Last updated: 27 May, 2023

After the Bell LLC (“Company”, “us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://encouragedlearner.com website (the “Service”).

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information when you use our Service.

We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

We use your Personal Information for providing and improving the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Information we Collect

Personal Information You Disclose To Us

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.

Personal information provided by you. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:

• Names
• Email addresses

All personal  information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information Automatically Collected

We collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through “cookies” and similar technologies.

How We Process Your Information

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:

• To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to users.
• To respond to user inquiries / offer support to users.
• To request feedback.
• To send you marketing and promotional communications. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any time using the “Unsubscribe” button at the bottom of our emails.
• To deliver targeted advertising to you.
• To identify usage trends to improve our Services.
• To determine the effectiveness of our marketing and promotional campaigns.
• To save or protect an individual’s vital interest, such as to prevent harm.

Cookies

Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer’s hard drive. 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.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Essential cookies: these cookies are essential to the provision of our Website.
• Functionality cookies: these cookies help us remember choices you have made while on our website, remember your preferences, and personalize your Website experience.
• Analytics and performance cookies: these cookies help us collect statistical and analytical usage to help analyze website usage.
• Social media cookies: These cookies allow you to interact with content on certain social media platforms, such as “liking” our articles. Depending on your social media setting, the social media network will have a record of this and may display your name or identifier in relation to this action.
• Advertising and targeted advertising cookies: these cookies track your browsing habits and location to provide you with advertising in line with your interests.

If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. For further information regarding cookies and how to manage them, please see http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, 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 Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

The third parties we may share personal information with are as follows:

• Google Analytics - for website analytics. https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
• MailerLite - for providing our newsletter. https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy

We also may need to share your personal information in the following situations:

• Business Transfers: we may share or transfer your 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.
• Affiliates: we may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy notice. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
• Business Partners.: we may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.

Security

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

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.

Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we discover that a child under 18 has provided us with Personal Information, we will delete such information from our servers immediately.

Your Privacy Rights

In some regions (like the EEA, UK, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if applicable, to data portability. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section “Contact Us” below.

We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Withdrawing Your Consent

If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent by contacting us using the contact details provided in the section “Contact Us” below.

However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

Opting Out Of Marketing And Promotional Communications

You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link in the emails that we send, or by contacting us using the contact details provided in the section “Contact Us” below.

California Residents

We may share your personal information with our partners who help us provide you with the products and services you have requested. We may also share your personal information with third-party vendors who help us with marketing and advertising.

You have the right to access the personal information we collect about you. You also have the right to request that we delete your personal information. You can exercise these rights by using the contact details provided in the section “Contact Us” below.

Do-Not-Track Features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile application include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. Currently no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online.

Compliance With Laws

Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on any of our sites.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

Whenever we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this Privacy Policy page, and other places we deem appropriate, so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

Review, Update, Or Delete The Data We Collect From You

Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please make a request by using the contact details provided in the section “Contact Us” below.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at support@encouragedlearner.com.