Privacy Policy

Last updated on March 17, 2024.

1.       ABOUT THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy explains the different kinds of information that Brittany R. Collins, LLC (“we,” “us” and “our”) may collect from you while you use the “Grief-Responsive Teaching” website (www.griefresponsiveteaching.com), including the content and services provided through said website (all of the foregoing, collectively, the “Website”). It describes how we collect, receive, use, store, share, transfer, and process your personal information as well as your rights of access to and correction of your personal information.

  • This Privacy Policy governs personally identifiable information and applicable non-personally identifiable information that we collect from you when you use the Website.

  • We will never sell your personal information without your express prior written consent.

  • If you are not a resident of the United States of America, or if you otherwise use the Website in any jurisdiction with laws or regulations governing personal information collection, use, and disclosure that are different from the laws of the United States of America, your continued use of the Website shall be governed under the laws of the United States of America and this Privacy Policy.

    • By using the Website, you consent to the transfer of your information to countries outside your country of residence (including the United States of America, where we are currently located), which may have different data protection rules than in your country. We may store and/or process your personal information in any country where we are located and/or wherever our third-party service providers are located, and your information may be subject to the applicable laws of the country in which it is then located, including compulsory disclosure (including to governmental agencies of such other country).

  • We do not knowingly collect the personal information of any child under the age of thirteen (13) without first obtaining consent from their parent or guardian. If you have reason to believe that the personal information of a child under the age of thirteen (13) has been sent to or otherwise collected by us, please reach out to us at: griefresponsiveteaching@gmail.com.

2. INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT

  • If you submit a communication or other submission to us (e.g., by e-mail or the “Contact” form, or through a submission to the Grief Poem Project or Digital Magazine: Stories of Practice), we may collect certain personal information about you and retain a record of your contact details (such as your name and e-mail address) and the content of your communications and/or submissions. We may also collect and retain information about the pages of the Website you visit to facilitate your use of the Website.

  • We may automatically collect certain non-personally identifying information from you when you use the Website, whether directly or through authorized third parties, including:

    • Information collected through third-party cookies, pixels, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information about which actions you take on the Website and how you otherwise interact with our Website (to learn more about cookies, visit the following websites: https://www.allaboutcookies.org/. These third parties may collect this data to assist us in our advertising efforts, and the data may also be transferred and processed by the recipients for their own direct marketing purposes.

    • Technical information regarding your: (i) device (e.g., hardware-related details such as your device name), (ii) internet and network connection (e.g., your IP address), (iii) software (e.g., operating system and browser information), and (iv) geolocation, among other technical details.

    • Metrics information about when and how you use the Website, such as: (i) the date and time that you access the Website; and (ii) how you interact with our Website.

  • We may employ third-party partners and platforms (including but not limited to Squarespace Analytics) to provide search engine optimization, perform statistical analysis about how our Website is used, help us to gather certain information about visitors to our Website, and improve our Website. We may provide your personal information to these partners for these purposes. These third parties are committed to keeping your personal information safe and secure, and we do not authorize them to use any of your data that we share with them except for the purposes for which we engage them

  • We may post links to third-party websites (including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter). We are not responsible for the content or security of any third-party websites (even the ones that we link to through the Website), and your use thereof is strictly at your own risk. Third-party websites are not governed by our Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy, so we urge you to carefully review all policies on every website you visit.

3. DATA SECURITY AND RETENTION

All identifiable personal information is encrypted when automatically stored on data servers. We store all of your information in the United States of America where possible and use appropriate safeguards to ensure that your personal information stays secure.

To the extent that we should ever transfer data outside of the United States of America, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Although the Website uses Secure Sockets Layer protocols and we deploy industry standard practices and security standards to prevent unauthorized access to our servers, no information security system is impregnable. We will try our best to keep your personal information secure.

4. DATA USE

  • We may use your personal information to further our legitimate business interests, including but not limited to communicate with you (e.g., via e-mail) and to perform and enforce our agreements with you (including our Terms of Use); to notify you about changes to the Website; to provide, maintain, protect and improve the Website; and to protect us and other users of the Website.

  • We will comply with law enforcement and legal obligations (such as in response to a warrant or court-ordered subpoena) and intellectual property protection obligations (including but not limited to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act), which may require disclosure of your personal information.

  • If you opt to sign up for our marketing services (such as our e-newsletter) or consent to our use of cookies, you consent to our reliance upon third parties (such as Constant Contact), and our furnishing of your personal information to such third parties, to deliver any such services as you request or otherwise allow.

  • We rely on certain third-party service providers in order to run and/or offer our Website to you. We may provide your personal information to these trusted partners on our behalf. We will not share your personal information with any third-party partner unless appropriate safeguards are in place. Please note that our third-party partners may also collect personal information about you as well. We suggest that you carefully review the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any website before submitting your personal information.

  • If we are acquired by another entity, or otherwise participate in any merger, acquisition or similar transaction, we may transfer your data to a third party, but not without an adequate assurance that such party will honor this Privacy Policy and use a standard of security comparable to what we use to safeguard your data.

5. HOW LONG WILL WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We may retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which your information was collected, or as long as may otherwise be permitted under applicable law. We may also retain your personal information in order to comply with applicable legal obligations, resolve disputes, maintain appropriate business records and to otherwise enforce our contractual rights.

6. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

You may enjoy certain rights regarding how your personal information is collected and used, which can vary depending on where you live.

  • You can deactivate certain kinds of cookies that we may deploy but doing so may cause the Website to become unavailable or malfunction. You may toggle your browser preferences or settings to turn on Do Not Track (“DNT”) requests. There is currently no industry-wide consensus about how companies should respond to such DNT requests and until such consensus is achieved, we will not honor DNT requests. Similarly, our third-party partners (such as analytics companies) may collect information about you and your online activities, over time, across third-party websites, including while using the Website. We do not obligate these third parties to change their tracking practices in response to your DNT settings. We rely on Squarespace Analytics to provide us with certain analytics.

  • Under California’s “Shine the Light” law, California residents who have an established business relationship with us have the right to request a notice disclosing the categories of personal information that we have shared with third parties, for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes, during the preceding calendar year. If this law applies to you, you may submit requests for such information via e-mail to: griefresponsiveteaching@gmail.com but please allow thirty (30) days for a response.

  • If you are unable to access this Privacy Policy because of a disability or physical or mental impairment, please contact us and we will arrange to furnish you with the information you need.

  • Some residents may enjoy additional rights (for example, residents of California). These heightened rights may include the right to request that we correct your personal information; provide you with a copy of all your personal information; object to our use and collection of your personal information; and request our deletion of your personal information. We will use reasonable efforts to fulfill your requests, but we reserve the right to refuse requests: (i) that we deem unreasonably repetitive, or (ii) that infringe upon the privacy of others, or (iii) as may otherwise be permitted under applicable law. In some instances, by exercising these rights or by withdrawing your consent, the Website may malfunction or become unavailable.

  • If you have any questions about these rights, or if you would like to exercise them, please e-mail us at: griefresponsiveteaching@gmail.com.

7. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please take note of the date above to see when it was last updated. We will strive to give our customers prior notice of any material change hereto before it takes effect, but this may not always be possible. Once we change the Privacy Policy, it will become legally binding on you as soon as it is published. If you do not agree to our updated Privacy Policy then your only remedy is to immediately stop using the Website.