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Privacy Policy

The website at www.ppshc.org (“Website”) is the property of Pain and Performance Strategies LLC (“PPSHC”). The following Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy (the “Terms of Use” and “Privacy Policy”) applies to the Website and other websites owned or operated by PPSHC (“PPSHC Services”). Visitors to the Website (“Users”) are governed by this Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, and by using this website, you accept these terms and conditions in full. If you disagree with these terms and conditions or any part of these terms and conditions, you must not use this website. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these terms at any time. Please check these terms periodically for changes.

The Website uses cookies. By using this website and agreeing to these Terms of Use you consent to PPSHC’s use of cookies in accordance with the terms of PPSHC’s Privacy Policy (see below).

You must not use the Website:

  • in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the Website;
  • in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity;
  • to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is connected to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software;
  • to conduct any data collection activities (including but not limited to scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to the Website without PPSHC’s express written consent.

PRIVACY POLICY

PPSHC recognizes that its Users value their privacy. This Privacy Policy details important information regarding the use and disclosure of User information collected on PPSHC Services. PPSHC provides this Privacy Policy to help you make an informed decision about whether to use or continue using PPSHC Services.

Your use of PPSHC Services and any personal information you provide on PPSHC Services remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Notice.

Please note that any writing, image, or other content posted at the direction of Users onto the PPSHC Sites becomes published content and is not considered personally identifiable information subject to this Privacy Policy.

External Links

This Privacy Policy only applies to webpages on the Website. The Website may provide links to external websites that are not controlled, maintained, sponsored, or regulated by PPSHC. The inclusion of a link to an external website is not intended as an endorsement of any product or service offered or referenced on the linked website, the organizations sponsoring said website, or any views that might be expressed or referenced in the website. PPSHC is not responsible for the content of those websites. When you move via such links to another website, this policy will not apply.

PPSHC Collects The Following Information:

  1. User Provided Information: You provide certain personally identifiable information (such as your name and email address) to PPSHC when creating an account, filling out a form, leaving a comment, responding to surveys, or subscribing to newsletters or other mailing lists. Your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address and browser user agent string may also be collected to help spam detection. If you leave a comment, 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. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
  2. Cookies Information: When you visit PPSHC Services, we may send one or more cookies (a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters) to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. PPSHC may use both session cookies and persistent cookies ( apersistent cookie remains after you close your browser). Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser instructions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of the PPSHC Sites may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
  3. Log File and Website Analytics Information: When you use PPSHC Services, our servers and the servers of our analytics vendor may automatically record certain information that your web browser sends whenever you visit any website, such as your web request, IP address, browser type, browser language, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. We may use your IP address to: 1) help diagnose issues encountered by our server, and 2) administer our Website.
  4. Clear GIFs Information: When you use PPSHC Services, we may use clear GIFs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails are opened by recipients.
  5. Embedded Content From Other Websites: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. YouTube 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.

PPSHC Uses Information in the Following Way:

  1. If you submit personally identifiable information to us through PPSHC Services, then we may use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of PPSHC Services.
  2. Based on your interest in and purchase of PPSHC Services, we may send you marketing messages detailing PPSHC Services. Any marketing messages you receive will include the ability to opt-out of future marketing communications. We may, however, use your contact information without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major PPSHC Services changes or for customer service purposes).
  3. We use both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of PPSHC Services and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing User preferences and trends.
  4. We may use cookies, clear gifs, website analytics, purchase information, and log file information to: (a) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit PPSHC Services; (b) provide custom, personalized content and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and (e) track your entries, submissions, and status in promotions, sweepstakes, and/or contests.
  5. From time to time, we may contact Users to invite them to participate in usability surveys. Participation in these surveys is purely voluntary. Typically these surveys are anonymous and no personal information is requested. However, occasionally, we may request your email address for the purpose of sending you a reward for completing the survey. No personally identifiable information submitted will be shared third parties. Data collected through surveys is used to compile information about our members and to assist us in making improvements to the PPSHC Services.

Disclosure of User Information:

  1. Personally identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable User information is not shared with third-party companies unless necessary to complete a request or transaction, such as purchasing a PPSHC Service using PayPal. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
  2. We do not sell or share your personally identifiable information with third-party companies for their commercial or marketing use.
  3. We may share non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage data, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks, etc.) with our third-party contractors to assist us in understanding the usage patterns for certain content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on PPSHC Services.
  4. We may release personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information if required to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with state and federal laws (such as U.S. Copyright Law) or respond to a court order, subpoena, or search warrant.
  5. PPSHC also reserves the right to disclose personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information that PPSHC believes, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to enforce terms of use of our products, take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend itself against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, to protect the security or integrity of our web site, and to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of PPSHC, our Users or others.

Linking Agreements with Other Sites Including Third-party Advertisers:

PPSHC does not allow other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to serve HTML-based advertisements within PPSHC Services.

User Options:

You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through PPSHC Services, in which case PPSHC may not be able to provide certain services to you.

If you have an account with the Website, you may update or correct your personal profile information and preferences at any time by visiting your account profile page.

To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you profile access or making corrections. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.

Please contact PPSHC with any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice, your personal information, your consent, or your opt-in or opt-out choices by emailing us at info@ppshc.com.

PPSHC’s Commitment to Security of Data:

PPSHC uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to PPSHC and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission of information, PPSHC makes commercially reasonable efforts to secure our systems. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.

If PPSHC learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. PPSHC may post a notice on PPSHC Services if a security breach occurs. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive a free written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving electronic notice) you should notify us by emailing info@ppshc.com.

International Users:

If you are a User accessing PPSHC Services from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of PPSHC Services, which are governed by U.S. law, this Privacy Notice, and the terms of use of our products, you are transferring your personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer.

In the Event of Sale, Merger, Acquisition, or Bankruptcy:

In the event that PPSHC is acquired by or merged with a third party entity, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information we have collected from our Users as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control. In the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors’ rights generally, we may not be able to control how your personal information is treated, transferred, or used.

Alterations and Updates to this Privacy Notice:

This Privacy Notice may be revised periodically and this will be reflected by the “effective date” below. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any changes. In general, we only use your personal information in the manner described in the Privacy Notice in effect when we received the personal information you provided. Your continued use of PPSHC Services constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Notice and any future revisions.

For revisions to this Privacy Notice that may be materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of the personal information you have already provided to us, we will attempt to obtain your consent before implementing such revisions with respect to such information.

Date Last Modified:

This Privacy Notice was last modified July 1, 2020.

Contact Information:

Please contact PPSHC with any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice by emailing us at info@ppshc.com.