Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 7, 2022

Please read this Privacy Policy (“policy”) carefully.  This policy is a legally binding agreement between you (the visitor to the website hobbyslave.com) and HobbySlave (“company”, “I”, “we”, “us”).

By visiting, viewing, or using this website and/or by using any program, product, course, or service from us or linked to third-party sites, you agree to be bound by this privacy policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website hobbyslave.com, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related to the site.

It also explains the rights you can exercise regarding your personal information and how you can contact us if you have any questions or complaints.

2. Information We Collect

The following describes the categories of personal information we collect and how we collect such information.

2.1 Information You Provide to Us.

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

  • Sign up to receive any emails (for example when you subscribe to a newsletter).
  • Contact us through any other means, including via an online contact form, email, or phone.
  • Fill out any forms on our site.
  • When you participate in a survey.
  • Comment on any posts or on our social media platforms.
  • When you receive free or paid programs, products, courses, or services.

Examples of information we may collect include:

  • Name.
  • Email address.
  • Occupation and interests.
  • IP address if clicking an affiliate link for reporting purposes.
  • Any other information you choose to provide e.g. through our opt-in or contact forms.
  • Financial information(such as your credit or debit card and billing address).

2.2 Information We Collect Automatically

We collect certain information via cookies and similar automated means when you use the Services, some of which may be personal data. Cookies and similar technologies do not gather your unique personal data, like name, date of birth, gender, or email. Rather, the information collected by cookies and other automated means is generally about your devices and your activities on your devices, such as search history, IP address, browser used, operating system and settings, access times, opens, clicks, and downloads of our email, and referring URL.

  • Analytics data

We use automatic data collection technology from Google (Google Analytics) to collect certain information about your device, browsing actions, and patterns.

We collect this data for statistical purposes and we don’t collect personal information. The purpose of this data is to improve our website and services.

Google Analytics is a web analytics service by Google that uses data for analytics and measurements to understand how websites are used. Google Analytics primarily uses cookies to study user interactions. If you wish to opt-out of Google Analytics so that none of your personal information is collected and stored by Google Analytics, you can download and install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on here.  To learn more about how Google collects and uses your data, you can access the Google Privacy Policy here.

  • Cookies, web beacons, pixel tags

This website may use cookies, web beacons, and remarketing pixel tags from third-party services such as advertising, affiliate, and analytic companies such as Google. These trackers collect non-personal information such as your IP address or browsing metadata.

This information helps us to: (1) improve your user experience, (2) collect analytics data to improve website performance (3) provide customization and functionality features (4) provide tailored ads from our ad providers.

Most browsers allow you to disable cookies and/or receive an alert when you get new cookies. Note that if you choose to disable cookies, this may interfere with your user experience and some parts of the site may not function properly.

  • 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 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.

3. Use of Your Personal Data

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

  • To contact you: We may use your contact information to communicate with you via email, telephone calls, or SMS.
  • To market and promote our products and services. You may opt out of marketing communications at any time by contacting us or unsubscribing from the communication channel
  • To improve the user experience: We may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, and identifying usage trends. This information will help us in determining the effectiveness of our information, products, and services.

4. Third Parties We Share Information With

We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information to any third parties, as we value your privacy. We share your personal data with only the following types of service providers:

We may share your information with the following third parties

  • Affiliate and marketing partners. We may share your information with affiliate partners to generate traffic or leads or for other business purposes.
  • Analytics Providers. We may share your information with analytics providers such as Google Analytics to help us improve our services.
  • Email Marketing and Advertising Providers. We may share your information with email marketing service providers which enables us to send you emails, newsletters, or other information.
  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
  • Payment Processors.  We use payment processors to collect your fees and process your payments. For more on the privacy policies of the payment processors please see the PayPal Privacy Policy and the Stripe Privacy Policy for more details.

5. Your Privacy Rights

Under this Privacy Policy, you have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data. The right to access, update or delete the information we have on you.
  • Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected.
  • Request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
  • Request erasure of your personal data. You have the right to ask us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for us to continue processing it.
  • Request the transfer of your personal data.
  • Withdraw your consent. You have the right to withdraw your consent on using your personal data.
  • You may request that we delete your personal data

You may exercise your rights by contacting us. We may request proof of your identity before acting upon any request.

6. How We Protect Your Information

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information from loss, theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

We restrict access to personal data collected about you to our employees, contractors, and certain third-party service providers as discussed above.

While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.  Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

7. Collection of Information from Minors

We do not knowingly collect, use, store or share personal information from children under the 18, or any higher minimum age in the jurisdiction where the child resides.

If you become aware of any data we have collected from a child under the applicable minimum age, please contact us using the contact information provided below for removal of the data.

8. Links to Other Websites

We may provide links to other websites as part of the information or services we offer. We do not control and are not responsible for how they collect or use your information. Please review and understand their privacy policies before providing any personal information or using any of their services. We are not responsible for the content or information of these third-party sites, any products or services that may be offered through them, or any other use of the sites.

9. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may make changes to this policy at any time without notice. By continuing to use this website, you agree to be bound by those changes. It is your responsibility to periodically check the website for changes to the policy.

10. How to Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us using the information below.

By email: contact@hobbyslave.com