Privacy Policy

FFECTIVE AS OF DECEMBER 29, 2022

WHO WE ARE

https://behindthescenes.astreasnexus.com (the “Site”) is owned and operated by Astrea’s Nexus LLC. Mildred Louis is the data controller and can be contacted at astreashelper@gmail.com

By using our Site, users agree that they consent to:

  1. The Conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.
  2. The Conditions set in our Terms and Conditions Policy

PURPOSE

The purpose of this privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is to inform users of our Site of the following:

  1. The personal data we collect;
  2. Use of collected data;
  3. Who has access to the data collected;
  4. The rights of Site users; and
  5. This Site’s cookie policy.

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.

GDPR

For Users in the European Union, we adhere to the regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). For Users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.

We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer as we do not fall within the categories of controllers and processors required to appoint a Data Protection Officer under Article 27 of the GDPR.

We collect and process personal data about users in the EU only when we have a legal basis for doing so under Article 6 of the GDPR.

We rely on the following legal basis to collect and process the personal data of users in the EU:

  1. Processing of user personal data is necessary for us or a third party to pursue a legitimate interest. Our legitimate interest is not overridden by the interests of fundamental rights and freedoms of users. Our legitimate interest(s) are: Order Fulfillment and Membership Processing.

COMMENTS

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: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

MEDIA

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.

EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES

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.

COOKIES

A cookie is a small file, stored on a user’s hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user’s browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.

We use the following types of cookies on our Site:

  1. Functional Cookies. Functional cookies are used to remember the selections you make on our Site so that your selections are saved for your next visits;
  2. Analytical Cookies. Analytical Cookies allow us to improve the design and functionality of our Site by collecting data on how you access our Site, for example data on the content you access, how long you stay on our Site, etc.;

PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in our Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.

Data Collected Automatically

When you visit and use our Site, we automatically collect and store the following information:

  1. Clicked Links; and
  2. Content Viewed

Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way

We may also collect the following data when you perform certain functions on our site:

  1. First and last name;
  2. Email Address;
  3. Phone Number;
  4. Address; and
  5. Payment Information

This data may be collected using the following methods:

  1. Order Processing at Checkout.

HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION

Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on relevant pages of our Site. We will not use our data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.

The data we collect automatically is used for the following purposes:

  1. To better understand and gauge interest in the products we provide through our Site.

The data we collect when the user performs certain functions may be used for the following purposes:

  1. To process your monthly donation fee..

WHO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH

Employees

We may disclose user data to any member of our organization who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Other Disclosures

We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:

  1. If the law requires it;
  2. If it is required for any legal processing;
  3. To prove or protect our legal rights.

If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA

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.

For those who make purchases, User data will be stored for 5 years.

If, for any reason we are required to store this data for longer, you will be notified of this including the reason.

WHAT RIGHTS YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA

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.

Under the GDPR, you also have the following rights:

  1. Right to be informed;
  2. Right of access;
  3. Right to rectification;
  4. Right to erasure;
  5. Right to restrict processing;
  6. Right to data portability; and
  7. Right to object.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA

All data is only accessible to our employees and are strictly used for the purpose of order fulfillment.

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore, we are unable to guarantee the security of our user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

WHERE WE SEND YOUR DATA

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

CHILDREN

The minimum age to use our website is 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 18 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 18 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 18 years of age has provided us with personal data their parent or guardian may contact us.

HOW TO ACCESS, MODIFY, DELETE, OR CHALLENEGE THE DATA COLLECTED

If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who we disclosed your personal data,  if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, or if you would like to exercise any of your other rights under the GDPR, please contact us at astreashelper@gmail.com.

DO NOT TRACK NOTICE

Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that you can set in certain web browsers. We do not track the users of our Site over time and across third party websites and therefore do not respond to browser initiated DNT signals.

HOW TO OPT-OUT OF DATA COLLECTION, USE OR DISCLOSURE

In addition to the method(s) described in the How to Access, Modify, delete or Challenge the Data Collected section, we provide the following specific opt-out methods for the forms of collection, use, or disclosure of your personal data specific below:

  1. Email Marketing. You can opt-out by clicking Unsubscribe at the bottom of any marketing emails.

MODIFICATIONS

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

COMPLAINTS

If you have any complaints about how we process our personal data, please contact use through the contact method listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the issue. If you feel we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact a supervisory authority. You also have the right to directly make a complaint to a supervisory authority.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can reach out to us at astreashelper@gmail.com