My name is Aaron, and what lights me up right now is cultivating environments that allow black-bodied people to show up as their full tender selves. One of my goals is for black folks to be in spaces where connection to each other and the earth is accessible. One of the ways I am currently cultivating healing is my Chronically UnderTouched Project, where I support black men who have not had mindful, thoughtful platonic touch in creating their own holistic touch practices and care plan.
Last updated: April 25, 2023
Effective as of April 25, 2023
Empovia is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to www.empovia.co website (the “Service”) operated by Empovia (“us”, “we”, or “our”) and governs data collection and usage at all Empovia sites and services; it does not apply to other online or offline sites, products or services. Empovia is a general audience website intended for users of all ages. The personal information of all users is collected, used, and disclosed as described in this Statement of Privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information in compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”).
Please read our Terms of Service before accessing our Services. To the extent permitted under the applicable law, by accepting the Terms of Service, you agree with our privacy practices as described in this Policy. If you cannot agree with this Policy, Terms of Service, or other policies, please do not access or use our Services.
We may modify this Policy at any time, and non-material changes may apply to any Personal Information we already hold about you, as well as any new Personal Information collected after the Policy is modified. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of this Policy. We will provide you with advanced notice by email or telephone number, which we have on file, or through a notice on our website if we make any material changes to how we collect, use, or disclose your Personal Information or that impact your rights under this Policy. The such material change will not apply retroactively to any Personal Information we already hold about you. If you continue to access or use our Services after receiving the notice of changes, you acknowledge your acceptance of the updated Policy.
In addition, we may provide you with real-time disclosures or additional information about the Personal Information handling practices of specific parts of our Services. Such notices may supplement this Policy or provide you with additional choices about how we process your Personal Information.
Our website address is: https://empovia.co
Collection of Your Personal Information
The personal information we collect about you may include:
We collect this personal information directly from you, as well as automatically through our website and third-party service providers. We may also obtain personal information from other sources, including publicly available databases and our business partners.
We may use your personal information for the following purposes:
We also collect information about you during the checkout process at our store. We also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site. View our Cookie Policy below.
When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details, and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes such as to:
When using our LMS, we store course progress, including completion status, quiz scores, assignments and/or essay submissions (if applicable). We will also store comments on courses, lessons, topics, assignments, and essays if you choose to leave them.
For the purposes of processing recurring subscription payments, we store the customer’s name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, and credit card/payment details. Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Group Leaders can access Order information such as your enrolled courses, course progress, and username/email address. Any additional information added to your WordPress User Profile can also be visible to the administrator(s).
When shopping, we keep a record of your email and the cart contents for up to 30 days on our server. This record is kept to repopulate the contents of your cart if you switch devices or needed to come back another day. Read the Mailchimp Privacy Policy here.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (e.g., computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you access our website. Cookies are used to help us enhance your user experience and to provide certain functionalities on our website. Some cookies may also collect information about your browsing behavior or usage patterns.
We use the following types of cookies on our website:
We may use third-party cookies on our website for the following purposes:
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
You can control cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies, or to set preferences for certain types of cookies. However, if you block or delete cookies, some parts of our website may not work properly.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in response to changes in applicable laws or our use of cookies. We will notify you of any material changes to this Cookie Policy by posting the revised policy on our website or by other means. We encourage you to periodically review this Cookie Policy to stay informed about our use of cookies.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
We may share your personal information with our service providers, who help us operate our business and provide products and services to you. We may also share your personal information with third parties for other business purposes, including marketing and advertising and automated spam detection service.
We accept payments through Visa, Mastercard, American Express, PayPal, Bancontact, EPS, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Stripe. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to them, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.
Please see the following for more detailed information:
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it. For example, we will store order information for 5 years for tax and accounting purposes. This includes your name, email address, and billing and shipping addresses.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal 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.
Under the CCPA, you have the following rights:
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at contact@empovia.co.
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