StartSmart Investing - Privacy Policy
Effective Date: October 14th, 2024
Your privacy is important to StartSmart Investing. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our website or services.
1. Information We Collect
• Personal Information: When you sign up for our services, we may collect personal information such as your name, email address, date of birth, and payment details.
• Usage Data: We collect data on how you use our website and services, including IP address, browser type, and activity logs.
• Additional Data: We receive, collect, and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. In addition, we collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, login information, email address, password, computer and connection information, and purchase history. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods to browse away from the page. We also collect personally identifiable information (including name, email, password, and communications), payment details (including credit card information), comments, feedback, product reviews, recommendations, and personal profiles.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
• Provide and maintain our services.
• Process transactions.
• Communicate with you regarding updates or changes to our services.
• Improve our website and services through analytics.
• Additional Purposes: We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:
• To provide and operate the Services.
• To provide our users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support.
• To contact our visitors and users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages.
• To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services.
• To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your user experience. Cookies are small files stored on your device that help us track your activity on our website.
You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings, but this may affect your experience on our website.
The following links explain how to access cookie settings in various browsers:
• Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
• Cookie settings in Google Chrome
•Cookie settings in Safari (OS X)
• Cookie settings in Safari (iOS)
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
4. Sharing of Information
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties except:
• To trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and services, provided they agree to keep this information confidential.
• To comply with legal obligations or protect the rights, safety, and property of StartSmart Investing, our users, or others.
5. Data Security
We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or alteration. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
• Data Hosting: Our company is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases, and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.
• Payment Security: All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
6. Your Rights
You have the right to:
• Access and update your personal information.
• Request deletion of your personal information.
• Opt out of marketing communications.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@startsmartinvesting.com.
• Additional Rights: If you would like to access, correct, amend, or delete any personal information we have about you, you are invited to contact us at info@startsmartinvesting.com.
7. Children’s Privacy
Our services are not directed to individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child, please contact us immediately, and we will take steps to delete the information.
8. Changes to this Privacy Policy
StartSmart Investing may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page, and your continued use of our services after any changes indicates your acceptance of the new policy.
• Additional Notice: We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, or if you don’t want us to process your data anymore, please contact us at info@startsmartinvesting.com.