Privacy Policy

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using or accessing this website.  If you do not or don’t want to agree with our Privacy Policy, do not access this website. 

At Strides for Success, accessible from www.stridesforsuccess.com, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Strides for Success and how we use it.

Strides for Success collects non-personal-identifying information of the type that web browsers / servers usually make available like referring site, date and time of visitor requests, language preference and browser type.

Strides for Success (otherwise referred to as “company”, “we”, or “us”) always respects your privacy and we are consistently committed to protecting it through our Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy dictates your access to and use of stridesforsuccess.com.  This automatically includes any and all content and services offered on or through stridesforsuccess.com.  This applies whether as a guest or a registered user.

Strides for Success may change its Privacy Policy periodically, at Strides for Success’ sole discretion.  However, these changes will likely be minor.  Strides for Success advises visitors to check this page regularly for changes to its Privacy Policy.  Continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

When accessing stridesforsuccess.com, Strides for Success will learn certain information about you.  This is both automatic and through voluntary actions you may take during your visit. This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect on the stridesforsuccess.com website and in email, text, or other electronic messages between you and Strides for Success.

The Information We May Collect

When you access stridesforsuccess.com, Strides for Success may learn certain information about you during your visit.

Our website provides various places for visitors to opt in and provide us with their information. We collect the information that visitors provide by filling out opt in forms on the website itself.  We also collect information regarding searches in our search feature box, communicating with us via contact forms on certain web pages, leaving comments or other feedback. The information provided when placing an order for a product or service via stridesforsuccess.com is also included here. 

We commit to using the information you provide us with in order to deliver the specific product and/or service you have chosen.  We also use it to improve the overall performance of our website and to related to you any offers, promotions, or information we feel may be of interest to you.

As you use our website, we may sometimes use Google Analytics or similar automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information.  This may include information about your equipment, about the type of computer you use, your Internet connection, your IP address, your operating system, and your browser type, browsing choices, and browsing patterns. This will also generally include information about your approximate location, your traffic pattern through our website, and any communications between your computer and stridesforsuccess.com.

We collect use this data to improve stridesforsuccess.com and our service offerings. If you voluntarily provide us with personal information, our systems will associate the automatically collected information with your personal information.

How and Why We Obtain Your Email Information

If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received online, mail, and telephone. This also applies when you register for our website, sign up through any of our forms using your email address or make a purchase on this site. For further information see the email policies below.

Your personal information is used to help us better tailor your experience with Strides for Success.  We do this by tailoring our offers to you for products and services and tailoring your subscriptions and products.  It is also used to make sure we can deliver or make good on any contract between you and Strides for Success, administering our business activities, provide you with a tailored approach to customer service, and making available other items and services to our clients and potential clients.

Strides for Success is absolutely committed to keeping your e-mail address safe and confidential. We do not and will not ever sell, rent, or lease our email lists to third parties.  We also commit to never disclosing your email address to any third parties except as allowed in the section titled Disclosure of Your Information.

The information you give us will be stored in accordance with the relevant laws and acts.

We are also in full compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act.  Every email sent from Strides for Success will clearly state who the e-mail is from to avoid confusion.  The email will also provide clear information on how you can contact us. Also, every e-mail message sent from Strides for Success will include easy to follow information on how you can permanently  unsubscribe yourself from our list.  Doing so will ensure no further emails from us. 

Simply put, if you no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials, you have the option of clicking a unsubscribe link, which will be at the bottom of every email.

Strides for Success collects your information in order better your experience when communicating with you via email.  We do this by recording some of your selections, and then emailing you appropriate content related to those choices. This can look like opting in for a specific free training download, noting products you have bought or, through clicks on emails we send you, noting some blog posts or episodes you have selected to view.  We then use this information to more tailor the communication you receive from us, to your specific needs.  These communications may also sometimes include emails about products or services as related to your choices.  Depending on your location in the world, you may also be automatically added to receive the Tuesday and Saturday newsletter emails, which may or may not be as tailored to your specific needs.  As a visitor to this stridesforsuccess.com, you can do so without providing personal data in most cases.  It is only when you opt in to receive something, or you click a link in an email we send, that the information may be recorded.

If you are outside of the European Union, you will be automatically added to our Tuesday and Saturday Newsletter lists.  This is after you first opt in, in any of the ways you can choose to.  Receive a free audio training, PDFs, worksheets, register for workshops, webinars, live events or purchase any products from Strides for Success. If you do not wish to receive our newsletters, you can simply unsubscribe, at the bottom of each email, anytime you wish. If you ever have trouble unsubscribing, or are unsure of how to do so, simply send an email [email protected] and we will do it for you.

If you are inside of the European Union, you will have to separately opt in to be added to our Tuesday and Saturday Newsletter lists.  This is regardless of how or when you first opt in, in to any of the ways you can choose to.  Receive a free audio training, PDFs, worksheets, register for workshops, webinars, live events or purchase any products from Strides for Success. We will only include you on our Tuesday and Saturday Newsletter list if you explicitly opt in to it.  If you do choose to opt in for the newsletters, you can unsubscribe at anytime you wish via the link at the bottom of each email. If you ever have trouble unsubscribing, or are unsure of how to do so, simply send an email [email protected] and we will do it for you.  Until then, Strides for Success may retain any information you choose to give us until either you ask us to delete it (or you unsubscribe), or we decide that the costs of storing your information is not worth the value of that information.  To be clear, you can at any point request to either change or delete your information with us.  You can also specify restrictions or object to how we process or move your data.  You can change your mind at any time regarding how we can process your personal data.  If you feel we are not adhering to the terms set out here, you can lodge a complaint with the relevant authorities concerning the General Data Protection Regulation.  We make a point of only asking for the relative information required to enter into a contract with you. We will not ask you for any unnecessary information, or require you to opt in to anything extra as a condition for receiving something.

The Disclosure of Your Information

Strides for Success will never sell, rent or lease any of your information collected, whether automatically or through your voluntary action.  The only exception is if we are legally compelled to do so.  This can be due to the law requiring it for the protection of our legal rights, or if we are compelled to do so by a court or governmental entity.

We may disclose your personal information to our subsidiaries and service providers for the purpose of providing our services to you.

We may disclose your personal information to a third-party, including a lawyer or collection agency, when necessary to enforce our terms of service or any other agreement between you and the Strides for Success.

Protecting Your Information and Communications

We do all in our power to make sure your information is safe and secure with us.  We use standard security protocols and only work reputable third-party vendors.

We urge you to never send us private information via email, as it is not seen as a secure method of communication. Relevant information must rather be submitted on our website and transmitted safely and securely using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). We will never ask you to send secure information, such as card numbers etc, via email.

In order to maintain the security of our website, we employ security software programs that will monitor network traffic.  This software operates by creating summaries of visitors to our website and their habits.  It also identifies any issues the website may be having with performance etc. This is for the purpose of identifying any unauthorised attempts to maliciously change, acquire or upload information.

The Use of Pixels and Cookies on Our Website

The Strides for Success website is similar to most other commercial websites in how we use a standard technology called “cookies”.  These,  along with server logs, collect relevant information for us about how our site is used. This information can include, but is not limited to, the date and time of visits, specific pages viewed, how long a person spends on our website, and the websites visited immediately before and after ours. This information also includes your IP address.

When you visit a website, that websites server asks you computer for permission to store a cookie, which is a very small text document, in a specific place in your hard drive for cookies. A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. Every website has the potential to place a cookie in your browser, if your browser allows it to.  However, to ensure your privacy, your browser will only permit websites you have visited, not cookies sent to you by other sites.

Along with cookies, Strides for Success reserves the right to use other technological equivalents of cookies,  including but not limited to social media pixels. These pixels allow specific social media sites to track visitors to outside websites, such as stridesforsuccess.com, and then show specific advertising messages to those users while they are visiting that social media platform.  Each social media site has certain compliance policies which Strides for Success will be compliant with.

Policy Changes

Strides for Success may change its Privacy Policy periodically, at our sole discretion.  However, these changes will likely be minor. Strides for Success advises visitors to check this page regularly for changes to its Privacy Policy.  Continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Controlling Cookies

Visitors may wish to restrict the use of cookies, or completely prevent them from being set. Most browsers provide for ways to control cookie behaviour such as the length of time they are stored – either through built-in functionality or by utilizing third party plugins. If you disable cookies, please be aware that some of the features of our service may not function correctly.

To find out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit aboutcookies.org. For more details on your choices regarding use of your web browsing activity for interest-based advertising visit youronlinechoices.eu (EU based) or optout.aboutads.info (US based). On a mobile device, you may also be to adjust your settings to limit ad tracking.

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing Google’s opt-out browser add-on.

Contact Us

You can get in touch with Strides for Success with questions or comments regarding our Privacy Policy at[email protected]

This version of our Privacy Policy was updated and is effective as of 18 May 2018