or use certain other Site features in the following ways:
- To quickly process your transactions on and for the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products. ! To send periodic emails regarding the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products. " To tailor social media (i.e., Facebook, Instagram, etc.) advertisements to you.
- To allow us to better serve you in response to your customer service requests. ! To administer a contest, promotion, survey, or other Site feature.
- To make available other items and services to our customers and prospective customers ! For trend analysis, pattern detection, and site administration.
- To improve our Site in order to better serve you
- To administer our business activities and provide customer service
- To carry out any contract between you and Mel Wick Coaching, LLC
- To provide you with information about your subscriptions and products
- To present our website and its contents to you, providing you with information and offers for products and services.
- To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
SHARING OR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
In general, we do not sell, trade, rent, lease or otherwise transfer to outside (third) parties your Personal Information unless we provide users with advance notice or need to do so in order to comply with the law or an investigation.
We may disclose your Personal Information to our subsidiaries, contractors, subcontractors, assigns, affiliates or successors in interest when necessary to carry out our business functions. This may include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, email service, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release Personal Information when its release is appropriate or necessary to comply with the law, enforce our Site policies, this Privacy Policy and Disclaimer, or to protect our rights or others' rights, property, or safety.
Your Personal Information may also be disclosed to a third party in the event of any merger, sale, joint venture, reorganization assignment, transfer, dissolution, or disposition of all or any portion of our business.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. If you make your personal information available to third parties through our Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products, Mel Wick Coaching, LLC is not responsible for any unauthorized use by that third party.
We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights or when compelled by a court or other government entity to do so.
It's also important to note that we do not allow third-party behavioral tracking.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DATA SECURITY
We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal information from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way. We aim to make your visit to our Site as safe as possible. We limit access to your personal information to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorized manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
Your Personal Information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems and are required to keep the Personal Information confidential. By viewing, using, or purchasing on or from the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products, you acknowledge that Mel Wick Coaching, LLC and its staff and independent contractors may access your Personal Information.
We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order to maintain the safety of your Personal Information. All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.
CALIFORNIA ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (“CalOPPA”)
CalOPPA stretches well beyond California to require any person or company that operates websites collecting Personal Information from California viewers/consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. Read more about CalOPPA here.
Pursuant to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:
Users can visit our site anonymously.
There is a link to this Privacy Policy on the footer and homepage.
Our Privacy Policy link does include the word 'Privacy' and can easily be found on the page specified above. It is titled "Privacy Policy" very clearly.
You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page (see bottom “Updated On” date).
CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (“COPPA”)
Children are not eligible to use our services and we ask that children (under the age of 13) do not submit any personal information to us. We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13. Please STOP and do not use, view, purchase, or otherwise browse the Site, Courses, Services, or Products if you are under 13 years old. If you’re younger than 13, you are not permitted to enter any Personal Information on this Site.
If you are a parent and you believe your child under the age of 13 has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us immediately to have it removed by emailing us at mwick@mwicklaw.com.
FAIR INFORMATION PRACTICES
In order to comply with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
We will notify you via email within 5 business days of any known breach.
CAN-SPAM ACT OF 2003
The CAN-SPAM Act is a U.S. law which establishes rules for commercial email messages, gives you the right to stop certain commercial emails from being sent to you, and outlines certain penalties for commercial entities or persons who violate the law. In compliance with the CAN-SPAN Act, all e-mails sent from our organization will clearly state who the e-mail is from and provide clear information on how to contact the sender. In addition, all e-mail messages will also contain concise information on how to remove yourself from our mailing list so that you receive no further e-mail communications from us.
We collect your email address and name so we can:
- Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
- Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders of a course, product, or service.
- Send you additional information related to your course, product and/or service. ! Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to you after the original transaction has occurred.
- Email you a newsletter with free information and advertising certain Products, Services, and/or Courses we offer.
In accordance with the CAN-SPAM Act, we agree to the following:
- We WILL NOT use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
- We WILL identify the email message as an advertisement in some reasonable way. ! We WILL include our business mailing address and/or physical address in our emails.
- We WILL monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance. We use mwick@mwicklaw.com to send our emails to you.
- We WILL honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
- We WILL allow users to unsubscribe by using the appropriate link at the bottom of each email.
TO UNSUBSCRIBE
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at mwick@mwicklaw.com or click on unsubscribe at the bottom of any email you receive from us and we will promptly remove you from future correspondence(s). However, unsubscribing from one list or set of emails may not unsubscribe you from receiving ALL future emails from us. If you experience any problems unsubscribing, please email Melissa Wick at mwick@mwicklaw.com and we will promptly handle your removal.
YOUR GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION ("GDPR") RIGHTS
If you are located within the European Union ("EU"), you are entitled to certain rights under the GDPR. You have the right to:
- Know how long we'll keep your information. We'll keep your personal information until the earlier of: (1) you either ask us to delete your information or (2) Mel Wick Coaching, LLC decides it no longer needs the data and the cost of retaining it outweighs the value to keeping it.] ! Access, rectify or erase your personal information.
- Withdraw your consent to the Wick Law Offices’ processing of your data, which shall have no effect on the lawfulness of the processing of your personal information prior to your withdrawal. ! Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over GDPR issues.
- Provide only your personal information which is reasonably required to enter into a contract with us. Mel Wick Coaching, LLC will not ask for your consent to provide unnecessary personal information on the condition of entering into a contractual relationship with Mel Wick Coaching, LLC.
CONTACT US
If there are any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you may contact us using the following information:
Mel Wick Coaching, LLC
Website: www.melwickcoaching.com
Mailing Address: Melissa Wick at 534 Crestview Rd. Columbus, Ohio 43202 Email: mwick@mwicklaw.com
Updated on: November 12, 2023