Privacy Policy  

Last updated: May 14, 2024

 

I care deeply about letting you know how the information you provide to us is used and shared.🌸 This Privacy Policy outlines my dedication to safeguarding the privacy of your personal information collected through this website (Site) or directly from you. 

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I encourage you to carefully read this Privacy Policy and use it to make informed decisions. Please review this Privacy Policy and reach out if you have any questions. You can find my contact details at the bottom of this page.

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This Privacy Policy outlines our procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing your information when you use this website (Site). It also informs you about your privacy rights and legal protections.
 
We collect and use your personal data to enhance the service we provide. Your use of this website (Site) implies consent to the storage, use, and disclosure of your personal data as outlined in this Privacy Policy.

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Interpretation and Definitions:

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Interpretation

The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or plural, capitalized or not. An exception is the word service, whose definition refers only to the word referred to in the singular.

 

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

 

Account means a unique account created for you to access our service or parts of our service.

Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device, or any other device by a website, containing the details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

 

Device means any device that can access the service such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.

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Our (also referred to as either "We" or "Us" in this Agreement) refers to Inês Souto Gonçalves.

 

Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

 

Service refers to the website (Site).

 

Service provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on our behalf. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by us to facilitate the service, to provide the service on our behalf, to perform services related to the service, or to assist us in analyzing how the service is used.

 

Usage data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the service or from the service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

 

Website (or Site) refers to Inês Souto Gonçalves, accessible from www.inessg.com

 

You (referred to as either "You", "Your" or "User" in this Agreement) means the individual accessing or using the service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the service, as applicable.

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Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

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How do we receive information about you?

We receive your personal information from various sources:

• When you voluntarily provide us your personal details to register on our website (Site), including when you subscribe to our Soulfulness newsletter, register for a class, or make a purchase

• When you use or access our website (Site) in connection with your use of our services

• When you contact me through email or our website (Site)

• When we speak by phone

• When we meet

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If you agree to subscribe to my Soulfulness newsletter, your personal information will be transferred to and stored by MailerLite. 

 

Types of Data Collected

 

Personal Data

While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address

• First name and last name

• Nature of your queries

• Notes about you, only asked when fundamental to our work together

• Personal photo, only asked when fundamental to our work together

• Usage data

 

Usage Data

Usage data is collected automatically when using the service.

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Usage data may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

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When you access the service by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device's unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

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We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our service or when you access the service by or through a mobile device.

 

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 improve and analyze our service. The technologies we use may include:

 

Cookies or Browser Cookies

A cookie is a small file placed on your device. Cookies have many purposes. These purposes include allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently, enabling automatic activation of certain features, remembering your preferences, and making the interaction between you and our service quicker and easier. Cookies are also used to help ensure that the advertisements you see are relevant to you and your interests and to compile statistical data on your use of our services. 

 

The Site uses the following types of cookies:

 

a. 'session cookies' which are stored only temporarily during a browsing session to allow normal use of the system and are deleted from your device when the browser is closed 

 

b.  'persistent cookies ' which are read only by the Site, saved on your computer for a fixed period, and are not deleted when the browser is closed. Such cookies are used where we need to know who you are for repeat visits, for example, to allow us to store your preferences for the next sign-in 

 

c. 'third party cookies' which are set by other online services that run content on the page you are viewing, for example by third-party analytics companies who monitor and analyze our web access

 

Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but Personal data that we store about you may be linked, by us, to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. 

 

Unless "strictly necessary", you can manage which types of cookies you allow us to use by enabling/disabling them in our cookie preference banner. Unless you delete all your cookies, the cookie settings you select will be saved for future visits to our site when you use the same browser and device. You can update your preferences at any time. Alternatively, some browsers allow you to instruct them to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our service may use cookies. You can learn more about cookies here: https://allaboutcookies.org/

 

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

 

• Necessary / Essential Cookies

 

Type: Session Cookies

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

 

• Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

 

Type: Persistent Cookies

 

Administered by: Us

 

Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

 

• Functionality Cookies

 

Type: Persistent Cookies

 

Administered by: Us

 

Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

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Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

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We also use a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about Your use of the Site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often Users access the Site, what pages they visit when they do so, etc. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve Our Site and services. Google Analytics collects the IP address assigned to You on the date You visit sites, rather than Your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information.

 

Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about Your visits to this Site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.

 

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Use of Your Personal Data

 

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

 

• To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.

• To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.

• For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.

• To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

• To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that You have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

• To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

• For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

 

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

 

• With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.

• With Our trusted third party providers, who may be located in different jurisdictions across the world, for any of the following purposes: hosting and operating our Site; providing You with Our services, including providing a personalized display of Our Site; storing and processing such information on Our behalf; serving You with advertisements and assist Us in evaluating the success of Our advertising campaigns and help Us retarget any of Our users; providing You with marketing offers and promotional materials related to Our Site and services;  performing research, technical diagnostics or analytics.

• With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.

• With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

 

 

Marketing

We may use Your Personal Information, such as your name, email address, telephone number, etc. Ourselves or by using Our third party subcontractors for the purpose of providing You with promotional materials, concerning Our services, which We believe may interest You.  

 

Out of respect to Your right to privacy We provide You within such marketing materials with means to decline receiving further marketing offers from Us. If You unsubscribe, We will remove Your email address or telephone number from Our marketing distribution lists. 

 

Please note that even if You have unsubscribed from receiving marketing emails from Us, we may send You other types of important email communications without offering You the opportunity to opt out of receiving them. These may include customer service announcements or administrative notices.

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Third party collection of information and Links to Other Websites

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Our Service may contain links to other websites 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.

 

Advertisements

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We may use a third-party advertising technology to serve advertisements when You access the Site. This technology uses Your information with regards to Your use of the Services to serve advertisements to You (e.g., by placing third-party cookies on your web browser). 

 

You may opt-out of many third-party ad networks, including those operated by members of the Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI") and the Digital Advertising Alliance ("DAA"). For more information about this practice by NAI and DAA members, and your choices regarding having this information used by these companies, including how to opt-out of third-party ad networks operated by NAI and DAA members, please visit their respective websites: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/#!/ and http://optout.aboutads.info/#!/.

 

 

Retention of Your Personal Data

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We will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. 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.

 

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.Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal 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).

 

 

Transfer of Your Personal Data

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Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information 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.

 

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

 

The Company 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 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.

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Delete Your Personal Data

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You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

 

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.

 

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

 

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

 

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Disclosure of Your Personal Data

 

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, We may be required to disclose Your Personal 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).

 

Other legal requirements

We may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation

• Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company

• To establish or exercise our rights to defend against legal claims

• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

• Protect the personal safety of Us, the Users of the Service or the public

• Protect against legal liability

• For the purpose of collaborating with law enforcement agencies and/or in case we find it necessary in order to enforce intellectual property or other legal rights.

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Security of Your Personal Data

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The security of Your Personal 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 Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

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Minors

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We understand the importance of protecting children’s privacy, especially in an online environment. The Site is not designed for or directed at children. Under no circumstances shall We allow use of Our services by minors without prior consent or authorization by a parent or legal guardian. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from minors. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided Us with Personal Information without their consent, he or she should contact Us at info@inessg.com. 

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Updates or amendments to this Privacy Policy

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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 Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" 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.

 

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Contact Us

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If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

 

By email: info@inessg.com

 

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