PRIVACY POLICY OVERVIEW

WELCOME TO WWW.MIKESRYUKYUKEMPO.COM (THE “SITE”). WE UNDERSTAND THAT PRIVACY ONLINE IS IMPORTANT TO USERS OF OUR SITE, ESPECIALLY WHEN CONDUCTING BUSINESS. THIS STATEMENT GOVERNS OUR PRIVACY POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO THOSE USERS OF THE SITE (“VISITORS“) WHO VISIT WITHOUT TRANSACTING BUSINESS AND VISITORS WHO REGISTER TO TRANSACT BUSINESS ON THE SITE AND MAKE USE OF THE VARIOUS SERVICES OFFERED BY MIKE’S RYUKYU KEMPO KARATE & KOBUDO (COLLECTIVELY, “SERVICES“) (“AUTHORIZED CUSTOMERS“). THIS PRIVACY POLICY DESCRIBES THE POLICIES ON THE COLLECTION, USE, AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT WHEN YOU USE THE SITE. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICE, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE COLLECTION, USE, AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT CONSENT TO THE SAME, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE.

WE MAY MODIFY THIS PRIVACY POLICY AT ANY TIME WITHOUT ANY PRIOR NOTICE TO YOU AND WILL POST THE REVISED PRIVACY POLICY ON THE SERVICE. THE REVISED POLICY WILL BE EFFECTIVE 180 DAYS FROM WHEN THE REVISED POLICY IS POSTED IN THE SERVICE, AND YOUR CONTINUED ACCESS OR USE OF THE SERVICE AFTER SUCH TIME WILL CONSTITUTE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE REVISED PRIVACY POLICY. WE THEREFORE RECOMMEND THAT YOU PERIODICALLY REVIEW THIS PAGE.

WHO WE ARE?

Mike’s Ryukyu Kempo Karate & Kobudo | 105 Finch Rd. Wagener, SC 29164, United States of America (the) | Request a call back: (803) 646-0638 | dojohall@hotmail.com | www.mikesryukyukempo.com

DEFINITIONS AND LEGAL REFERENCES:

This Website (or this Application)

The property that enables the provision of the Service.

Owner (or We)

Mike’s Ryukyu Kempo Karate & Kobudo – The natural person(s) or legal entity that provides this Website and/or the Service to Users.

User (or You)

The natural person or legal entity that uses this Website.

Service

The Service provided by this Website as described in these Terms and on this Website.

“PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION”

Personally Identifiable Information refers to any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains, including, but not limited to, name, address, phone number, fax number, email address, financial profiles, social security number, and credit card information. Personally Identifiable Information does not include information that is collected anonymously (that is, without identification of the individual user) or demographic information not connected to an identified individual.

WHAT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IS COLLECTED?

We may collect and process the following personal information from all of our Visitors.  

• Name
• Home address
• Current city
• Home phone number
• Mobile phone number
• Work address
• Work phone number
• Email
• Date of birth
• Gender
• Number of participants
• Payment info
• Social media profile
• Your profile picture
• Interactions with our App or Facebook page
• IP address
• Browser type

We collect the following additional information from our Authorized Customers:

• The nature and size of the business
• The nature and size of the advertising inventory that the Authorized Customer intends to purchase or sell

HOW WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION?

We collect/receive information about you in the following manner:

• When a user fills up the registration form or otherwise submits personal information
• Interacts with the website
• From public sources

HOW DOES THE SITE USE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION?

We use Personally Identifiable Information to customize the Site, to make appropriate service offerings, and to fulfill buying and selling requests on the Site. We may email Visitors and Authorized Customers about research or purchase and selling opportunities on the Site or information related to the Site’s subject matter. We may also use Personally Identifiable Information to contact Visitors and Authorized Customers in response to specific inquiries or to provide requested information. Purposes for collecting your Personally Identifiable Information is described fully below:

• Marketing/ Promotional
• Creating user account
• Testimonials
• Customer feedback collection
• Enforce T&C
• Processing payment
• Support
• Administration info
• Targeted advertising
• Manage customer order
• Site protection
• User to user comments
• Dispute resolution
• Manage user account

If we want to use your information for any other purpose, we will ask you for consent and will use your information only on receiving your consent and then, only for the purpose(s) for which you grant consent unless we are required to do otherwise by law.

WHAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE COLLECTING THE INFORMATION?

In addition to our direct collection of information, our third-party service vendors (such as credit card companies, clearinghouses, and banks) who may provide such services as credit, insurance, and escrow services may collect this information from our Visitors and Authorized Customers. We do not control how these third parties use such information, but we do ask them to disclose how they use personal information provided to them from Visitors and Authorized Customers. Some of these third parties may be intermediaries that act solely as links in the distribution chain and do not store, retain, or use the information given to them. 

We will not transfer your personal information to any third party without seeking your consent, except in limited circumstances as described below:

• Ad service
  
  • This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Website, possibly based on User interests.
• Sponsors
• Marketing agencies
• Legal entities
• Payment recovery services
• Data collection & process
• 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.
• WordPress Stats (Automattic Inc)
  • WordPress Stats is an analytics service provided by Automattic Inc.
  • Personal data processed: Cookies, Usage Data
  • Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy

We require such third parties to use the personal information we transfer to them only for the purpose for which it was transferred and not to retain it for longer than is required for fulfilling the said purpose.

Personally Identifiable Information about Authorized Customers may be shared with other Authorized Customers who wish to evaluate potential transactions with other Authorized Customers.

We may share aggregated information about our Visitors, including the demographics of our Visitors and Authorized Customers, with our affiliated agencies and third-party vendors. We also offer the opportunity to “opt-out” of receiving information or being contacted by us by contacting us at dojohall@hotmail.com.

We may also disclose your personal information for the following: (1) to comply with applicable law, regulation, court order, or other legal process; (2) to enforce your agreements with us, including this Privacy Policy; or (3) to respond to claims that your use of the Service violates any third-party rights. If the Service or our company is merged or acquired with another company, your information will be one of the assets that are transferred to the new owner.

HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR INFORMATION?

If users leave a comment or request information, services, or products, the users’ Personal Identifiable Information and metadata are retained with us for 1 days to 5 years after user accounts remain idle or indefinitely for record-keeping, make appropriate service offerings, fulfill buying and selling requests on the Site, resolve disputes with any parties, comply with applicable laws, enforcement of legal rights, and otherwise as necessary to allow us to conduct our business for which it was collected as detailed in this Privacy Policy, including to detect and prevent fraud or other illegal activities. Also so, we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. Residual anonymous information and aggregate information, neither of which identifies you (directly or indirectly), may be stored indefinitely. 

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the Personal Identifiable Information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

YOUR RIGHTS:

These are summarized rights that you have under data protection law

• The right to access
• The right to rectification
• The right to erase
• The right to receive a copy of your personal data
• The right to restrict processing
• The right to object to processing
• The right to data portability
• The right to complain to a supervisory authority
• The right to withdraw consent

To exercise these rights, you can write to us at dojohall@hotmail.com. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

You may opt out of direct marketing communications or the profiling we carry out for marketing purposes by writing to us at dojohall@hotmail.com.

Do note that if you do not allow us to collect or process the required personal information or withdraw the consent to process the same for the required purposes, you may not be able to access or use the services for which your information was sought.

HOW CAN VISITORS CORRECT ANY INACCURACIES IN PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION?

Visitors and Authorized Customers may contact us to update Personally Identifiable Information about them or to correct any inaccuracies by emailing us at dojohall@hotmail.com.

­HOW CAN A VISITOR DELETE OR DEACTIVATE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THE SITE?

We provide Visitors and Authorized Customers with a mechanism to delete/deactivate Personally Identifiable Information from the Site’s database by contacting. However, because of backups and records of deletions, it may be impossible to delete a Visitor’s entry without retaining some residual information. An individual who requests to have Personally Identifiable Information deactivated will have this information functionally deleted, and we will not sell, transfer, or use Personally Identifiable Information relating to that individual in any way moving forward.

WHAT CHOICES ARE AVAILABLE TO VISITORS REGARDING COLLECTION, USE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE INFORMATION?

Visitors and Authorized Customers may opt-out of receiving unsolicited information from or being contacted by us by responding to emails as instructed or by contacting us at dojohall@hotmail.com.

COOKIES:

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns.

ARE COOKIES USED ON THE SITE?

Cookies are used for a variety of reasons. We use Cookies to obtain information about the preferences of our Visitors and the services they select. We also use Cookies for security purposes to protect our Authorized Customers. For example, if an Authorized Customer is logged on and the site is unused for more than 10 minutes, we will automatically log the Authorized Customer off. Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using https://www.mikesryukyukempo.com, with the drawback that certain features of the website may not function properly without the aid of cookies. To learn more about how we use these and your choices in relation to these tracking technologies, please scroll down to our “COOKIE POLICY” section.

COOKIES USED BY OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS:

Our service providers use cookies, and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. You can find more details about which cookies are used by scrolling down to our “COOKIE POLICY” section.

HOW DOES MIKE’S RYUKYU KEMPO KARATE & KOBUDO USE LOGIN INFORMATION?

Mike’s Ryukyu Kempo Karate & Kobudo uses login information, including, but not limited to, IP addresses, ISPs, and browser types, to analyze trends, administer the Site, track a user’s movement and use, and gather broad demographic information.

HOW DOES THE SITE KEEP PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION SECURE?

The security of your information is important to us, and we will use reasonable security measures to prevent the loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration of your information under our control. All of our employees are familiar with our security policy and practices. The Personally Identifiable Information of our Visitors and Authorized Customers is only accessible to a limited number of qualified employees who are given a password in order to gain access to the information for use as indicated above. We audit our security systems and processes on a regular basis. Sensitive information, such as credit card numbers or social security numbers, is protected by encryption protocols to protect information sent over the Internet. While we take commercially reasonable measures to maintain a secure site, electronic communications, databases, and file storage have inherent risks and are subject to errors, tampering, and break-ins, and we cannot guarantee absolute security, ensure, nor warrant that such events will not take place and we will not be liable to Visitors or Authorized Customers for any such occurrences. Any information you transmit to us is at your own risk.

WHAT PARTNERS OR SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE ACCESS TO PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION FROM VISITORS AND/OR AUTHORIZED CUSTOMERS ON THE SITE?

Mike’s Ryukyu Kempo Karate & Kobudo has entered into and will continue to enter into partnerships and other affiliations with a number of vendors. Such vendors may have access to certain Personally Identifiable Information on a need-to-know basis for evaluating Authorized Customers for service eligibility. Our privacy policy does not cover their collection or use of this information.

Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information to comply with the law: We will disclose Personally Identifiable Information in order to comply with a court order or subpoena or a request from a law enforcement agency to release information. We will also disclose Personally Identifiable Information when reasonably necessary to protect the safety of our Visitors and Authorized Customers.

LINKS:

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another website. This Privacy Policy does not address the privacy policy and other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service that may be accessible via a link on the Service. 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.

WHAT HAPPENS IF THE PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES?

We will let our Visitors and Authorized Customers know about changes to our privacy policy by posting such changes on the Site. However, if we are changing our privacy policy in a manner that might cause disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information that a Visitor or Authorized Customer has previously requested not be disclosed, we will contact such Visitor or Authorized Customer to allow such Visitor or Authorized Customer to prevent such disclosure.

GRIEVANCE/DATA PROTECTION OFFICER:

If you have any queries or concerns about the processing of your information that is available with us, you may email our Grievance Officer at Mike’s Ryukyu Kempo Karate & Kobudo, 105 Finch Rd. Wagener, email: dojohall@hotmail.com. We will address your concerns in accordance with applicable law.