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Name: Budo Kai Martial Arts Inc and Leominster Firearms Training
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Privacy Policy

LEOMINSTER SELF DEFENSE VALUES YOUR PRIVACY. WE WILL NEVER SELL YOUR INFORMATION TO A THIRD PARTY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. OUR WEBSITE USES COOKIES, WHICH WE USE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND YOU AND TAILOR YOUR EXPERIENCE BASED ON YOUR SHOPPING PREFERENCES. WE RESPECT YOUR RIGHT TO OPT OUT FROM OUR ADVERTISING, AND WANT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE.

Last updated: 2020-11-25 13:05:10

We value your privacy very highly. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the https://leominsterselfdefense.com Website (the “Website”) operated by Budo Kai Inc, a(n) Corporation formed in Massachusetts, United States (“us”, “we”, “our”) as this Privacy Policy contains important information regarding your privacy and how we may use the information we collect about you.

Your access to and use of the Website is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to everyone, including, but not limited to: visitors, users, and others, who wish to access or use the Website.

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part of the Privacy Policy, then you do not have our permission to access or use the Website.

What information we collect, where we get this information from, how we use this information, what happens if we don’t have it, and the legal basis for processing this information

We collect any and all information that you enter on this Website or provide to us by any other form of communication, including, but not limited to electronic mail, regular mail and phone calls.

We collect the following information about you:

Category of information	Specific piece of information	Legal basis for processing this information	Where we get this information from	How we use this information	What happens if we don’t have this information
Identifying information	Name	The user has provided consent to the processing of their information; Processing is necessary to perform a contract with the user; Processing is necessary in order to take steps that the user has requested prior to entering into a contract; Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation; Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the user or of another person; Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us; Processing is necessary for the purpose of a legitimate interest pursued by us or by a third party.	Information submitted by the consumer; Social networks; Surveys; Tracking pixels; The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies.	Analytics; Auditing compliance; Auditing transactions that the consumer has entered into; Counting ad impressions to unique visitors; Creating new features; Debugging to identify and repair errors; Detecting security incidents; Enforcing our Terms of Service; Marketing and advertising; Participation in surveys and contests; Performing services; Processing or fulfilling orders or transactions; Processing payments; Protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for such activities; Providing customer service; Providing financing; Resolving disputes; Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of our services or devices; Undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration; Verifying customer information; Verifying position and quality of ad impressions.	Our use of your data for analytics will not be possible; Our use of your data for auditing compliance will not be possible; Our use of your data for auditing transactions that the consumer has entered into will not be possible; Our use of your data for counting ad impressions to unique visitors will not be possible; Our use of your data for creating new features will not be possible; Our use of your data for debugging to identify and repair errors will not be possible; Our use of your data for detecting security incidents will not be possible; Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible; Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible; Our use of your data for participation in surveys and contests will not be possible; Our use of your data for performing services will not be possible; Our use of your data for processing or fulfilling orders or transactions will not be possible; Our use of your data for processing payments will not be possible; Our use of your data for protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for such activities will not be possible; Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible; Our use of your data for providing financing will not be possible; Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible; Our use of your data for undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of our services or devices will not be possible; Our use of your data for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration will not be possible; Our use of your data for verifying customer information will not be possible; Our use of your data for verifying position and quality of ad impressions will not be possible.
Identifying information	Postal / Shipping address
Identifying information	Billing address
Identifying information	Phone number
Identifying information	IP address
Identifying information	Email address
Identifying information	Alias
Identifying information	Online identifier
Identifying information	State ID card number
Identifying information	Driver’s license number
Identifying information	Account name
Identifying information	Social Security Number
Insurance information	Policy number
Insurance information	Subscriber’s identification number
Insurance information	Unique identifier used by your insurance provider
Insurance information	Claims history
Education information	School ID number
Financial information	Card expiration date
Financial information	Credit card or debit card number
Financial information	Card CVV (security code)
Financial information	Bank account number

With whom we share your information

In the last 12 months, we have shared your name with third parties.

We share your personal information with the following categories of third parties for the following reasons:

Category of third party	Why your information is shared with the third party
Customer management systems	To market to you via email; To manage our interactions with you; To prevent or investigate fraud; To process transactions; To analyze your interactions with us or our website; To prevent or investigate criminal activity; To enforce our Terms of Service; To provide you with advertisements.
Data analytics providers	To market to you via email; To manage our interactions with you; To prevent or investigate fraud; To process transactions; To analyze your interactions with us or our website; To prevent or investigate criminal activity; To enforce our Terms of Service; To provide you with advertisements.
Email marketing vendors	To market to you via email; To manage our interactions with you; To prevent or investigate fraud; To process transactions; To analyze your interactions with us or our website; To prevent or investigate criminal activity; To enforce our Terms of Service; To provide you with advertisements.
Financial transactions processors	To manage our interactions with you; To prevent or investigate fraud; To process transactions; To prevent or investigate criminal activity; To enforce our Terms of Service.
Fraud prevention services vendors	To manage our interactions with you; To prevent or investigate fraud; To process transactions; To analyze your interactions with us or our website; To prevent or investigate criminal activity; To enforce our Terms of Service.
Government or law enforcement entities	To manage our interactions with you; To prevent or investigate fraud; To process transactions; To prevent or investigate criminal activity; To enforce our Terms of Service.
Internet service providers	To manage our interactions with you; To prevent or investigate fraud; To analyze your interactions with us or our website; To prevent or investigate criminal activity; To enforce our Terms of Service.
Operating systems and platforms	To manage our interactions with you; To prevent or investigate fraud; To analyze your interactions with us or our website; To prevent or investigate criminal activity; To enforce our Terms of Service.
Parties that need to operate the website	To manage our interactions with you; To prevent or investigate fraud; To process transactions; To analyze your interactions with us or our website; To prevent or investigate criminal activity; To enforce our Terms of Service.
Social networks	To market to you via email; To analyze your interactions with us or our website; To enforce our Terms of Service; To provide you with advertisements.
Subsidiaries	To manage our interactions with you; To prevent or investigate fraud; To process transactions; To analyze your interactions with us or our website; To prevent or investigate criminal activity; To enforce our Terms of Service.

We have shared this information with the following categories of third parties:

Customer management systems;
Data analytics providers;
Email marketing vendors;
Financial transactions processors;
Fraud prevention services vendors;
Government or law enforcement entities;
Internet service providers;
Operating systems and platforms;
Parties that need to operate the website;
Social networks;
Subsidiaries.

How we protect your information

We have implemented the following measures to protect and safeguard your personal information:

using ssl or other secure connection technologies when receiving or sending personal information beyond internal networks;
destroying the personal information that we no longer need;
performing regular risk assessments;
screening all employees with access to personal information;
training our employees;
encrypting laptops, usbs and other portable media;
implementing and monitoring intrusion prevention and detection systems;
maintaining up to date software and safeguards;
performing regular due diligence of vendors;
implementing physical security measures.

Sale of your information

We do not sell your personal information.

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on your computer by your web browser. The file is added once you agree to store cookies on your computer or device, and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow sites to respond to you as an individual. The Website can also tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

This Website collects cookies and may use cookies for reasons including, but not limited to:

Analyze our web traffic using an analytics package;
Identify if you are signed in to the Website;
Test content on the Website;
Store information about your preferences;
Recognize when you return to the Website.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better Website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This setting may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Website.

Children’s Privacy

This Website is intended for use by a general audience and does not offer services to children. Should a child whom we know to be under 18 send personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond to that child to inform him or her that they cannot use this Website. We do not sell the personal information of minors under the age of 16.

Analytics Programs

This Website uses Google Analytics to collect information about you and your behaviors. If you would like to opt out of Google Analytics, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

Information retention

We retain all of the information that we collect As long as Massachusetts state law requires for record-keeping and tax laws.

Direct Marketing

We use the information that we collect about you for direct marketing purposes. Direct marketing is the act of selling products or services directly to consumers rather than through retailers. Residents of the European Union and the United Kingdom – You may, at any time, request that we cease to use your information for direct marketing purposes by emailing us at RickLeClair@verizon.net.

Profiling

We use the information that we collect about you for profiling. Profiling is any form of automated processing of personal information consisting of the use of personal information to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movements.

We use the logic below to conduct profiling:

To determine which martial arts program would best suit the client’s needs.

Programs that we use for sales and service

We use BlueFin to process payments for goods and services through ZenPlanner. Users can view BlueFin’s Privacy Policy at this link: Privacy Policy – Bluefin

Users can view BlueFin’s Terms and Conditions at this link: Terms Of Use – Bluefin

Users can view BlueFin’s Data Processing addendum at this link: Data Processing Addendum – Bluefin

We use the program ZenPlanner as a CMS, and mobile app, Curriculum disseminator, and to handle billing, service and some product sales, and program information. Users can view a copy of ZenPlanner’s Privacy Policy at this link: Zen Planner Privacy Policy

We are an affiliate of Century Martial Arts. We use this program as a source of income from the products users can purchase from Century Martial Arts. Users can view a copy of Century Martial Arts’ Privacy Policy at this link: Privacy Policy | Century Martial Arts and can also view their Terms and Conditions at this link: Terms and Conditions (centurymartialarts.com)

We use the MyStudio app and portal as the gateway to the products listed at Century Martial arts. Users can view a copy of MyStudio’s Privacy Policy at this link: https://mystudio.app/MyStudio_Academy_Privacy_Statement.html and can view their Terms and conditions at this link: https://mystudio.app/MYSTUDIO_Terms_of_Agreement.html

Your rights

Depending upon where you reside, you may have the following rights with regard to your personal information.

Right	Applies To
The right to access your information.*	Residents of California, Canada, the European Union, and the United Kingdom only
The right to know whether your personal information is sold or disclosed and to whom.	Residents of California only
The right to say no to the sale of your personal information.	Residents of California and Nevada only
The right to request that we delete all or some of the personal information that we have collected on you.*	Residents of California, the European Union, and the United Kingdom only
The right to equal service and price, even if you exercise your privacy rights.	Residents of California only
The right to ask us to transmit your personal information that we have collected on your to another provider (where technically feasible).*	Residents of the European Union and the United Kingdom only
Rectification of information: the right to request that we amend any of the information that we have collected about you.*	Residents of Canada, the European Union, and the United Kingdom only
The right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your data.*	Residents of Canada, the European Union, and the United Kingdom only
The right to request that we restrict the processing of your data.*	Residents of the European Union and the United Kingdom only
The right to lodge a complaint regarding our collection, sharing and processing of data with competent authorities in the proper jurisdiction.*	Residents of Canada and the European Union only
The right to lodge a complaint regarding our collection, sharing and processing of data with the Information Commissioner’s Office or any other competent authority.*	Residents of the United Kingdom only

*You may exercise these rights at any time by emailing us at Rick@budokaileominster.onmicrosoft.com. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before we can exercise any of these rights.

Exercising your rights

You may exercise the rights provided to you by submitting a request via email

We will need to verify your identity prior to effectuating your request. To verify your identity, you will need to provide us with the following information with your request:

Name;
Postal / Shipping address;
Billing address;
Phone number;
IP address;
Email address;
State ID card number;
Driver’s license number;
Account name.

Please note that we may be unable to process your request if you do not provide us with the above information.

You may also designate an authorized agent to exercise your rights on your behalf. You may designate an agent via any of the ways used to submit your request. We will request the agent to verify that he or she has the authority to submit requests on your behalf. We will do so by asking the agent to submit the following information:

Valid power of attorney;
The requester’s valid government-issued ID;
The authorized agent’s valid government ID.

Please note that we may not be able to process your request if your designated agent and/or you do not provide us with the above information.

We will respond to most requests by California residents within 45 days of receipt. We will respond to requests from residents of the European Union and/or the United Kingdom within 30 days of receipt.

We have the ability to deny your request(s) if certain exceptions in the law apply. If we do deny your request, we will provide you with the reasons for such denial. Normally, we do not charge a fee to process or respond to consumer requests. However, we may charge a fee if the request is excessive, repetitive or manifestly unfounded.

Residents of Canada may exercise the rights specified above by submitting a consumer request to the person accountable for our privacy practices and policies, whose contact information is below.

Please note that we may be unable to process your request if you do not provide us with the above information.

We will respond to most consumer requests within 30 days of receipt. However, some requests may take longer. We will notify you in writing if we need more time to respond (up to an additional 30 days). We have the ability to deny your request(s) if certain exceptions in the law apply. If we do deny your request(s), we will provide you with the reasons for such denials.

Accountability

The following person is accountable and responsible for our privacy practices and procedures:

Budo Kai Inc
Proprietor
9785374434
Rick@budokaileominster.onmicrosoft.com

You may lodge a complaint with us by contacting the person accountable and responsible for our privacy practices and procedures at the contact information above. You may also lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada by filling out this form or calling 1-800-282-1376.

Location of Data Processing

All data processing activities undertaken by us take place in Massachusetts.

Third-Party websites

This Website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than us. We provide such hyperlinks for your reference only. We do not control such websites and are not responsible for their contents or the privacy or other practices of such websites. It is up to you to read and fully understand their Privacy Policies. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators.

Do Not Track

Do Not Track is a preference you can set on your browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. We do not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). You can either enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your browser.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify you of any changes to this Privacy Policy by posting the updated privacy policy to this website or application.

Comments

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

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

LEOMINSTER SELF DEFENSE COLLECTS DATA USING THESE SERVICES:

ANALYTICS

GOOGLE ANALYTICS, FACEBOOK ADS CONVERSION TRACKING (FACEBOOK PIXEL) AND GOOGLE ADS CONVERSION TRACKING
Personal Data: Cookies (*Cookies are small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer by the user’s web browser while the user is browsing. Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember information or to record the user’s browsing activity); Usage Data (*Usage data is consumer behavior and preferences, this is used to tailor advertising to behavior and preferences)

ADVERTISING

GOOGLE ADS, FACEBOOK ADS

MANAGING CONTACTS AND SENDING MESSAGES

HUBSPOT EMAIL
Personal Data: email address; Usage Data

REMARKETING AND BEHAVIORAL TARGETING

FACEBOOK REMARKETING AND GOOGLE ADS REMARKETING

TAG MANAGEMENT
GOOGLE TAG MANAGER
USER DATABASE MANAGEMENT

HUBSPOT LEAD MANAGEMENT, MAILCHIMP
Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

HOW LEOMINSTER SELF DEFENSE USES YOUR DATA
METHODS OF PROCESSING
The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Website (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.

LEGAL BASIS OF PROCESSING
The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European or California data protection law(s).
provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.

In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

PLACE
The Data is processed at the Owner’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User’s location, data transfers may involve transferring the User’s Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.

If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or inquire with the Owner using the information provided in the contact section.

RETENTION TIME
Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

Therefore:

Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

ADVERTISING
This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Website, possibly based on User interests.

This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.

Some of the services listed below may use Cookies to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Website. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.

In addition to any opt out offered by any of the services below, the User may opt out of a third-party service’s use of cookies by visiting

Cookie Policy of Leominster Self Defense

Cookies and other Identifiers consist of portions of code installed in the browser that assist the Owner in providing the Service according to the purposes described. Some of the purposes for which Cookies are installed may also require the User’s consent.

Where the installation of Cookies is based on consent, such consent can be freely withdrawn at any time following the instructions provided in this document.

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.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Activity strictly necessary for the functioning of the Service: This Website uses Cookies to save the User’s session and to carry out other activities that are strictly necessary for the operation of this Website, for example in relation to the distribution of traffic.

Activity regarding the saving of preferences, optimization, and statistics: This Website uses Cookies to save browsing preferences and to optimize the User’s browsing experience. Among these Cookies are, for example, those used for the setting of language and currency preferences or for the management of first party statistics employed directly by the Owner of the site.

Other types of Cookies or third parties that install Cookies

Some of the services listed below collect statistics in an anonymized and aggregated form and may not require the consent of the User or may be managed directly by the Owner – depending on how they are described – without the help of third parties.

If any third party operated services are listed among the tools below, these may be used to track Users’ browsing habits – in addition to the information specified herein and without the Owner’s knowledge. Please refer to the privacy policy of the listed services for detailed information.

Advertising: This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Website, possibly based on User interests.
This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
Some of the services listed below may use Cookies to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Website. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
In addition to any opt out offered by any of the services below, the User may opt out of a third-party service’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

Outbrain (Outbrain Inc.)

Outbrain is an advertising service provided by Outbrain Inc.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Analytics

The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

Google Analytics (Google Inc.)

Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.