Privacy Policy
UPDATED AS OF JUNE 20, 2023
PREVIOUS UPDATE: MAY 17, 2021
YOUR CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
By using our website, you indicate that you agree with the terms of our current Privacy Policy (“Policy”) as posted on our website as well as the terms of our Terms of Use. If you do not agree with this Policy or our Terms of Use, please do not use our website or provide any Personal Information to us.
PRIVACY POLICY
Our Policy explains how your Personal Information is collected, used, and disclosed by Namchak Publishing Company, LLC (“Namchak”) with respect to the use of our website, located at www.namchakpublishing.com (the "Site"). We reserve the right to change the provisions of this Policy at any time. We will alert you to these changes by indicating the date that the Policy was last updated. We encourage you to review this Policy from time to time to make sure that you understand how any Personal Information you provide will be used. All individuals whose responsibilities include the processing of Personal Information on behalf of Namchak are expected to protect that data by adherence to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is intended to meet requirements globally, including those in North America, Europe, APAC, and other jurisdictions.
What Is Personal Information?
Personal Information does not include "aggregate" information, which is data we collect about the use of the Site or about a group or category of services or users, from which individual identities or other Personal Information has been removed. This Policy in no way restricts or limits our collection and use of aggregate information
What Personal Information Do We Collect?
Billing Information and Transaction Information
How Do We Use the Personal Information We Collect?
We use Personal Information collected through our Site for the purposes described in this Policy or elsewhere on the Site. For example, we may use Personal Information we collect:
- to respond to your requests, comments, and questions;
- to notify you about Learning Circles and other group activities;
- to send you confirmations, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
- to send you news and other information about our publications, products, communities and Namchak events and to provide you with other information about ways to stay involved;
- to inform you about challenges, events, promotions, services or other news and information about Namchak that we think will be of interest to you;
- to analyze trends and personalize and improve the Site and the user experience on the Site;
- to notify you about important changes to our Site; and
- for any other purpose for which the Personal Information was collected.
Business Transfers
In the event of a merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar corporate event, or the sale of all or substantially all of our assets, we expect that the information that we have collected, including Personal Information, would be transferred to the surviving entity in a merger or the acquiring entity. All such transfers shall be subject to our commitments with respect to the privacy and confidentiality of such personal information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Namchak may continue to use your Personal Information.
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Opt-out of Google Analytics
Using the Ads Settings (www.google.ca/settings/ads), you can opt-out of both Google Analytics for Demographics and Interest Reporting and Remarketing withGoogle Analytics. In addition, you can use the Google Analytics Opt-Out BrowserAdd-on to disable tracking by Google Analytics. Google is a Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) member, which is an organization committed to transparency and choice. The NAI opt-out tool was developed in conjunction with the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) for the express purpose of allowing consumers to “optout” of the Interest-Based Advertising delivered by members on Web pages using cookies.
Cross-device Advertising
We may use data we receive from advertising technology partners to match multiple devices associated with the same identifier as devices belonging to the same user or household. Where we are able to make such a match, we may use this information to deliver targeted advertisements across multiple devices on behalf of ourselves or third parties.
Aggregate Data
In an ongoing effort to better understand users of our Site and the Products, we might analyze your information in aggregate form to operate, maintain, manage, and improve our Site and Products. This aggregate information does not identify you personally. We may share this aggregate data with our affiliates, agents, andbusiness partners. We may also disclose aggregated user statistics in order to describe our Site to current and prospective business partners and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.
Purpose of Collection and Use
We use the information that we collect from you under this Privacy Policy to provide our Site with data and related support; to process and ship Product orders; to respond to general inquiries; to solicit feedback regarding our Site and related support and the Products; to provide relevant content on our Site, including advertisements regarding products and services of ours or third parties;to send invoices and receive payments; and to communicate with you regarding our current and future product and service offerings.
What Personal Information Do We Share with Third Parties?
We will not share the Personal Information we collect from you through this Site with third parties, except as described in this Policy or on the Site.
You should understand that any content you submit for publication on our Site will be available to our affiliates as set forth in the Terms of Use and may be publicly available. You also understand that when submitting pictures, photos and other content, you grant to us and our affiliates the right to use such content in any manner or media in connection with the Site and Namchak, and therefore such content may be made publicly available. We recommend you avoid using first and last names when posting on the Site and that you be cautious about giving out Personal Information to others or sharing Personal Information in public or private online forums.
We may also disclose Personal Information in the good faith belief that such disclosure is legally required or is reasonably necessary or appropriate (i) to comply with laws or to respond to lawful requests and legal process, or (ii) to protect the rights, property, and safety of Namchak, our, employees, agents, members, representatives, and the public, including to respond to claims, enforceour agreements, policies, and Terms of Use and to protect Namchak and our users from fraudulent, abusive, inappropriate, or unlawful use of the Site. Personal Information may also be disclosed or transferred as part of, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition, or in any other situation where Personal Information may be transferred as one of the business assets of Namchak.
We may also share Personal Information with our vendors, consultants, and other service providers ("Service Providers") who are engaged by or working withus in connection with the operation of the Site and who need access to such information to carry out their work for us. In some cases, the Service Provider may be directly collecting information from you. We may also share Personal Information with other third parties when you give us your consent. We are not responsible for the actions of Service Providers or other third parties, nor are we responsible for any additional information you provide directly to any third parties,and we encourage you to become familiar with their privacy practices before disclosing information directly to any such parties. Nothing herein restricts the sharing of aggregated or anonymized information, which may be shared with third parties without your consent.
In the course of doing business, we may employ other companies to perform a variety of functions on our behalf. For example, at times we may retain third parties to analyze, update and correct data we collect on our web sites, including Personal Information, to help us improve our Products, our database and our Site. In addition, we may share Personal Information with agents, suppliers, fulfillment houses and other third parties to allow delivery of awards, information, products or services. These suppliers and other third parties may have access to your Personal Information if it is needed to perform their functions for us, but theyare not authorized by us to use your Personal Information in any way other than the intended use.
We will not sell or rent your Personal Information to third parties for their marketing purposes and will only disclose your Personal Information in accordance with our Privacy Policy and/or with your explicit consent. Third parties are not permitted to sell the information we provide to them, to market directly to you, or to disclose it in any other way without your explicit consent. Wewill post any Privacy Policy changes on the Site. We will let you change your Personal Information so that you can keep it up to date. We use safe, secure technology and other privacy protection programs to keep your Personal Information secure on the Site.
You agree that we may use Personal Information about you to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze site usage, improve our content and product offerings, and customize the Site's content, layout, and services. These uses improve the Site and better tailor it to meet your needs, so as to provide you with a smooth, efficient, safe and customized experience while usingthe Site.
You agree that we may use your Personal Information to contact you and deliver information to you that, in some cases, are targeted to your interests, such as targeted banner advertisements, administrative notices, product offerings, and communications relevant to your use of the Site. By accepting the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, you expressly agree to receive this information. If you do not wish to receive these communications, we encourage you to opt out of the receipt of certain communications on the notification preferences page. You may make changes to your notification preferences at any time.
We cooperate with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties to enforce laws, such as: intellectual property rights, fraud and other rights. Therefore, in response to a verified request by law enforcement or other government officials relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity, we can (and you authorize us to) disclose your name, city, state, telephone number, email address and User ID history without a subpoena. Without limiting the above, in an effort to respect your privacy, we will not otherwise disclose yourPersonal Information to law enforcement or other government officials without a subpoena, court order or substantially similar legal procedure, except when we believe in good faith that the disclosure of information is necessary to: prevent imminent physical harm or financial loss; or report suspected illegal activity. Further, we can (and you authorize us to) disclose your name, street address, city, state, zip code, country, phone number, email, and company name to properauthorities under confidentiality agreement, as we in our sole discretion believe necessary or appropriate in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringement, piracy, or other unlawful activity.
Due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other Personal Information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. By way of example (without limiting the foregoing), we may be forced to disclose Personal Information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions, or users may abuse or misuse your Personal Information that they collect from the Site. Therefore, although we use industry standard practices to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your Personal Information will always remain private.
Links to Other Websites
Our Site may contain links to other websites. We or third parties acting on our behalf cannot vouch for the privacy measures of other websites or wireless networks, should you visit them via a link from the Site. Any Personal Informationyou provide on the linked pages is provided directly to that third party and is subject to that third party's privacy policy. These third-party web sites may send their own cookies to users, or otherwise collect data or solicit Personal Information. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any company (which may differ from ours) before submitting your Personal Information. We do not endorse, and we make no guarantee or representation as to the sufficiency, accuracy or completeness of the content or privacy policy of any third-party web site to which you may be linked from our Site. Since we do not control the privacypolicies of third parties, you are subject to the privacy policies of that third party. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such linked sites, and we are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of thesewebsites or any other sites that are linked to from the Site. We encourage you to learn about their privacy and security practices and policies before providing them with Personal Information.
What Steps Do We Take to Protect Your Information Online?
Namchak takes reasonable measures to protect your Personal Information in an effort to prevent loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Please be aware, however, that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable and no method of data transmission that can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose online, and you do so at your own risk.
To protect the confidentiality of Personal Information, you must keep your password confidential and not disclose it to any other person. You are responsible for all uses of our Site by any person using your password. Please advise us immediately if you believe your password has been misused. If we learn of a security system’s breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically by posting a notice on the Site or sending an e-mail to you. You may have a legalright to receive this notice in writing.
What Choices Do You Have Regarding the Use of Your Information?
You may "opt out" of receiving promotional emails from Namchak by following the instructions in those emails. You may also opt out of such emails by emailing us at info@namchakpublishing.com. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as emails about your accounts or our ongoing businessrelations.
Support Information
You may provide information to us via a support request submitted through the Website. We will use this information to assist you with your support request and may maintain this information to assist you or other users with support requests. Please do not submit any information to us via a support submission, including confidential or sensitive information that you do not wish for us or our Service Providers to have access to or use in the future.
Information that you share through the platform
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily make your personally identifiable or other information available to third parties— for example, through your public profile, on message boards, through email or other direct messages, or in comment or chat areas — that information can be seen, collected, heard, and/or used by others besides us. We cannot be responsible for any third-party use of your information, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to any informationthat you share in any of the foregoing ways.
Important Notice to Non-US Residents
The laws and regulations in different countries impose different requirements on the Internet and data protection. We are located in the United States, as are the servers that make our site available worldwide. All matters relating to our sites are governed by the laws of the State of Montana and the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, please note that any information you provide will be transferred to the United States, which may not have privacy laws similar to those in your own country, and that by submitting the information you authorize this transfer. All Personal Information collected by us may be transferred, processed, and stored anywhere in the world, including but not limited to, the United States, the European Union, in the cloud, on our servers, onthe servers of our affiliates or the servers of our service providers. Your Personal Information may be accessible to law enforcement or other authorities pursuant to a lawful request. By providing information to us, you explicitly consent to the storage of your Personal Information in these locations.
Forums
From time to time, portions of our Site may allow you to post information which other visitors to the Site will be able to access (such as on a “forum”). In the event that you choose to post information in this context, it becomes generally available to the public, and we have no ability to control or limit its use by visitors to our sites. Therefore, we encourage you not to post any information you consider private or sensitive on our site.
Important Note to Children under the ages of 13 and 18
If you are under the age of 13, please do not give us any personal information.We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s internetusage and to help enforce our privacy policy by instructing their children never toprovide personal information to us without their permission
Rights of Access, Rectification, Erasure, And Restriction
Visiting our Site from the European Economic Area (EEA)
The Legal Basis for Using European Personal Information
When we collect information about you through our Site, the legal basis on whichwe process your Personal Information is fulfillment of an agreement between us, namely, to provide you with products and services, to purchase or review products, and other information marketing our products. We may also send certain communications because we have a legitimate business interest in making such marketing communications to you. When we use your Personal Information outside of what is strictly necessary for that transaction, we are doingso toward our legitimate interest of informing you of related products and promotions.
To the extent that we transfer Personal Information from the EEA to a jurisdiction outside the EEA that has not been adduced by the European Commission as providing adequate data protections (such as the US), the basis for such transfer is the necessity of providing you with information, products, or services you have requested.
Rights for EEA Residents
These provisions are intended to comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)requirements.
Request your Personal Information be deleted or restricted under certain circumstances. For example, if we are using your Personal Information on the basis of your consent and have no other legal basis to use such, you may request your Personal Information be deleted when you withdraw your consent.If you wish to exercise any of these rights or raise a complaint on how we have handled your Personal Information, please contact us at info@namchakpublishing.com.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
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 personalinformation (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposesand the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personalinformation in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a Californiaresident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request inwriting to us by sending us an email at info@namchakpublishing.com with“California Privacy Rights” in the subject line. You may also correct personalinformation, limit the use of sensitive personal information, and opt out of sharingof personal information.
Governing Law and Language
To the fullest extent permitted by law, this Privacy Policy is governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of Montana, United States of America, excluding (i) Montana’s conflicts of laws principles, and is subject to Namchak’s Terms of Use as set forth above. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the controlling language for this Privacy Policy is English. Any translation has been provided for your convenience and you may view the English language version by returning to the English language version of www.namchakpublishing.com and clicking on “Privacy Policy.” Any discrepancies or differences created in the translation are not binding and have no legal effect for compliance or enforcement purposes. If any questions arise concerningthe accuracy of the information presented by the translated version of our Site, please refer to the English version of the website, which is theofficial version
Manage Your Personal Information; Unsubscribe
If you are a resident of Europe, the United Kingdom, Asia, Australia or Africa, youmay have additional rights, to wit; Namchak will not discriminate against you if you choose to exercise your rights or options related to your personal information. These rights may be limited, for example if fulfilling your request would reveal personal data about another person, where they would infringe the rights of a third party (including Namchak’s rights) or if you ask Namchak to delete information which Namchak is required by law to keep or has a compellinglegitimate interest to keep. If Namchak denies your request to exercise your rights, you may have the right to appeal our decision by contacting Namchak. You have choices regarding your information on Namchak.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
In the event we change our privacy policy, we will post these changes promptly on this page. We encourage you to check this page periodically to ensure that you are aware of our current privacy policy.
Questions?
If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us at:
Namchak Publishing Company LLC 400 W Broadway, Ste 101-233 Missoula, MT 59802 Phone # 406.541.3000 info@namchakpublishing.com