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Privacy Policy 

Effective date: 01.08.2022

 

Introduction

 

Matthias Geysen, SASU, a French simplified joint-stock company (“Matthias Geysen,” “us,” “we,” or “our”) respects the privacy concerns of our customers, the members of Matthias Geysen - powered businesses, and all users of our website, www.matthiasgeysen.com, applications, and all other products and services (collectively, the ‘’Platform”).  We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.  This Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) and any other documents referred to in it sets forth the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, in connection with the Platform will be processed by us. We are providing this Privacy Policy so that you can better understand how we collect, use, and share information that is gathered using our Platform.

We may change provisions of this Policy from time to time and will indicate when changes have been made by revising the date at the top of this Policy.  We encourage you to review the Policy whenever you access the Platform to make sure that you understand our practices.  If we make material changes to this Policy, we will provide you with additional notice.

It’s important that you read the following carefully to understand our practices.  As we are using Kajabi for the purposes of creating the platform and webpage contance, we would like to remind you it is important to understand that the same policies used by the company Kajabi, LLC, apply to our Platform. Please also review the Terms of Service Agreement at https://kajabi.com/policies/terms/.  If you are a customer of ours and we are processing personal information on your behalf, please review the accompanying Data Protection Addendum at https://kajabi.com/policies/dpa.  All of our relevant policies are located in Kajabi’s Legal and Policy Center, which also govern use of our Platform.  If you have any questions or unresolved privacy concerns, please contact us at [email protected].

 

Data Protection Across the Globe

 

Data protection laws vary among countries, with some providing more protection than others. Regardless of where your information is processed, we apply common protections described in this policy. These protections align with well-known standards such as ISO 27001:2017 and others. 

Information that We Collect

Information that you provide to us:  We may collect information that you provide when using our Platform, such as when you:  (1) create an account; (2) subscribe to our Platform; (3) participate in events or promotions; (4) send questions or comments via email or live chat; (5) interact with our sales or customer support team; (6) apply for a job with us online; (7) fill out surveys; or (8) otherwise communicate with us through or about our Platform.  The types of personal information that you provide may include your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, credit card information, and other contact or identifying information that you choose to provide. We store, process, and maintain files and content that you create and/or upload using our Platform, as well as other data related to your account in order to provide the Platform to you.

We do not store any credit card information we receive except as necessary to complete and satisfy our rights and obligations with regard to such transaction, billing arrangement, and/or as otherwise authorized by you.

Information about use of our Platform:  Our servers automatically collect usage information about your use of the Platform, including the webpages visited, number of log-ins, data displayed or clicked on, actions taken, your language preference, and other login information. We may collect automated error reports in the case of software malfunctions, which may contain some or all of the information in your account and content and may be reviewed to help resolve problems with the Platform.

If you participate in a video conference with us, we may record the session and retain the recordings.  We will notify you first that the session is being recorded so that you can choose not to participate.  If you participate in a training or product course, we collect completion data.

We collect information from the device and application you use to access our Platform. Device data mainly means your IP address, operating system version, device type, device ID/MAC address, system and performance information, and browser type. If you are on a mobile device, we also collect the UUID for that device.

We use a variety of technologies to collect this information, such as first party and third-party cookies and tracking services that employ cookies and page tags (also known as web beacons). This data includes usage and user statistics. Emails sent by Matthias Geysen, Kajabi or by users through our Platform also include page tags that allow the sender to collect information about who opened those emails and clicked on links in them. We provide more information on cookies below and on the page of Kajabi under title Cookie Notice.

Like most websites today, our web servers keep log files that record data each time a device accesses those servers. The log files contain data about the nature of each access, including originating IP addresses, internet service providers, the files viewed on our site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system versions, device type and timestamps.

If you arrive at Matthias Geysen webpage from an external source (such as a link on another website or in an email), we record information about the source that referred you to us.

Information from third parties and integration partners:  We may obtain personal information from third parties and combine such information with the information that we collect through our Platform and such information may be used for the purposes described in the “How We Use the Information We Collect” section below.  For example:

  • You give permission to those third parties to share your information with us or where you have made that information publicly available online.
  • You create or log into your account through a third-party social networking site or one of our integration partners, we will have access to certain information from that service such as your name and account information.
  • If you purchase our Platform, we may receive information from our third-party payment processors.
  • We may collect information from unaffiliated third parties so that we can better understand you and provide you with information and offers that may interest you.

How We Use the Information We Collect

Use of Information: We may use the personal information collected through our Platform to:

  • Operate and improve our Platform;
  • Send you advertising or promotional materials;
  • Provide and deliver the Platform or other services you request, process transactions, and send you related information;
  • Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
  • Respond to your comments, questions, and requests and provide you with requested customer support;
  • Monitor and evaluate trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Platform;
  • Secure our systems, prevent fraud, and help us to protect the security of your account;
  • Prevent, detect, and investigate potentially prohibited or illegal activities and to enforce our terms and policies;
  • Personalize and improve the Platform, and provide content, communications, or features that match users interests; and
  • Link or combine with other information we obtain from third parties to help understand your needs and provide you with better service.

We reserve the right at all times to review your content and information to help resolve problems with our software or Platform, or to ensure that you remain in compliance with our partner platform Kajabi and their Terms of Service and other policies (like their Acceptable Use Policy).

Information we may share:  We will never “sell” your personal information (as that term is defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act).  However, we may share your personal information with third parties as follows:

  • Service Providers:  We use other companies, agents, or contractors to perform services on our behalf or to assist us with the provision of services to you.  For example, we engage service providers to provide marketing, advertising, communications, security, payment processing, infrastructure and IT services, to customize, personalize, and optimize our Platform, to process payment transactions, to provide customer service, and to analyse and enhance data.  While providing such services, these service providers may have access to your personal information.  These service providers have agreed to maintain the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the personal information that they obtain from us and we do not authorize them to use or disclose your personal information except in connection with providing their services.
  • Protection of Matthias Geysen and others:  Matthias Geysen and its service providers may disclose and otherwise use your personal information where we or they reasonably believe such disclosure is needed to (i) satisfy and applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; (ii) enforce applicable terms of use, including investigation of potential violations; (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address illegal or suspected illegal activity, security, or technical issues; or (d) protect against harm to the rights, property, safety of Matthias Geysen, our users, or the public, as required or permitted by law.
  • Business transfers:  In connection with any reorganization, restructuring, merger, or sale, or other transfer of assets, we will transfer information, including personal information, provided that the receiving party agrees to respect your privacy in a manner that is consistent with our Privacy Policy.
  • Other Users:  Content that you create, upload, or copy into our Platform, may, if you choose, be read, copied, used, and distributed by people you know, your members, or people you don’t know.  Information that you disclose using the chat function of the Platform may be read, copied, used, and distributed by people participating in the chat.  Use care when including sensitive information, such as home addresses or phone numbers, in content you share or chat sessions. Here we would like to disclose from above the content that is created by us, which may not be copied and shared without our written permission.
  • With Your Consent:  We may share your personal information when we have your consent.

Whenever in the course of sharing information, we transfer personal information to countries within the European Economic Area or other regions with comprehensive data protection laws, we will ensure that the information is transferred in accordance with this Privacy Policy and as permitted by the applicable laws on data protection.

Advertising and analytics services provider by others:  We may allow others to provide analytics services and display advertisements for our Platform.  These providers (for example, Google Analytics) may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, and other tracking technologies that collect information about your use of our Platform.  This information may be used by us and others to determine the popularity of our Platform, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests in the Platform, and on other websites, apps, and other services, and to better understand your online activity.  You can find out more about this practice or opt out of your web browsing activity for interest-based advertising purposes by visiting https://aboutads.info/choices.  You can opt out of Google Analytics by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Where We Store Your Personal Data

Data Storage:  All data that you provide to use through our Platform is stored on Kajabi secure servers located in the U.S.  Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology; all payment data is stored by our payment processors and is never stored on their or our servers.  Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password that enables you to access your account and the Platform, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.  We recommend that you not share your password and that you change it frequently.

Data Security:   Matthias Geysen uses Kajabi to take reasonable measures to protect your personal information and your content from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, and destruction and to ensure that your content remains protected and available to you.  Unfortunately, the transmission of data via the internet is not completely secure and although we do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted through the Platform.  All transmissions are at your own risk. Further information is provided in Kajabis Security Statement. Contact [email protected] to receive a copy. 

Data Retention:  Matthias Geysen stores the information we collect for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was originally collected and in compliance with our legal obligations.  The retention periods applied by Matthias Geysen comply with applicable legislation then in effect, namely:

  • For data relating to your account, such data will not be retained beyond your request that your account be deleted.
  • For transactional data relating to your purchases, such data is kept for the entire period of our contractual relationship, then in accordance with legal obligations and applicable statute of limitations periods.  Please note that this data does not include payment card information, which is processed by our third-party payment processors and not Kajabi nor Matthias Geysen.
  • For data collected based on your consent to receive marketing communications, we will use the data until you withdraw your consent or applicable law requires that such data is no longer used.
  • For data collected in connection with your requests or questions, such data is kept for the period necessary to process and reply to your request or question.
  • When cookies or other trackers are placed on your computer, they may be retained for a period of 12 months.

We may retain certain information for legitimate business purposes or as required by law.

Our Customers’ Information

In order to power our customers’ businesses, we collect and use personal information about their users.  In general, we collect and use this personal information as directed by the customer, and as further described in Kajabi Data Protection Addendum.  Legally speaking, they are a “data processor” and a “service provider” as these terms are used in European and California Consumer Privacy Act.  We will never use the personal information from our customers’ users to independently market or advertise to individuals unless such individuals are also using our Services directly.  We also will not “sell” your customers' information, as that term is defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act.  

Third Parties

Third-parties who provide and/or publish content via our Platform shall be deemed the data controllers for any personal data contained in the content uploaded by any such party to the  Platform (“Third-Party Content”) and any other personal data processed in relation to such Third-Party Content. This Privacy Policy only concerns the processing for which Matthias Geysen is the data controller. If you have any questions regarding personal data contained in Third-Party Content, please contact the third-party provider responsible for such Third-Party Content.

Children Age 16 and Under

Matthias Geysen Platform is not directed at children under the age of 16 and we never knowingly collect personal information from children.  We recognize the special obligation to protect personally identifiable information obtained from children age 13 and under. IF YOU ARE 16 YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER, THE COMPANY REQUESTS THAT YOU NOT SUBMIT ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION TO THE SITE OR TO MATTHIAS GEYSEN.  If we discover that a child age 16 or younger has signed up for our Platform or provided us with personally identifiable information, we will delete that child’s identifiable information from our records.

Matthias Geysen nonetheless encourages parents to go online with their kids. Here are a few tips to help make a child’s online experience safer:

  • Teach kids never to give personal information, unless supervised by a parent or responsible adult. Includes name, address, phone, school, etc.
  • Know the sites your kids are visiting and which sites are appropriate.
  • Look for Website privacy policies. Know how your child’s information is treated.
  • Check out the FTC’s site for more tips on protecting children's privacy online.

How We Use “Cookies” and Other Tracking Technologies

We use cookies, which are pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual’s computer hard drive for record keeping purposes, and similar tracking technologies on our website and when providing our Platform.  Cookies make using our website easier by, among other things, saving your passwords and preferences for you. These cookies are restricted for use only on our website, and do not transfer any personal information to any other party.  For more information about how we use these technologies, including a list of other companies that place cookies on our website, a list of cookies that we place when we power a customer’s business, and an explanation of how you can opt out certain types of cookies, please see Kajabi Cookie Notice as the same applies to us.

Your Choices and Rights

You have several options with respect to your personal information, as follows:

  • You may terminate your use of the Platform at any time.  However, please note that Kajabi or Matthias Geysen may still process your personal information as a service provider to our customers if your personal data. 
  • If you have created an account, you may at any time access, edit, or delete your personal information.  Please note that even if you delete information from your account, or deactivate your account, we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.  We may also retain cached or archived copies of your information for a certain period of time.
  • You may opt out of receiving promotional emails, text messages, or mail from Matthias Geysen by visiting your user settings via the  “Edit Your Preferences” or “Unsubscribe” link in any promotional email.  If you opt out, we may still send you transactional or relationship messages, such as emails about your account or updates to our Platform.
  • If you do not have a user account and wish to delete your email address or other personal information that you might have provided through your use of our Platform and/or any other services, please email us at: [email protected] with the words “Delete My Information” in the subject line.

Malware/Spyware/Viruses

We do not knowingly permit the use of malware, spyware, viruses, and/or other similar types of software.

Links to External Sites

Our Platform may, from time to time, contain links to and from third party websites, such as partners, affiliates, and advertisers.  If you follow a link to any external website, it will have its own privacy policy and we are not responsible for the content or practices of such third-party websites or their policies. We are also not responsible for any information that you might share with such linked websites. You should refer to each website’s respective privacy policy and practices before you submit any personal information.

Data Posted on Forums

Matthias Geysen may have the ability to post content to one or more Matthias Geysen forums, such as chat rooms and bulletin boards. You should be aware that when you voluntarily disclose personal information in any forum, that information can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other people. You are responsible for the personal information you choose to submit in these instances. Please take care when using these features.  You may request and obtain removal of such posted content by contacting us at [email protected] and specifically identifying the content to be removed.  Please be advised that any such removal does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of all traces of the content posted on the Matthias Geysen forums.

Transfer of Information Across National Borders:

Because we are using Kajabi. For users located outside the jurisdiction of the United States, Kajabi operates and processes data in the United States. Information we collect from you will be processed in the United States, and by using this website you acknowledge and consent to the processing of your data in the United States.  The United States has not received a finding of “adequacy” from the European Union under Article 41 of the GDPR. We collect and transfer to the U.S. personal data only with your consent; to perform a contract with you; or to fulfil a compelling legitimate interest of ours in a manner that does not outweigh your rights and freedoms. When we transfer your personal information to other countries, we will protect that data as described in this Policy or in our agreement with you and take steps, where necessary, to ensure that international transfers comply with applicable laws.

Your California Privacy Rights: 

Please review the “California Supplemental Privacy Notice” which is incorporated as part of this Policy for California residents only. 

Residents of the European Economic Area

We provide the representations and information in this section in compliance with European privacy laws, in particular the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you are a visitor from the European Territories (including the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom), our legal basis for collecting and using the personal data described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it.

We will normally collect personal data from you where the processing is in our legitimate interests. In some cases we may collect, and process personal data based on consent. 

EU data subjects have certain rights with respect to your personal data that we collect and process. We respond to all requests we receive from individuals in the EEA wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

  • Access, Correction or Deletion. You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data. You can often go directly into the Service under Account Settings to take these actions.
  • Objection. You may object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes and may do so using the options provided in this Policy. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.
  • Restriction. You have the right to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the data's accuracy; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
  • Portability. You have the right to request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
  • Withdraw Consent. If we have collected and processed your personal data with your consent, you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal data conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
  • File a complaint. You have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority about our collection and processing of your personal data. To file a request or act on one of your rights, please contact us at the contact details provided below. You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

To submit a request regarding your European Privacy Rights, please see the instructions at the end of this Privacy Policy. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response. We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made several requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - European Representative: Pursuant to Article 27 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we have appointed European Data Protection Office (EDPO) as its GDPR representative in the European Economic Area. You can contact EDPO regarding matters pertaining to the GDPR by:

  • Sending an email to [email protected]
  • Using EDPO’s online request form at https://www.edpo.brussels/contact
  • Writing to EDPO at Avenue Huart Hamoir 71, 1030 Brussels, Belgium

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area and have a data privacy concern that we are unable to resolve, you have the right to file a complaint/inquiry with the data privacy authority where you reside.  For contact details of your local Data Protection Authority, please see:  https://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm 

UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – UK Representative: Pursuant to the UK GDPR, Kajabi has appointed EDPO UK Ltd as its UK GDPR representative in the UK. You can contact EDPO UK regarding matters pertaining to the UK GDPR:

  • Using EDPO UK’s online request form: https://edpo.com/uk-gdpr-data-request/
  • Writing to EDPO UK at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London WC2N 5BY, United Kingdom

Do Not Track Disclosure

Regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Federal Trade Commission have promoted the concept of Do Not Track as a mechanism to permit Internet users to control online tracking activity across websites through their browser settings. Since no industry standard has been adopted, we currently do not process or comply with any web browser’s “do-not-track” signal or other similar mechanism that indicates a request to disable online tracking of individual users who visit the Matthias Geysen website or use our Platform.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our data practices.  If we make any material changes we will notify you by email (sent to the email address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on our website or in the Platform prior to becoming effective.  We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest data on our privacy practices.

Contact Information for Complaints or Concerns

We welcome your questions, comments, and requests regarding our Privacy Policy and they should be addressed to [email protected] under the subject ''information about Privacy Policy''.  If we do not provide an answer, in the alternative you may reach Kajabi customer support on email  [email protected] or at 855-452-5224. We are referring you there as we are using their Product to provide out the services of our Platform.  Their physical address is 17100 Laguna Canyon Road, Ste. 100, Irvine, CA 92603, Attn: Data Protection Officer

Your Acceptance of These Terms

By using our website or Platform, you accept the policies and restrictions set forth in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use the website or the Platform.

 

Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints about this Private Policy, please contact us: