We are committed to protecting your personal information and maintaining your privacy, and do not rent, share, sell, or trade any of your personal information to outside parties for promotional purposes. We are GDPR and CAN-SPAM compliant, and this Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit, subscribe, or make a purchase from www.AppreciativeLiving.com.

COOKIES & PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information” and details follow.

Cookies
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 a year. 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.

Other Technologies We Use

– “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

– “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

ORDER INFORMATION

When you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we may collect certain information from you including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, and phone numbers. We also collect data necessary to process your payment such as the payment instrument number (such as credit card) and the security code associated with it using Infusionsoft. You can view their privacy policy here:  https://www.infusionsoft.com/legal/privacy-policy.  All payment data is stored by Authorize.net, our payment processor, and you can review their privacy policy here: https://www.authorize.net/company/privacy/

If you subscribe to any of our lists we collect the information you provide which can include such things as name, email address, location, and marketing preferences. On membership sites we collect the password information you enter to access our sites.

We refer to all this information as “Order Information.” When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders or subscriptions placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:

  • Communicate with you
  • Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud
  • When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, to provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We do not share, rent, sell, or trade your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.

We share your Personal Information only with third parties that help us provide services to you as described above.  For example, we use Infusionsoft to power our online store and the application called Memberium for our membership site. You can view Memberium’s privacy policy by scrolling to the bottom of their home page here: https://memberium.com.  We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site, and you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.  You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

YOUR RIGHTS
You can opt out of targeted marketing and all emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of every email, or by contacting us through the contact information provided.

You have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.

If you request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use  and/or comply with legal requirements.

Additionally, if you are a resident in the European economic area, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe to the United States using the secure platforms described above.

DATA RETENTION

When you subscribe or place an order through the Site, we will maintain your personal information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information. You can request this at any time easily as described above and we we will honor the request in a timely manner.

MINORS

The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. By using the site you represent that you are least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to the minor’s use of the site. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under the age of 18, please contact us immediately below.

CHANGES

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like your data to be corrected, updated, or deleted, please contact us by e-mail at Admin@AppreciativeLiving.com or by mail at:  Appreciative Living, 1636 Oakhurst Drive, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29466, United States.