Privacy Statement

1. What information do we collect and what do we do with it?

When you enrol as a student or subscriber on our site, https://legalbalanceinstitute.thinkific.com (“Website”) or related courses, as part of the enrolling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as the following:

• Identity Data - your first and last name;

• Contact Data - your email address;

• Financial Data - where you provide this over our Website to purchase our digital courses (which may be received from you or our third party payment provider, Stripe);

• Marketing and Communication Data - your email address if you subscribe to our newsletter;

• Technical Data - internet protocol (IP) address, (via cookies browser type and version, time zone setting and generic location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform on the devices you use to access our systems and other similar technologies);

• Usage Data - information about how you use our systems (via cookies systems and other similar technologies).

Under data protection law, we need a legal reason (known as a lawful basis) for holding, collecting and using your personal data. The following sets which lawful basis we rely on:

• To enter into or perform a contract with you 

  • To administrate or perform our contract with you. 

  • To process your payment information in connection with any contract we have with you. 

  • To send you updates about the services you have bought (e.g. confirmation of order, information about course content, your course progress or other updates). 

• To comply with a legal obligation we have 

  • Recording your preferences (e.g. marketing) to ensure that we comply with data protection laws. 

  • Where we send you information to comply with a legal obligation (e.g. where we send you information about your legal rights). 

  • Where we retain information to enable us to bring or defend legal claims. 

• To pursue our legitimate interests (our justifiable business aims) but only if we assess those aims are not outweighed by your rights and freedoms. 

  • Improve and optimise our Website. 

  • Monitor and make improvements to our Website to enhance security and prevent fraud. 

  • To provide our services to you and ensure the proper functioning of our Website. 

  • To inform you about changes to the course, survey you about your usage, or collect your opinion

  • Where we deliver content and advertisements, to understand the effectiveness of such content and adverts. 

  • To protect and defend ourselves against legal claims.

• Where you have provided consent 

  • Where you have provided your consent to providing us with information or allowing us to use or share your information. 

  • Where you have consented to receive newsletters.

Where we need to collect your personal data (for example, in order to fulfil a contract we have with you), failure to provide us with your personal data may mean that we are not able to provide you with the services.

2. How do I withdraw my consent?

If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at any time, by contacting us at [email protected].

3. Disclosure

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms & Conditions of Use.

4. Who Your Personal Data Is Shared With

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.

However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.

For every provider, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.

Third-party providers:

• Those providing technical and business-related services to us (including external consultants and freelancers).

• Thinkific, who hosts our digital courses. Their privacy policy is available at https://www.thinkific.com/privacy-policy/.

• Google and Mailchimp, who store our mailing lists. Their respective privacy policies are available at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US and https://www.intuit.com/privacy/statement/. 

• Stripe, to process payments via the Website. Their privacy policy is available at https://stripe.com/de-gi/privacy.  

• Regulatory authorities (if required).

Once you leave our Website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our Website’s Terms of Service.

When you click on links on our course site, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.

6. Security

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

In the event that there is an event or incident affecting your personal data, we will keep you informed. We may also need to notify the regulator (where required under data protection law).

Cookies

We collect cookies or similar tracking technologies. This means information that our Website’s server transfers to your computer. This information can be used to track your session on our Website. Cookies may also be used to customise our Website content for you as an individual. If you are using one of the common Internet web browsers, you can set up your browser to either let you know when you receive a cookie or to deny cookie access to your computer.

• We use cookies to recognise your device and provide you with a personalised experience.

• We also use cookies to attribute visits to our Website to third-party sources and to serve targeted ads from Google, Facebook, Instagram and other third-party vendors.

• Our third-party advertisers use cookies to track your prior visits to our Website and elsewhere on the Internet in order to serve you targeted ads. For more information about targeted or behavioural advertising, please visit https://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising.

• Opting out: You can opt out of targeted ads served via specific third-party vendors by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Opt-Out page.

• We may also use automated tracking methods on our Website, in communications with you, and in our products and services, to measure performance and engagement.

• Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.

Web Analysis Tools

We may use web analysis tools that are built into the Website to measure and collect anonymous session information.

7. Age of Consent

By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence.

8. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the Website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

If our site or course is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.

YOUR RIGHTS, QUESTIONS AND OUR CONTACT INFORMATION

Under data protection law, you have a number of rights in relation to your personal data, as below:

• The right of access (obtaining a copy of your data);

• The right to rectification (correcting your data);

• The right to erasure (deleting your data);

• The right to restrict processing (to stop use of your data for a time limited period);

• The right to data portability (to move your data to another organisation);

• The right to object(to object to our use of your data);

• Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling (to know if and how we use any technology to make decisions about you).

There are some limited exemptions to these rights, so they may not apply in every scenario. If we cannot fulfil your request, we will provide you with information why. 

If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact [email protected].