At BetterSelfHub, we respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes the types of personal information we may gather, how we use and safeguard it, and your rights concerning this information. By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of your information as detailed in this policy.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://betterselfhub.com.
Information We Collect
To provide and enhance our services, we may collect:
Personal Data: If you register for a membership, we collect your first name, last name, and email address. If we decide to send newsletters, your email may be used for this purpose.
Usage Data: We utilize Google Analytics to collect anonymous usage data such as visited pages on our website, time and date of your visit, time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.
Comments
We use cookies to monitor your activity on our website and store specific information. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, not accepting cookies may affect some functionalities of our website.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
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
We use cookies to track your activity on our website and store certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Cache
This site utilizes caching in order to facilitate a faster response time and better user experience. Caching potentially stores a duplicate copy of every web page that is on display on this site. All cache files are temporary, and are never accessed by any third party, except as necessary to obtain technical support from the cache plugin vendor. Cache files expire on a schedule set by the site administrator, but may easily be purged by the admin before their natural expiration, if necessary. We may use QUIC.cloud services to process & cache your data temporarily.Please see https://quic.cloud/privacy-policy/ for more details.
Embedded content from other websites
Our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.) from other websites. This content behaves as if the visitor has visited the other website, which may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.
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.
Third-Party Services
We may utilize third-party services like Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. These third parties may access your personal information to perform tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
How We Use Your Information
We use your information for various purposes, including:
1. To provide and maintain our website.
2. To improve our website and the content we offer.
3. To send you our newsletter if you opt-in to receive it.
Who we share your data with
- Password Reset: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
- Google Services: We use Google Analytics and Google AdSense, which receive certain data for providing their services. Google processes this data in accordance with their own privacy policies.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website, 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.
What rights 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.
Where your data is sent
Your data may be sent to and processed by various third-party services to enhance your experience on our website and to maintain site security:
- Visitor comments: These may be reviewed through an automated spam detection service.
- Google Analytics: This tool collects anonymous data about website usage to help us understand and improve user interactions.
- Google AdSense: This service uses data to provide personalized ads. Please be aware that Google may use this data in accordance with their own privacy policies.”
Your Rights Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
If you are a California resident, the CCPA grants you specific rights regarding your Personal Information:
- Right to Notice: You have the right to be notified of what categories of Personal Information will be collected at or before the point of collection and the purposes for which they will be used and shared.
- Right to Access: You can request information about the Personal Information we’ve collected over the past 12 months, including its source, specific pieces, and its use, as well as any information disclosed for business purposes.
- Right to Data Portability: Upon request, we will provide your Personal Information in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
- Right to Deletion: You can ask us to delete your Personal Information, subject to legal exceptions.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.
- Right to Opt-Out of Sale: You can direct us not to sell or disclose your Personal Information to third parties, which is broadly defined under the CCPA to include both monetary and non-monetary consideration.
- For consumers under 16 years old, we do not knowingly sell Personal Information.
- Under California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civ. Code §1798.83), California residents that have an established business relationship with us can request information about how their information is disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes.
- You may exercise these rights at any time by contacting us at team@betterselfhub.com
Your Rights Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following data protection rights:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request access to your Personal Information that we store and have the ability to access your Personal Information.
- Right to Rectification: You can request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete Personal Information.
- Right to Erasure: You can request the deletion of your Personal Information from our systems, as permitted by law.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You can request limits on how we process your Personal Information.
- Right to Data Portability: You can request your Personal Information in a structured, accessible, and machine-readable format.
- Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your Personal Information.
- Right to Lodge a Complaint: If you’re unsatisfied with how we handle your Personal Information, you can lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your data based on your consent, you can withdraw this consent at any time.
- You may exercise these rights at any time by contacting us at team@betterselfhub.com
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at team@betterselfhub.com
Last updated: May 17, 2023