Privacy Policy

We've updated our Privacy Policy and improved our privacy practices so we can better safeguard your data. This Site also uses cookies to personalize your experience and target advertising. By continuing to use our Site, you accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Use, and our Cookies policy.

This Privacy Policy (together with our Terms of Use and any other policies referenced) identifies how we will collect and process any personally identifiable information, such as your name, email, address, financial account information, etc., that we collect from you, or that you provide to us.

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes how the Company collects, uses, and shares information about visitors to our website, attendees of our programs, individuals who contact us to purchase materials or request information, and other users of our services. The Website and our other programs and services are the "Services." This Policy describes how we obtain and use personal data (which can be used to identify a specific individual) and anonymous data (which cannot).

Region specific provisions

Certain provisions of this Policy, which are clearly labelled, apply only to users who are citizens or residents of particular regions (e.g., the EU or California). Otherwise, the Policy applies to all users of our Services, regardless of location.

Children

The Services of Josh Blum Academy are not directed to children. If you become aware that a child (based on the jurisdiction where the child lives, which in the United States means someone under the age of 13) has provided us with Personal data without parental consent, contact us at the location identified below in the Contact Us section.

2. What Personal Information Does The Company Collect?

We collect personal information that you enter on our Site or otherwise volunteer to us when you contact us to, among other things, make purchases, request information, or register for or attend our programs. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features.

For purposes of this Policy, "Personal Information" means information (whether stored electronically or in paper based filing systems) relating to a living individual who can be identified from that data (or from that data and other information in our possession). JBA does not collect or receive Biometric Information or Sensory Data.

Information You Give Us

When you contact us through our Site, or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail, or otherwise, or attend a JBA event, we may collect Personal Information including:

• Identifiers: name, address, email, and phone
• Other Data: credit card and account information collected when you purchase products or services
• Professional Data: for those considering careers with JBA, professional data and education information such as resumé or C.V., education history, and position sought
• Education Information: as needed for participation in programs and live events
• Inferences: Personal information about your goals and aspirations for our products, services, and live events

Note: We do not collect or receive Biometric Information or Sensory Data.

Information We Collect Automatically

Internet Activity: When you visit our Site, our web server automatically collects and stores the following information:

• The Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, referring website address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform
• Information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time), pages on our Site you viewed; page response times, download errors, duration of page visits
• Our Site uses cookies and pixel tags to collect this information

Information We Receive From Other Sources

This is information we receive about you from third parties who operate other Sites or services we use in order to provide our products and services to you. We work closely with third parties, including, for example, business partners, promoters, affiliates, and sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, marketing analytics providers, promotions, and search information providers.

3. How Does The Company Use Personal Information?

Information You Give Us

We will use this information:

• To provide you with the Services that you request from us
• To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us
• To contact you in the future to provide you with information about other products and services we offer
• To notify you about changes to our Services
• To comply with applicable laws and regulations
• To assess your suitability for participation in our live events, and to determine additional JBA materials, services, or events to recommend and market to you
• For training purposes, quality assurance, and to record details about the products and services you order from us
• To perform data analyses (including anonymization and aggregation of Personal Information)
• For prospective employees, to respond to and process your job application and CV

Information We Collect About You

We will use this information:

• To provide targeted advertising and marketing services
• To administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical, and survey purposes
• To improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer
• As part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure

4. Do We Share Your Personal Information With Any Third Parties?

JBA does not sell your Personal Information to any third parties. To provide the Services, we sometimes disclose Personal Information to service providers for business purposes.

Our service providers are contractually obligated to comply with all applicable laws (e.g., the CCPA), and all such third parties use your Personal Information only on behalf of JBA and under the instructions of JBA on how your information may be used and processed.

By enjoying our Services and sharing your Personal Information, you agree that we have the right to share the categories of Personal Information we collect with our service providers for the following business purposes:

• Sales: for the purpose of fulfilling requests from you to purchase goods and services from our Site or at our events
• Targeted advertising: to provide advertising of JBA's programs and services on other Sites and platforms
• Marketing: for the purpose of direct marketing of goods and services offered by JBA that you may be interested in
• Cloud services: for provision of cloud storage services
• Web analytics: analytics and search engine service providers that assist us in the improvement and optimization of our site

5. Our Storage Of Your Personal Information

JBA uses reasonable and appropriate measures to protect your Personal Information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction, taking into due account the risks involved in the processing undertaken and the nature of the Personal Information we collect.

We will keep your personal data for as long as we need it, or as otherwise prescribed by law, for the purposes set out above. This period will vary depending on your interactions with us. We may also keep a record of correspondence with you (for example if you have made a complaint about a product) for as long as is necessary to protect us from a legal claim.

You may unsubscribe from any of our online e-mail updates and marketing by following the unsubscribe instructions in the body of any e-mail message we have sent to you. We will take commercially reasonable steps to implement your unsubscribe requests promptly, but you may still receive promotional information from us by mail for up to 60 days, and up to 10 days for e-mail.

6. Access To Other Websites

Our Site may include links to and from other websites of our partner networks and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites are not covered by this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third parties or the content of linked sites although we do encourage you to read the applicable privacy policies and terms and conditions of such parties or websites.

7. Protecting Children's Privacy

We are strongly committed to protecting the safety and privacy of children who visit our Site. Our Site is not designed nor is it intended to be used by children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 and have adopted techniques to ensure compliance with this Privacy Policy and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 ("COPPA").

Our Site includes content that we believe to be unsuitable for children under 13, and we encourage all parents to talk to their children about online safety and to monitor their children's use of the Internet.

8. Additional Policies In Compliance With The CCPA

The CCPA affords California consumers the rights with respect to their Personal Information set forth in this section.

8.1 Right to Know About Personal Information Collected, Used, Disclosed, or Sold

California consumers have the right to request that the Company disclose what personal information it has collected, used, disclosed, and sold over the 12-month period preceding the Company's receipt of such a request. To exercise this right, a California consumer must submit to the Company a verifiable request to know such information.

8.2 Right to Request Deletion of Personal Information

California consumers have the right to request the deletion of their personal information collected or maintained by the Company. To exercise this right, a California consumer must submit to the Company a verifiable request to delete such information.

8.3 Right to Non-Discrimination

California consumers have the right to not be discriminated against because the consumer exercised any of the consumer's rights under the CCPA. That means that the company may not deny goods or services to the consumer, charge different rates for goods or services, or provide a different level or quality of goods or services if the consumer chooses to exercise their rights under the CCPA.

8.4 Notice of Financial Incentive

JBA may offer financial incentives or promotional programs to users and clients from time to time. Details of any such programs will be provided at the time of enrollment.

8.5 Submitting a CCPA Data Request

8.6 Authorized Agent

California consumers may designate an authorized agent to exercise a CCPA right on the consumer's behalf. If a consumer utilizes an authorized agent to exercise a CCPA right, proof of authorization will be required.

9. Additional Policies In Compliance With EEA Privacy Laws

In addition to the other policies described in this Privacy Policy, residents of the European Union or the EEA are afforded the following additional rights and protections as required by the General Data Privacy Regulation ("GDPR").

9.1 GDPR Definitions

Controller: The Company which is the organization that determines the purposes for which, and the manner in which, any Personal Information is Processed and used in its business.

Processor: Any Person Processing Personal Information.

Processing: Any activity that involves use of the Personal Information. It includes, without limitation, obtaining, recording or holding the Personal Information, or carrying out any operation or set of operations on the Personal Information.

9.2 The Legal Basis for Processing Your Personal Information

In accordance with the purposes for which we collect and use your Personal Information, as set out above, the legal basis for processing your Personal Information will typically be one of the following:

• Our own legitimate business interests, or the legitimate business interests of our third party partners
• The performance of a contract that we have in place with you
• Your consent where appropriate
• Compliance with our legal obligations

9.3 Where We Store Your Personal Information

The data that we collect from you is stored on our servers or on servers provided by cloud service providers, such as Amazon Web Services. If you are a resident of the EEA, your Personal Information may be transferred within or outside the EEA to areas where privacy laws may be less strict than in the EEA.

9.4 Your Rights With Respect to Your Personal Information

Subject to certain exceptions, you have the following rights with respect to your Personal Information:

• To receive or access a copy of the Personal Information that we hold about you
• To request that any inaccurate or incomplete Personal Information be corrected or supplemented
• To have your Personal Information erased, unless we have a legitimate reason to retain the Personal Information
• To ask us not to process your Personal Information for a particular purpose, including for marketing

10. Conditions Of Use And Changes To Our Privacy Policy

If you choose to visit our Site and attend our events, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, resolution of disputes, and application of the law of the State of California.

As our business changes, our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use may change also. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, but you should check our Site frequently to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.

11. Contacting Us