Privacy Policy

[Effective Date: March 3, 2018]

 

We at Hip Wise, LLC (“Hip Wise”, “we”, “us” and/or “our”) respect your concerns about privacy and value the relationship we have with you. This privacy policy (the “Policy”) describes how we collect, use, share and protect information obtained from you via this website (the “Site”).

 

Information We Collect

 

Personal Information. You may visit our Site without disclosing any personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”). However, you may also choose to provide certain Personal Information, such as your name, address, telephone number and/or email address on this Site. We use Personal Information provided to us through this Site for the purpose for which it is provided, such as, for example, to respond to your request to receive marketing materials or to provide services to you. We may also use your Personal Information to provide you with information we think may be of interest to you. This information may include details about our services, publications we offer and/or events that we sponsor. Some events offered by Hip Wise may be co-sponsored by Hip Wise and another company and/or organization. If you register for a co-sponsored event, the co-sponsor’s treatment of your information will be governed by its own privacy policy, for which we cannot be responsible.

 

Financial Information. If you decide to sign up for our services we will collect your financial information, such as your name, billing address, and credit card number, in order to secure payment. We use the services of Stripe, Inc. (“Stripe”) to process payment information. All financial transactions are handled by Stripe. We are not be responsible for Stripe’s treatment of your personal or financial information. We recommend that you review Stripe’s privacy policy prior to conducting financial transactions with us.

 

Non-Personal Information. We may collect certain aggregate and non-personal information when you visit the Site. Aggregate and non-personal information does not relate to a single, identifiable visitor. It tells us such things as how many users visited our Site and the pages of the Site that were accessed. By collecting this information, we learn how to best tailor our Site to the needs of our visitors.

 

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. This Site is directed to the general public. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13 years of age or have any reasonable grounds for believing that children under the age of 13 are accessing this Site. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected Personal Information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from a child under age 13, please contact us.

 

Information We Share

 

We do not sell, rent, trade or otherwise disclose Personal Information concerning visitors to the Site, except as described herein. We may share Personal Information provided by our website visitors with third parties we have retained to perform services on our behalf. In addition, we may disclose Personal Information about you if we are required to do so by law or pursuant to legal process, in order to respond to a request from law enforcement authorities or other government officials, and/or when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity. We also reserve the right to transfer any Personal Information we have about you in the event that we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets.

 

Security

 

We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect against unauthorized disclosure, use, alteration or destruction of the Personal Information you provide to the Site. Access to information is limited (through user/password credentials and software systems) to those employees who require it to perform their job functions. Other security safeguards include but are not limited to data encryption, firewalls, and physical access controls to building and files. However, no security system can be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the complete security of your Personal Information. Please exercise caution when determining what Personal Information you disclose via the Site.

 

Links to Third-Party Websites

 

This Site may contain links to external websites operated by third parties. Please be aware that these third-party websites are governed only by their own privacy policies. We cannot be responsible for these policies.

 

Changes to This Privacy Policy

 

We reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to make changes to this Policy from time to time without prior notice to you. Please review the Privacy Policy each time you use the Site. By your continued use of the Site, you impliedly consent to the terms of the then-effective Privacy Policy.

 

We may provide you with disclosures and alerts regarding changes this Policy by emailing the email address that you provided to us through our website. You agree that electronic disclosures and notices have the same meaning and effect as if we had provided you with a paper copy. Such disclosures and notices in relation to this Policy shall be considered to be received by you within 24 hours of the time it is posted to the Site or emailed to you (unless we receive notice that the email was not delivered).

 

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