Privacy Policy

Effective Date: [01/01/2025]
Last Updated: [01/10/2025]

Welcome to shieldandpen.com (“Website,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our Website, interact with our services, or communicate with us.

By accessing or using this Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of our Website immediately.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Personal Information

We may collect personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) such as:

• Name
• Email Address
• Billing and Mailing Address
• Payment Information (e.g., credit card details) for transactions, if applicable
• Any Other Information you voluntarily provide to us (e.g., responses to surveys, user-generated content in forums)

1.2 Non-Personal Information

We may automatically collect certain non-personal information when you access the Website. This information may include:

• IP Address
• Browser Type
• Operating System
• Referring URLs
• Pages Viewed
• Dates/Times of Access
• Other Technical Data related to your use of the Website

1.3 Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, and similar tracking technologies to help personalize your experience, analyze usage, and improve our services. Cookies are small text files stored on your device. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level, but disabling cookies may limit some features of the Website.

2. How We Collect Your Information

We may collect information in various ways, including but not limited to:

1. Directly from You: When you register an account, sign up for our email list, purchase products or services, or fill out forms.
2. Automatically: Through cookies, log files, and other tracking technologies when you navigate our Website.
3. From Third Parties: If you link or interact with us via social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, etc.), or if we integrate third-party services (payment processors, analytics tools).

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for purposes such as:

1. Providing and Managing Our Services: Including membership access, live calls, community features, or journal prompts.
2. Communication: Sending newsletters, updates, marketing emails, or responding to your inquiries.
3. Transaction Processing: Handling payments, billing, and account-related matters.
4. Site Improvement & Personalization: Understanding how users interact with our Website, personalizing content, and enhancing user experience.
5. Analytics: Using aggregated data to monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with the Website.
6. Legal Compliance & Enforcement: Enforcing our Terms of Use, defending our legal rights, or complying with legal obligations and requests.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information in the following ways:

1. Service Providers: We may share information with third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf (e.g., hosting, payment processing, email marketing). These providers only have access to the information necessary to perform their functions.
2. Business Transfers: If we merge, sell, or transfer assets, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy, user information may be transferred to a successor or affiliate.
3. Legal Requirements: We may disclose information if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., court orders, subpoenas).
4. Protection of Rights: We may disclose personal data if we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our Terms of Use, fraud, or threats to the security of the Website or other users.

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.

5. Data Retention and Security

We retain your personal data only as long as needed to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy (or as required by law). We take reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures to protect the information you provide against loss, theft, unauthorized use, disclosure, or modification. However, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

6. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, such as:

• Access & Update: Request access to or correction of your personal data.
• Delete: Request deletion of your personal data, subject to certain legal exceptions.
• Restrict or Object: Request restriction of processing or object to certain processing activities.
• Withdraw Consent: Where you have provided consent, you can withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email provided in the “Contact Us” section. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

7. Third-Party Links and Services

Our Website may contain links to external sites that we do not operate or control. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies to understand how they collect and use your information.

8. International Data Transfers

If you access our Website from outside the country where our servers are located, your information may be transferred across international borders. We will take necessary steps to ensure your data is handled securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, but please note that data protection laws may differ from one jurisdiction to another.

9. Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 18. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected data from a minor, we will delete that information as soon as possible. If you believe a child under 18 has provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post any modifications to this page, and the updated “Effective Date” will indicate when the changes take effect. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of those changes.