Growth-optionsmy ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, use our services, or interact with us in any way.
By accessing or using our services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our services.
1. Information We Collect
We collect several types of information from and about users of our services:
1.1 Personal Information
Personal information is information that identifies you as an individual. We may collect the following personal information:
- Contact information (such as name, email address, mailing address, and phone number)
- Professional information (such as job title, company name, and professional qualifications)
- Educational background
- Payment information (such as credit card details, billing address)
- Course registration and participation information
- Communications with us
1.2 Non-Personal Information
We may also collect non-personal information that does not directly identify you, including:
- Browser and device information
- IP address
- Operating system
- Usage data (such as pages visited, time spent on pages, links clicked)
- Location information
1.3 Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and to hold certain information. For more information about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Policy.
2. How We Collect Information
We collect information in several ways:
- Direct Collection: Information you provide to us when you register for courses, create an account, fill out forms, or communicate with us.
- Automated Collection: Information collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies when you use our website or services.
- Third Parties: We may receive information about you from third parties, such as business partners, service providers, or publicly available sources.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- Providing, operating, and maintaining our services
- Processing course registrations and delivering educational content
- Processing payments and managing your account
- Responding to your inquiries and providing customer support
- Sending administrative information, such as updates about our services
- Sending marketing and promotional communications (with your consent where required by law)
- Personalizing your experience on our website
- Analyzing usage patterns to improve our services
- Protecting the security and integrity of our services
- Complying with legal obligations
4. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Information
We process your personal information based on one or more of the following legal grounds:
- Contract: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
- Consent: You have given us consent to process your personal information for specific purposes.
- Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.
- Legal Obligation: Processing is necessary to comply with our legal obligations.
5. Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose your personal information to the following categories of recipients:
- Service Providers: Third-party vendors and service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as payment processors, email delivery services, and hosting providers.
- Business Partners: With your consent, we may share your information with business partners who offer complementary services.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
- Business Transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
- With Your Consent: We may disclose your information for any other purpose with your consent.
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent.
6. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
7. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. These measures include:
- Encryption of sensitive data
- Secure network architectures
- Access controls and authentication procedures
- Regular security assessments
- Employee training on data protection practices
However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
8. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:
- Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
- Correction: You have the right to request correction of your personal information if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
- Deletion: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information under certain circumstances.
- Restriction: You have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.
- Data Portability: You have the right to receive a copy of your personal information in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Objection: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.
- Withdraw Consent: If we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@growth-options.com. We will respond to your request within the timeframe required by applicable law.
9. International Data Transfers
Your personal information may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than the country in which you reside. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country.
Specifically, our website servers are located in Canada, and our third-party service providers and partners may operate in various countries. This means that when we collect your personal information, we may process it in any of these countries.
However, we have taken appropriate safeguards to ensure that your personal information will remain protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy. These safeguards include implementing standard contractual clauses for transfers of personal information between our group companies and third-party service providers and partners.
10. Children's Privacy
Our services are not intended for individuals under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child, we will take steps to delete that information as quickly as possible.
11. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, plugins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
12. 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 and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
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.
13. Canadian Privacy Law Compliance
For users in Canada, we comply with applicable Canadian privacy laws, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and applicable provincial privacy legislation.
In accordance with Canadian privacy laws:
- We collect, use, and disclose your personal information only with your knowledge and consent, except where otherwise required or permitted by law.
- We limit the collection of your personal information to what is necessary for the purposes identified.
- We use and disclose your personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected, except with your consent or as required by law.
- We retain your personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected.
- We maintain accurate, complete, and up-to-date personal information as necessary for the purposes for which it is used.
- We protect your personal information with appropriate security safeguards.
- We are open about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.
- You have the right to access your personal information and request correction of inaccurate information.
14. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact our Privacy Officer at:
Privacy Officer
Growth-optionsmy
167 Lombard Ave suite 500
Winnipeg, MB R3B 3H8
Canada
Email: privacy@growth-options.com
Phone: +1 204-221-1199
