Privacy Policy
Last Updated: September 30th, 2019
Protecting your privacy and our (our: “The Head Culture”, “The Head Culture Blog”, and any subsequent subdomains established in relation to “The Head Culture” brand) adherence to United States law regarding various and all privacy practices are our top priority. This Privacy Policy defines how we collect, use, and disclose data. This policy applies to your use of “The Head Culture’s” website located at www.theheadculture.com, and any/all related products and services across our platforms.
The Head Culture is subject to the laws of the United States. The level of privacy offered in the United States may differ from privacy policy and law in other jurisdictions; however, since our servers are located in the United States, your data may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States. For this reason, our policy adheres specifically to privacy practices within the United States, including other entities as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of Personal Data transferred from specific entities. By using our services, you understand and consent to the collection, storage, processing, and transfer of your data to our facilities in the United States and/or any third parties (assisting with services to that end) we share your data with as described in this policy and our terms of service agreements. Our (our: “The Head Culture”, “The Head Culture Blog”, and any subsequent subdomains established in relation to “The Head Culture” brand), and your participation on Social Media Platforms interacting with The Head Culture Brand are subject to adherence to the internal policies and practices of/within said platforms.
DEFINITIONS
Customer: a person or entity that makes a purchase of any “The Head Culture” products (i.e. merchandise), and/or service;
Distribution List: a list of subscribers and all data provided by subscribers related to said subscribers;
Personal Data: any information related to an identified or identifiable natural person;
Subscriber: any person or entity on our distribution list who opted to be on said list.
You: a customer, subscriber, or any person/entitiy who visits www.theheadculturcom domain and/or any/all subdomains or services under “The Head Culture” Brand.
Partner: person or entity with a specific agreement with “The Head Culture” to provide or collaborate with us (us: “The Head Culture”, “The Head Culture Blog”, and any subsequent subdomains established in relation to “The Head Culture” brand) to provide a specific product or service related to The Head Culture Brand.
Affiliate: a person or entity affiliated with The Head Culture brand without necessarily having a formal agreement with terms in order to do so, whose policies and/our principles may not specifically align with The Head Culture Brand (i.e. Youtube and podcast guest collaborators)
Contributor: independent individual or entity who share and/or provide content on www.theheadculture.com, blog.theheadculture.com, or any subsequent domains or platforms that represent The Head Culture Brand.
Sponsor: a group, individual, or entity that compensates The Head Culture (typically monetarily) for use, mention and/or promotion of their brand.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION:
General Website use: If you wish to comment on any of our (our: “The Head Culture”, “The Head Culture Blog”, and any subsequent subdomains established in relation to “The Head Culture” brand) content, we ask that you provide your name and email address.
Subscribers: we collect any information you provide to us (Name, email address, and any additional data you consent to providing by completing option fields) for the purpose of delivering standard subscription related content (including, but not limited to news, updates, contests, and promotions). At time of subscription, your name and email address are included in Distribution Lists to that end. The collection, and retention of said data may be performed by The Head Culture, or an authorized third party for the express purpose of delivering subscription related services as described above. You may update your information, or opt out of subscription at any time by emailing contact@theheadculture.com, and your data provided for subscription will be removed from and/or updated on our distribution lists, and any other database on our server for the purpose of sending “The Head Culture” related content. Additionally, your subscription information will not be subject to sale or transfer to any other entity outside of the scope and purpose of sending The Head Culture related content outside of extenuating circumstances, which are described below.
Customers: We (“The Head Culture”, “The Head Culture Blog”, and any subsequent subdomains established in relation to “The Head Culture” brand) only collect financial data and other necessary personal data from customers wishing to purchase The Head Culture products and/or services at time of purchase. The collection and processing of financial and other personal data done by The Head Culture or authorized third party (merchant services or any entity contracted by The Head Culture to process transactions) is only performed with consent of the customer at the time of purchase.
Other: We also collect any other information you provide directly to us with your consent for various purposes. For example, we collect information when you participate in any interactive features or services (i.e. “Ask Anderson”), participate in a contest or promotion, request to become a Contributor, apply for a job, communicate with us via third party social media sites, or request customer support. Outside of optional fields, you may decline to provide information at any time, however, some services we offer require the information being requested (i.e. would be email subscribers not wishing to provide a valid email address will result in The Head Culture having no email to send subscription related content to) in order for the service to be provided.
TRACKING AND OTHER INFORMATION
Information You Post: We collect information about the content you post, including any articles, comments, or interaction with other users’ and/or subscribers regarding The Head Culture content. We also collect information about how you use our services, including content from our partners, affiliates and contributors, The Head Culture content you view and follow, and how you interact with partner, contributor and/or affiliated Content.
Automatically Collected Data: As with most web-based companies, we automatically collect certain information when you visit our family of websites including: Log & Usage information (i.e. type of internet browser or app you’re using to access website, what pages you viewed, and your IP address), and what device you’re using to access our website. Cookies and other trackers allow us to automatically collect data from your visit in order to help boost traffic to our websites and provide you with the best experience possible. Depending on your browser, you more than likely have the ability to set it to reject browser cookies. If you do so, it may limit the functionality of some of the features on our website, therefore having an impact on your overall experience.
Social Media: The Head Culture utilizes social media and other platforms in order to grow and maintain our brand worldwide. Any information gathered or obtained from your participation and interactions with The Head Culture Brand via social media share functions, groups, content sharing, and other related activities may be used in accordance with the policies governed by specific social media platforms. Additionally, certain social media platforms offer marketing tools to entities wishing to reach potential customers and subscribers with common interests within their platform. To this end, data gathered from your social media profile and usage on that platform may be used by third parties (The Head Culture) to offer you content, products and services that match your interests. For more information on data collection by social media platforms, refer to their privacy policies, as The Head Culture operates in compliance with their terms.
Publicly Available Resources: The Head Culture may obtain information from third parties who monitor your online activities for analytics and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) purposes. For example, Google keeps track of who searches what, when, and how often. That information is then obtained by other entities (In this case, The Head Culture) who offer content partially based on what search terms are used the most in relation to their subject matter.
USE AND SHARING OF INFORMATION
Extenuating Circumstances: The information provided by you and/or collected automatically as described above is stored, maintained, processed, and safeguarded in accordance with United States law and only used for intended purposes. Some extenuating circumstances may require us to share your data which include:
- Third party entities and consultants who provide cyber security, CMS (Customer Management Systems), legal, and accounting services;
- In compliance with lawful requests for information by public authorities as part of law enforcement investigation and/or national security measures;
- If we become aware of any violation or misuse of any of our terms or policies, are violating the law, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of The Head Culture and any of our partners, sponsors, contributors, or affiliates;
- In the case of a company merger or acquisition;
Unidentifiable Information: The Head Culture may collect, analyze and share general information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you for various operating and reporting purposes.
Ads: The Head Culture, our sponsors, partners, contributors and affiliates may use tracking data automatically collected via cookies, web beacons, and other related tools as described above for advertising, as well as analytics purposes. No personally identifiable or sensitive data is shared without your knowledge and consent.
DATA RETENTION
The Head Culture will retain your personal Data only for the period needed to fulfill its purpose unless a longer period is required by law.
CHILD PRIVACY
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 and do not allow our contributors, partners, sponsors, or affiliates to collect personal information from children under 13 while on our platform. If you are the parent or legal guardian of a child under 13 who provided personal information to us, please contact us at contact@theheadculture.com.
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
The State of California enacted the Shine the Light law (California Civil Code Section 1798.83) that permits California residents to request certain information regarding the disclosure of certain personal information during the past year for marketing purposes. To make said request, email us at contact@theheadculture.com .
SWITZERLAND AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA
If you are in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or Switzerland, you have certain rights and protections under the law regarding the processing of your personal data. If you are in the EEA or Switzerland, when we process your personal data we will only do so in the following situations:
- Processing payments for and providing the products or services you have requested;
- In order to comply with legal obligations;
- Any other purpose for which you give consent to The Head Culture to process your data;
You have the right to access personal data we hold about you and to ask that your personal data be corrected, erased, or transferred. You may also have the right to object to, or request that we restrict, certain processing. If you would like to exercise any of these rights you may contact us at contact@theheadculture.com
The Head Culture will retain your personal Data only for the period needed to fulfill its purpose unless a longer period is required by law.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or any complaints regarding the handling of your personal information, please contact us at contact@theheadculture.com.