Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 1, 2018

Privacy Policy Overview 

This Privacy Policy (this “Privacy Policy”) describes how Gather As You Go, LLC (“Company”, “we”, or “us”) collects and uses personal information about you when you visit and use the website maintained at www.gatherasyougo.com and its subpages (the “Website”), submit content to us, and when you correspond or otherwise communicate with us.  By providing us with any personal information through the Website, you agree that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy and that you accept and consent to the privacy practices (including the uses, disclosures, and transfers of your information by Company) that are described in this Privacy Policy.  Kindly note that any consent you provide will be entirely voluntary. HOWEVER, IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THIS PRIVACY POLICY, THEN YOU SHOULD NOT USE, OR PROVIDE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION TO US THROUGH, THE WEBSITE.

When we refer to “personal information” in this Privacy Policy, we mean information that directly identifies you (such as your name, postal address, or email address), or data that could be used to indirectly identify you.

What Information We Collect

We collect a variety of types of information, including:

  • Contact information, such as your name, email address, telephone number, and geographic location;
  • Life lessons information, such as the stories, wisdom, lessons, bits of knowledge acquired throughout life, and related content and information that you submit to the Website;
  • Correspondence information, including information about your email or other written communications with us, and information that you share in your emails and other written communications with us;
  • Voicemail message transcripts, including information about your call and information you share when you call us on the phone or leave us a voicemail; and
  • Device and browsing information, including information about your phone, tablet, computer, or other device, and online browsing activity (collectively, “automatically collected information”). Automatically collected information may include IP addresses, unique device identifiers, cookie identifiers, device and browser settings and information, and Internet service provider information.  Automatically collected information may also include information about when and how you access and use the Website, such as the date and time of your visit or use, the websites you visit before coming and after leaving the Website, and how you navigate and what you search for using the Website.

How We Collect Information

We collect information on the Website and through email and other communications and interactions with you. We also obtain information from you and from third parties. We collect and obtain information:

  • You provide, such as when you visit or use the Website or contact us;
  • From the Polished Nickel Capital Management family of brands and companies, including our affiliates that you have interacted with;
  • From third parties, such as service providers that we use, and other third parties that we choose to collaborate or work with; 
  • From social media platforms and networks that you use in connection with the Website, or that share or allow you to share information with us, such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.  For example, if you use functionalities, plugins, widgets, or tools from social media platforms or networks in connection with the Website (for example, to share content from the Website with your friends and followers on social media), we will collect the information that you share with us, or that those social media platforms or networks share with us; and
  • Using cookies and other automatic collection methods.  For example, we may collect information from the computer, tablet, phone, or other device that you use to access the Website. This collection includes automatically collected information, and generally does not include personal information that directly identifies you unless you provide it through the Website or you choose to share it with us.  Automatic collection methods may include:
    • Cookies, which are small text files that many websites automatically download to a user’s computer or other device when they browse online.  Cookies are often used to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior data. The cookies that the Website uses may include both session-based cookies and persistent cookies (which remain on your computer or other device after your browsing session has ended);  
    • Web beacons or tags, which are small images embedded into websites or emails that send information about your computer, tablet, phone, or other device when you visit the Website; 
    • Website log files, which we or our service providers tend to create automatically in connection with access to and use of the Website; 
    • Flash cookies or Local Stored Objects, which may be placed using Adobe Flash software; and 
    • Other technologies, which may be similar to or different than the methods noted above.

How We Use Information

We use the information that we collect and obtain to conduct our business and to provide you with access to the Website and Website content.  We may also combine any or all of the information that we collect or obtain with other information that we collect or obtain, including but not limited to information obtained from third parties with which we choose to work. We use information:

  • To provide you with access to the Website and Website content;
  • To contact or respond to you, when you correspond with us by email or otherwise communicate with us, make a request or inquiry, or share a comment or concern;
  • To provide social media features;
  • For our business purposes, to operate and improve upon our business and lawful business activities, to maintain our records, for research, to determine your satisfaction with the Website and Website content, to detect and prevent fraud or misuse of the Website, to enforce, apply, or comply with any of our terms or policies, including but not limited to this Privacy Policy, and for any other business purpose that is permitted by law; and

For legal, contractual, and safety purposes, to defend or protect us, you, or other Website users or third parties from harm or in legal proceedings, to protect our rights, protect our security and the security of our Website users, employees, and property, to respond to court orders, lawsuits, subpoenas, and government requests, to address legal and regulatory compliance, to verify your identity or communications from you, to comply with contracts and other agreements to which we are a party, and to notify you of changes to our terms, policies, or practices.

How We Share Information

We may share personal information with:

  • The Polished Nickel Capital Management family of brands and companies, including our affiliates;
  • Third parties and service providers that provide products or services to us or that provide products or services to you.  We may use third parties or service providers to perform any of the actions or activities allowed under this Privacy Policy;
  • Social media platforms and networks, such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram, that offer functionalities, plugins, widgets, or tools in connection with the Website (for example, to share content from the Website with your friends and followers on social media).  If you choose to use these functionalities, plugins, widgets, or tools, certain information will be shared with or collected by those social media companies;
  • Parties to business transactions, such as those we deal with in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, sales of assets, reorganizations, divestitures, dissolutions, bankruptcies, liquidations, or other types of business or commercial transactions. In these types of transactions, personal information may be shared, sold, or transferred, and it may be used subsequently by a third party; and
  • Additional third parties, such as law enforcement, government entities, courts, our legal advisors, or other third parties as required or allowed by applicable law. We also may share personal information with third parties upon your request or with your consent, although we may not be able to accommodate all requests.

Your Choices and Access Requests

We offer you choices about how certain personal information is used and shared. Your choices include:

  • Social Media Platforms and Networks.  We encourage you to review your privacy options and settings with the social media platforms and networks you use to understand what choices you have about sharing information from those platforms and networks with us. 
  • Managing Cookies.  You can activate settings on your Internet browser to refuse the setting of some or all cookies.  In addition, the website linked to below will tell you how you can remove existing cookies from your browser if you wish.  Please keep in mind, however, that if you use your Internet browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of the Website.  For further information about managing cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.  Please note that disabling or clearing cookies also may affect cookie-based opt-outs by either preventing you from using such cookie-based opt-outs or clearing opt-outs that you have previously set, in which case you would have to revisit the applicable pages and renew your opt-out after clearing cookies.  You can learn more about privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies here.
  • Mobile Devices.  Your mobile device may offer settings relating to cookies, pixel tags, Flash cookies, and other similar technologies.  We encourage to you to visit your device’s help menu to learn about your options to limit tracking when using your device.
  • Access Requests.  You may make a request for access to your personal information by sending an email or writing to us at the address specified in the “Additional Information and Contacting Us” section below. We are not able to grant all access requests, and we may request additional information from you in order to verify your identity before accommodating an access request.

In addition, if you are a resident of the European Union, you have certain additional rights under European data protection law with respect to your personal information, including the right to correct, amend, delete, limit the use of, or withdraw your consent for the processing of your personal information.  You also have the right to receive a copy of your personal information in a commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit such data to another controller. Please remember that if you delete or limit the use of your personal information, you may not be able to use the services provided through the Website.

Security and Retention

We take steps to help protect the security of personal information you share with us through the Website, but information transmitted through the Internet may not be perfectly secure. We do not guarantee the security of your personal information.  We will keep your personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, to provide you and other users with access to the Website and Website content, to carry out legitimate business interests, and where otherwise required or permitted by law.

Links to Other Websites and Services 

The Website may provide links to other Internet sites, content, or videos (embedded or direct links) maintained by third parties.  We are not responsible for the sites, content, or videos accessed via the links, and we have not reviewed the privacy practices of those third parties.  We encourage you to review the privacy practices of those third parties. 

Browsers Do Not Track Signals 

Some browsers have incorporated “Do Not Track” (DNT) features that can send a signal to the websites you visit indicating that you do not wish to be tracked.  There is not yet a common understanding of how to interpret the DNT signal. We currently do not respond to web browser DNT signals. For information about the choices you have about limiting how you are tracked online, please see the “Your Choices and Access Requests” section above.

Children’s Privacy

The Website is not directed to or intended to be used by individuals under the age of 16.  We do not knowingly request or collect personal information from any person under 16 years of age without prior verifiable parental consent.  If you believe that your child under the age of 16 has submitted personal information to us in connection with the Website, and without prior verifiable parental consent, please email us info@gatherasyougo.com so that we can take steps to delete the personal information that she or he provided as required in accordance with applicable law.

International Users

Those who access or use the Website from jurisdictions outside the United States of America do so at their own choice and risk and are solely responsible for compliance with local law.  If you provide personal information through the Website, you agree that the personal information will be transferred to and processed in the United States of America and any other country or jurisdiction at our sole discretion.  The laws that apply to the use and protection of personal information in the United States or other countries or jurisdictions in which we transfer or process personal information may be different than the laws and protections in your country.

In addition, if you are a resident of the European Union, please note that the United States of America has NOT been deemed by the European Commission to ensure an adequate level of protection for personal information.  Accordingly, the level of safeguards and legal protections provided in the United States or other non-European countries from which you may access the Website may not be as stringent as that under European Union privacy standards or the privacy laws of some other countries, possibly including your home jurisdiction.  BY PROVIDING US WITH ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION THROUGH THE WEBSITE, YOU AGREE THAT YOU ACCEPT AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE RISKS OF, AND EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO, THE TRANSFER, STORAGE, AND PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES OUTSIDE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION BY COMPANY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may make changes to this Privacy Policy, and may apply any changes to information previously collected, as permitted by law.  When we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting the updated Privacy Policy on the Website, and we will update the effective date at the top of this Privacy Policy.  By continuing to use the Website after being notified of material changes to this Privacy Policy, you agree that the terms of this Privacy Policy as of the effective date will apply to information previously collected or collected in the future.

Additional Information and Contacting Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us by email at info@gatherasyougo.com, or write to us at:

Gather As You Go, LLC155 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1680

Chicago, IL 60606