Privacy Policy for Staph Infection Resources

Last updated November 14, 2024

Please note: We respect your privacy and we do NOT sell Your Personal Data to any third party.

Thank you for visiting Staph-Infection-Resources.com, a website of Embrace Health, Inc. This notice explains our online information collection and use practices and the choices you can make about the way we use and share such information. Please take the time to carefully read and understand this policy so that you can understand how we collect, use, disclose and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

Embrace Health, Inc. (“we” or “us” or “our”) respects the privacy of our users (“user” or “you”). This Privacy Policy refers to all websites, any other media form, mobile website and social media channels owned and operated by Embrace Health Inc., (collectively the “Site”).

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Revised” date of this Privacy Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on the Site, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or modification. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Privacy Policy is posted.

The Information We Collect

Use of Your Information

How Long We Keep Your Personal Information

Disclosure of Your Personal Information

How We Share Your Personal Information

Tracking Technologies

Your Options Regarding Your Account Information

International Users

California Users

Acceptance of These Terms

Contact Us

The Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, and demographic information, such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests, that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site, such as the purchase of a product, downloads, surveys, email newsletter and e-course subscriptions or website comments. A User’s name and email address are also recorded when using website contact forms. We do not use the information submitted for marketing purposes unless consent is explicitly given. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind, however your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of the Site.

Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.

Financial Data from Product Purchases

Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g. valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services from the Site. We store only very limited, if any, financial information that we collect. Otherwise, all financial information is encrypted and stored by our shopping cart Keap and our payment processor PayPal or Authorize.net, and you are encouraged to review their privacy policy (links below) and contact them directly for responses to your questions.

Data from Social Networks

User information from social networking sites, such as (but not limited to) Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, LinkedIn and Twitter, including your name, your social network username, location, gender, birth date, email address, profile picture, and public data for contacts, may be viewed if you connect your account to such social networks or provide links directly to our Site.

Data From Contests, Giveaways, and Surveys
Personal and other information you may provide when entering contests or giveaways and/or responding to surveys.

Embrace Health Inc. is the sole owner of the information collected on this site If you do not want your personal information used by Embrace Health Inc. as provided in this Privacy Policy, you should not use this website.

Use of Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

Send you the content you requested.
Administer sweepstakes, promotions, and contests.
Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for use internally or with third parties.
Create and manage your account.
Deliver targeted advertising, coupons, newsletters, and promotions, and other information regarding our website and mobile application to you.
Email you regarding your account or order.
Increase the efficiency and operation of the Site.
Generate a personal profile about you to make future visits to the Site more personalized.
Fulfill and manage purchases, orders, payments, and other transactions related to the Site.
Notify you of updates to the Site.
Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
Offer new products, services, and/or recommendations to you.
Perform other business activities as needed.
Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
Process payments and refunds.
Request feedback and contact you about your use of the Site.
Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.
Respond to product and customer service requests.
Send you a newsletter or e-course.
Solicit support for the Site.

PLEASE NOTE: By opting out you WILL NOT receive any notifications from us including purchase confirmations, newsletters, or any other correspondence.

How Long We Keep Your Personal Information

We retain your personal information for as long as is necessary to provide the services to you and others, and to comply with our legal obligations. If you no longer want us to use your personal information or to provide you with the Embrace Health Inc. services, you can request that we erase your personal information and close your Embrace Health account. Please note that if you request the erasure of your personal information we will retain information from deleted accounts as necessary for our legitimate business interests, to comply with the law, prevent fraud, collect fees, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with investigations, enforce the terms of service and take other actions permitted by law. The information we retain will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

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, 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.

Disclosure of Your Personal Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation. This includes exchanging information with other entities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance including but not limited to:

WordPress: Our site is built on the WordPress platform. 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. When you sign-in as a user we collect personal information, including name, email address and any other information you elect to share at the time. This information is stored to improve your user experience and allow you access to specific areas of our website. You can delete your account at any time. Please read the WordPress Privacy Policy for more information.

Woocommerce: We facilitate the checkout process using Woocommerce. When checking out, some user data will be passed to Woocommerce, including name, email address, billing information, and purchase total. Please read the Woocommerce Privacy Policy for more information.

While you visit our site, we’ll track:

Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping

Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order.

When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:

Send you information about your account and order
Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
Process payments and prevent fraud
Set up your account for our store
Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
Improve our store offerings
Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them
If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders.

PayPal: We accept payments through PayPal. When processing payments, some user data will be passed to PayPal, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information. Please read the PayPal Privacy Policy for more details.

Authorize.net: We process payments through Authorize.net. When processing payments, some user data will be passed to Authorize.net, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information. Please read the Authorize.net Privacy Policy for more details.

Keap: We email customers using Keap. When processing payments, a User’s name and email address, billing address and payment information will be passed to Keap. The User’s name and email will be used when we send email announcements about product updates and relevant company news/promotions. Users may also be added to our email list if they explicitly give consent while filling out a contact form, or when entering an email address in exchange for a free report, newsletter or e-course. Please read the Keap (Infusionsoft) Privacy Policy for more details.

Wordfence: Wordfence plugin includes an endpoint firewall and malware scanner that were built from the ground up to protect WordPress. Threat Defense Feed arms Wordfence with the newest firewall rules, malware signatures and malicious IP addresses it needs to keep our website safe. Rounded out by a suite of additional features, Wordfence is the most comprehensive WordPress security solution available. Please read the Wordfence Privacy Policy for more information.

Google: We use Google’s ReCAPTCHA service to authenticate uses, prevent spam and block “bots”. We also use Google to serve ads and analyze website usage data. See the Tracking Technologies section of the webpage for details.

Burst Statistics: This website uses Burst Statistics, a Privacy-Friendly Statistics Tool to analyze visitor behavior. For this functionality we (this Website) collect anonymized data, stored locally without sharing it with other parties. For more information, please read the Privacy Statement from Burst.

Complianz: This website uses the Privacy Suite for WordPress by Complianz to collect and record Browser and Device-based Consent. For this functionality, your IP address is anonymized and stored in our database. This service does not process any personally identifiable information and does not share any data with the service provider. For more information, see the Complianz Privacy Statement.

Online Postings

When you post comments, contributions or other content to the Site, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Site in perpetuity.

Third-Party Advertisers

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Site. These companies may use information about your visits to the Site and other websites that are contained in web cookies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

Affiliate Links

Some web pages or blog posts within this site may contain affiliate links. An affiliate link is used as a mechanism for revenue generation. This revenue is generated by users who click on ads or hyperlinks within this website and then subsequently make a purchase on a third party website. While the link usage does not increase a visitor’s purchase price, usage of the link may result in a commission that is credited to this site. We have chosen to only recommend products and services that we personally use or have thoroughly researched. The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opinions of nor reflect the views of any merchants we are affiliated with or represent via affiliate links.

Business Partners

We may share your information with our business partners in order to ship products you purchase from us and to offer you certain products, services or promotions.

Social Media Contacts

If you connect to the Site through a social network, your contacts on the social network will see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity.

Other Third Parties

We may share your information with advertisers and investors for the purpose of conducting general business analysis. We may also share your information with such third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.

How We Share Your Personal Information

Embrace Health Inc. retains explicit rights to this information and will NOT sell, share, trade or rent the personal information you provide except with your explicit permission.

Our business needs may change from time to time and we reserve the right to make changes to our Privacy Policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account. We will not materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without notifying the affected customers.

Our operations and maintenance contractors sometimes have limited access to your personally identifiable information in the course of providing products or services to Embrace Health Inc. These contractors include vendors and suppliers that provide us with credit card processing, e-mail distribution technology, services, and/or content for the operation and maintenance of our Web site. Access to your personally identifiable information by these contractors is limited to the information reasonably necessary for the contractor to perform its limited function. We also contractually require that our operations and maintenance contractors 1) protect the privacy of your personally identifiable information consistent with this Privacy Policy, and 2) not use or disclose your personally identifiable information for any purpose other than providing us with products and services as required by law.

Embrace Health Inc. is committed to handling your customer information with high standards of information security. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information.

Use and Disclosure of Anonymous Information

We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze how our site is used, as well as to offer you products, programs or services. We may also share aggregate information with others, including affiliated companies and non-affiliated companies.

Collection of Information by Others

Our site may contain links to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Information you make public or give to others
If you make your personal information available to other people, we can’t control or accept responsibility for the way they will use or manage that data. There are lots of ways that you can find yourself providing information to other people, like when you post a public message on a forum thread, share information via social media, or make contact with another user (such as a third party Author) whether via our Sites or directly via email. Before making your information publicly available or giving your information to anyone else, think carefully. If giving information to another user via our Sites, ask them how they will handle your information. If you’re sharing information via another website, check the privacy policy for that site to understand its information management practices as this privacy policy will not apply.

Tracking Technologies

Cookies and Web Beacons

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience. For more information on how we use cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy posted on the Site, which is incorporated into this Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you agree to be bound by our Cookie Policy.

Cookies

To enhance your online experience with us, many of our web pages use “cookies.” Cookies are text files placed on your hard disk by our web server to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your email address or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide this information to us. However, once you choose to provide the personally identifiable information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.

We use cookies as a convenience feature to save you time, to understand how our site is used, and to improve the content and offerings on our site. For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience at our web pages or recall your specific information on subsequent visits (e.g. to recognize you by name when you return to our site). You can opt to have your browser reject cookies without any effect on your use of our site. If you do that, you may need to re-register with us every time you visit our site in order to participate in certain promotions. You should also know that companies that advertise on our web site (and their agents) might use their own cookies. This policy does not cover how these companies use their cookies.

Web Beacons
Some of our Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons, which are also called single-pixel gifs. These images allow us to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. Web beacons are not used to access your personally identifiable information but they are a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about our website usage. Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides. Some of our Web pages may also contain Web beacons placed there to help us determine the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.

ReCAPTCHA
ReCAPTCHA prevents spam and block “bots.” The program determines whether a website user is a real person or a “bot” to stop “automated software” from interacting with a website. ReCAPTCHA works by analyzing a user’s activity by taking a screenshot of the user’s browser window. If the activity is deemed as mechanical or a made-up word is used, the activity is flagged by the system. Activity and user information reCAPTCHA collects and analyzes may include the following: typing patterns of the user, the amount of mouse clicks a user has done on the site or touches on an app, what language the user’s browser is using, Google cookies that have been placed on the site, the answers to question fields on the site, CSS information, and plug-ins installed on the browser. The algorithm also recognizes IP addresses that have been previously recognized as humans through cookies.

Internet-Based Advertising

Additionally, we may use third-party software to serve ads on the Site, implement email marketing campaigns, and manage other interactive marketing initiatives. This third-party software may use cookies or similar tracking technology to help manage and optimize your online experience with us. For more information about opting-out of interest-based ads, visit Google’s Ad Settings Manager and Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.

Website Analytics

We may also partner with selected third-party vendors, such as (but not limited to) Google Analytics and Cloudflare to allow tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Site through the use of first party cookies and third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyze and track users’ use of the Site, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. We do not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors. By accessing the Site, you consent to the collection and use of your information by these third-party vendors. You are encouraged to review Google Analytics Privacy Policy for more information and contact them directly for responses to your questions. However, If you do not want any information to be collected and used by tracking technologies, you can visit the third-party vendor Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.

You should be aware that getting a new computer, installing a new browser, upgrading an existing browser, or erasing or otherwise altering your browser’s cookies files may also clear certain opt-out cookies, plug-ins, or settings.

Third-Party Websites

The Site may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your information. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other sites, services or applications that may be linked to or from the Site.

Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 18. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

Controls for Do-Not-Track Features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. We respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals. However, some other third-party websites do keep track of your browsing activities so that they can tailor the information or advertising they present to you. If You wish to opt out of this tracking, you can enable privacy settings in your browser.

Your Options Regarding Your Account Information

Account Information

You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by:

Contacting us using the contact information provided.

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with legal requirements.

Emails and Communications

If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us, you may opt-out by:

Contacting us using the contact information provided.
Clicking the opt-out option at the bottom of our e-mails

If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from third parties, you are responsible for contacting the third party directly.

International Users

If you are visiting this Site from a location outside of the United States, your connection will be through and to servers located in the United States, and all information you provide will be processed and securely maintained in our web servers and internal systems located within the United States. By using any of our sites you authorize and specifically consent to the transfer of your personal information to the USA and its storage and use as specified above when you provide such information to us.

If you’re a user or visitor in the European Economic Area these rights also apply to you:

For the purposes of applicable EU data protection law (including the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (the “GDPR”), we are a ‘data controller’ of your personal information.

How you can access your personal information

You are also entitled to ask us to port your personal information (i.e. to transfer in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, to you), to erase it, or restrict its processing. You also have rights to object to some processing that is based on our legitimate interests, such as profiling that we perform for the purposes of direct marketing, and, where we have asked for your consent to process your data, to withdraw this consent as more fully described below.
These rights are limited in some situations – for example, we can demonstrate that we have a legal requirement to process your personal information. In some instances, this means that we may retain some data even if you withdraw your consent.
Where we require your personal information to comply with legal or contractual obligations, then provision of such data is mandatory: if such data is not provided, then we will not be able to manage our contractual relationship with you, or to meet obligations placed on us. In all other cases, provision of requested personal information is optional.
If you have unresolved concerns you also have the right to complain to data protection authorities. The relevant data protection authority will be the data protection authority of the country: (i) of your habitual residence; (ii) of your place of work; or (iii) in which you consider the alleged infringement has occurred.

Both personal information and personal data have the same meaning in the context of this Privacy Policy.

California Users

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below. You may also use our opt-out preferences form by clicking here.

If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the Site, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Site. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Site, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems.

Acceptance of These Terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site.

Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) Lester Moore. Please refer to our Contact Details on our opt-out preferences page.