This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Michael Stone, Inc. collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users of the edu-michaelstone.com website (“site”). This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by Michael Stone, Inc.
Personal identification information
We may collect your personal identification information in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when you visit our site, register, place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our site. You may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, mailing address. We will collect your personal identification information only if you voluntarily submit such information to us. You can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in site-related activities.
Non-personal identification information
We may collect your non-personal identification information whenever you interact with our site. The non-personal identification information may include your browser name, the type of computer and technical information, means of connection to our site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.
How we use collected information
Michael Stone, Inc. may collect and your personal information for the following purposes:
To improve customer service
The information you provide helps us respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently.
To personalize user experience
We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our users as a group use the services and resources provided on our site.
To improve our site
We may use feedback you provide to improve our products and services.
To run a promotion, contest, survey or other site feature
To send you the information you agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to you.
To send periodic emails
We may use your email address to send you information and updates pertaining to your order or course. It may also be used to respond to your inquiries, questions, and/or other requests. If you decide to opt-in to our mailing list, you will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.
Who on our team has access
Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, Administrators can access:
- Order information like what was purchased, when it was purchased and where it should be sent, and
- Customer information like your name, email address, and billing and shipping information.
Our team members have access to this information to help fulfill orders, process refunds and support you.
Web browser cookies
Our Site may use “cookies” to enhance our users’ experience. Your web browser places cookies on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about you. You may choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.
If you leave a comment on our Site you may opt-in to save 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 have an account and you log in to this Site, 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.
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. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Contact form
The Site’s contact form will collect your name and email address. We will use this information to respond to your inquiry, questions, and/or other requests. We generally store contact form information for as long as we need it to track and respond to your request. We do not use the information submitted through contact forms for marketing purposes.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, 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 tracking 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, 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.
How we protect your information
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site.
Sensitive and private data exchange between the Site and its users happens over an SSL secured communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures.
Sharing your Personal Data
We do not sell, trade, or rent any personal information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above. We use third-party service providers to help us operate our business and the Site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes provided that you have given us your permission.
Links to other websites
You may find content on our Site that links to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. These websites may operate independently from us and may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review. If any linked website is not owned or controlled by us, we are not responsible for its content, any use of the website or the privacy practices of the operator of the website.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us at:
Michael Stone, Inc.
981 Ian Street
Victoria, BC, Canada V8X 3J8
info@michaelstoneteaching.com
michaelstoneteaching.com
This document was last updated on December 18, 2020.