PRIVACY & POLICY

Welcome to the privacy policy of Mini Mindsetters LLC, doing business as Caryn Meininger ("Company," "we," "us," or "our"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website www.carynmeininger.com ("the Site") and interact with our services.

You or Your refers to you as a participant in or user of the Site, www.carynmeininger.com, and any subdomains. We, Our, or Us refers to Mini Mindsetters LLC ("Company").

It is important that you read this privacy policy so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data, and the rights you have in relation to it.

By accessing www.carynmeininger.com, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and freely consent to the information collection and use practices described herein.

Our Website and Mini Mindsetters LLC

Our website www.carynmeininger.com provides information, resources, and services related to personal development, holistic coaching, and professional growth, all tailored to help individuals, particularly mompreneurs, achieve balance, growth, and success in both their personal and professional lives.

Mini Mindsetters LLC, operating as Caryn Meininger, is the data controller responsible for this website and any handling of personal data carried out by or on behalf of Mini Mindsetters LLC.

How We Collect Your Personal Data

We collect personal data about you in various ways, including:

• Direct Interactions: You may provide us with your Identity, Contact, and Financial Data by filling out forms, corresponding with us by email, phone, or social media, or when you:
• Sign up to receive our newsletter or other communications.
• Create an account on our website.
• Purchase our products or services.
• Register for a webinar, workshop, or coaching session.
• Engage with us on social media or through comments on our website.
• Enter a competition, promotion, or survey.
• Contact customer service. 
    
• Automated Technologies: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. This may include data such as your IP address, browser type, browsing actions, and how you interact with our Site. This information is collected to help us improve our services and enhance your experience on our Site.

The Information We Collect and How We Use It

While using our website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. We collect this information to provide and improve our services, respond to your inquiries, process your transactions, and manage our relationship with you.

• Web Server Logs: When you visit www.carynmeininger.com, we may track information to administer the site and analyze its usage. Examples include your IP address, browser type, pages viewed, and the date and time of your visit.

• Email Marketing:  is the backbone of most online marketing in the twenty-first century. Your email is valuable to us, and your privacy is valuable to you. We take care to ensure that your email other data is used in a respectful manner, and we keep your email confidential. We do not sell or in any way share your email in exchange for remuneration. Occasionally, Company does partner with third parties to provide joint education, resources, products, or services. In these cases, your participation is deemed consent for us to share any information you provide to us to that third party.

Company’s emails will comply with applicable laws including the CAN-SPAM act. Each email will clearly identify that it is from the Company along with a place for you to unsubscribe from our email list. Occasionally, the technological systems we rely on to remove you from our email list may fail to unsubscribe you. If you continue receiving unwanted emails, please reach out to the Privacy Officer.

Unsubscribing from Company’s email list will remove you from our routine promotional emails and informational emails about podcasts, blog posts, and other resources we may have to share. However, you may still receive information about programs, services, or products you have bought from Company.

• Cookies: are not just tasty treats. A cookie is also a piece of information recorded by your web browser. This allows your web browser to recognize places you have visited. For more on cookies, see this article from the Federal Trade Commission.

Our use of cookies assists you when you begin to type our Website. Your computer may autofill URLs based on its cookies memory. They can help remember and autofill things like user IDs and website preferences. You can instruct your browser to reject all cookies, but you may not be able to use some parts of our Website without them. 

Pixels aren’t just the tiny colorful squares on your device’s screen. A pixel, also known as a beacon, or pixel tag, is a transparent image file that tells us something has been clicked on. 

Cookies and pixels may communicate to us the web browser you use, whether you open an email we send, your advertising ID, and other technical information about your device.

We use these cookies and pixels to track your internet usage in order to implement advertising strategies, and to ensure our servers and systems are working properly.

You can instruct your browser to reject all cookies, pixels, and similar tracking technologies by instructing the browser to send a “Do Not Track” signal. Our Website may not function properly if your browser rejects cookies, pixels, or tracking technologies. There’s not a uniform set of Do Not Track signals, so our Website may not be able to read or respond correctly to ones sent by your browser. To learn more about our services without our Website, you’ll need to email us or fill out our contact form

• Personal Information: If you register for certain services, such as a newsletter, we may request personal information, including your name, address, and email. If you make a purchase, we will collect billing information, including your credit card number, billing address, and other necessary payment details.
• Payment: When you make a purchase on the Website, your financial information is transmitted to a third party payment processor. The payment processor has their own privacy policy, which you should read before making payments. 

We use reputable payment processors who adhere to the standards set by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council. 

Our payment processors are: 

Stripe/ Paypal

• Use of Your Data: We use your data to fulfill orders, process transactions, deliver personalized content, and manage customer service interactions.

Legal Basis for Processing Your Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• To Fulfill a Contract: When we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
• Legitimate Interests: When it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party), and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
• Consent: Where you have provided your consent to process your data for specific purposes, such as receiving our newsletter or participating in a workshop.
• Legal Obligations: When necessary to work with third parties like lawyers or collection agencies to enforce these terms or any other terms between you and Company. We may also disclose your information when we are otherwise legally required to do so

Withdrawing Consent

You have the right to withdraw your consent for us to contact you or to collect, use, or disclose your information at any time. To withdraw your consent, please contact us at [email protected]. You may also opt out of communications by following the unsubscribe link provided in our emails.

Disclosure of Your Information

We take your privacy seriously and will only disclose your personal information in the following circumstances:

• Service Providers: To third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, as long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.
• Legal Requirements: If required by law or to respond to legal processes, or to protect our rights, property, or safety, or that of others.
• Business Transfers: In the event that our company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal information may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Data Security

We take the security of your Personal Information seriously and implement reasonable measures to protect it. This includes physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to prevent unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of the data you transmit to us.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You have the right to access, correct, amend, or delete any personal information we store about you. To make such requests, please contact us at [email protected]. We will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.

California Rights

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a law that protects consumers residing in California. The policy in this section applies only to California residents. 

The CCPA gives you 

• The right to know about the personal information a business collects about you and how it is used and shared;
• The right to delete personal information collected from you (with some exceptions);
• The right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of you personal information; and
• The right to non-discrimination for exercising your CCPA rights.
• The right to correct inaccurate personal information that a business has about You; and
• The right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information collected about you

To exercise your CCPA rights, contact the Privacy Officer. Your identity will need to be verified before we release, alter, or delete your personal information. Since anonymized data about you can’t be identified, we won’t be able to delete that information. 

You can ask us for details about the information we have collected about you. Email the Privacy Officer to ask for a privacy report.

We operate exclusively online. Email the Privacy Officer to delete your personal information.

We do not sell or share your personal information.

We won’t deny you service or access to our Website just because you live in California or exercise your rights under the CCPA. However, if you don’t provide us with the personal information or payment information necessary to complete a sale, we won’t be able to complete the transaction. 

If you think we have inaccurate or incomplete information about who you are, please contact the Privacy Officer. 

We don’t collect sensitive personal information like your social security number, financial account information, precise geolocation data, or genetic data. If you choose to work with us one on one, we may need your sensitive personal information to complete our services. If we do, we don’t use it for any other purpose. 

You can learn more about your privacy rights as a California resident by visiting https://cppa.ca.gov/ 

Your European Union Rights

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a law that governs information and privacy rights for people within the European Union. The policy in this section only applies to European Union residents.

We will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of: (a) you asking us to delete the information, (b) our decision to cease using our existing data providers, or (c) the Company decides that the value in retaining the data is outweighed by the costs of retaining it.

You have the right to request access to your data that the Company stores and the rights to either rectify or erase your personal data. You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data. You have the right to object to the processing of your data and the right to the portability of your data. To the extent that you provided consent to the Company’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent. You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.

We require only the information that is reasonably required to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.

Children’s Privacy

Company does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under the age of sixteen. 

If you are under 18, you may only use the Website with permission of a parent or guardian. Your parent or guardian must read this privacy policy. If you, your parent or guardian, believe you have conveyed information to the Website, contact the Privacy Officer to make sure it is deleted. In some circumstances, the law may not require or permit us to delete the information. We will make every effort to delete any information you have provided, however, we cannot guarantee comprehensive removal.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of [Insert Date] and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page. We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time, and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights regarding your personal data, please contact us at [email protected].