Thank you for visiting http://www.406families.org. Your support and your privacy is important to us. As such, we provide this Privacy Policy explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used on this site.

Privacy Policy

Effective 11/2019

406 Families, LLC (hereafter “us", "we", or "our") operates http://www.406families.org (hereafter “Website”, “Service”). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information we receive from users of the website. This Privacy Policy applies to all website visitors, customers, sponsors, advertisers and all other users of the website. By using this website including all materials presented herein and all online services provided by 406 Families, LLC as a user (hereafter “You”, “Your”), you are subject to the following Privacy Policy. 

We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy whenever you access the website or services or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy.

Content

All content is created and owned by 406 Families, LLC unless stated otherwise (for example guest blog posts, which are appropriately credited). You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, distribute, display, reproduce or perform, or in any way exploit in any format whatsoever any of the content of the website or the service, in whole or in part without our prior written consent. Please do not copy content or images without prior permission or without crediting 406 Families, LLC. Permission can be obtained at: 406families@gmail.com

All blogs or content within the website is for informational purposes only and should not be taken as professional or specific advice. We make every effort to only provide complete and accurate information including information from affiliates (see Affiliates, Sponsors & Advertising below), but are not responsible or liable for any inaccuracies. We are not responsible for your reliance on the information presented on any blog or this website and shall not be liable for any damages or harm.

Email Sign-ups

We use Mail Chimp to collect email addresses. If you sign up you agree to receive news, updates and special offers via email. You can stop these emails at any time by unsubscribing. By signing up to our email list You agree to receive email communications from us including but not limited to newsletters, website updates, promotions, resources, sponsored content and other announcements and correspondence. 

We accept no responsibility for the accurate receipt of any such emails and You are responsible for ensuring that your email address is not blocked or impaired in any way, including by ensuring ‘white-listing’ of our email address. If you unsubscribe from receiving our emails, you acknowledge and understand that you may no longer receive information or updates from 406 Families, LLC, related courses, or any of our other properties.

Information Collection and Use

We collect data (hereafter "Data", “Information”) you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you create an account, participate in any features on the website, subscribe to a newsletter or email list, participate in an event, survey, contest or promotion, communicate with us via third-party or social media websites or otherwise communicate with us.

We, our third party service providers, advertisers, advertising networks and platforms, agencies, and partners may collect various types of personally identifiable information and non-personally identifiable information when you visit any of our websites. Our website follows all legal requirements to protect your privacy. Our Privacy Policy is a legal statement that explains how we may collect information from you, how we may share your information, and how you can limit our sharing of your information. 

Through some third party service providers and social networking websites privacy settings, you can control what data you share. For more information about how websites handle your personal information, please refer to their privacy policies and terms of use.

Types of Data Collected

  • Personal or Usage Data

While using our website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (hereafter "Personal or Usage Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to: Email address, Name, Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City, Cookies and Usage Data. 

A representative list of the types of the non-personally identifiable data or information collected may include: current Internet protocol address and type of browser you are using (e.g., Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Microsoft Windows or Mac OS), the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, etc.), the web pages you have visited, websites visited before and after you visit a site on http://www.406families.org, the type of handheld or mobile device used to view the site (e.g., iPhone, Android, etc.), location information, the content and advertisements you have accessed, seen, forwarded and/or clicked on.

You also can engage with our content and other offerings, on or through third-party social networking websites or third-party social media plug-ins and applications. When you engage with our content on or through third party social networking websites, plug-ins or applications, you may allow us to have access to certain information from your social media profile (e.g., name, e-mail address, photo, gender, birthday, location, user files like photos and videos, your list of friends, people You follow and/or who follow You, the posts or the ‘likes’ you make, etc.) to deliver the content or as part of the operation of the application.

  • Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and hold certain information or data.

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.  Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

Examples of Cookies we use: session cookies (we use these cookies to operate our website) and preference cookies (we use these cookies to remember your preferences and various settings).

By using this website, you consent to the use of such cookies and the sharing of data captured by such cookies with 406Families LLC and our other third party partners. You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of the network cookie using those settings or using the Network Advertising Initiative’s multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: http://optout.networkadvertising.org. However, these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained.

Analytics

We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our website or services.

  • Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having made your activity on the website available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

Use of Data

We may use data or information collected about you to:

  • Link, provide, promote or maintain information or services we get from others to help understand your needs;

  • Communicate with you about products, services, surveys, offers, promotions, rewards and events offered by 406 Families, LLC or affiliates and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you;

  • Respond to your comments, questions and requests, and provide customer service;

  • Monitor and analyze trends, usage and activities in connection with our website;

  • Personalize and improve the website and provide advertisements, content or features that match user profiles or interests;

  • Facilitate contests, promotions, or giveaways and process and deliver entries and rewards; 

  • Gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our website

  • Monitor the usage of our website and/or detect, prevent and address technical issues and

  • Carry out any other purpose for which the information was collected.

Sharing of Data 

We may share data or information about you as follows or as otherwise described:

  • With vendors, consultants and other third party service providers who need access to such information to carry out work or perform services on our behalf;

  • With third-party apps and advertisers for the purpose of targeting, retargeting and analytics

  • When you participate in the interactive areas of our website, certain information You provide may be displayed to other users, such as your name, photo, comments and other information you choose to provide;

  • In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law, regulation or legal process;

  • If we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property and safety of 406 Families, LLC or others;

  • In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company; and

  • With your consent or at your direction.

Retention of Data 

We will retain your Personal or Usage Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal or Usage 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.

We will also retain your Personal or 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 website, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal or Usage Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal or Usage Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Disclosure of Data

  • Business Transaction. If we are involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal or Usage Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal or Usage Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

  • Disclosure for Law Enforcement. Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your Personal or Usage Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal or Usage Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, to maintain data security, and to use correctly the information we collect online.

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our website (hereafter "Service Providers"), to provide the service on our behalf, to perform website-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our website is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal or Usage Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the website. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).

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.

The payment processors we work with are:

  • We do not currently use any payment processors at this time.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

Our website does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child(ren) has provided us with Personal or Usage Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal or Usage Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our website, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by emailing us directly at 406families@gmail.com or by using the contact information we provided on our Contact page.