Protection of personal privacy is important to Growing Leaders. Growing Leaders maintains the anonymity of each user unless an individual user consents to the release of the user's personal information or individual results. Growing Leaders protects the identity of individuals who access Growing Leaders Websites. For the purposes of this Privacy Statement, the terms "Growing Leaders, we, us, and our" refer to Growing Leaders, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates. For questions about this Privacy Statement or your personal information, please contact us. This statement describes the types of information and how Growing Leaders treats such information. By using this website, the user agrees to such treatment and use by Growing Leaders.

Information Collected

You may visit the Growing Leaders website without identifying yourself or revealing personal information; however, we do collect information from those interested in requesting information or materials and those who purchase products or register to use the Habitudes program and access our HabitudesOnline platform.

Growing Leaders' websites also collect information such as domain names, IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, referring website addresses, and other usage information. This information is used for site trends and statistics. This information does not personally identify you.

Growing Leaders does not share personal information. We do not sell, rent, or give your personal information to any third party. We do not use your information for any purpose outside the scope of communicating with you in the most efficient manner. We may use your personal information to deliver services, such as newsletters, events, additional products or provide information that you request or purchase. We may also use your information to provide customer support to you when requested.

For sensitive information (e.g., social security numbers or other national identifiers, medical information, information related to ethnic or racial origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, criminal background, or sexual orientation), we will obtain your affirmative express consent (opt in) if such information is to be (i) disclosed to a third party or (ii) used for a purpose other than those for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by you through the exercise of opt-in choice. Growing Leaders is not required to obtain affirmative express consent (opt-in) with respect to sensitive information where the processing is (a) in the vital interests of the data subject or another person; (b) necessary for the establishment of legal claims or defenses; (c) required to provide medical care or diagnosis; (d) necessary to carry out Growing Leaders obligations in the field of employment law; or (e) related to information that is manifestly made public by the individual.

Growing Leaders reserves the right to copy, transfer, or destroy any information collected.

Use of Cookies

Growing Leaders' websites use cookies. Cookies are small text files that a website can use to recognize a repeat visitor to the website. We may use cookies for various reasons. If you do not want Growing Leaders to use cookies in your browser, you can set your browser to reject cookies or to notify you when a website tries to use a cookie in your browser. If you choose to disable cookies in your browser, you can still access most of the Growing Leaders website; however, your ability to use some of our services may be affected.

Security

Growing Leaders is committed to ensuring the security of your personal information. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the proper use of information, we have established and implemented appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Growing Leaders uses TLS 1.2 to provide secure communication over the Internet. TLS 1.2 encrypts your information at your browser, including your credit card number. Your encrypted information is then sent to our server over the Internet. Only our server can decrypt your information.

Links to Third Party Sites

Within Growing Leaders' websites, there may be links to third party websites. Growing Leaders is not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or security of these sites. We encourage you to read their privacy statements, as they may differ from ours.

Google Analytics

Growing Leaders' websites may use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website includes your IP address. This information will be transmitted to and stored by Google on its servers. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity, and providing other services relating to Internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. By using the Growing Leaders website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Growing Leaders Vendors

We may share personal information with vendors or agents working on our behalf for the purposes described in this privacy statement. For example, we may hire companies to assist with protecting and securing our systems or services. Any vendor or agent that we retain must comply with our data privacy and security requirements and are not allowed to use personal data they receive from us for any other purpose. Like Growing Leaders, they will never barter, trade, or sell access to your information. Growing Leaders remains responsible and liable under the Privacy Shield Principles if third-party agents that Growing Leaders engages to process the personal data on Growing Leaders behalf do so in a manner inconsistent with the Principles, unless Growing Leaders proves that Growing Leaders is not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.

Children and Privacy

Growing Leaders encourages parents and guardians to spend time with their children online and to be fully familiar with the sites visited by their children. Growing Leaders sites do not contain content that is generally considered unsuitable for children.