Effective Date: December 12, 2023
The-sum.com, hereinafter referred to as (“us,” “we,” “The Site”, “Site”) is committed to respecting the privacy rights of visitors and users of this website. We created this Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) to explain what information we collect from you, how we secure that information, and under what conditions we share your information with others. This Policy is only applicable to this Site, and not to any other website you may be able to access from this Site.
- UNITED STATES AUDIENCE
This Site is intended, directed, and marketed to an audience in the United States. We do not envisage offering products or services to citizens or visitors of the Member States of the European Union nor do we monitoring of their behavior as contemplated in the regulation. If you are located in the European Union or a citizen of a Member State, please terminate your use of this Site immediately.
- PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED.
A. Information Collection: We require you to provide us with certain information that personally identifies you (“Personal Information”) when registering for a membership or contacting us. Personal Information includes the following categories of information: (1) Contact Data (such as your name, e-mail address, and phone number) and (2) Financial Data (such as your billing information and payment resource). If you communicate with us by e-mail, any information provided in such communication may also be collected as Personal Information.
B. Modification or Removal Process: We do not maintain online accounts for customers that you can access. If you have questions about the Personal Information we maintain for you or wish to remove or change certain Personal Information, please contact us. Please note, we will maintain your name and any other records we believe necessary for tax and legal purposes, such as disputes – information that may not be modified or removed.
C. Privacy Policy Updates: If we modify or update this Policy, we will notify you by posting a notice on the Site and by sending you an electronic message indicating as much if we have an email address for you. You may reject the update by discontinuing your use of the Site.
D. Do Not Track Signals: Certain states require that we disclose whether we acknowledge “do not track” signals issued by browsers or privacy software. We do respond to such signals at this time.
E. Google Tracking
We use certain Google programs to help us analyze the traffic to this Site and improve our marketing efforts. Such programs may include, but are not limited to, Google Analytics Remarketing, Google Display Network Impression Reporting, Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting, and Integrated services that require Google Analytics to collect data via advertising cookies and identifiers. You may opt out of this tracking by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/ and http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.
- COOKIES AND TRAFFIC DATA COLLECTED.
We automatically track and collect the following categories of information when you visit our Site: (1) IP addresses; (2) domain servers; (3) types of computers accessing the Site; and (4) types of web browsers used to access the Site (collectively “Traffic Data”). Traffic Data is anonymous information that does not personally identify you but is helpful for marketing purposes and for helping us improve your experience when using the Site.
- USE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
A. Our Use Of Information: We use your Personal Information to interact with and market to you as well as comply with various laws as detailed herein. Please read this Section 4 carefully.
B. Sharing Personal Information: We share certain categories of Personal Information we collect from you in the ways described in this Policy. We share Contact Data with our business partners who assist us by performing core services (such as hosting, sending email messages, processing transactions, and data storage) related to our operation of the Site. If you do not want us to share your Personal Information with any third parties, please contact us, but please understand that such a request will limit your ability to use the Site.
C. Use of Contact Data. We use your Contact Data to provide you with administrative communications such as email messages about your order. We also use your Contact Data to send you commercial emails highlighting our business developments and offerings. These email communications may contain messages, advertisements, and promote third parties and third party products.
D. Use of Financial Data. We use your Financial Data to facilitate payment for orders that you make with us. If you follow a link to a third party site and make a purchase, the legal documents for that site will control such transactions.
E. Sale of Information: Should we decide to sell all or part of our business or this Site at some point in the future, your Personal Information will be included as an asset in the transfer of the business to the new owner.
- MARKETING
Remarketing and Retargeting. We may use third party remarketing or retargeting platforms to market our business. These companies use cookies and other technology to track you across the Internet including websites you visited before visiting us and after you leave. Once you leave our Site, Google and the other third party platforms we use will show you advertisements from us as appropriate. Platforms we may use include, but are not limited to:
- Google – [http://www.google.com/settings/ads]
6. INFORMATION SECURITY
A. Confidentiality and Security of Personal Information: Except as otherwise stated in this Policy, we will keep your Personal Information private and will not share it with third parties, unless such disclosure is necessary to: (a) comply with a court order or other legal process; (b) protect our rights or property; or (c) enforce the legal documents applicable to the Site. Your Personal Information is stored on secure servers that are not accessible by unaffiliated third parties.
B. Site Security. The Site has reasonable security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of the information that we obtain from you. These measures include Secure Socket Layer protocols. Unfortunately, we make no promises about our ability to prevent any such loss or misuse of your Personal Information since preventing hacking is nearly impossible.
- AREAS BEYOND OUR CONTROL
Third Party Websites: The Site may contain links to other websites. We have no control over the terms and privacy policies of said sites. Please make sure to view the policies of those sites before proceeding.
- CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about this Policy or our practices related to this Site, please contact us.