Privacy Policy.

Collaborative Consulting LLC dba Friendship Is Fundamental (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates friendshipisfundamental.com and provides information and certain types of coaching and content dissemination via the site (collectively, the “Service”).  This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

 

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible here.  See also our Disclaimer; agreement with all three documents is required for use of our Websites.  

Definitions

 

“Cookies” are small pieces of data stored on your device.

 

“Data Controller” means the person or entity that determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed.

 

“Data Processor” or “Service Provider” means any person or entity that processes Personal  Data on behalf of a Data Controller.

 

“Data Subject” or “User” is any individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

 

“Personal Data” means data about an individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

 

“Service” is defined above.

 

“Service Provider” is a third party that provides services that support the Services.

 

“Usage Data” is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

Information Collection And Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.  The related types of data are described below.

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain Personal Data about you (including personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you). Such personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Name;

  • Email address;

  • Telephone number;

  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City; and

  • Cookies and Usage Data.

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.  We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any message we send.

Usage Data

We may also collect Usage Data (including information about how the Service is accessed and used). This Usage Data may include information such as:

  • Your computer’s or other devices’ Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, and browser version; and

  • the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Cookies

Cookies help us provide, protect and improve the Services. The cookies that we use include session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until they expire or you delete them. 

 

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.  Cookies are files that consist of a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous, unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website (such as attentivecoaching.com) and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

 

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service or the Service will not work as intended.  

 

Examples of Cookies that we utilize are:

  • Session Cookies - we use them to operate our Service.

  • Preference Cookies - we use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.

  • Security Cookies - we may use Security Cookies for security purposes.

In addition, while the Cookies that we use may change from time to time as we improve and update the Services and the security of our web sites, we use them for the following purposes:

  • authentication;

  • security;

  • advertising and marketing;

  • site features;

  • to improve the Services; and

  • analytics and research.

Our Use of Data

We use data that we collect for various purposes, including:

  • To maintain the Services;

  • To provide the Services

  • To notify you about changes to some or all of the Services

  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service;

  • To provide customer support;

  • To monitor the usage of our Service;

  • To gather analysis and other web site and usage information for the purpose of improving the Services;

  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues;

  • To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and similar international laws

If you are from the European Union, the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Brazil or other countries with similar data protection legislation (collectively “Non-US Privacy Laws”), our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

 

Collaborative Consulting LLC may process your Personal Data because:

  • We need to perform a contract with you;

  • You have consented to us doing so;

  • The processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights; or

  • To comply with applicable law.

If you live outside of the United States, additional information about rights that you may have under applicable Non-US Privacy Laws are described further below.

Collaborative Consulting LLC will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy and in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions associated with the Services. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.  Collaborative Consulting LLC will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

Data Transfers

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

 

If you are located outside of the United States and provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer and there are legally compliant transfer mechanisms in place to support each such transfer (e.g. Standard Contractual Clauses under the GDPR, if applicable).

 

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information, in each case, in accordance applicable law (including Non-US Privacy Laws, if applicable).

Data Disclosure

Legal Requirements

We disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • To comply with a legal obligation;

  • To protect and defend the rights or property of Friendship Is Fundamental;

  • To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Services;

  • To protect the personal safety of users of the Services or the public; or

  • To protect against legal liability.

Data Security

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we use commercially acceptable means to help protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Other Terms

 

Service Providers

We may use Service Providers to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.  These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

 

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.

 

Marketing and Analytics

We may use Service Providers to (i) monitor and analyze the use of our Service and (ii) send emails and other messages and to market our Services.

 

The Company is not responsible for the content or practices of third-party websites that may be linked to the Site. The Company is also not responsible for any information that you might share with such linked websites. You should refer to each website’s respective privacy policies and practices prior to disclosing any information.

 

When interacting with these third parties, their privacy policies apply. As of the time of this writing, we use:

 

Google Analytics: Specifically, Google Analytics collects data about visitors to the Site via Google advertising cookies and anonymous identifiers, in addition to other data which may be collected through a standard Google Analytics implementation. We do not merge personally-identifiable information with non-personally identifiable information collected through any Google advertising product or feature. More information is available here. Should you wish to opt out of any Google Analytics Advertising features, you are encouraged to change your Ad Settings and Ad Setting for mobile apps, through the NAI’s consumer opt-out, or by using any of the other opt-out options currently available: currently available opt-outs.

 

Facebook pixels. More information is available here.

Kartra. More information is available here.

Stripe. More information is available here.

PayPal. More Information is available here.

 

Links To Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

 

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation and other Non-US Privacy Laws

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another country with a Non-US Privacy Law similar to the GDPR or the UK Data Protection Act 2018, you have certain data protection rights. 

 

Collaborative Consulting LLC dba Friendship Is Fundamental takes reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

 

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us at the email address below.

 

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.

  • The right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.

  • The right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.

  • The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information in accordance with law.

  • The right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.

  • The right to withdraw your consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your Personal Data.

We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to any such request.  You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority, which enforces the Non-US Privacy Law that applies to you.

For California Residents

 

California residents have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).  

For purposes of this section only, “Personal Information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you. Personal Information does not include information that is aggregated or information that cannot be reasonably linked to you. We do not sell your Personal Data as such term is contemplated under the CCPA.

 

In addition to the other rights you may have as set forth herein, under the CCPA you have the following rights:

 

  • Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose to you the Personal Information we collect, use, or disclose, and information about our data practices;

  • Right to Request Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete your Personal Information that we have collected from you;

  • Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.

 

To exercise your “right to know” or your “right to request deletion,” please contact us at the email address below.

 

Please note that to protect your information and the integrity of the Services, we may need to verify your identity before processing your request. In some cases we may need to collect additional information to verify your identity.

 

Under the CCPA, you may exercise these rights yourself or you may designate an authorized agent to make these requests on your behalf. In most cases, we will facilitate your request through automated tools available through your password-protected account.

 

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).  We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that any of your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.  You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to assert your applicable rights, please contact us at aili@friendshipisfundamental.com. 

 

Last Updated: November 3, 2021