Sarah Best Strategy LLC ("Sarah Best," "us," "we," or "our") operates sarahbeststrategy.com (the "Site") and provides digital marketing strategy and expertise (the "Services").
We take data privacy seriously and respect the privacy of the visitors of our Site and users of our Services ("you" or "your"). We are committed to protecting your privacy through compliance with this Privacy Policy (this "Policy"). This Policy describes the types of personal information we may collect and how we collect, use, maintain, protect, disclose, and process that information.
If you do not agree with this Policy, please do not visit, use, or otherwise access the Site.
2. What this Policy Covers
This Policy applies to personal information we collect in or via the Site and in email and other electronic communications sent through or in connection with the Services.
Except as otherwise provided in this Policy, "personal information" is generally information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you. "Personal information" does not include information which is not considered "personal information" or "personal data" under applicable law, such as information which is publicly available or subject to a special data privacy regime, such as protected health information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), nor does it include information which is generally not considered "personal information" under the applicable state's definition of such.
Additionally, this Policy does not apply to information we collect offline (except as required by applicable law), information we collect through any applications or websites other than the Site, or information you provide to or is collected by any third party.
Note that other websites, applications, and third parties may have their own privacy policies, including those third parties that we may make use of to provide you with services, such as our email newsletter. These privacy policies are not connected to this Policy. By using third-party services, individually or in connection with our Site and Services, you agree to those third-party privacy policies, which we encourage you to read before providing information to them.
3. Children's Privacy
The Site is not intended for use by children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. No one under age 16 may use the Site. If you are under 16 years of age, do not use or provide any personal information to, on, or through the Site. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us by any of the methods listed in the Contact Information section below.
4. Information We Collect
As a result of your use of the Site and your communication with us, we collect several types of information from and about you. This information may include any of the following:
Personal information, including name, address, email, phone number, and any other personal information you share through the Site or directly with us when signing up for email newsletters, emailing us, or doing business with us
Information about you, your business, and your products that has been de-identified or aggregated in a manner where it can no longer be used to identify you
Information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access the Site, and usage details
Any other category of information, including personal information, which you publicly disclose or otherwise share with us in any manner
5. How We Collect Personal Information
We collect information, including personal information, from and about you, directly from you when you provide it to us, automatically when you use or access the Site, and occasionally from other sources.
While engaging with our Site, you may provide information, including personal information, about you and your contacts. Personal information is often, but not exclusively, provided to us when you fill out forms in the Site, sign up for our email newsletters, email us, conduct search queries on the Site, respond to surveys, attend one of our events that required preregistration, or otherwise do business with us. By giving us this information, you agree to this information being collected, used, and disclosed.
When you use the Site, we may also use automatic data technologies to collect certain information, including usage details, device information, stored information, and other files. The information we collect automatically is only statistical data and does not generally include personal information, but we may maintain it or may associate it with other personal or business information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. We also may use these technologies to collect information about your activities over time and across third-party websites, apps, or other online services (behavioral tracking).
The technologies we use for automatic information collection may include cookies, mobile cookies, and other analytics.
We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, show how you interact with us, enrich your user experience, and customize your relationship with us. A cookie is a small file placed on your smartphone, tablet, computer, or other device. It may be possible to refuse to accept cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your smartphone, tablet, computer, or other device. However, if you select these setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Site.
We also use marketing-related cookies and other tools including Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Pixel, Twitter Pixel, Hubspot, and any cookies deemed necessary by our website content management system provider, Weebly. These additional tools help us market, sell, and provide information about our products and services; we provide your personal information to these third-party companies to assist us in conducting business with you. These tools place session and persistent cookies in your browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit, access, or use the Site. Each cookie cannot be used by anyone other than the service provider (e.g. Google Analytics).
Google Analytics does not identify individual users or associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. We may use reports provided by Google Analytics or other similar service providers, to help us understand traffic on the Site, and web page usage. For more information concerning Google Analytics and how it collects and processes data please see “How Google Uses Data When You Use Our Partners Web Sites or Apps” located at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners.
From time to time, we may obtain information about you or your contacts from third-party sources, such as our joint marketing partners. We take steps to ensure that such third parties are legally or contractually permitted to disclose such information to us, and we typically request your consent, such as on a paper mailing list signup sheet.
6. How We Use Your Information
We may use information that we collect from or about you, including personal information, for a range of reasons, including to:
Provide you with the Site and Services, their contents, and any other information or services you request from us
Carry out our obligations and enforce our rights, including for billing and collection
Communicate with you and provide customer support
Store information about your preferences to market our Services to you
Recognize you when you use the Site
Provide suggestions to you
Estimate our audience size and usage patterns
Fulfill other legitimate, lawful purposes about which we will notify you
Accomplish any other purpose with your consent
We may also use your information to contact you about our own and third parties' goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please contact us at any of the options listed in Section 12, Contact Information, below.
7. Disclosure of Your Personal Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users and information that does not identify any individual without restriction. In addition, we may disclose personal information that we collect or that you provide:
To our 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 a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all our assets, or the negotiation thereof, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us about our users is among the assets transferred
To third parties to market their products or services to you if you have consented to or not opted out of these disclosures
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information
With your consent
To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request
To enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Sarah Best, our customers, or others
8. Your Privacy Choices
We want you to be informed of your choices regarding your personal information. The following are mechanisms for you to control certain uses and disclosures of your personal information:
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent; however, some parts of the Site may then be inaccessible or not function properly
You can choose whether or not to allow the Site to collect and use real-time information about your device's location through the device's privacy settings; however, some parts of the Site may then be inaccessible or not function properly
If you do not want us to use your email address to promote our own or third parties' products or services, you can opt-out by unsubscribing from any emails you received from us or a third party
If you do not want us to use information that we collect or that you provide to us to deliver advertisements according to our advertisers' target-audience preferences, you can opt-out by contacting us or unsubscribing from any email you receive from us
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.
9. Accessing and Correcting Your Personal Information
You have the right to access, correct, update, or request deletion of your personal information by contacting us at any of the options listed in Section 12, Contact Information, below. Additionally, if you've signed up for one of our mailing lists, you can unsubscribe or manage the data yourself.
10. Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. Unfortunately, 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 through the data. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for evasion of any privacy settings or security measures we provide.
11. Changes to this Policy
We may update this Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will post the updated Policy on this page with a notice showing the date that this Policy was last updated.
12. Contact Information
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, you may contact us directly via our contact form or by any of the contact methods below.