Privacy Policy | Stick Universe - Empowering through Basic Fundamentals

What Information Do We Collect?

Stick Universe collects information from you when you visit our site as a member or guest.

This information includes, but is not limited to, your name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, bank account information and other personal and business data. Additional data that may help our partnership may also be retrieved with your permission. By using the Service, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.

Information that you submit through the Service may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”) to provide the Service to you. For example, our servers are in the United States. If we transfer your information outside the EEA in this way, we will take steps to protect your privacy rights.

We have implemented commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we do not guaranty the confidentiality or privacy of any communication or information transmitted using the Service or any website linked to our website or that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. You acknowledge that you provide your personal information at your own risk.

We are therefore not liable for the privacy of email addresses, registration and identification information, disk space, communications, confidential or trade-secret information, or any other Member Content stored on our equipment, transmitted over networks accessed by using our Service, or otherwise connected with your use of the Service.

What Do We Use Your Information For?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one or more of the following ways:

1. To verify your identity

2. To determine your eligibility to use our platform

3. To send periodic communications

4. To improve our website and service offerings

Do We Disclose Any Information to Outside Parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect our or others’ rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

How Do We Protect Your Information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information.

Our Financial partners including PayPal utilize many best-practice financial services security technologies and policies. All supplied sensitive information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.

What Can You Do?

In addition to our efforts, you can take several precautions to protect your personal information. First, you should choose a strong password. A strong password does not contain information that someone can easily learn about you such as your name or birthday and incorporates a variety of letters, numbers, and special characters. We also recommend that you change your password frequently (every 90 days). You can also install and regularly update firewall and antivirus software to protect your computer. When you are finished using our site, be sure to log out and close the browser window, especially if you’re accessing our site from a public computer, such as those in libraries or Internet cafes.

We also encourage you to be aware of when you leave the Service or visit any website linked to our website, to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of any third-party website or service that you visit.

Do We Use Cookies?

Yes (cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your web browser that enable these parties to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information).

We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.

If you prefer, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies via your browser settings. Like most websites, if you turn your cookies off, some of our services may not function properly.

Links to Other Sites

We may offer links to the sites of partner companies. While we make every effort to monitor the quality of content provided on these sites, these external sites are not subject to this Privacy Policy and we have no control over the content of these sites. Please review the privacy policies on these sites before providing them any personal information.

Illinois Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

Because we value your privacy, we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the Illinois Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act). All under-aged children 17 and under can conduct business with us through approved adult supervision. Parent or legal Guardian consent is required.