Last Updated: October 30, 2020
NOTICE: Please read the Privacy Policy below carefully before you proceed to use this website, as it is designed to provide important information on how and why we collect, use, store, and share your personal information. It also outlines the rights you can exercise regarding your personal information and how you can contact us if you have any questions or complaints.
By visiting, viewing, or using this website and/or by using any service from us, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.
Your privacy is important to stephaniejq.com, which is operated by Stephanie Jyet Quan Loo (“we”, “us”, or “our). We use the term “Personal Information” to refer to data we collect that may, directly or indirectly, identify, describe, relate to or be associated with you. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to Personal Information we collect when you interact with us through different means, including by visiting and using our website, stephaniejq.com (“website”). The term “you” refers to any visitor, viewer, or user of the website. Please note that we cannot control the privacy practices of websites and services that we do not own.
Any Personal Information we collected is used for the proper functioning of this website so that we can continue to maintain the website to the best of our abilities, and to give you a positive experience on the website. The following describes the information we collect.
1.1. Basic Information.
We collect information you provide to us directly. This includes information you provide when you (i) receive any free products or services from us (each, a “Product”), (ii) subscribe to our email list, (iii) comment on any posts or otherwise communicate with us on any social media platform, (iv) fill out any forms, (vi) respond to any survey, or (vii) contact us through any other means, including via an online form, phone call, or email.
Examples of data we may receive include your first name, last name, email address, website, gender, age, PayPal address, and other information you provide to us through survey responses, feedback, reviews, and other means of communication (Collectively, “Personal Information”).
By subscribing to our email list, we will also have access to your email address, name, and IP address.
1.2. Additional Information.
Other data may also be collected automatically, from third party sites (i.e., Facebook), and from internet or other electronic network activity. Examples of the data collected are as follows.
1.2.1 Cookies.
From time to time, we may use the standard “cookies” feature of major browser applications that allows us to store a small piece of data on your computer about your visit to our website. Cookies help us learn which areas of our website are useful and which areas need improvement through third party programs (i.e., Google Analytics). We may also use cookies from third party social platforms (i.e., Facebook). You can choose to disable cookies through your browser or independent programs available online. However, choosing to disable this function may diminish your experience at our website as some features may not work as they were intended.
1.2.2 Sponsors and Advertisers.
We may decide to accept sponsorship and advertisements on the website. Should this occur, you should assume said sponsors and advertisers will be given access to the impressions and click data on their marketing pieces. Your personally identifiable information will not be revealed to them by us.
2. USE AND SHARING OF INFORMATION
The following describes how we use and share the information we collect.
2.1 Personal information.
We do not sell, trade or rent your Personal Information to any third parties, as we value your privacy. We also do not “sell” your Personal Information as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act.
We do share Personal Information with vendors who are performing services for www.stephaniejq.com, such as the servers for our email communications who are provided access to the user’s email address for purposes of sending emails from us.
The Personal Information you provide to us may be used to analyze interactions with you to improve quality, personalize your experience with the website, provide promotional and marketing communications and information if you elect to receive it, including email marketing, improve the design, functionality and ease-of-use of our websites and Products, respond to any inquiries, reviews or other feedback you submit to us
We may share Personal Information with third parties if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to meet any applicable legal process or enforceable governmental request; to enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations; address fraud, security or technical concerns; or protect against harm to the rights, property, or safety of our users or the public as required or permitted by law.
2.2 Non-Personal Information
Non-Personal Information includes information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information we may collect, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences you submit and preferences that are generated based on the data you submit and number of clicks.
Non-Personal Information is used to help us improve the website and customize the user experience. We also aggregate Non-Personal information in order to track trends and analyze use patterns on the website. This Privacy Policy does not limit in any way our use or disclosure of Non-Personal Information and we reserve the right to use and disclose such Non-Personal Information to our partners, advertisers and other third parties at our discretion.
In the event we undergo a business transfer such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of our assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. If our information practices change at any time in the future, we will post the policy changes to the website so that you may opt out of the new information practices. We suggest that you check the website periodically if you are concerned about how your information is used.
3. THIRD PARTIES WE SHARE INFORMATION WITH
The following is a list of third parties that we may share your information with or for.
3.1 Affiliate Partners
We may share your information with affiliate partners to generate traffic or leads or for other business purposes.
3.2 Analytics Provides
We may share your information with analytics providers.
3.4 Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service by Google that uses data for analytics and measurements to understand how websites are used. Google Analytics primarily uses cookies to study user interactions. To learn about the privacy practices of Google Analytics, please review their privacy policy, which can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.
To opt-out of Google analytics, you can download the Google Analytics opt-out add-on, which allows users to disable the use of data by Google Analytics JavaScript. The add-on is available for Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Opera.
3.5 Business Transfers
In the event we undergo a business transfer such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. We may also share Personal Information to prospective purchasers to diligence the proposed transaction.
3.6 Email Marketing and Advertising Providers
We may share your information with marketing and advertising providers, including email marketing and campaign providers, marketing software providers, direct mail providers, marketing analytics providers and sales funnel providers. We may share your information with email marketing service providers, in order to send you emails, newsletters, promotional materials, marketing materials or other information.
3.7 ConvertKit
ConvertKit is an email marketing provider operated by ConvertKit LLC. To learn about the privacy practices of ConvertKit, please review their privacy policy, which can be found at: https://convertkit.com/privacy
3.8 Fraud Prevention Partners
We may share your information with fraud prevention partners.
3.9 Government Agencies
We may share your information with government agencies, courts, regulators and law enforcement in the event we are required to comply with applicable laws and regulations or a legally binding process, or in response to subpoenas, warrants, government inquiries or investigations, and court orders. We may also share your information to establish, exercise, protect or enforce our legal rights and the legal rights of our agents, employees, and affiliates; to take action against a legal claim; to take action related to violations of our policies, including this Privacy Policy and our Terms & Conditions, or potentially illegal activities.
3.10 Other Service Providers
We may share your information with service providers.
3.11 Third Parties
We may share your information with third parties whom we have contractual relationships with, such as auditors, consultants, lawyers, and other professionals who rely on the data to provide us with professional services.
3.12 Third Party Partners
We may share your information with third parties we have partnered with to jointly create or offer a product, service or joint promotion.
4. HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We care about the security of your Personal Information, so we maintain reasonable and appropriate physical, technical, and procedural safeguards to help keep it safe. While we take reasonable steps to protect your Personal Information, no method of transmission over the internet or other network can be 100% secure, therefore we cannot and do not guarantee that Personal Information you transmit will remain secure from misuse or interception in all circumstances. By consenting to this Privacy Policy, you acknowledge that we cannot guarantee that your Personal Information will be protected from misuse or interception by third parties.
5. YOUR RIGHTS
It is important to us that you understand your rights regarding your Personal Information.
5.1 Opting Out of/Blocking Cookies
Most browsers accept cookies by default. However, you can choose to disable cookies through your browser or independent programs available online. Please note that choosing to disable this function may diminish your experience at our website as some features may not work as they were intended.
5.2 Use of Personal Information
You can request that we delete your Personal Information at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided below. You can also request access to any of your Personal Information that we store using the contact details provided below.
5.3 Unsubscribing from Email Marketing
If you receive any email marketing from us, you can opt out by clicking the “unsubscribe” link contained in each email.
6. DATA RETENTION TIME
We retain Personal Information as long as it is required to conduct and operate our business or until you ask us to delete your Personal Information by contacting us via the contact details provided below. Please note that we cannot control the data retention policies of third parties.
7. WEBSITE AREAS BEYOND WWW.STEPHANIEJQ.COM’S CONTROL
7.1 Third Party Websites
From time-to-time, the website may contain links to other websites. If you choose to visit those websites, it is important to understand our privacy practices and terms of use do not extend to those sites. It is your responsibility to review the privacy policies at those websites to confirm that you understand and agree with their practices.
7.2 Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (i.e., videos, images). 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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
8. NOTICE ABOUT THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR NOTICE)
The information in this section, under the subheading “Notice About the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR Notice)”, applies to individuals covered by the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
For the purposes of this section, “Personal Information” refers to information of an individual which can be directly or indirectly used to identify such individual. Examples of the information include first name and last name, email address, age, gender, information about location, or ethnicity.
stephaniejq.com processes Personal Information as a Controller as defined in the GDPR.
By leaving a comment on a blog post at our website or by subscribing to our email list and providing your Personal Information, you give us consent to have this information.
Under the guidelines of the GDPR, you have the right to withdraw consent. Your Personal Information will be kept on our website through blog comments functionality and email list if you have subscribed to it. If you would like your Personal Information to be deleted and your comment to be removed and unsubscribed to our email list, please contact us via the contact details below.
Under GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in the Member State of your residence, place of work, or location of the infringement.
You also have the right to request access to any of your Personal Information that we store. If you would like to do that, please contact us via the contact details below.
9. NOTICE TO THE CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS (CCPA NOTICE)
The information in this section, under the subheading “Notice to the California Residents (CCPA Notice)”, applies to residents of California. References to “you”, “your”, “yours” in this section refers only to residents in California. The California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”), which took effect on January 1, 2020, provides privacy rights for residents of California.
This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the Privacy Policy and is provided by the website and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, “our”). Please refer to the referenced sections in this Privacy Policy for details on the following, which you have a right to know under the CCPA:
- To review information on the categories of Personal Information and the categories of sources from which we collect, use, store and share Personal Information, read the section of this Privacy Policy titled “Information We Collect”.
- To review information on the business or commercial purposes for which we collect information, read the section of this Privacy Policy titled “Use and Sharing of Information”.
- To review information on the categories of third parties we share Personal Information, read the section of this Privacy Policy titled “Third Parties We Share Information With”.
9.1 Your California privacy rights and how to exercise them
As a California resident, you have certain rights you can exercise under the CCPA. Please note that this information is merely provided for your convenience and does not guarantee accuracy, and you should not rely on this summary as an accurate list of your rights.
9.1.2 The Right to Know
You have the right to request that we disclose to you:
- the categories and sources of the Personal Information that we collect about you, the purposes for which we use your information and with whom such information is shared;
- in case of sale of Personal Information or disclosure for a business purpose, two separate lists where we disclose:
- for sales, the Personal Information categories purchased by each category of recipient; and
- for disclosures for a business purpose, the Personal Information categories obtained by each category of recipient.
The disclosure described above will be limited to the Personal Information collected or used over the past 12 months.
9.1.3 The Right to Delete
You have the right to request that we delete any of your Personal Information, subject to exceptions set forth by the law (such as, including but not limited to, where the information is used to identify and repair errors on this Website, to detect security incidents and protect against fraudulent or illegal activities, to exercise certain rights etc.). If no legal exception applies, as a result of exercising your right, we will delete your Personal Information and direct any of our service providers to do so.
9.1.4 The Right to Opt-Out
You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your Personal Information. We do not sell, rent or trade your Personal Information to any third parties, as we value your privacy. Therefore, no request to opt-out of sale is necessary.
9.1.5 The Right to Non-Discrimination
You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment by us for exercising your rights under the CCPA. We will not discriminate against you in any way for exercising any of the rights available to you under the CCPA.
To exercise any of your rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below. We are required to verify the identity of anyone who makes any request.
10. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
The website is not directed towards anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect or solicit information from anyone under the age of 13, or allow anyone under the age of 13 to sign up for the Service. In the event that we learn that we have gathered Personal Information from anyone under the age of 13 without the consent of a parent or guardian, we will delete that information as soon as possible. If you believe we have collected such information, please contact us via the contact details below.
11. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time. We will alert you to any changes by posting the effective date of the latest version at the top of this page, at which point any changes will become immediately effective. It is your responsibility to check for updates on this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the top of this page.
12. HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions or complaints related to this Privacy Policy, or would like to exercise any of your rights, please contact us using the information below.
By email: contact@stephaniejq.com