314Circles (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://314circles.com website (the “Service”). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

  1. Who We Are

Our website address is https://314circles.com

  1. Information Collection

We collect several different types of information for various purposes, including providing and improving our Service, notifying you about changes to our Service, allowing you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so, providing customer care and support, providing analysis or valuable information so we can improve the Service, monitoring the usage of the Service, and detecting, preventing, and addressing technical issues. Some of these information you provide to us, some we collect automatically, some are collected through cookies and from third parties and some are embedded content from other websites.

2.1. Types of Data Collected

2.1.1. Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Cookies and Usage Data

2.1.2. Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include, but is not limited to information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

2.1.3. Tracking and Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. We also use beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

2.1.4 Information from Third Parties

We may receive personal information about you from third-party sources, such as payment processors and social media platforms, if you choose to connect your account to our services.

2.1.5 Embedded Content

Articles or content 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.

2.1.6. 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. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

  1. Use of Data

We use the collected data for various purposes, such as:

  • To provide and maintain the Service.
  • To notify you about changes to our Service.
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so.
  • To provide customer care and support.
  • To provide analysis or valuable information so we can improve the Service.
  • To monitor the usage of the Service.
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.
  • To comply with legal requirements and protect our rights and property.

 

  1. Disclosure of your information

We may disclose your personal information in the following circumstances:

  • To third-party service providers who help us deliver our services, such as payment processors, email service providers, and analytics providers.
  • In response to legal process, such as a court order, subpoena, or search warrant.
  • To protect our rights, property, or safety and that of our users or the public.
  • With your consent, when you choose to share your information with third parties.

4.1. Payments

We accept payments through PayPal and WooCommerce. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to PayPal and WooCommerce, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information. Please see the PayPal and WooCommerce Privacy Policy for more details.

4.2 Third-Party Plugins and Services

Our website uses various WordPress plugins and services to enhance its functionality and improve user experience. Some of these plugins may collect, process, or store user data. Below, we have listed some of the major plugins and services we use,

Elementor, Tutor LMS, W3 Total Cache, etc.

Please review the privacy policies of these plugins and services to understand how they manage your data. By using our website, you agree to the data collection and usage practices described in the respective privacy policies of these third-party plugins and services.

  1. 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.

We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it. This includes your name, email address, and billing and shipping addresses.

 

  1. Your Rights and choices

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can 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. You can also access, update, or delete your personal information by logging into your account. You can also opt out of receiving marketing emails from us by following the unsubscribe link in the emails (if any). You can also adjust your browser settings to control cookies and other tracking technologies.

  1. Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

  1. Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside of Canada and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Canada and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy, followed by your submission of such information, represents your agreement to that transfer.

  1. Children’s Privacy

 Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us.

 

  1. Our Contact Information

For any privacy-specific concerns, please contact us at info@314circles.com

  1. 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.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective 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.