Privacy Policy

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Integrative Thyroid

Privacy Policy

Integrative Thyroid LLC values your privacy. Most recently we have implemented our GDPR compliance efforts with respect to our customers in the EU.

We’ve developed this Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, use, disclose, transfer, and store information received from you in connection with this website. Before disclosing information to us, please familiarize yourself with our privacy practices so you can understand how your information may be used by Integrative Thyroid LLC.

Our Collection and Use of Information:

Integrative Thyroid  LLC may collect information in a number of ways from users who access our website or services. We collect personal and non-personal information in various ways. You may provide your information to us to receive a product, service, or communication from us; we may request your information to better serve you; or we may require your information in order to be able complete a transaction (e.g. a purchase).

A. Collection of Personal Information

Personal information (or “Personally Identifiable Information” or “PII”) is information and data that can be used to specifically identify or contact a single person. You may be asked to provide your personal information when you contact Integrative Thyroid LLC for any reason. We may also combine personal information with other information to help us to develop or improve our products, services, content, communications, and/or advertising, or to provide improved user experiences for you.

Personal information we collect

Examples of some types of personal information Integrative Thyroid LLC may collect in connection with this website and how we may use it include the following:

When you purchase, register, or login to use products or services, request support, download information, register for a webinar, live workshop, or training, provide feedback on a product, or participate in a promotion, contest or online survey, or respond to an advertisement, we may collect a variety of information, including your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, contact preferences, and/or social media credentials.

How we use your personal information

  • Optional Communications: The personal information we collect allows us to provide you with Integrative Thyroid LLC’s latest product and service announcements, helpful tips and information, special offers, webinars and upcoming events. If you don’t want to receive these communications, or do not wish to be on our mailing list, you can opt out of receiving them. Each communication will provide opt-out directions. The information in connection with these optional communications and your responses help us to improve our products, services, content, and advertising.
  • We also use personal information to help us develop, deliver, improve, and customize our products, services, content, and advertising and to provide a better user experience for every user of our products, and services.
  • Important Communications: We may use your personal information to send important communications, e.g., about your purchases of products or services, material changes to our terms, conditions, and policies (including this Privacy Policy), critical updates or changes (including regulatory changes) that impact your use of Integrative Thyroid LLC’s products or services. Because this information is vital to your interaction with Integrative Thyroid LLC, you may NOT opt out of receiving these communications if you wish to continue to use this website, or any products, or services offered in connection with this website.
  • We may also use personal information for internal purposes such as auditing, data analysis, and research to improve Integrative Thyroid LLC’s products, services, communications, support and/or help functions, and user interfaces.
  • If you enter into a promotion such as a contest, a giveaway, a one-time or special offer, or similar promotion, we may use the information you provide to administer those programs.
  • If we become involved in a legal process as a result of your actions on this website or in connection with any products, or services offered via this website, we may be required to disclose your PII or PIFI to a government authority, or a third party who e.g., issues a subpoena that require us to provide it. Our response(s) to any such legal process will be handled on a case-by-case basis following the advice of our attorneys.

GDPR Perspective

CONSENT: Integrative Thyroid LLC will continue to respect and value privacy in the age of GDPR regulations. To the extent commercially practicable, and in accordance with legal or regulatory requirements we obtain your clear, informed consent before collecting your personal data. We will also always work to balance obtaining clear consent with providing useful and meaningful platforms and convenient and elegant user interfaces.

B. Collection of Non-Personal Information

Information of a type or in a form that does not permit direct identification of or association with any specific individual is ‘non-personal information.’ Combinations of personal and non-personal information are considered personal information if the combined information can be used to identify or contact any specific individual(s). Aggregated data is considered non-personal information for the purposes of this Privacy Policy as long as it cannot be used to identify or contact any specific individual. Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and certain other identifiers may be considered personal information under various local laws; we endeavor to comply with the laws and regulations that are applicable to us.

How we collect and use your non-personal information

We may collect, use, transfer, and disclose non-personal information for various purposes. The following are some examples of non-personal information that we collect and how we may use it:

  • We may collect non-personal information (e.g. demographic information) regarding our customers collectively including information such as age, gender, occupation, preferred language, zip code, area code, geographic location, or the time zone from which customers access the Sites, products, or services. Such non-personal information is used so that we can better understand who our customers are, and their behavior generally with regards to this website, and to improve our products, services, communications, support, help, user experiences, and advertising for our customers.
  • We also may collect non-personal information regarding customer activities on this website or use of Integrative Thyroid LLC’s products, and services. This information is aggregated and used to help us provide more useful information to our customers and to understand which parts of this website, or our products, and services are of most interest or which can be improved. Non-personal support or help request data may be used to allow us to provide additional product or service offerings to our present or future customers.
  • We may collect non-personal information regarding the digital footprints of our customers with respect to accessing this website, or any related products, or services including mobile and non-mobile access, specific types of devices being used, unique device IDs, type of browser(s) being used, networks that our customers use, and other non-personal information. This information may be used to improve this website, software, products, or services including but not limited to their performance, functionality, design, or responsiveness.

C. Cookies and Other Technologies

To help Integrative Thyroid LLC serve you better, we use technological means to better understand and adapt to user behavior. To accomplish this, this website, as well as our online software and services, email messages, and advertisements may use cookies or related technology such as pixel tags, clear gifs, and web beacons. These technologies help us to know which parts of this website people have visited, and provide data to aid us in understanding the effectiveness of the software services, our advertisements, and web searches. These data are used to improve our products, services, communications, and advertisements. We generally consider such information collected through the use of cookies and other technologies as non-personal information, and treat it accordingly.

We also use cookies and other technologies to remember personal information when you use this website, products or services. These uses are intended to improve your personal experience. For example, we can provide better and more personal results if we ‘remember’ your preferred settings, your name, and such.

Integrative Thyroid LLC may use cookies or other technologies in connection with certain advertising services to determine your experience with our content including whether an ad is likely to be of interest to you, whether or not you are served a particular ad, and the number of times you are served a particular ad. These technologies allow us to measure the effectiveness of our ad campaigns. You may have options for opting out of such targeted ads. You should contact your service provider or your mobile provider to inquire about how to do so.

Integrative Thyroid LLC also uses specific technologies in connection with certain communications such as emails that may be used to track actions by recipients. For example, these communications may include one or more clickable text or graphics that include URLs that link to content on the website. However, these URLs, may pass through a web server that tracks the click before arriving at the linked content on the Sites. The tracked data can help Integrative Thyroid LLC determine the effectiveness of our communications to users and customers, or to gage interest in specific topics. If you prefer not to have your responses to such communications tracked in this manner, do not click links in the email messages. Such communications may also include pixel tags that can tell us whether e.g. an email has been opened. We may use this information to throttle the number of messages sent to users or customers, or to remove people who do not read or interact with our communications from one or more lists.

We also use cookies to track certain behaviors of unknown visitors on our site. E.g. if you visit our site by following a link in an email from a third party or in an advertisement from such a party, we may track that behavior. In such cases, we may not have any personally identifying information about you at that time; however, if you later sign up for a product or service, or make a purchase, we may be able to associate your past behaviors on our sites with you thereafter.

Cookies and other technologies can generally be controlled on your devices. If you want to disable cookies, you should review your privacy or security settings. Please note that certain features of this website or related products, or services may not be available if you have cookies disabled on your device. We will typically try to warn you that a page or feature you are trying to reach will not function without cookies enabled. If you have your cookies on your device or browser disabled and are having difficulties you may wish to enable them to see if the problem is resolved.

D. Log Files

As part of standard protocols, Integrative Thyroid LLC’s servers automatically gather certain information and store it in log files. This information may include date/time stamp of access, Internet Protocol (IP) address(es), device type, operating system, browser and version, language, log-in details, Internet Service Provider (ISP), referring page, exit page, and other data.

These log files are useful for a number of purposes including helping Integrative Thyroid LLC to maintain security, measure relative usage, understand and analyze trends regarding users, server access, load, or server problems, more effectively and efficiently administer this website, as well as related software, products, services, or communications, and gather non-personal demographic information about our users. Consistent with the provisions of this Privacy Policy, Integrative Thyroid LLC may use the data in its Log Files in a variety ways useful to its business or to provide better experiences for its users and customers.

E. Social Media

Integrative Thyroid LLC may collect certain information from you if you interact with us via social media such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, and other such services. For example, you may be given the option to register for webinars, take advantage of special offers, receive mailings, newsletters or the like, via your social media account. The information we receive or collect from such social media, and our ability to collect it, may depend on the social media site, its policies, and its requirements or its technology. We may collect the information you provide from these social media interactions and may use it for various purposes to improve our services or your experience, or to contact you regarding the reason you connected with us or with additional offers in the future. Of course, you have the opportunity to opt-out at any time provided we do not require a means of contacting you to fulfill your request.

F. Children

Protecting children’s privacy is important to Integrative Thyroid LLC. It is our policy to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and all other applicable laws. Therefore we restrict our website use to persons eighteen years or older. Therefore, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we learn that Integrative Thyroid LLC has inadvertently collected or received the personal information of a child under 18 we will take steps to delete the information.

[PLEASE NOTE: You must be 18 or older to use this website, and to purchase products, or services offered via this website without an adult (parent or guardian).]

DUE TO THE AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR USE OF THIS WEBSITE, NO INFORMATION OBTAINED VIA THIS WEBSITE FALLS WITHIN THE CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (COPPA) AND IT IS NOT MONITORED AS DOING SO.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if we discover or form a reasonable belief that we have received any information from a child under 18 in violation of this policy, we will delete that information. If you believe Integrative Thyroid LLC has any information from a child under age 18, please contact us at the following address:

  • Email: integrativethyroid@gmail.com

Disclosure to Third Parties

At times Integrative Thyroid LLC may make certain personal information available to strategic partners that work with us to provide products and services, or that help us service our customers. Personal information will only be shared by Integrative Thyroid LLC to provide or improve this website, and our products, services, and advertising.

A. Service Providers

To provide its various products or services, Integrative Thyroid LLC works with third party providers, who may be located wherever Integrative Thyroid LLC operates, or in any other location. Such companies provide services to Integrative Thyroid LLC. Examples may include information processing, emailing services, server hosting, transaction processing and banking services, video hosting, product/service delivery, communications, managing and enhancing customer data, providing technical support and/or customer service, and conducting customer research or satisfaction surveys. At any given time, Integrative Thyroid LLC may work with one or more such provider. We will only provide personal information to these companies where required for them to provide their services, or to improve our products or services for our customers.

B. Others

Integrative Thyroid LLC will not share PII with third parties for their marketing purposes. In some cases, Integrative Thyroid LLC may be required by legal process to disclose your personal information. Such disclosure may be compelled by applicable law, regulation, judicial order, and/or lawful requests from local authorities. Integrative Thyroid LLC may also disclose information about you if we determine, in our sole discretion, that disclosure is necessary or appropriate to ensure the safety of any individual(s), or for purposes of national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance.

If this website and/or products, or services become the subject of a reorganization under the bankruptcy law, a merger, a sale, or other change in control, any and all personal information in Integrative Thyroid LLC’s control will be transferred to the trustee, debtor in possession, successor, acquirer, or such other third party as will control Integrative Thyroid LLC, this website, and/or software, products, or services thereafter.

We reserve the right to disclose personal information if we reasonably believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our users, customers, or the public, prevent fraud or financial wrongdoing, or in any action to enforce our End User License Agreement, Terms and Conditions, or other policies regarding Integrative Thyroid LLC.

GDPR Perspective

DISCLOSURE and USE: Integrative Thyroid LLC will let users know to whom we are disclosing personal information, and how it is being used. Of course, you should already know that we only use personal information to provide the services that you want. We are in the business of providing helpful information, products and services related to health.

Personal Information Protection

You are solely responsible for any personal information you choose to submit on non-secure sites including but not limited to any discussion forums or public comment threads on this website, or any social media sites, groups, or threads related to this website or related products, or services.

Access to Your Personal Information

You can request access to any personal information we have for you. We will make a good faith effort to provide you with access to reasonably accessible information. You can request that we correct the data if it is inaccurate or delete your personal data. Integrative Thyroid LLC will comply with such requests if they are reasonable and we will delete your data if Integrative Thyroid LLC is not required to retain it by law, and does not require it for legitimate business purposes. Requests for access, correction, or deletion can be submitted to integrativethyroid@gmail.com

GDPR Perspective

The RIGHT to KNOW and the RIGHT to BE FORGOTTEN: The GDPR gives you these rights and Integrative Thyroid LLC has worked to enable every user to know what we know, and to ask us to ‘forget’ them. =

Links to Third-Party Sites

This website, products, services, and communications may contain links to third-party websites, products, or services. Information collected by third parties is governed by their privacy practices, not this Privacy Policy. Please be aware when you leave this website and understand that you are subject to a third party’s privacy policy except when you are on this website, or using Integrative Thyroid LLC’s related products or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy and Privacy Questions

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy please email us at integrativethyroid@gmail.com

This Privacy Policy is subject to change from time to time at Integrative Thyroid LLC’s sole discretion. Please check this page periodically for changes. Any such changes to the Privacy Policy will be available on this page. If the policy has been changed in a material way, a notice will be posted on our website along with a link to the updated Privacy Policy. Your continued use of our site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept the changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was collected.

We will also archive prior versions of this Privacy Policy and make those versions available for your review.

“Cookies” and How We Use Them

A “cookie” is a small data file that can be placed on your hard drive when you visit certain websites. This website may use cookies to collect, store, and sometimes track information for purposes stated earlier as well as for statistical purposes to improve the products and services we provide. We may also use cookies for purposes of personalizing your experience on this website, or for providing online behavioral advertising such a retargeting or re-marketing. These uses provide you with additional opportunities to take advantage of our services or products, and provide us with additional opportunities to reach you with personalized offers more tailored to your interests. Advertisers and partners may also use their own cookies (e.g. on their own sites). Integrative Thyroid LLC does not control any third party’s use of such cookies and we expressly disclaim responsibility for information collected by or through them.

Public Areas & Social Media: Any information you disclose in any public areas of our website or the Internet, including via social media becomes public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal information in these public areas.

This Privacy Policy does not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of Integrative Thyroid LLC or any other party and is not intended to create any such rights.

Questions about this Privacy Policy may be directed to us in writing at:

  • Email: integrativethyroid@gmail.com

LAST UPDATED: March 25th, 2023

 

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