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Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. It is Claim Your Career, LLC’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, https://stephanieritz.co, and other sites we use for proofing, newsletters, sales, etc. This privacy policy is effective as of October 26, 2020.

The Personal Data We Collect, How It Is Logged, And How We May Use It

When you visit our website, our servers may automatically log the standard data provided by your web browser. This data is considered “non-identifying information”, as it does not personally identify you on its own. It may include your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, and other details.

We may also collect data about the device you are using to access our website. This data may include the device type, operating system, unique device identifiers, device settings, and geo-location data. What we collect can depend on the individual settings of your device and software. We recommend checking the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider to learn what information they make available to us.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Contact Forms

When visitors contact us via the Contact Me form on our website the information is sent to us by email and is not saved to any internal databases but may be stored on our email servers. We retain user contact and other information submitted on the form only for the purpose of responding to visitors regarding their inquiry about our services and/or products. We do not use the contact form submissions for marketing or other non-specified purposes.

Media

If you upload images to our website when commenting or submitting a Contact Us form, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Other visitors to our website can download and extract any location data from images on our website.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Personal Information

We may ask for personal information, such as your:

  • Name
  • Email
  • Social media profiles
  • Phone/mobile number
  • Home/Mailing address
  • Work email address
  • Work phone number
  • Work address
  • Payment information

This data is considered “identifying information”, as it can personally identify you. We only request personal information relevant to providing you with a service or product, and only use it to help provide or improve our service to you.

How We Collect Information

We only collect information by fair and lawful means, through the Contact Us form, via email or via phone, with your knowledge and consent. We also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used. You are free to refuse our request for this information, with the understanding that without the information we may be unable to provide you with some of your requested services or products.

Use Of Information

We may use a combination of identifying and non-identifying information to understand who our visitors are, how our visitors use our services, and how we can improve visitor experience with our website in the future. We do not publicly disclose this information, but may share aggregated and anonymized versions of this information for website and customer usage trend reports.

We may use your personal details such as email addresses to contact you with updates about our business, website, services and/or products, along with promotional content that we believe may be of interest to you. If you wish to opt out of receiving promotional content, you can follow the “unsubscribe” instructions provided alongside any correspondence we send to you.

Data Processing And Storage

The personal information we collect is stored and processed in the United States, or where we or our partners, affiliates and third-party providers maintain facilities. We only transfer data within jurisdictions subject to data protection laws that reflect our commitment to protecting the privacy of our users.

How Long We Retain Your Data

We only retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide a service, or to improve our services in the future. While we retain this data, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. With that said, we do advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, and cannot guarantee absolute data security.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you request your personal information be deleted, or when your personal information becomes no longer relevant to our operations, we will erase it from our system within a reasonable time frame.

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. Note that this does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Back-Ups

We back up our website files and databases, on a regular basis, to DropBox cloud storage and: DropBox and iThemes Security.

Appointment Scheduler

We use an appointment scheduler, Calendly, for the convenience of our clients and prospective clients. When appointments are scheduled, information is stored on the Calendly server. This information is only used for contacting users regarding their requests. We do not use information submitted via our appointment scheduler for marketing purposes. You can view the Calendly privacy policy HERE.

Email Marketing

We use MailChimp for newsletters and email marketing campaigns. We only send mailings to users who have signed up for those services. When users sign up on our mailing list, their information is stored on MailChimp’s servers. You can view the MailChimp privacy policy HERE.

How We Protect Your Information And Secure Information Transmissions

We employ commercially reasonable methods to ensure the security of the information you provide to us, and the information we collect automatically. This includes using standard security protocols and working only with reputable third-party vendors. Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, we request that you do not send private information to us by email. If such information is sent by email, you acknowledge and agree that you are doing so at your own risk. Some of the information you may enter on our website may be transmitted securely via a secure medium known as Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL. Credit card information and other sensitive information is never transmitted via email.

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, we use software programs such as Site-lock to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Cookies

We use “cookies” to collect information about you and your activity across our site. A cookie is a small piece of data that our website stores on your computer, and accesses each time you visit, so we can understand how you use our site. This helps us serve you content based on preferences you have specified. Please refer to our Cookie Policy for more information.

WordPress, the platform we built this site on, uses cookies in the following manner:

  • If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
  • If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
  • When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
  • If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Third-Party Access To Information

We use third-party services for:

  • Analytics tracking
  • User authentication
  • Advertising and promotion
  • Content marketing
  • Email marketing
  • Payment processing
  • Proofing
  • Sales

These services may access our data solely for the purpose of performing specific tasks on our behalf. We do not share any personally identifying information with them without your explicit consent. We do not give them permission to disclose or use any of our data for any other purpose.

We may, from time to time, allow limited access to our data by external consultants and agencies for the purpose of analysis and service improvement. This access is only permitted for as long as necessary to perform a specific function. We only work with external agencies whose privacy policies align with ours.

We will refuse government and law enforcement requests for data if we believe a request is too broad or unrelated to its stated purpose. However, we may cooperate if we believe the requested information is necessary and appropriate to comply with legal process, to protect our own rights and property, to protect the safety of the public and any person, to prevent a crime, or to prevent what we reasonably believe to be illegal, legally actionable, or unethical activity.

We do not otherwise share or supply personal information to third parties. We do not sell or rent your personal information to marketers or third parties.

Minor’s Privacy

This website does not knowingly target minors or children, or collect personal information from minors. As a parent/guardian, please contact us if you believe your child is participating in an activity involving personal information on our website, and you have not received a notification or request for consent. We do not use your supplied contact details for marketing or promotional purposes.

Limits Of Our Policy

This privacy policy only covers Claim Your Career, LLC’s own collecting and handling of data. We only work with partners, affiliates and third-party providers whose privacy policies align with ours, however, we cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.

Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.

Changes To This Policy

At our discretion, we may change our privacy policy to reflect current acceptable practices. We will take reasonable steps to let users know about changes via our website. If you are a registered user on stephanieritz.co, we will notify you using the contact details saved in your account. Your continued use of this site after any changes to this policy will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information.

Business Transfer

In the event that Claim Your Career, LLC or substantially all of its assets are acquired by one or more third parties as a result of an acquisition, merger, sale, reorganization, consolidation or liquidation, user information may be one of the transferred assets.

Visitors’ GDPR Rights

If you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain information and have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. Those rights include:

  • We will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of: (a) you asking us to delete the information, (b) our decision to cease using our existing data providers, or (c) we decide that the value in retaining the data is outweighed by the costs of retaining it.
  • You have the right to request access to your data that we store and the rights to either rectify or erase your personal data.
  • You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data.
  • You have the right to object to the processing of your data and the right to the portability of your data.
  • To the extent that you provided consent to processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.
  • You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.
  • We require only the information that is reasonably required to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.

Those within the European Union European Union may make a GDPR Data Request at any time.

Your Rights And Responsibilities

As our user, you have the right to be informed about how your data is collected and used. You are entitled to know what data we collect about you, and how it is processed. You are entitled to correct and update any personal information about you, and to request this information be deleted. You may amend your account information at any time, using the tools provided in your account control panel.

You are entitled to restrict or object to our use of your data, while retaining the right to use your personal information for your own purposes. You have the right to opt out of data about you being used in decisions based solely on automated processing.

Feel free to contact us if you have any concerns or questions about how we handle your data and personal information.

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Cookie Policy

We use cookies to help improve your experience of stephanieritz.co. This cookie policy is part of Claim Your Career’s privacy policy and covers the use of cookies between your device and our site. We also provide basic information on third-party services we may use, who may also use cookies as part of their service, though they are not covered by our policy.

What Is A Cookie?

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website stores on your device when you visit. The data typically contains information about our website itself, a unique identifier that allows the site to recognize your web browser when you return, additional data that serves the purpose of the cookie, and the lifespan of the cookie itself.

Cookies are used to enable certain features (for ex., logging in), to track site usage (for ex., analytics), to store your user settings (for ex., timezone, notification preferences), and to personalize your content (for ex., advertising, language).

Cookies set by our website you are visiting are normally referred to as “first-party cookies”, and typically only track your activity on that particular site. Cookies set by other sites and companies are called “third-party cookies”, and can be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service.

Types Of Cookies And How We Use Them

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are crucial to your experience of a website, enabling core features like user logins, account management, shopping carts, and payment processing. We use essential cookies to enable certain functions on our website.

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies are used in the tracking of how you use a website during your visit, without collecting personal information about you. Typically, this information is anonymous and aggregated with information tracked across all site users, to help companies understand visitor usage patterns, identify and diagnose problems or errors their users may encounter, and make better strategic decisions in improving their audience’s overall website experience. These cookies may be set by our website you’re visiting (first-party) or by third-party services. We use performance cookies on our site.

Functionality Cookies

Functionality cookies are used in collecting information about your device and any settings you may configure on our website you’re visiting (like language and timezone settings). With this information, websites can provide you with customized, enhanced or optimized content and services. These cookies may be set by our website you’re visiting (first-party) or by third-party service. We use functionality cookies for selected features on our site.

Targeting/Advertising Cookies

Targeting/advertising cookies are used in determining what promotional content is more relevant and appropriate to you and your interests. Websites may use them to deliver targeted advertising or to limit the number of times you see an advertisement. This helps companies improve the effectiveness of their campaigns and the quality of content presented to you. These cookies may be set by our website you’re visiting (first-party) or by third-party services. Targeting/advertising cookies set by third-parties may be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service. We use targeting/advertising cookies on our site.

Third-Party Cookies On Our Site

We may employ third-party companies and individuals on our websites—for example, analytics providers and content partners. We grant these third parties access to selected information to perform specific tasks on our behalf. They may also set third-party cookies in order to deliver the services they are providing. Third-party cookies can be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service. As we have no control over third-party cookies, they are not covered by Claim Your Career, LLC’s cookie policy.

Our Third-Party Privacy Promise

We review the privacy policies of all our third-party providers before enlisting their services to ensure their practices align with ours. We will never knowingly include third-party services that compromise or violate the privacy of our users.

How You Can Control Or Opt Out Of Cookies

If you don’t wish to accept cookies from us, you have the option to reject the use of cookies when first visiting stephanieritz.co, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired content and services. If you accept viewing our site with cookies, click the “Accept” button. Alternatively, you can also clear your browser history and cookies (on every device) or instruct your browser to refuse cookies from stephanieritz.co, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired content and services. Although some cookies can be blocked with little impact on your experience of a website, blocking all cookies may mean you are unable to access certain features and content across the sites you visit.

The cookies “Accept” consent will be set indefinitely.