Cane Self-Defense University Privacy Policy, Effective May 29th. 2018
Cane Defense University has developed this privacy policy in order to explain the data we collect, what we do with it and how you can request a copy of your data and have it removed from our website. We are committed to fulfilling our responsibilities under the requirements laid out by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as it relates to the collection, retention and use, as well as other processing of personal data. If you have any questions about any of this we encourage you to reach out and contact us. As well if after reading this and you use our website you are indicating your understanding of this policy and granting your consent. If you have any questions about any of this we encourage you to reach out and contact us. As well if after reading this and you use our website you are indicating your understanding of this policy and granting your consent. If you have any questions reach out to us using the information below or the contact form on the website.
Who we are
Cane Self Defense University is located at http://caneselfdefenseuniversity.com . We market and sell online cane self-defense training as a subscription to the global community. We are located at 6267 SW 8th Street, Miami, Fl 33144 and can be reached by phone at 800-289-8188 or using the contact form on our website.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
We collect the following information from subscribers when they sign up as paying subscribers or when they request access our free course. Here’s what we collect…
- First Name
- Last Name
- Username
- Password
We collect this information so we can create a user account on Cane Self-Defense University and provide access to the requested course material. At no time will we collect, or ask for any information related to your religious or political affiliation, or your sexual preferences
Email Management
When we collect user information we also pass it through to our email management system, Aweber who will securely store the subscriber’s information as defined above. You can view their privacy policy at https://www.aweber.com/privacy.htm.
Payments and Transactions:
Paying subscribers will pay via PayPal with a website located at https://paypal.com. Your payment information is securely stored on PayPal and we have no visibility to your financial information. You can view PayPal’s privacy policy https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
Website Comments
Website comments are currently disabled on Cane Self-Defense University. Should this change in the future the following parameters will be in force.
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
We do not provide any means for users to upload media in the form of pictures, or video. Hence we will not collect, or store any of your information associated with media
Contact forms
We have a very simple contact form that asks for first name, email address and a message. Optionally you can leave a phone number but this is not required. This information along with your IP address is store on our website at http://caneselfdefenseuniversity.com.
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.
In addition we use 3rd part cookies that is part of our Analytics system that enables us to track website usage. No personally identifiable information is collected by these.
Embedded content from other websites
Though we currently do not embed 3rd party website content, if we do the following will be applicable.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics we will have visibility into non-identifiable information pertaining to the location of visitors, and any visitor preferential information as stored and collected by Google.
We use this information to analyze trends, administer our website, track visitors’ movements around our website, and gather demographic information about our visitors as a whole. We do link this automatically collected data to other information we collect about our website visitors.
In no way is any of this data identifiable to you and is completely anonymous. This data is retained by Google for up to 38 months. After 38 months it is removed. However since it is not identifiable with you, we have no way of removing this data.
Advertising
We may occasionally advertise through Google, Facebook, or Yelp. This will often set a cookie on your computer so that we may remarket to you. This data is not collected or stored on our website and there is no personal information stored.
Who we share your data with
The data we collect and retain on our website is not shared with anyone.
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.
What rights 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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
Your contact information is only stored if you use our contact form. This includes,
- Name
- Subject
- Message
If you are a subscriber of any type, free or paid, we persist your first name, last name, username and your email address.You IP address is recorded as well.
Additional information
We are extreme advocated of personal privacy. It’s our personal philosophy because like you we don’t want any of our information stored without or knowledge, consent and the ability to remove it at our discretion. Any information be it personal or non- personal is strictly used to enhance users website experience and in the case of personal information is something that guard zealously.
Testimonials
We post customer testimonials on our website, which may contain personal information. We do obtain our Clients’ consent to post their name along with their testimonial via email prior to posting the testimonial on our website. However, if you wish to request the removal of your testimonial, please contact us.
Social Media Features
Our website does not at this time include social media sharing but if we were to include a Facebook “Like” or “Share” or any other social media sharing feature, then these features may collect your IP address and the page you are visiting on our website. It may also set a cookie to enable the features to function properly. Social media features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our website. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
How we protect your data
We protect our website against malware and spam by using a 3rd party real time protection service called Wordfence, which has been configured to do weekly scans to detect any new vulnerabilities that we respond to as soon as we become aware of them.
We also keep our website current and up to date. This includes WordPress core software s well as any 3rd party software known as Plug In.
In addition we use high quality plug-ins that are in compliance with best known practices for data protection and or in compliance with GDPR.
Our website is also protected using Strong SSL and all of your information is encrypted before it is sent to us.
Lastly we also adhere to and enforce for all administrator level users the use of strongly encrypted passwords as recommended by WordPress.
What data breach procedures we have in place?
If a breach of our website occurs, we will immediately change all administrator level login credentials and then notify all subscribers and members who have a username and password on our site of the breach. We will then work to ascertain the means and method of the breach and work to remedy the situation.
Once we have ascertained the means and method and scope of the breach we will broadcast a message to all subscribers as well as post a notice on our website regarding the results of the investigation the cause and the ramifications of the breach.
What third parties we receive data from
We do not receive any 3rd party data.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
Our email management system, Aweber provides us the opportunity to segment subscribers. Any segmentation we do will be pertaining to preferences of services, or other service related information. Segmentation based on sexual, or political preference is never done.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
None.
Provisions for Mobile Users
There are no special provisions for mobile users. Mobile users at this time are served a responsive version of the website and all of the above applies.
Designated Data Protection Officer
We have designated a data protection officer whom you can direct any and all inquiries directly to at email dan@americancaneselfdefense.com. Our data protection officer is tasked with
- Keeping our site current with all versions of WordPress and 3rd party layered software.
- Scanning our site every week with Word Fence to determine and address security vulnerabilities.
- Deactivating or removing any plug-ins indicated as having a security vulnerability.
- Making weekly secure backups of all data.
- Making sure that admin users are using strongly encrypted and secured passwords.
Notification of Privacy Policy Changes
We may update our privacy policy to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes, we will notify you or our client by email (sent to the email address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on our website prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.