PRIVACY POLICY

Who We Are

SHINE Soul + Success, Inc.
connect@rebeccamassoud.com

Our website address is: https://rebeccamassoud.com.

Acknowledgement & Acceptance of Terms

rebeccamassoud.com is committed to protecting your privacy and takes very seriously the usage, collection and transference of personal data. The policy below states our current privacy practices with regard to the information we collect when your computer or you personally interact with our website.

By accessing rebeccamassoud.com, you acknowledge and freely consent to the practices described in this privacy policy. You also give your consent to the information collection practices described below.

Participating Vendor/Merchant Policies

This website offers services (like data collection forms) that link to websites other than Rebeccamassoud.com. These sites have their own privacy terms. Because we do not have direct control over these sites, we are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices of those sites.

Below you will find links to the sites we partner with, along with links to their privacy policies. We recommend that you review these policies before providing personal or confidential data or before completing any transactions with these sites.

Information Collection & Cookies

Comments
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.

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.

We use cookies for a number of purposes. They help us to provide you with a good experience when you browse this website. They also allow us to improve our site and deliver to you a website you want to browse and enjoy. By continuing to browse the site, you agree to the use of cookies as detailed below.

First, what is a cookie?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. You can find more information about web cookies here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie

We use the following cookies: 

• Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for you to use the features available on this website. They include, for example, the ability to login and post a comment.

We use two different kinds of cookies on this website: First party and third party cookies (both defined in detail on the Wikipedia link above).

First-party cookies

These cookies are specifically about rebeccamassoud.com and track your usage of this website. These cookies are considered essential for the website to operate correctly.These cookies, none of which capture personally identifiable information, include:

• Visitor ID – this cookie is a numeric value that identifies unique visitors and provides coherence and consistency to a site visit- it is anonymous and contains no personally identifying information;
• Page number – this cookie identifies the page you are on;
• Session ID – this cookie identifies your website session;
• Test – this cookie checks whether or not your browser supports cookies;

Third-party cookies

This website sets different types of third-party cookies to track usage, social sharing and more. These cookies are not under our control, and serve to help us understand the visitors who come to the website, as well as support our connection to other third party sites.  (Again, see the Wikipedia page above for detailed explanations of third party services/cookies).

Included in our list of third-party cookies are the following services:

We use WooCommerce on our site to process payments. Read the WooCommerce Cookie policy here: https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-cookies/

Your rights with cookies:

Cookies are set by many entities and may include the website’s owners/developers/managers, plugins, third-party providers, advertisers and anyone else who collects or uses the website’s data.

As a user of this (or any) website, you can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of some, or all cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of the site.

To learn how to block cookies, simply go to Google and type in “how do I block cookies” on whatever browser you use (Chrome, Firefox etc.) and you will find the details needed to block some or all cookies on your browser.

Additional Data Storage and Privacy Policy Considerations

Embedded content from other websites – Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behave in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. In addition to the non-personally identifiable data collected by cookies, this website also offers the ability to contact us via contact forms, newsletter registration forms, downloadable ebooks, free downloadable gifts, and other similar files.

To receive free gifts from this website, we require that you share your personal information consisting of your first name and your email address. In some cases we have additional optional fields to tell us about. In most cases, information is gathered and stored in the website database or via a third-party service. All information gathered via any form on this website can be deleted upon request.

Information and informational items are provided in exchange for adding your email address and possibly your name, business and or website information to one of our mailing lists. All mailing lists are stored and executed via MailChimp for the sole purpose of communicating information, as well as occasional marketing of services and products. Each mailing list will specifically detail what type of emails you may receive and possibly the frequency. You may unsubscribe from said email list(s) at any time by using the unsubscribe link provided in every email.

• A copy of MailChimp’s Privacy Policy can be found here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

Any payments for any products or informational items are processed securely via PayPal, or Stripe, or WooCommerce.

• PayPal’s privacy policy is listed at : https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
• WooCommerce’s privacy policy is listed at: https://woocommerce.com/privacy-policy/
• Stripe’s privacy policy is listed at: https://stripe.com/us/privacy/

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

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.

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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

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 (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.

Your Data Rights

If you 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.

Your information is never shared or sold to others for marketing purposes, and is only shared with third party services as necessary and explained above.

Contacting Us

If at any time you wish to find out how your data is stored and/or opt out of communication, email, or to have your data deleted, please direct your request to the email address below.

If you wish to contact us, the best way is as follows:

EMAIL: connect@rebeccamassoud.com

CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT

SHINE Soul + Success, Inc.  has the discretion to occasionally change this privacy statement at any time without notice. When we do, we will also revise the “updated” date at the bottom of this Privacy page; such changes shall then be effective immediately. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 27, 2018
LAST UPDATE: December 9, 2019