Privacy Policy

Last Updated: February 15, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how Anne Kubitsky (“The Author”) collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you use this website, annekubitsky.com, and any subdomains (the “Website”). 

Topics:

• Personal information we collect
• How we use your personal information
• How we share your personal information
• How we store your data
• Email marketing
• Behavioral advertising
• Your data protection rights
• Third party websites
• Changes
• Contact Us

Personal information The Author Collects 

When you visit the Website, The Author automatically collects certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Website, The Author collects information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Website, and information about how you interact with the Website. The Author refers to this automatically collected information as “Device Information”. 

The Author collects Device Information using the following technologies: 

• “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org  
• “Log files” track actions occurring on the Website, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps. 
• “Web beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Website. 

The Author uses Device Information for:

• Functionality: To recognize you on our website and recognize your previously selected preferences, including your preferred language and your location. 
• Advertising: To collect information about your visit, the content you viewed, the links you followed, and information about your web browser, device, and IP address. We sometimes share limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes.
• Affiliate Marketing: To track which member of our affiliate team referred you to us for the purpose of granting commissions to them if you purchase form us

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the website above tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. Some of The Author's website features may not function if you disable cookies. Please note that The Author does not alter the Website’s data collection and use practices when The Author sees a Do Not Track signal from your browser. 

The Author also collects data you provide to the Website directly. The Author refers to the data you provide as “Provided Information.” The Author collects and processes data you provide when you:

• Register online or place an order for any of our products or services
• Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards, via our contact form, or via email
• Provide your email address in exchange for access to a free resource
• Sign up for an email newsletter or subscribe to any content
• Submit an intake form or application form for any services or programs

 The Provided Information may include:

• Personal identification information (name, email address, phone number, etc.)
• Billing information (billing address, shipping address, payment information, including credit card numbers, etc.)
• Business information (name of your school or business, business model, revenue levels, business goals)
• Personal stories and artwork.

When The Author talks about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, The Author is talking both about Device Information and Provided Information. 

How The Author uses your Personal Information
The Author uses the Provided Information that the Website collects generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Website (including processing your payment information, delivering products, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, The Author uses Provided Information to: 

• Communicate with you; 
• Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and 
• Provide you with information or advertising relating to other products or services. 

The Author uses the Device Information to help screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize the Website (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Website, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns). 

How The Author shares your Personal Information 
The Author shares your Personal Information with third parties to help use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, The Author may use Google Analytics to help The Author understand how her visitors use the Website - you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.]

The types of third parties with whom we might share elements of your Personal Information include:

• Payment processors engaged by us to securely store and handle payments information, such as credit or debit card information
• Providers of email management and distribution tools
• Providers of security and fraud prevention tools and services
• Providers of data aggregation and analytics software services that allow us to effectively monitor and optimize our site
• Providers of affiliate marketing tracking and analytics software services that allow us to provide an affiliate program and grant commissions to affiliates
• Providers of client management systems to help us track and communicate with potential clients

The Author may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights. 

How The Author stores your data

We process and store your data using the following providers:

• Kajabi
• Gmail
• Google Workspace
• Quickbooks

Please visit their individual websites for information on the physical location of their servers where your information is stored.

The Author uses commercially reasonable security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of any information that may be stored on our servers. Of course, no computer network or data transmission on the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and so you submit your information at your own risk.

The Author will maintain your Personal Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information. 

Email Marketing

If you make a purchase on this Website, download a free resource in exchange for your email address, and/or opt in to receive emails, you agree to receive email communications from this site, including but not limited to newsletters, site updates, promotions, and other announcements and correspondence.  The Author is not responsible for the receipt of any such emails. You are responsible for ensuring that The Author's email address(es) are not blocked or forwarded to your spam folder. 

You have the right at any time to stop The Author from contacting you for marketing purposes. If you opt to unsubscribe from receiving emails, you understand that you may no longer receive information or updates from this Website, including promotions or product updates.

Behavioral Advertising 

As described above, The Author uses your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications she believes may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work 

You can opt out of targeted advertising by using the links below: 

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads  
• Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous  
• TikTok: https://support.tiktok.com/en/account-and-privacy/personalized-ads-and-data/personalization-and-data 

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at http://optout.aboutads.info/

Your Data Protection Rights 
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. Under certain conditions, you may also have the right to restrict or object to our processing of your data, and to request that we transfer your Personal Information to another organization. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us through the contact information below. 

Additionally, if you are a European resident, we note that we are processing your information to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Website), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States. 

Third Party Websites

The Author's privacy policy applies only to this website. The Author is not responsible for the data collection, privacy practices or policies of any third-party site to which we may provide a link or that may link to our site. The Author encourages you to read the privacy statement and terms of use of other sites.

Changes 
The Author may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. The date of the last revision will be indicated by the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Any such changes are effective immediately upon publication on our Website.

Complaints

Please contact The Author if you have any complaints about how this Website uses your Personal Information so The Author can resolve the issue whenever possible. Residents of the European Union also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection regulator, such as the Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK.  California residents can contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, California 95834 or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or (916) 445-1254.

Contact The Author
For more information about The Author's privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to exercise your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact Anne Kubitsky.

Email: info(at)annekubitsky.com