Active as of February 24, 2022.
Who we are
BirthSmarts is owned and operated by BirthSmarts, LLC.
Your privacy is critically important to us.
It is BirthSmarts, LLC’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies to www.birthsmarts.com and www.thesehungrykids.com (hereinafter, “us”, “we”, or “www.thesehungrykids.com” or “www.birthsmarts.com”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website.
We have adopted this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.
This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms and conditions posted on our Website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website. Depending on your activities when visiting our Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.
How we collect data
Data may be collected as your visit our site.
We have never and will never sell our email list. We use MailerLite to collect email addresses and send emails. Their Privacy Policy can be found here.
Emails may be collected when you sign up for a “course” or “coaching” session via the Teachable platform and/or the Calendly appointment scheduling platform. These emails are used to create your account and give you updates regarding your course or appointments. You can view their privacy policies here:
Teachable – Privacy Policy
Calendly – Privacy Policy
Purchases
We use Stripe and PayPal on our sites to collect payment for purchases made on this site and via Teachable and/or Calendly. You can find their Privacy Policies listed above.
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: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website. Visitors are not permitted to download images or graphics from this website or courses created by this website without permission.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving 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 visit our login page, 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.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Analytics
BirthSmarts collects statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. We may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, BirthSmarts does not disclose your personally-identifying information.
We may track social shares made at our website. Google automatically collect and store certain information in their server logs which includes device event information such as crashes, system activity, hardware settings, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and referral URL, cookies that may uniquely identify your browser or your Google Account, in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with and what we do with your data
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Your data will not be sold. We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service.
When you purchase something from our website, as part of the buying and selling process we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. We also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.
Email marketing: With your permission, we may send you emails about our website, new products, and other updates.
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 (if any), 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.
When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, it is implied that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only. When you enter your email address, you will be asked if you are OK receiving emails. You may unsubscribe at any time. If at any point in time you would like us to delete your information, contact us via email at contact@birthsmarts.com
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Purchases on this website may go through a Third Party Vendor. We recommend that you view their specific Privacy Policy. BirthSmarts, LLC and any of its properties are not responsible for how vendors use your data.
Links
When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
Age of Consent
By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time and encourage you to 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.
If our company is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners.
Additional information
We do not intentionally target people in the EU as readers of our blog, email list subscribers, or as customers for our courses. However, we are still taking the following steps to protect the privacy of all of our reader and customers. We will continue to do our absolute best to always consider the privacy of our valued readers and customers.
We want you to know that we have Google Analytics installed. If you provide your email address to us for any reason via one of these signups, you will be subscribed to our email list. You can opt out at any time by using the unsubscribe link on all of our emails.
YOUR RIGHTS
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us via email at contact@birthsmarts.com.
Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.