Who are we
Guts to Goals (“G2G”) found at https://gutstogoals.com/ (“Site”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).
G2G controls the information you provide on the Site. G2G respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to describe to you what personally identifiable information is collected on the Site and how G2G may use it.
THEREFORE, this Privacy Policy Agreement applies to all of G2G and thus it shall govern any and all data collection and usage thereof. By continuing to use and access the Site you are herein consenting to the following data procedures expressed within this agreement.
General information
Under no circumstances is your data ever sold or rented to a third party. The information collected is used for internal review, to improve the content and/or layout of the Site, and notify subscribers for newsletters and other marketing purposes.
You maintain the right to request a copy of the information that G2G has about you. Also, you may request G2G to destroy all information about you. Please contact us through our contact form or social media channels.
What personal data do we collect and why do we collect it
Voluntarily Submitted Information from You.
Your personal information such as your name and email address that you voluntarily submitted to the Website through subscription, submission of the contact form, and submission of comments.
G2G generally discourages the submission of any personal information in these comments or through the contact form apart from the required name and email address. Please note that any information you include in the comments becomes public information. Thus, please exercise caution when disclosing your information. The information from Site users is stored in the WordPress database and is kept until the user notifies G2G to delete it.
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. 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.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
All the information provided in the Contact Form is automatically sent and stored at [email protected]’s inbox. Any information you provided in the contact forms are considered confidential unless you have explicitly stated and allowed its use on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Automatically-captured information from visitors to the Site.
This includes the name of the domain and host from which you accessed the Internet, the pages you visited within the Site, and the amount of time you spend on the Site. When you access the website, your IP address, operating system type, browser type, and the links that you have clicked are also logged automatically.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles 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.
Cookies and Web Beacons
G2G may use cookies to log or store visitor preferences and provide a personalized experience. Cookies are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. G2G may use both session cookies (expires after closing the browser) and persistent cookies (stays in browser files unless deleted). Advertising partners and other third parties may also use cookies, scripts, and/or web beacons to track visitors to our site in order to display advertisements and other useful information. Such tracking is done directly by the third parties through their own servers and is subject to their own privacy policies.
Use of Collected Site User Information
- Personalize promotional information such as newsletters and marketing;
- Send confirmation emails, notices, policy updates, and security alerts;
- To provide customer support when required, and respond to Site user’s comments and inquiries;
- Track and measure advertising on the Website;
- To protect, investigate, and deter unauthorized or illegal activity.
Who we share your data with
Third-party use of personal information
G2G may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information. Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
Below is the information from Google Adsense Support:
- Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)
If you have not opted out of third-party ad serving, the cookies of other third-party vendors or ad networks may also be used to serve ads on your site, which should also be disclosed in your privacy policy in the following manner:
- Notify your site visitors of the third-party vendors and ad networks serving ads on your site.
- Provide links to the appropriate vendor and ad network websites.
- Inform your users that they may visit those websites to opt out of the use of cookies for personalized advertising (if the vendor or ad network offers this capability). Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of some third-party vendors’ uses of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
Because publisher sites and laws across countries vary, we’re unable to suggest specific privacy policy language. However, you may wish to review resources such as the Network Advertising Initiative for guidance on drafting a privacy policy. For additional details regarding cookie consent notices, please refer to cookiechoices.org.
G2G may use the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics — this service tracks and reports Website usage/traffic and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. You may opt out from allowing Google Analytics to access your information by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Google Ads – is a tool that allows website publishers to deliver advertisements to site visitors in exchange for revenue calculated on a per-click or per-impression basis (using cookies and tracking technology to deliver ads personalized to a website user/visitor.) (as quoted from privacypolicies.com)
Mailchimp –this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications
WPForm Lite–this service is used in creating the contact form, and subscriptions. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications
Udemy – this service is used to host the Online Courses. You may register for and purchase the Online Courses through this service. Udemy will capture your name, email address, website URL and payment information and will only share the information necessary for order fulfillment with G2G.
PayPal – this service is used for payment processing on ecommerce products through Shopify and Udemy
OptinMonster – this service is used to provide information to Website users. This service may capture your name and email address.
LeadPages – this service is used to provide information to Website users. This service may capture your name and email address.
Akismet Anti Spam – this service is a plugin to protect the Site from Spam. This service may capture your name and email address.
WordFence – this service is a plugin that includes a firewall to protect the Site from security threats (such hacking, malware, brute force, and DDOS attacks). This service may capture your IP address and country.
Sassy Social Share – this service is a plugin that enables G2G users to share the content over different social media platforms. This service may use your data when you actively click the graphic buttons (that replace native social share icons). For more information about Sassy Social Share privacy, please check https://www.heateor.com/privacy/.
Yoast Seo with SemRush integration– this service is a WordPress plugin to improve SEO and website traffic. This service unlikely collect personal information unless provided on the website. For more information about Yoast, please visit their Yoast Privacy Policy and their “Yoast and your privacy (GDPR)” page.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time at the Website’s sole discretion.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
Retargeting Ads From time to time, the G2G may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
Facebook: Opt-out of Facebook remarketing here
Google: Opt-out of Google remarketing here
Affiliate Program Participation G2G may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
G2G is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
G2G is a participant in the iHerb Rewards and Affiliate programs. G2G may earn a commission if users will purchase using the affiliate link. This program also uses cookies, which tracks visits for the purposes of assigning commission on sales. For more information, please visit https://ph.iherb.com/info/affiliates and https://ph.iherb.com/info/privacy
G2G also participates in the following affiliate programs. You can learn more about each partner’s privacy policy by following the links below.
Involve Asia – https://productlink.io/privacy-policy/
Lazada – G2G is not part of the Lazada affiliate program. G2G may use Involve Asia for Lazada Links.
Shopee PH – G2G may use the Shopee seller affiliate link or Involve Asia.
Newsletters On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, G2G may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows G2G to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
Social media services
You can choose to access certain third-party social media websites and services (such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Twitter) through our site. When you do so, you are sharing information with those sites and the information you share will be governed by their privacy policies (including that the site may share information with us). You may be able to modify your privacy settings with these third-party social media websites. Please refer to the relevant provider policies for more information.
The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Please note that if you refuse to accept cookies from G2G, you may not be able to access portions of the site.
If any part of the G2G website links you to other websites, those websites do not operate under this Privacy Policy. G2G recommends that you examine the privacy policies posted on these other websites to understand their procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information.
How long do 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 profiles. 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.
What rights do you have over your data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also 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.
The following are your 8 Rights as a Data Subject
- The right to be informed
- The right of access
- The right to rectification
- The right to erasure
- The right to restrict processing
- The right to data portability
- The right to object
- Rights related to automated decision making and profiling
Opt-out – You may opt out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at [email protected] to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to [email protected].
Amend – You may contact us at [email protected] to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to [email protected]. Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at [email protected] and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
AFFILIATE MARKETING
The Website engages in affiliate marketing. This means that if you use an affiliate link to make a purchase, the Website will receive a commission on that purchase.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
All Site User data are stored in WordPress database.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) DISCLOSURE
From time to time, the Website may post sponsored content from an advertiser. This means that an advertiser, which may be a brand, agency, or influencer network, will contract with G2G to create content featuring certain messages or product placement. Pursuant to the FTC’s requirements, all such advertisements on the Website are clearly and conspicuously disclosed. Even though compensation (cash, free product, services) is received in exchange for this sponsored content placement, G2G gives its honest opinion, findings, beliefs, or experiences in such content. All views expressed on the Website are those of the content creator. Any product claim, statistic, quote, or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or party in question.
DISCLAIMER G2G has made every effort to ensure that all information on the Website has been tested for accuracy. G2G makes no guarantees regarding the results that you will see from using the information provided on the Website.
CONTENT DISCLAIMER All Website content, Books, and Courses are provided for informational purposes only. G2G has made every effort to ensure that all materials within the Website, Books, and Courses have been tested for accuracy. There is no guarantee that you will see positive results in your business using the techniques and materials provided by G2G. G2G assumes no responsibility for your decisions or for policies or practices that you implement. G2G makes no guarantees regarding results, present or future. The information provided on the Website, and in the Books and Courses is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. G2G makes no representations or warranties in relation to the information provided in the content. G2G disclaims liability for incidental or consequential damages and assumes no responsibility or liability for any loss or damage suffered by any person as a result of the use of the information provided on the Website, in the Books, or the Courses. G2G assumes or undertakes no liability for any loss or damage suffered as a result of the use of any information found on the Website, or in the Books or the Courses.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
The Website, Books, and Courses were developed strictly for educational purposes. You understand and agree that you are fully responsible for your use of the information provided on the Website, or in the Books or Courses. G2G makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees. You understand that results may vary from person to person. G2G assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions that may appear in the Website, Books, and Courses.
USE OF THE WEBSITE
Unless otherwise stated, G2G owns the intellectual property and rights to all content and material on the Website, in the Books and the Courses. All intellectual property rights are reserved.
Publicly Viewable Data or Information You Provided on the Website
Remember that any comments or reviews you write on our blog or our forums can be viewed and used by anyone on the Internet. Before posting, users understand that any publicly viewable information they share can be quoted, screenshot, or copied by anyone on the Internet. G2G is not responsible for the privacy or security of any information disclosed that can be viewed publicly.
Comments or reviews can be edited or deleted by Users. The gravatar and other information shared on their public profile are their responsibility. However, in case you want such public information to be deleted from our website, but you cannot do so (example: email account used to create the comment was hacked or deleted already), you can send us a message and proof of identity, so that we can manually delete your comments/reviews.
G2G contact information
At any time, please contact G2G at [email protected] for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
Changes to this policy
G2G reserves the right to update or change this privacy policy at any time. Any such change, modification, or addition to the privacy policy on Guts To Goals will become effective immediately upon posting on the site.
