WiseWoman Leading is a Website offering information, products, coaching and consulting related to natural health, green living, personal growth and creative entrepreneurship. In the course of providing our services, WiseWoman Leading may collect Personal Information and we have prepared this policy to inform you about our ongoing commitment to ensuring that the Personal Information obtained during the course of our activities remains accurate and confidential.
We consider “Personal Information” to mean any information, recorded in any form, about an identified individual or an individual whose identity may be inferred or determined from such information, other than business contact information (e.g. name, title, business address). This Policy does not cover aggregated data from which the identity of an individual cannot be determined. WiseWoman Leading retains the right to use aggregated data in any way that it determines appropriate.
WiseWoman Leading may use the Personal Information provided verbally or in writing (including via electronic media) by readers of our Site, those who purchase products or services through the Site, or other third parties, in order to provide e-newsletters, announcements, and invitations to our events, as well as in order to fulfill order requests made for products and services that we offer.
The personal information we ask for will depend upon which services you may obtain and is currently generally limited to first names and e-mail addresses.
WiseWoman Leading only collects, uses and discloses Personal Information for purposes that would be considered reasonable in the circumstances and only such information as is required for the purposes of providing services or information to users of the Site. We use only fair and lawful methods to collect Personal Information.
Our use of Personal Information is limited to the purposes described in this Policy and WiseWoman Leading does not otherwise sell, trade, barter, exchange or disclose for consideration any Personal Information it has obtained. It may, from time to time, send out promotional or other related messages on behalf of a third-party organization with whom it has partnered, without disclosing Personal Information to the third party. These messages will be labelled distinctly as such to distinguish them from other types of e-mail information we may send.
WiseWoman Leading may disclose your Personal Information to:
- Individuals or organizations who are our advisors or service providers; and
- Individuals or organizations involved in Maintaining, reviewing and developing our business systems, procedures and infrastructure including testing or upgrading our computer systems; or
- A reorganization of WiseWoman Leading.
In the event sensitive Personal Information is provided to WiseWoman Leading, we will not disclose such Personal Information unless it is required in order to provide a user of our Site with our services.
Where WiseWoman Leading discloses Personal Information to organizations that perform services on its behalf, we will require those service providers to use such information solely for the purposes of providing services to WiseWoman Leading site users or the person concerned and to have appropriate safeguards for the protection of that Personal Information.
Where Personal Information may be subject to transfer to another organization in contemplation of a merger or reorganization of all or part of WiseWoman Leading, we will do this only if the parties have entered into an agreement under which the collection, use and disclosure of the information (including any Personal Information) is restricted to those purposes that relate to the transaction, including a determination of whether or not to proceed with the transaction, and is to be used by the parties to carry out and complete the transaction.
Please note that there are circumstances where the use and/or disclosure of Personal Information may be justified or permitted or where WiseWoman Leading is obliged to disclose information without consent. Such circumstances may include:
- Where required by law or by order or requirement of a court, administrative agency or governmental tribunal;
- Where WiseWoman Leading believes, upon reasonable grounds, that it is necessary to protect the rights, privacy, safety or property of an identifiable person or group;
- Where it is necessary to establish or collect monies owing to WiseWoman Leading;
- Where it is necessary to permit WiseWoman Leading to pursue available remedies or limit any damages that we may sustain; or
- Where the information is public.
Where obliged or permitted to disclose information without consent, WiseWoman Leading will not disclose more information than is required.
Unless permitted by law, no Personal Information is collected, without first obtaining the consent of the individual concerned to the collection, use and dissemination of that information. However, we may seek consent to use and disclose Personal Information after it has been collected in those cases where WiseWoman Leading wishes to use the information for a purpose not identified in this Policy or not previously identified or for which the individual concerned has not previously consented.
We comply with all Canadian and international SPAM laws with respect to the collection and use of Personal Information over the Web.
By providing Personal Information to WiseWoman Leading you agree and consent that we may collect, use and disclose your Personal Information in accordance with this Policy. In addition, where appropriate, specific authorizations or consents may be obtained from time to time.
In most cases and subject to legal and contractual restrictions, you are free to refuse or withdraw your consent at any time upon reasonable, advance notice. It should be noted that in certain circumstances, certain services can only be offered if you provide Personal Information to WiseWoman Leading. Consequently, if you choose not provide us with any required Personal Information, we may not be able to offer you the services requested. We will inform you of the consequences of the withdrawal of consent.
WiseWoman Leading endeavors to ensure that any Personal Information provided and in its possession is as accurate, current and complete as necessary for the purposes for which we use that information. If we become aware that Personal Information is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, WiseWoman Leading will revise the Personal Information and, if necessary, use its best efforts to inform third parties which were provided with inaccurate information so that those third parties may also correct their records.
We keep your Personal Information only as long as it is required for the reasons it was collected. The length of time we retain information varies, depending on the service and the nature of the information. This period may extend beyond the end of a person’s relationship with us but it will be only for so long as it is necessary for us to have sufficient information to respond to any issues that may arise at a later date.
When your Personal Information is no longer required, we have procedures to destroy, delete, erase or convert it into an anonymous form.
Currently, the principal places in which WiseWoman Leading holds personal information are in the city of Philadelphia, PA, United States.
WiseWoman Leading endeavours to maintain appropriate physical, procedural and technical security with respect to its offices and information storage facilities so as to prevent any loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, or modification of Personal Information. This also applies to our disposal or destruction of Personal Information.
WiseWoman Leading further protects Personal Information by restricting access to it to those employees that the management of WiseWoman Leading has determined need to know that information in order that we may provide our products, services or information.
If any employee of WiseWoman Leading misuses Personal Information, this will be considered as a serious offence for which disciplinary action may be taken, up to and including termination of employment. If any individual or organization misuses Personal Information – provided for the purpose of providing services to or for WiseWoman Leading this will be considered a serious issue for which action may be taken, up to and including termination of any agreement between WiseWoman Leading and that individual or organization.
Our Web servers track general information about visitors such as their domain name, time of visit and which pages are being accessed. This information is used internally, only in aggregate form, to better serve visitors by helping us to:
- Manage our site;
- Diagnose any technical problems; and
- Improve the content of our Website.
For each visitor to our Web page, our Web server automatically recognizes only the visitor’s IP address, but not their e-mail address.
In browsing the Web, you will encounter a technology known as “cookies.” “Cookies” are files or pieces of information that may be stored in a computer’s hard drive when an individual visits a website. Most Internet browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you do not wish to accept cookies, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. “Session” cookies are temporary bits of information that are erased once a visitor exits its Web browser window or otherwise turn its computer off. Session cookies are used to improve navigation on Websites and to collect aggregate statistical information. The WiseWoman Leading Website does not use session cookies.
“Persistent” cookies are more permanent bits of information that are placed on the hard drive of a visitor’s computer and stays there unless it is deleted. Persistent cookies store information on a visitor’s computer for a number of purposes, such as retrieving certain information previously provided (e.g., passwords), helping to determine what areas of the Website visitors find most valuable, and customizing the Website based on visitor preferences. The WiseWoman Leading Website does not use persistent cookies.
We do not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies.
We have no control over the content of third party Websites that individuals may access through hyperlinks at our Website. We encourage everyone to read the privacy policy of every Website they visit.
From time to time, we may use our site users’ information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our Privacy Policy. If our information practices change in the future, we will post these policy changes to this page of our website. If you have any concerns, please review our Privacy Policy periodically.
In the event of questions about: (i) access to your Personal Information; (ii) our collection, use, management or disclosure of Personal Information; or (iii) this Policy; please contact WiseWoman Leading ‘s privacy officer by sending an e-mail to info@wisewomanleading and asking to speak with the WiseWoman Leading Privacy Officer.
WiseWoman Leading will investigate all complaints and if a complaint is justified, we will take all reasonable steps to resolve the issue.