Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for The Greater Gut
Effective Date: 3/1/2024
 
Thank you for visiting The Greater Gut website. This privacy policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our website.
 
Information We Collect:
a. Personal Information:
When you visit our website, we may collect personal information such as your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, and demographic information. We may collect personal information when you sign up for our newsletter, create an account, participate in surveys or contests, or contact us for support.
b. Non-Personal Information:
We may collect non-personal information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, and browsing behavior through cookies and similar technologies.
 
Use of Information:
a. We use the information collected to:
Provide and personalize our services to you.
Communicate with you, including sending newsletters, updates, and promotional materials.
Analyze website usage and trends to improve our services and user experience.
Respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
b. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent.
 

Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and your choices regarding cookies when you visit our website.

What are cookies

Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the website or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and more useful to you.

How we use cookies

When you use and access our website, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes:

  • To enable certain functions of the website
  • To provide analytics
  • To store your preferences
  • To enable advertisements delivery, including behavioral advertising

We use both session and persistent cookies on our website and we use different types of cookies to run the website:

  • Essential cookies: We may use essential cookies to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.
  • Analytical cookies: We may use analytical cookies to track information about how the website is used so that we can make improvements. We may also use analytical cookies to test new advertisements, pages, features or new functionality of the website to see how our users react to them.
  • Advertising cookies: We may use advertising cookies to display advertisements that will be relevant to you.

Your choices regarding cookies

If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser. Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

Third-Party Disclosure:
a. We may share non-personal information with third-party service providers, such as analytics and advertising partners, to help us analyze website usage and improve our services.
 b. We may share personal information with trusted third parties to provide specific services to you, such as processing payments or delivering newsletters. However, these third parties are obligated to keep your information confidential and are prohibited from using it for any other purpose.
 
Data Security:
a. We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, or alteration.
b. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security of your data.
 
Children’s Privacy:
a. Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately.
 

GDPR Compliance Clause:

The Greater Gut is committed to ensuring the protection of your personal data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR is a European Union (EU) regulation that imposes strict requirements on how organizations collect, process, and store personal data of individuals within the EU.

Data Collection and Processing:

When you interact with our website, we may collect certain personal data from you, such as your name, email address, postal address, phone number, or other identifiers. This information is collected solely for the purpose of providing you with the products, services, or information you request and to improve your experience with our website.

Legal Basis for Processing:

We will only process your personal data when we have a lawful basis to do so under the GDPR. This may include obtaining your explicit consent, fulfilling contractual obligations, complying with legal obligations, or pursuing legitimate interests, provided that such interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.

Data Security Measures:

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. We regularly review and update our security practices to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your data.

Data Retention and Deletion:

We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable laws and regulations. Upon expiration of the applicable retention period, we will securely delete or anonymize your personal data in a manner that prevents its reconstruction or identification.

Data Subject Rights:

Under the GDPR, you have certain rights regarding your personal data, including the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, object to processing, and data portability. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, where applicable.

Changes to the Privacy Policy:

We reserve the right to update or modify this privacy policy at any time. We will notify you of any material changes to this policy by posting the revised version on our website or by other means as required by law.

CPRA Compliance Clause:

The Greater Gut is committed to ensuring compliance with the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which enhances privacy protections for California residents and imposes additional requirements on businesses that collect, process, and disclose personal information of California consumers.

Scope of Personal Information:

Under the CPRA, “personal information” includes any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household. This may include identifiers such as name, email address, postal address, IP address, or other similar identifiers.

Consumer Rights:

If you are a California resident, you have certain rights under the CPRA regarding your personal information, including the right to:

  • Know what personal information is being collected, disclosed, or sold about you, and to whom it is being disclosed or sold.
  • Opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information to third parties.
  • Access and request deletion of your personal information collected by us, subject to certain exceptions.
  • Correct inaccuracies in your personal information, if applicable.
  • Non-discrimination for exercising your CPRA rights.

Data Protection Measures:

We have implemented reasonable security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. We regularly review and update our security practices to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your data.

Changes to Privacy Policy:
a. We reserve the right to update our privacy policy as needed. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
b. By continuing to use our website after any changes to this privacy policy, you agree to the updated terms.
 
Contact Us:
a. If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices or this privacy policy, please contact us at https://thegreatergut.com/contact-us/

By using The Greater Gut website, you consent to the terms outlined in this privacy policy.