"Privacy policy"
Last Updated: 3 May 2021
We value your privacy very highly. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using www.scienceandshamanism.com (the “Website”) operated by "Science & Shamanism, LLC, a limited liability company formed in Delaware, United States ( the “Company”, “us”, “we”, “our”). ", We want everyone to understand how users' data is collected, used, and shared. This Privacy Policy covers our data collection practices and describes the user’s rights to access, correct or restrict the use of their own personal data by the Company.
Unless we link to another policy or indicate otherwise, this Privacy Policy applies when the user visits or uses the site, as well as acquires our digital products ("products").
By accessing the Website or purchasing our products, the user agrees to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Do not visit the Website or purchase Products on our website if you do not agree to this Privacy Policy or any other agreement governing your use of the Services.
Table of contents
1. Types of data collected
2. How we collect user data
3. Purpose of the user data
4. With whom users' data are shared
5. Legal bases for handling personal data
6. Sensitive personal data:
7. How long the user’s personal data is stored
8. Security
9. Users' rights
10. Accessing, updating, and deleting users' personal data
11. Our policy towards children
12. Rules specific to each jurisdiction
13. Updates and contact information
14. Jurisdiction for Conflict Resolution
1. Types of data collected
We collect certain data directly from the users, from information entered by the user himself in his registration on the site, in the email registration; in the purchase of products or services; and also, digital data while navigating on our site.
1.1 Data provided by the user
We may collect different data about you or provided by you in accordance with how you use our products and/or services offered on the website. On the table below there are examples to help you better understand the data we collect.
When you create an account and use the Services, including through a third-party platform, we collect all data provided directly, including:
The data listed above are stored by the Company and linked to the user’s account.
1.2 Data collected by automated means.
When you access the site (register and/or purchase products or consume our digital content), we collect certain data by automated means, including:
The data listed above is collected through server log files and tracking technologies, as detailed in the "Cookies and Data Collection Tools" section below. The data is stored by the Company and associated with the user account.
2. How we collect user data
We use tools such as cookies, web beacons and similar tracking technologies to collect the data listed above. Some of these tools offer the user the ability to opt-out of data collection.
2.1 Cookies and data collection tools
We use cookies - which are small text files stored by your browser - to collect, store and share data about your activities on different websites, including the Website. Cookies allow us to remember details about the user's visits to the Website , as well as facilitate the use of the website.
THE COMPANY and the internet service providers among other third-party services used by THE COMPANY use server log files and tools for automated data collection, such as cookies, tags, scripts, customized links, device or browser fingerprints and web beacons ("Data Collection Tools"), when the user accesses and uses the Services. These Data Collection Tools automatically track and collect certain System Data and Usage Data (detailed in Section 1) when you use the Services. In some cases, we associate the data collected through Data Collection Tools with other data we collect, as described in this Privacy Policy.
2.2 Why we use Data Collection Tools
THE COMPANY uses the following types of Data Collection Tools for the purposes described:
Strictly Necessary: these Data Collection Tools allow you to access the site, provide basic functionality (such as logging in and password or registering for training and courses), secure the site, protect against fraudulent logins, and detect and prevent abuse or unauthorized use of your account. These are necessary for the site to function properly, so if you disable them, some parts of the site will be corrupted or unavailable.
Functional: These Data Collection Tools remember data regarding your browser and preferences, provide additional site functionality, personalize content to make it more relevant to the user, and remember settings that affect the appearance and behavior of the Services (such as your preferred language or video playback volume).
Performance: These Data Collection Tools help us evaluate and improve the Services by providing usage and performance data, visit counts, traffic origins, or the location where an application was downloaded. These tools help us test different versions to see which features or content users prefer, as well as to determine which email messages are opened.
We use Google Analytics, which is a web analytics tool that helps us understand how users engage with the Website. Google Analytics uses its own cookies. You can find out more information about Google Analytics cookies here and about how Google protects your data here. You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our site – for more information on opting out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, visit this Google page: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
These cookies allow us to:
· Better understand our Website visitors so that we can improve how we present our content;
· Collect information about Website visitors such as where they are located and what browsers they are using;
· Determine the number of unique users of the Website;
Improve the Website by measuring any errors that occur; and
Advertising: These Data Collection Tools are used to display relevant advertisements (on the Site and/or on other sites) based on information known about the user such as System and Usage Data (as detailed in Section 1), and information that advertising service providers know about the user based on tracking data. Ads may be based on your recent or historical activity and on other websites and services. To help display personalized advertising, we may provide service providers with an anonymous and hashed version of the user's email address (in a human-unreadable format) and the content that the user publicly shares on the Services.
Social Media: These Data Collection Tools enable social media functionality, such as sharing content with friends and acquaintances. These cookies can track a user or device across other sites and create a profile of the user's interests for use in tailored advertising.
The user can set their Web browser to alert about cookie setting attempts on their computer, limit the types of cookies allowed, or simply refuse cookies altogether. In this case, it may not be possible to use some or all of the features of our website, and the user experience may be different or less functional.
3. Purpose of the user data
We use user data for purposes such as: to provide and secure navigation and registration on our site; to offer our products and digital content; to enter into partnerships; to encourage donations; to communicate with the user; to solve problems; to protect against fraud and abuse; to improve and update our products; to analyze how people use our Services; to serve personalized content advertising as required by law or necessary for the safety and security of our users; to analyze user eligibility for our donations program.
The data collected when you use the Services are used to:
Provide and manage the website and the products and content, participation in courses and training, generate personalized content and facilitate communication with other users.
Process payments from users.
Process user requests and orders for products.
Communicate with the user about their account.
Answer the user's questions and queries.
Send administrative messages and information; notifications about changes to our Service; and updates to our agreements.
Send you information, via email or text messages, about your progress in training, new products or services, new features, promotions, newsletters, and other available courses (which you may opt-out of receiving at any time).
Send push notifications to the user's wireless device to provide updates and other relevant messages (which can be managed on the "options" or "settings" page of the mobile application).
Manage the user's account and account preferences.
Facilitate the technical operation of the Services, including resolving problems, securing the Services, and preventing fraud and abuse.
Solicit feedback from users.
Publicize and administer surveys and promotions administered or sponsored by the Company.
Know more about the user by linking their data to other data through third-party data providers and/or analyzing the data with the help of analytics service providers.
Identify unique users across devices.
Personalize advertisements across devices.
Improve our Services and develop new products, services, and features.
Analyze trends and traffic, track purchases and usage data.
Advertise the Services on third party websites and applications.
As required or permitted by law.
4. With whom users' data are shared
We share some data about the user with volunteers, partners or trainers in our products, other students, companies contracted to provide outsourced services to THE COMPANY even if they are providing technological support, business partners, user social media providers, and companies that conduct research and advertising to promote our Products and Services. We may also share user data as necessary for security purposes, legal compliance, or as part of a corporate restructuring. Finally, we may share data in other ways if it is aggregated or de-identified, or if we obtain the user's consent.
We may share user data with third parties in the following circumstances or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:
With volunteers: We share data about the user (except email address) with volunteers in programs in which the user enrolls or about the ones the user requests information from. So that they can improve courses for the user and other students. This data may include anamnesis data duly authorized on the user's own terms.
With other learners and trainers: According to the user settings, the shared content and profile data can be viewed publicly, which also includes other learners and trainers during trainings.
With service providers: We share user data with third-party companies that provide services for our Company, such as payment processing, fraud and abuse prevention, data analytics, marketing and advertising services (including retargeted advertising), email and hosting services, and customer service and support.
With business partners: We have contracts with other sites and platforms to distribute our products and increase the website traffic.
To Enable Social Media Features: Social media features included in the Services (such as the Facebook Like button) may allow the social media provider to collect information such as the user's IP address and which page of the Products and/or services the user is visiting and set a cookie to enable the feature. User interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the third-party company.
To manage promotions and surveys: We may share user data as necessary to administer, market, or sponsor promotions and surveys in which you choose to participate, as required by applicable law (such as providing a list of winners or completing required registrations) or in accordance with the rules of the promotion or survey.
For security and compliance with the law: We may disclose your data to third parties if (in our sole discretion) we believe, based on good faith, that the disclosure is:
- Permitted or required by law.
- Requested as part of an investigation, court, governmental or legal order or proceeding.
- Reasonably necessary to enforce our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and other legal agreements.
- Necessary to detect, prevent or remedy fraud, abuse, misuse, possible violations of law (or rules or regulations), or technical or security issues; or
- Justifiably necessary, in our judgment, to protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of The COMPANY, our users, employees, members of the public or our Services.
- We may also disclose user data to our auditors and legal advisors in order to evaluate our disclosure obligations and rights under this Privacy Policy.
In the event of a transfer of control: In the event of a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition, corporate divestiture, or dissolution (including bankruptcy), or a partial or total sale of assets, we may share, disclose, or transfer all user data to the successor organization during such transition, or in contemplation of a transition (including during an audit).
With the user’s consent: With the user’s consent, we may share data with third parties outside the scope of this Privacy Policy.
5. Legal bases for handling personal data
We handle the personal data of our users on the following legal grounds, which justify data processing:
- upon the consent of the personal data subject.
- for compliance of a legal or regulatory obligation by the controller.
- for the regular exercise of legal, administrative or arbitral claims.
- for the performance of a contract or of preliminary proceedings related to a contract to which the data subject is a party, at the request of the data subject.
- for credit protection.
7. How long the user’s personal data is stored
We retain all of the information that we collect until we no longer need the information
9. Users' rights
Depending upon where you reside, you may have the following rights with regard to your personal information.
*You may exercise these rights at any time by emailing us at [email protected]. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before we can exercise any of these rights.
11. Our policy towards children
This Website is intended for use by a general audience and does not offer services to children. Should a child whom we know to be under 18 send personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond to that child to inform him or her that they cannot use this Website.
12. How we protect your information
We have implemented the following measures to protect and safeguard your personal information:
limiting the amount of personal information that we collect to strictly necessary only;
destroying the personal information that we no longer need;
mitigating risks by following a risk treatment plan;
screening all employees with access to personal information;
training our employees;
encrypting laptops, usbs and other portable media.
12.1 Users in California
Users who reside in California have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"). If you are an eligible California user, your rights include:
"Right to know" - You have the right to request to learn more about the categories and specific personal information we collect about you, as well as access a copy of your personal information.
"Right to opt-out" - You have the right to request to have the personal information we have collected about you deleted.
"Right to non-discrimination" - If you choose to assert any of your rights under the CCPA, THE COMPANY will continue to treat you like all other users. In other words, no penalties will be imposed for you exercising your rights under the CCPA.
"Right to Cancel" - You have the right to cancel the sale of your personal information.
To exercise any of your rights under the CCPA, email [email protected] or write to Science & Shamanism, LLC at 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE, 19808. The CCPA allows you to designate an authorized agent to make these requests on your behalf. For your protection, we may require that the request be sent to the email address associated with your account, and we may need to verify the identity of you and/or your agent before the request is made.
Additionally, to learn more about the personal information we collect and how we collect it, please see the "Type of Data Collected" and "How We Collect Data About You" sections above.
To learn about the business and commercial purposes for which your personal information is collected and the categories of service providers that have access to it, please see the sections "Purpose of Your Data" and "With Whom We Share Your Data".
As a California resident, you also have the right to request certain details about what personal information we share with third parties for their own marketing purposes. To submit your request, please send an e-mail to comercial@ciênciaexamanismo.com.br and include your mailing address, state of residence, and e-mail address.
12.2 Users in Australia
If you reside in Australia and wish to make a complaint, please contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner ("OAIC"). To contact the OAIC: visit https://www.oaic.gov.au/.
12.3 European Union Users - GDPR
Users who reside in European Union countries have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation Act ("GPDR"). If you are an EU resident and eligible user, your rights include:
Data Access - We are committed to recognizing the right of access for individuals who wish to review the information collected about them. If you wish to obtain a copy of your data, please contact us by e-mail at [email protected] .
Correction of data - We are committed to recognizing the right of correction to anyone who wishes to modify their information. If you wish to correct your data, please contact us by e-mail: [email protected]
Objection and data withdrawal - We undertake to offer you the right to object to and withdraw your personal information. The right to object is understood as the possibility offered to users to refuse that their personal information be used for certain purposes mentioned in the data collection. The right of withdrawal is understood as the possibility offered to users to request that their personal information no longer be included, for example, in an e-mail list. If you wish to exercise this right of opposition and/or withdrawal of data, please contact us by email: [email protected].
Deletion of data - We undertake to recognize the right of deletion of data to anyone who wishes to delete their information. If you wish to delete your data, please contact: [email protected].
In addition, to learn more about the personal information we collect and how we collect it, please see the sections "Type of Data Collected" and "How We Collect Data About You" above.
If you would like more information about your data protection rights with respect to the territorial jurisdiction of our company, please visit the website of the European Data Protection Commission: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj.
13. Updates and Contact Information
In the event of significant updates to this policy, we will notify users through e-mail, notices on the website itself, or other mechanism required by law. Changes will be effective on the day they are published. Please contact us by e-mail or mail with any questions, clarifications, or conflicts.
13.1 Modifications to this Privacy Policy
From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy. Except for significant changes, minor modifications will be effective immediately after they are posted on our website, without prior notice to users, for which reason you are encouraged to check this section periodically.
As permitted by applicable law, if you continue to use the Services after the effective date of any change, your access and/or use of the Services shall be considered an acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy (and agreement to follow and be bound by it). The revised Privacy Policy supersedes all previous Privacy Policies.
13.2 Accountability
The following person is accountable and responsible for our privacy practices and procedures:
[Name] Magaly Rodriguez
[Title]Privacy Officer
[Phone number] +55 11 99707-8496
[email] [email protected]
You may lodge a complaint with us by contacting the person accountable and responsible for our privacy practices and procedures at the contact information above. You may also lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada by filling out this form or calling 1-800-282-1376.
14. Location of data processing
All data processing activities undertaken by us take place in: Al Barretos #148, Alphaville, Santana de Parnaiba, Brazil.
15. Third-party websites
This Website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than us. We provide such hyperlinks for your reference only. We do not control such websites and are not responsible for their contents or the privacy or other practices of such websites. It is up to you to read and fully understand their Privacy Policies. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators.
16. Do Not Track
Do Not Track is a preference you can set on your browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. We do not support Do Not Track ("DNT"). You can either enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your browser.
