Who we are
Our website address is theSTEMtechie.com
Modification Date: September 14th, 2024
Effective Date: September 14th, 2024
Welcome to theSTEMtechie.com privacy practices. Please read the entire policy to make sure you fully understand our practices.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, to help detect spam.
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.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
To see the full Cookies Policy, click here.
What About 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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. Please remember that I do not control those site’s privacy policies. Please make sure to review the policies of any such sites before providing your personal information.
What Personal Data Do We Collect From You?
Personal data is information that can be used to identify you, such as your name, IP address, and email address. We process personal data from you in a number of ways, including:
(1.) Opt-In To Email Course: Your name and email address.
(2.) Wait List: Your name and email address.
(3.) Transaction: Your name, email address, billing information, and payment source.
(4.) Submitting Questions: Your name, email address, and question.
(5.) Lessons: Your name and email address.
(6.) Webinars: Your name and email address.
(7.) Community: Your name and email address. You can voluntarily share a profile picture on social media handles and describe yourself and your business.
What Legal Basis Do We Have For Collecting and Processing Your Information?
Our legal basis for processing your data is as follows:
(1.) Opt-In To Email Course: We will ask for your consent first.
(2.) Waiting List: We will ask for your consent first.
(3.) Transaction: We will collect your information as part of a legal contractual transaction.
(4.) Submitting Questions: We have a legitimate interest in responding to your questions and need to use your data to do so. We will not use the data for other purposes.
(5.) Lessons: We will ask for your consent first.
(6.) Webinars: We will ask for your consent first.
(5.) Webinars: We will ask for your consent first.
How Long Do We Keep Your Data?
We keep your personal data for different periods of time depending on why it was gathered.
(1.) Opt-In To Email Course: Seven years
(2.) Wait List: Seven years
(3.) Transaction: Seven years for tax audit purposes.
(4.) Submitting Questions: Seven years
(5.) Lessons: Seven years
(6.) Comments on the website: The comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely
For users who 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.
Who Has Access To The Data We Collect?
We process and access your data as described above through the help of third parties that have the digital infrastructure that we do not and without whom we would be unable to provide our products and services, including:
- Financial transaction processors (processing your payments)
- Customer service communication platform
- Contest and survey platform
- Email communication manager
- Marketing funnel providers
- Website management services
- Website design and programming services
- Community platform
These third parties have contractually promised not to use your personal data in any manner we do not authorize.
What rights do You Have Over Your Data?
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. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Although we have certain rights to limit your control of data, we believe it is your data, so we will comply with your requests whenever possible. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].
Privacy Concerns, Contacting Us, Complaints
You can contact us with any questions or requests about these policies or your personal data. You can contact me by sending a message via our Contact Page or by sending an email to [email protected]. If, after contacting us, you feel a privacy issue has not been resolved, you have the right to file a complaint with a Supervisory Authority.
Privacy Policy Modifications and Updates
I may update and modify this Privacy Policy at any time. In doing so, I will post a notice on the site 30 days before the change goes into effect and forward an email message to you should we have an email address for you. However, you may exercise any rights noted in the new policy before the 30-day period runs, and I agree to abide by our obligations as indicated in the new policy.
Sale of Business
Should I sell this site or our business, your personal information will be an asset transferred to the new owner.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please get in touch with me at [email protected].