PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use the Service. It tells you about your privacy rights. We use your personal data to provide and improve the Service. By accessing or using the up2journey.com website or any of the services offered on or through the website (collectively, the “Website”), you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, a part of our Terms of Service for Individuals. If you do not agree with this policy, do not use or subscribe to our Website.

If you have any questions about this policy, please email info@up2journey.com

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

We collect the personal information users provide during registration or other communications, such as name and email address. Our intention is to keep personal information private and stored securely on our servers or vendors. We may occasionally access it to identify individual users who violate terms of service. We do not share personal information with subscribing institutions except as legally required. As we are not an official university representative, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) provisions do not apply to us. While we aim to protect user information through industry standard security measures, no method is completely failsafe. We cannot guarantee absolute security or be responsible for unauthorized access beyond our control. We are not responsible for the unauthorized acts of others and assume no liability for any disclosure of information due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third-party access (such as through hacking or theft of computers) or other acts or omissions of third parties, or for acts or omissions beyond our reasonable control. By using our services, users acknowledge this reasonable risk. Additionally, if you buy a product or service, you will need to provide payment (e.g., credit card) and billing information.

Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address

First name and last name

Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

Usage Data

Reviewing and Changing Personal Information. Users can easily review and modify their personal information by visiting their profile at any time. For information not part of the user profile, individuals or institutions can request a copy or request changes by emailing info@up2journey.com, providing proof of identity. Users wishing to discontinue use of the Website can either cease usage or visit their profiles to delete their accounts.

Usage Data

Usage Data is automatically collected when using the Service, including Your device's Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type, pages visited, date and time of visit, time spent on pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. When accessing the Service via a mobile device, additional information may be collected, such as the type of device, device unique ID, mobile device IP address, mobile operating system, mobile Internet browser type, and other diagnostic data. Information may also be collected when Your browser visits our Service.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. If you are using one of the common Internet web browsers, you can set up your browser to either let you know when you receive a cookie or to deny cookie access to your computer. We use cookies:

To recognize your device and provide you with a personalized experience.
To attribute visits to our websites to third-party sources and to serve targeted ads from Google, Facebook, Instagram and other third-party vendors.
To track your prior visits to our websites and elsewhere on the Internet in order to serve you targeted ads (Our third-party advertisers use).
Automated tracking methods on our websites, in communications with you, and in our products and services, to measure performance and engagement.

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.

For more information about targeted or behavioral advertising, please visit https://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising.

Opting out: You can opt out of targeted ads served via specific third-party vendors by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Opt-Out page.

Use of Your Personal Data

UP 2 JOURNEY is committed to protecting user identities.

We will only disclose users’ personal information to protect or enforce our legal rights and policies, to protect or enforce the legal rights of a third party, or where we in good faith believe we are required to do so by law (such as in complying with a subpoena or court order). We utilize Personal Data for Service provision and maintenance, account management, contractual obligations, communication, information and offers, request management, business transfers, and other analytical purposes. Personal information may be shared with service providers, during business transfers, with affiliates, business partners, other users, or based on your consent. For example, we may use a third party to serve functions such as payment processing, content creation, information verification, production, order fulfillment, analytics, reporting, or other operations. We may contract with third-party contractors to help us manage, monitor, and optimize the Website and the services we provide. We may also use third-party contractors to help us measure the effectiveness of our advertising and communications. This data usage enhances Service quality, user experience, and facilitates necessary communications while adhering to privacy regulations.

Retention of Your Personal Data

We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law. We generally retain your personal data as long as you keep your account open or as needed to provide you Services. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible. We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

While we have implemented reasonable security measures to protect processed personal information, no electronic transmission or storage can guarantee 100% security. Despite our efforts, we cannot ensure immunity from unauthorized access or modifications by hackers or cybercriminals. Your use of our Services and the transmission of personal information is at your own risk, and we recommend accessing the Services in a secure environment.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the UP 2 JOURNEY’s operating offices and other locations involved in the processing. This means the information may be transferred to computers outside your jurisdiction, where data protection laws may differ. Your consent to this Privacy Policy, along with submitting such information, signifies agreement to this transfer. UP 2 JOURNEY will take reasonable steps to ensure secure treatment of Your data in line with this Privacy Policy, ensuring no transfer of Your Personal Data occurs to an organization or country lacking adequate controls for data and personal information security.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred, and notice will be provided before becoming subject to a different Privacy Policy. We may disclose Your Personal Data if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities. Such disclosure may be necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend the UP 2 JOURNEY's rights or property, prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing related to the Service, ensure the personal safety of Service users or the public, or protect against legal liability.

Security of Your Personal Data

The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.

Notice to Visitors Outside the United States. Be aware that privacy regulations vary between the United States and other countries. As UP 2 JOURNEY and its servers are based in the United States, and our services target the U.S. market, our Privacy Policy is designed to comply with applicable U.S. regulations. By accessing and/or using the Site or our services and providing personal information through the Site, you consent to the terms outlined in our Terms of Service and the privacy protection detailed in this Privacy Policy. If you do not wish to consent to the Terms of Service or the Privacy Policy, kindly refrain from using the UP 2 JOURNEY website.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

SquareSpace. Our course and site is hosted by Squarespace, Inc. (“Squarespace”). They provide us with the online course creation platform that allow us to sell our product/services to you. Your data is stored through Squarespace’s data storage, databases and the general Squarespace application. They store your data on a secure server. Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.squarespace.com/privacy

Payment. We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we may use a third-party payment processor such as Stripe or Paypal. We will not store or collect Your payment card details. That information is provided directly to Our third-party payment processors whose use of Your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

Their Privacy Policy can be viewed

Stripe https://stripe.com/privacy

PayPal https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full

Email Marketing

We may use Your Personal Data to contact You with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to You. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from Us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email We send or by contacting Us.We may use Email Marketing Service Providers to manage and send emails to You.

Your Privacy Rights

In some regions, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.

Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided below.

However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services. You may also opt out of interest-based advertising by advertisers on our Services.

California Residents

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.

If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with Services, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Services. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Services, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from all our systems (e.g., backups, etc.).

California Residents Privacy Rights

Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (the "CCPA") as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, this section applies to certain personal data collected about California individuals where Bodis controls how and why the personal data is processed (which the CCPA calls a "business") and supplements the rest of our Policy above. The CCPA requires that we detail the categories of personal information that we disclose for certain "business purposes", such as to service providers that assist us with securing our services or marketing our products, and to such other entities. We collect the personal information for the business and commercial purposes as described above and also we share this information as described above . We do not knowingly sell or share any personal data of minors under the age of 16. We do not collect or process "sensitive personal information", as defined by the CCPA, to infer characteristics about you.

Subject to legal limitations, California residents may have the below rights:

Right to Know. You have the right to request information about the categories of personal data we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which we collected the personal data, the purposes for collecting the personal data, the categories of third parties to whom we have disclosed your personal data, and the purpose for which we disclosed your personal data. You may also request information about the specific pieces of personal data we have collected about you.

Right to Delete. You have the right to request that we delete personal data that we have collected from you.

Right to Correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal data that we maintain about you.

Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing. We do not sell personal data to third parties in exchange for money. You may still email us using the information below to exercise your right to opt out of sale under applicable law. You may still email us using the information below to exercise your right to opt out of sale under applicable law. California residents may submit a request under this section to the publisher of the website, contact us at: info@up2journey.com. We will verify your request using the information associated with your account, including email address. Government identification may be required. You can also designate an authorized agent to exercise these rights on your behalf. Authorized agents must submit proof of authorization.

To submit a request under this section to the publisher of the website, contact us at: info@up2journey.com. To protect your privacy and maintain security, we take steps to verify your identity before complying with your request.

Age of Consent: By using this site, you confirm that you are either the age of majority in your state or province of residence.

Changes to this Privacy Policy: This Privacy Policy may be updated without notice, with changes effective upon posting on the Website. While significant changes may be communicated via email, users are responsible for checking for updates.

Modifications: We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes take immediate effect upon posting. Material changes will be explicitly communicated. In the event of a site or course acquisition or merger, user information may be transferred to new owners to continue providing products and services.

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at info@up2journey.com.

The current Privacy Policy is always available from a link on the home page as required by law.

Last updated: January 1, 2024

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