Privacy Policy

Last updated 4.9.23

Introduction

Nourishing Roots: Mind, Body, Spirit Inc. (“we,” “us,” “the company”), respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy (the “Policy”). 

This Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website www.nourishingrootsmindbodyspirit.com (the “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. 

This Policy applies to information we collect:

• On this Website;

• In email, text, and other electronic messages;

• Through mobile and desktop applications you download from this Website, which provides interaction between you and this Website. 

• When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this Policy.

It does not apply to information collected:

• By any third party (including our affiliates and sponsored links), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use the Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Policy. This Policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Policy periodically for updates.

Children Under the Age of 18

The Website is not directed to children under 18 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18 years of age. If you are under 18 years of age, do not use or access the Website at any time or in any manner, and do not provide any information on this Website. If we learn that personal information has been collected or received on the Website from persons under 18 years of age and without verifiable parental consent, then we will take the appropriate steps to delete this information. If you believe that we might have received information from a person under 18 years of age, please contact us to request that we delete that child’s personal information from our system. 

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about users of the Website, including information:

• By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, any other information the website collects, that is defined as Personal Data under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), and/or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”);

• That is about you but may not identify you, such as the geographic area from which you accessed the Website; and/or

• About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access the Website and usage details. 

We collect this information:

• Directly from you when you provide it to us. 

• Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies. 

• From third parties, for example, affiliates.

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through the Website may include:

• Information that you provide by filling in forms on the Website. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use the Website, subscribing to our services, posting material, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with the Website.

• Records and copies of your correspondence (including email address) if you contact us. 

• Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes. 

• Details of transactions you carry out through the Website and of the fulfillment of your orders. You may be required to provide financial information before placing an order through the Website.

• Your search queries on the Website. 

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with the Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

• Details of your visits to the Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website. 

• Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type. 

The information we collect automatically may include personal information or we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve the Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

• Estimate audience size and usage patterns.

• Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize the Website according to your individual interests.

• Speed up your searches.

• Recognize you when you return to the Website. 

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

• Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may be prompted by a pop-up window on the home page of this Website to opt-in or consent to the use of these cookies. However, if you choose not to allow the use of cookies you may be unable to access certain parts of the Website. If you choose to allow the use of cookies on this Website, the system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to the Website. 

• Flash Cookies. Certain features of the Website may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on the Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.

• Web Beacons. Pages of the Website and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity). 

We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us. 

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

• To present the Website and its contents to you.

• To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.

• To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.

• To provide you with notices about your account, including expiration and renewal notices. 

• To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and the company, including for billing and collection. 

• To notify you about changes to the Website or any products or services we offer or provide through it. 

• To allow you to participate in interactive features on the Website.

• In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.

• When it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject. 

• When it is necessary to protect the vital interests of the user or of another natural person. 

• For the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the company.

• For any other legitimate interest held by the company. 

• For any purpose with consent. 

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

• To subsidiaries and affiliates.

• To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.

• To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. 

• For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.

• With your consent.

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We may also disclose your personal information:

• To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.

• To enforce or apply our terms of use or terms of sale and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.

• If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the company, our employees, our clients, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies or organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information. 

• Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can choose not to consent to all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash Cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe. If you do not consent to cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly. If you have chosen to consent to cookies, you may change this preference at any time. 

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI“) on the NAI’s website.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

The user has the right to request from us access to and rectification or erasure of personal information, to object to or request restriction of processing concerning the personal information, or to the right to data portability. All requests must be made in writing to the company. We shall provide you with reasonable access to the personal information that you may have provided through your use of the Website.

You can review and change your personal information by logging into the Website or program website and visiting your account profile page. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect. 

Your California Privacy Rights

California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits users of the Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact the company.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers behind firewalls. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of the Website or program websites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Website like message boards, blog posts, or group chats. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Website.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to the Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Storage of Personal Information

We may store your personal information for as long as we deem appropriate.

Consent

If you have consented to providing any information to us, you may withdraw that consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent will not invalidate the consent previously given for information that was already being or has already been processed. 

Changes to the Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to the Policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the Website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting the Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Privacy of Health Information

We understand the importance of privacy and am committed to maintaining the confidentiality of your medical information. Though our employees are not HIPAA regulated entities, Nourishing Roots: Mind, Body, Spirit Inc. is committed to protecting client privacy and upholds the privacy best practices and the policies laid out in the U.S. Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. Your FNTP, instructors, and coaches will take all reasonable steps to protect your Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure by using encrypted websites, strong passwords, and up-to-date software on all devices. However, even the best security practices cannot guarantee that all stored data will be completely free from third-party interception or corruption.

We make a record of the services we provide and may receive such records from others. We may use these records to provide services or enable health care providers to provide quality medical care, to obtain payment for services provided to you as allowed and to enable us to meet our professional and legal obligations to operate properly. If you have any questions about this Notice, please contact us.

We reserve the right to amend this Notice of Privacy Practices at any time in the future. After an amendment is made, the revised Notice of Privacy Protections will apply to all protected health information that we maintain, regardless of when it was created or received. We will post the current notice on our website.