Our Privacy Policy

This privacy policy outlines how Hart Holistic Strategies, LLC collects, uses, and protects the personal information of our clients, website visitors, and course participants.

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, Hart Holistic Strategies, LLC may also be referred to as “Hart Holistics,” “Hart Strategies,” or simply “Hart Holistic Strategies.” Reference in this policy to “we,” “us,” or “our” means Hart Holistic Strategies, LLC. Where we refer to “you,” “your,” or “user” in this policy, we mean the individual user that browses, accesses, and uses our Sites, Products, or Services.

General

Hart Holistic Strategies uses squarespace.com to host its website. We also utilize Google services to operate certain features that are available on our Site. As such, your use of the Hart Holistic Strategies website is subject to the Squarespace.com privacy policy and the Google privacy policy. To further ensure your understanding of how data will be used, Hart Holistic Strategies abides by the subsequent Privacy Policy, which describes our data collection, usage, and sharing practices.

Information We Collect: We collect information when you visit, browse, and access our Sites. You may browse our Sites with or without registering for or signing into a user account. The information we collect, and how that information is used depends on how you use our Sites, the services you choose to engage in, and the information you provide us. We may collect the following types of information:

  • Personal information is any information that identifies you personally, such as your name, email address, mailing address, or other data that can be reasonably linked to this information, such as the information you provide when you create a user account and profile on any of our affiliated business sites.

  • Digital information is collected automatically through our website (e.g., IP address, browsing history). This may also include non-personal information, such as information recorded about a user that does not reference an individual user’s easily identifiable information.

  • Information you Provide. This information may be collected during event or course registration. It may also be obtained through your request for a personal consultation or your registration for a paid service. For most paid services, this information will include your billing address as well as a portion of your payment information, which is (or may be) provided to us by our payment processor (such as the last four digits, the country of issuance, and the expiration date of the payment card).

  • Optional User Services. When applying for certain promotions, courses, consultations, or business development services, Hart Holistic Strategies may collect the following information to evaluate eligibility, in addition to the above information:

    • University Affiliations, University Location (e.g., country, state, or city), Education Level, University Major Field of Study, Employment Status, Employment Industry, Employer Name, and Date of Birth

    You also have the option to provide Hart Holistic Strategies with additional information in your user profile, which is entirely voluntary and is used to enhance your user experience and for statistical purposes, including understanding the professional history and demographics of the people who use our services.

    Hart Holistic Strategies will retain user account information that is necessary to conduct business for the purposes of administering your account, understanding our business needs, and marketing.

How We Use Your Information: We may use your information to provide general business consulting services, process online course orders and payments, send relevant updates, newsletters, and marketing materials, and to improve our website and services.

  • Communications. We use information we collect from you, including your name, email address, or mailing address, to communicate in response to your inquiries. We may also use this information for marketing purposes, such as sending company newsletters and promotional offers.

  • Business Improvement. We will use your information to ensure that our services and Sites are working as intended, to improve and optimize your user experience, and to track and troubleshoot outages or problems with our services or Sites. We may also use your information to solicit feedback on your experience with our company, the services offered, and your interest in conducting business with us in the future.

  • Payments. We may use your personal information, including payment card information when you register for paid services through one of our Sites, or make other purchases or donations, for purposes of completing the payment transaction. As of October 5, 2023, we use Melio as our current payment processor, but we may use any other legally recognized payment processing merchant (e.g., Stripe, Squarespace, Venmo, Zelle, paper checks, etc.). In such cases, Hart Holistic Strategies will utilize your data to complete payment processing in accordance with the terms and conditions of the payment processing merchant.

  • Aggregate Data Analysis. Hart Holistic Strategies may provide data collected from users and event attendees to trusted third-parties to provide aggregate data analysis of our user base. We will not sell or share your name. We aim to only share your data (not including your name) with third parties who provide sufficient guarantees with respect to the technical and organizational security measures governing the processing to be carried out and who can demonstrate a commitment to compliance with those measures.

  • Third-party Service Providers. When necessary, your personal information may be provided to third-party service providers, such as Google for email communications or consultations, Adobe Rise for course registration, Melio for payment processing, and any other necessary third-party service provider through which Hart Holistic Strategies may conduct business.

Data and Website Security: Data transmitted over the Internet can never be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. Consequently, Hart Holistic Strategies cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. You hereby acknowledge and agree that any information that you provide or transfer to Hart Holistic Strategies is being done at your own risk. In the event that we become aware of a data breach, we will, in accordance with applicable law, notify the relevant authorities of such incidents.

Cookies and Tracking: Squarespace may collect and use cookies for website analytics and functionality. Cookies may be obtained every time you use one of our Sites or Services. Cookies are small files that transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser to enable Squarespace to recognize you when you return to our website. Depending on your Internet browser type, you may have the option to block cookies, including those used on our Sites. Blocking or rejecting cookies from our Sites will prevent you from engaging in certain functions and services offered on our Sites.

User Consent: By using our Sites or Services, you are consenting to our Privacy Policy, which includes data collection, sharing, and usage as described above. Your continued use of our Sites and Services, as well as your willingness to provide your information, serves as your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and your consent to our data practices. If you do not agree to our Privacy Policy or consent to the data practices outlined herein, you must cease your use of our Sites.

  • Users Under 13: Hart Holistic Strategies cares about the safety of children that use the Internet and will never knowingly request personal information from anyone under the age of 16. Users of our website must be at least 13 years of age, but we have no way of knowing the ages of those who use our Sites. If you are under 13 years of age, you should leave the Hart Holistics Site now, and under no circumstances should you provide us with any personal information.

Changes in our Privacy Policy: Hart Holistic Strategies reserves the right to make changes to the Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. Users will be notified of changes to the Privacy Policy with a notice on our Site’s Privacy Policy page. It is your obligation to regularly check this Privacy Policy for updates.

Contacting Hart Holistic Strategies, LLC

  • For questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please email any questions to privacypolicy@hartholistics.com.

  • For general questions, please email info@hartholistics.com.