Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy of The Empowered Block LLC Website

Last updated: October 19, 2020

1.       Scope of Privacy Policy

The Empowered Block LLC (“We,” “Our,” “Us”) is committed to respecting your privacy and provides information below for you to understand how we collect, use, and share any data about our visitors and customers when visiting The Empowered Block LLC’s website (“Site”) at www.empoweredblock.com. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) addresses our data collection practices and describes your rights to access, restrict, or modify our use of your personal information. This online Policy only applies to information collected through this website.

By visiting this Site, you are consenting to our Privacy Policy, as represented below. This Policy applies to all users of this Site. By using this Site, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by this Policy. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions outlined in this Policy, please do not use our Site.

Some of the information we collect through this Site may be “personal information,” which is information that identifies you personally, alone or in combination with other information available to us. Other information may be non-identifiable, such as information collected by cookies.

2.       Information We Receive from Your Use of Our Site

When you interact with our Site, submit a Contact Form request, or subscribe to our list serve, we ask you to provide personal information. The Site must collect some “identifying” information from you to permit you to use and access our services. Such information includes a name and email address, and/or phone number when you choose to inquire about our services or subscribe to our list serve. As we value your privacy, we do not sell, license, or otherwise disclose your personal information to third-parties without your consent.

If you request to receive email notifications from us, we collect your name and email address so that we can send email communications to you regarding the information and services you request.

If you contact us (via email, phone, text, or through our social media channels), we may collect and store your name, email address, the content of your message, and any other data you provide. We will not share any personal information provided to third parties without your consent or knowledge.

3.       How We Use Information

We use and process your information for the business purposes outlined below:

  • to authenticate users, process and fulfill purchases of services, and to keep you informed about the service status;

  • respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests for services;

  • to communicate about and administer our services;

  • to provide the services and information that you request;

  • to contact you to answer requests for customer support or technical support;

  • to contact you with information and notices related to your use of this Site;

  • to improve the content, functionality, and usability of this Site;

  • to better understand your interests and needs;

  • to improve our services;

  • to send administrative information to you, for example, information regarding the Site or changes to our terms, conditions, and policies;

  • to improve our marketing and promotional efforts;

  • to prevent fraud or criminal activity, misuses of our products or services, and ensure the security of our IT systems, architecture, and networks;

  • for good faith compliance with the law.

4.       Data Retention

We will keep your Personal Data for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, while we have a legitimate business need to do so, or as required by law (e.g. for tax, legal, accounting or other purposes), whichever is the longer. If you have elected to receive marketing communications from us, we retain information about your marketing preferences until you opt out of receiving these communications and in accordance with our policies. To determine the appropriate retention period for your Personal Data, we will consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the Personal Data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your Personal Data, the purposes for which we use your Personal Data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements. In some circumstances we may anonymize your Personal Data so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case it is no longer Personal Data.

 5.       Update Your Information

If you need to change or correct your Personal Data, or wish to have it deleted from our systems, you may contact us. We will address your request as required by applicable law. Members may also update their Personal Data from their user settings.

6.       How Information is Collected

  • Information You Manually Provide. The Site collects the information you manually provide when you use this Site. For example, we collect the information you provide when you request a service, send us questions, or otherwise interact with this Site. Some of the information you manually provide may be personal information, such as your name and contact information.

  • Information from your browser or device. The Site collects information that is sent to us automatically by your web browser or mobile device. This information typically includes your IP address, the name of your operating system, the name and version of your browser, the date and time of your visit, and the pages you visit. The information we receive may depend on your browser or device settings. The information we receive from your web browser and device typically is not, in and of itself, personally identifiable. However, we may combine it with other information in an attempt to identify you or we may combine it with information that does identify you.

  • Information Collected by Cookies and Other Technologies. We use “cookies” and other technologies to collect information and support certain features of this Site. “Cookies” are small text files that are placed on your device by a web server when you access our services. We may also use cookies to monitor aggregate usage and web traffic routing on our services and to customize and improve our services.

  • Cookies (a) Collect data about the way you interact with our Site (i.e., when you use certain features), (b) Allow third-parties to use these tracking technologies to track your behavior on our behalf on our Site (including when you use multiple devices), (c) Enable third-parties to collect data about the way you interact across sites outside of our Site. And (d) Collect anonymous statistical information about how you use the Services (including the length of your web or application session) and the location from which you access the services, so that we can improve the Services and learn which elements and functions of the Services are most popular with our users. You have a number of options to control or limit how we and our partners use cookies:

  • You can opt out of Google Analytics. 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.

  • Online Advertising. We use third-party advertising services, like Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram, to deliver advertising about our products and services on our Platforms, as well as other websites and applications you use. The ads may be based on information we have collected (as outlined above) and information these advertising providers know about you based on their tracking data. The ads can be based on your recent activity or activity over time and across other sites and services and may be tailored to your interests.

  • Web beacons or pixels. Web beacons usually work in conjunction with cookies. These are tiny graphics with a unique identifier that are used to understand browsing activity. In contrast to cookies, these are rendered invisibly on web pages when you open a page.

  • Social Media widgets. These are buttons or icons provided by third-party social media providers (i.e. Instagram, Twitter, etc.) that allow you to interact with those social media services when you view a web page or a mobile app screen. These social widgets may collect browsing data, which may be received by the third party that provided the widget and are controlled by the third parties.

7.       Policy Concerning Minors

The Empowered Block LLC does not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 13. You must be at least 13 years old to have our permission to use this Site. We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal information about visitors under 13 years of age. If you are under the age of 13, please do not use this Site. Parents who believe that we may have collected personal information from a minor can submit a request that it be removed by contacting us here.

8.       Right to Make a Choice

We respect your right to make choices about the ways we collect, use, and disclose your information. This Policy describes some of your choices, such as your choice to opt-in to receiving our newsletter or to opt out of receiving “cookies.” We may ask you to indicate your choices at the time and on the page where you provide your information. You have the option to change previously expressed preferences regarding how we use your information. If at any time you wish to be taken off our mailing lists, you will have the option to unsubscribe via the link in the email you have received.

9.       Understanding Your Rights

You have rights in relation to the personal information we hold about you. Below is an outline of those rights and how to exercise them. Please note that we will require you to verify your identity before responding to any requests to exercise your rights by providing details only known to the account holder. Please note that for each of the rights below we may have valid legal reasons to refuse your request, in such instances we will let you know if that is the case. After verification of identity you have the right to:

  • know what personal information and data we maintain about you

  • request a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used format

  • request updates to your personal information if it is incorrect or incomplete

  • request that we cease our processing of your personal information and data

  • request that we delete or restrict how we use your personal information, but this right is determined by applicable law and may impact your access to some of our Services

In order to exercise any of these rights within this Policy, please contact us.

10.   Third-Party Cookies

In addition to the cookies we deliver to your computer or mobile device through this Site, certain third-parties may deliver cookies to you for a variety of reasons. For example, we use Google Analytics, a web analytics tool that helps us understand how visitors engage with our Site.

Other third parties may also use “cookies” or web beacons to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content.  The Empowered Block does not have access to or control over “cookies” or other features that such third-party advertisers may use and the information practices of such third-party advertisers and third-party websites are not covered by this Policy.

11.   How We Protect Your Data

When you submit sensitive information via the Site, your information is protected both online and offline. Whenever we collect sensitive information, that information is encrypted and transmitted to us by secure servers. We have included common indications of such secured features when appropriate such as a closed lock icon in your web browser. While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted through the Site or over email; any transmission is at your own risk.

12.   How to Opt out of Communications

You can unsubscribe from receiving emails from The Empowered Block at any time. You can unsubscribe by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link in your Empowered Block email and following the instructions provided.

13.   Change of Ownership

We reserve the right to transfer to relevant third-parties any information we have about you in the event of a potential or actual sale or transfer of all or a portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a merger, acquisition, joint venture, reorganization, divestiture, dissolution or liquidation) or other business combination. In such case, we will require the relevant third parties to provide comparable levels of protection as we provide with respect to the information we share.

14.   Updates to this Privacy Policy

Please revisit this page periodically to remain aware of any changes to this Policy. We reserve the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update or modify this Policy, by posting such change, update or modification on the Site. Any such change, update or modification will be effective immediately upon posting.

15.   Legal Compliance

We may disclose personal information about you (a) comply with legal obligations and legal process, (b) respond to requests from public and government authorities including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; (c) enforce our Terms of Use; (d) protect our operations or those of any of our affiliates; (e) protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you or others; and (f) allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain, as required or permitted by the law. (g) otherwise with your consent.

16.   Governing Law

This Policy shall be governed by the laws of the New York, United States of America without regard to its conflicts of law provisions.

 

How to Contact Us

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns regarding The Empowered Block LLC’s Privacy Policy here.