Effective Date: January 3, 2024

Last Reviewed: January 3, 2024

Introduction

Homeselfdefence.com (“Company” or “We” or “GMAU”) values your privacy and is dedicated to safeguarding it in compliance with this policy.

This policy delineates the categories of information that may be gathered from your interactions with the website https://homeselfdefence.com (referred to as “our Website”) and outlines our procedures for collecting, utilizing, maintaining, safeguarding, and disclosing this information.

This policy is applicable to the information acquired through the functionalities outlined below:

On this Website.
Through email, text, and other electronic exchanges between you and this Website.
Via mobile and desktop applications downloaded from this Website, enabling direct interaction between you and this Website. When engaging with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, provided such applications or advertising include links to this policy.
Any other sources. This policy does not extend to information obtained by:

Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website managed by the Company or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries).
Any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), obtained through any application or content (including advertising) accessible from or linked to the Website.

Please review this document attentively to comprehend our policies and practices concerning your information and how we manage it. If you disagree with our policies and practices, refrain from using our Website. By accessing or utilizing this Website, you acknowledge and agree to abide by this privacy policy. This policy may undergo modifications periodically (refer to Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website post changes will signify acceptance of these modifications, hence please review the policy regularly for updates.

Children Under the Age of 16

Our Website is designed for individuals aged 16 and above. Personal information should not be provided by anyone under 16 on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 16. If you are under 16, please refrain from using or providing any information on this Website, registering, making purchases, utilizing interactive or public comment features, or providing any personal details such as name, address, telephone number, email address, screen names, or user names. Should we become aware of collecting or receiving personal information from a child under 16 without parental consent verification, we will promptly delete that information. If you believe we might have information from or about a child under 16, please contact us through our Website.

California residents under 16 years of age may have additional rights concerning the collection and sale of their personal information. For more information, please refer to “Your California Privacy Rights”.

Information We Collect and How We Collect It

We gather various types of information from users of our Website, including:

Personal information that could identify you, such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number, social security number, or similar details (“personal information”).
Data related to you but does not individually identify you.
Information about your internet connection, devices used to access our Website, and usage details.
We collect this information:

Directly from you when you provide it. Automatically as you navigate the site. Automatically collected information may include usage details, IP addresses, and data obtained through cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies. From third parties, such as our business partners.

Information You Provide to Us

The information collected on or through our Website may encompass the details listed below:

Information provided by you through forms on our Website. This includes data submitted during registration, subscription to our services, posting materials, or requesting additional services. We may also request information in cases of participating in contests or promotions sponsored by us, and when reporting issues with our Website.

Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses) if you contact us.
Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
Specifics of transactions conducted through our Website and the fulfillment of your orders. You may be asked to provide financial information before placing an order through our Website.
Your search queries on the Website.

You may also provide information intended for publication or display (hereinafter, “posted”) in public areas of the Website, or transmitted to other users or third parties (collectively, “User Contributions”). Your User Contributions are posted and transmitted at your own risk. Despite our efforts to limit access to certain pages, it's important to note that no security measures are completely impervious. Moreover, we cannot govern the actions of other Website users with whom you choose to share your User Contributions. Consequently, we cannot guarantee that your User Contributions won't be viewed by unauthorized individuals.

By using our Website and posting or transmitting any User Contributions, you explicitly agree not to include information that reveals personally identifying, financial, medical, or other confidential details about any person besides yourself. Furthermore, you agree not to create User Contributions containing images or likenesses of anyone other than yourself (such prohibited User Contributions collectively termed as “Prohibited 3rd Party UC”). You affirm and assure us that none of your User Contributions includes or embodies Prohibited 3rd Party UC. You also acknowledge that, in our sole subjective discretion, we reserve the right to remove any of your User Contributions from our site if we suspect or have been informed that any Prohibited 3rd Party UC is contained in such User Contributions without conducting further investigation or providing notice of any kind to you. These restrictions are in place to prevent inadvertent collection of information related to persons other than yourself through our Website.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate and interact with our Website, we utilize automatic data collection technologies to gather specific information about your device, browsing activities, and usage patterns, which may include:

Details of your visits to our Website, encompassing traffic data, location information, logs, and other communication data, as well as the resources you access and use on the Website.
Information related to your computer and internet connection, such as your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
Additionally, we may employ these technologies to accumulate data about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (referred to as behavioral tracking). Please refer to our Website for guidance on opting out of behavioral tracking on this platform, and how we handle web browser signals and other mechanisms enabling users to control behavioral tracking.

The automatically collected information may include personal data, which we may retain or associate with personal information obtained from other sources or provided by you. This information aids us in enhancing our Website and delivering improved and personalized services, including:

Estimating our audience size and usage patterns.
Storing data regarding your preferences to customize our Website based on your individual interests.
Enhancing search speed and recognizing you upon your return to our Website.
The technologies utilized for this automatic data collection occasionally encompass:

Cookies (or browser cookies): Small files placed on your computer's hard drive. You can refuse browser cookies by adjusting your browser settings, but doing so may limit access to certain parts of our Website. Unless your browser setting rejects cookies, our system will issue cookies when you visit our Website.
Flash Cookies: Certain Website features may use local stored objects (Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation on our Website. These are managed differently from browser cookies. For information on managing your privacy and security settings for Flash cookies, please refer to "Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information".
Web Beacons: Small electronic files (such as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) embedded in our Website's pages that allow us to count users who visit those pages, open emails, and gather related website statistics.

Google Analytics: Our Website employs Google Analytics to collect user information regarding activities on the site. Google Analytics records data on user visits, page navigation, and previous sites visited before arriving on ours. While it collects only your IP address, Google Analytics uses a permanent cookie to identify you as a unique user on subsequent visits. Google’s use and sharing of information collected by Google Analytics are subject to the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from identifying you on return visits by disabling cookies in your browser settings.
Google Ads & Remarketing: We utilize "Google Ads" to track this site’s usage and display more relevant advertisements (Retargeting). Google and other third parties may display these ads on other websites or services based on your previous visits to our site using cookies. To opt out of Google’s use of cookies, visit Google’s Ads Settings page.

Facebook Tracking Pixel: We may use Facebook's "conversion tracking pixel" to measure the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements and conduct additional market research. This tool tracks your activity after clicking on a Facebook advertisement redirecting you to our site. Facebook or its partners may use cookies to facilitate displaying ads and process this data in accordance with Facebook’s Data Policy.

Embedded Scripts: These scripts collect information about your interactions with the website, such as clicked links. The code is temporarily downloaded onto your device from our web server or a third-party service provider, remaining active only during your site visit and deactivated or deleted thereafter.
While we do not automatically collect personal information, we may associate this data with personal information obtained from other sources or provided by you.

Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies.
Certain content or applications, such as advertisements, on the Website are provided by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks, servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may utilize cookies independently or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to gather information about your interactions with our website. The information collected may be associated with your personal data or may include personal data related to your online activities across different websites and online services. This data might be employed by these parties to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not exert control over these third-party tracking technologies or their utilization methods. Should you have any inquiries regarding an advertisement or other targeted content, we recommend directly contacting the responsible provider. For guidance on opting out of receiving targeted advertising from multiple providers, please refer to the section titled “Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.”

How We Use Your Information.
We use the information collected about you or provided by you, including any personal data:

- To present our Website and its contents to you.
- To furnish you with information, products, or services requested from us.
- To fulfill any other purpose disclosed at the time you provide your information.
- To communicate with you regarding your order, purchase, account, or subscription.
- To execute our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including billing and collection purposes.
- To notify you about significant changes to our Website or any products or services provided through it.
- To operate, maintain, enhance, personalize, and analyze the products or services offered or provided.
- To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities for marketing or advertising purposes.
- To detect, prevent, or investigate security breaches, fraud, and other unauthorized or illegal activities.
- To enable your participation in interactive features on our Website.
- To send promotional communications, such as information about features, newsletters, offers, promotions, contests, and events.
- To share information across the Company’s products and devices to provide a more tailored and consistent experience on all Company products you use.
- To develop, test, and improve new products or services, including conducting surveys, research, and troubleshooting new products and features.
- For any other purposes specifically stated when you provide the information.
- For any other purposes with your explicit consent.

We may also utilize your information to contact you about our own and third parties’ goods and services that may be of interest to you. For further details, please refer to the section titled “Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.”

The information collected from you may be utilized to enable the display of advertisements to target audiences of our advertisers. Although we do not disclose your personal data for these purposes without your consent, engaging with an advertisement by clicking or otherwise interacting with it may lead the advertiser to assume that you fit their target criteria.

We do not sell, rent, or lease our customer lists to third parties.

Disclosure of Your Information
We may share aggregated or anonymized information regarding our users without restrictions. We do not share your personally identifiable information, as described in this Policy, except under the circumstances specified in the bullet points immediately following this sentence.

With our subsidiaries and affiliates for business purposes. To our subsidiaries and affiliated companies for management, analysis, decision-making, and other business-related purposes.

When engaging service providers. With service providers, contractors, and other third parties providing support services, such as credit card processing, website hosting, email delivery, location mapping, product delivery, analytics services, etc. These parties are bound by contractual obligations to maintain confidentiality and use personal information only for the disclosed purposes.

In the event of Company sale or transfer. In situations involving a merger, divestiture, restructuring, dissolution, or sale or transfer of some or all of the Company’s assets, information may be shared with involved business entities or individuals.

When legally mandated. To comply with court orders, laws, or legal processes, including responding to government or regulatory requests.

Enforcing our rights. To enforce this Policy, our Terms of Use, and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.

Protecting lawful interests. If disclosure is believed to protect the Company's rights, property, or safety, including exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and spam and malware prevention.

To fulfill the purpose or with explicit consent. To fulfill the purpose for which information was provided or for any other purposes disclosed during the provision of information, or with explicit consent.

Working with marketing service providers and business partners. With marketing service providers and strategic business partners to assess, develop, and provide promotions, administer contests, sweepstakes, or events, or for other promotional purposes.

Additionally, information, including User Contributions, posted on public areas of the Services (e.g., chat rooms, bulletin boards) may be accessible to others and may result in unsolicited contact. Users are advised to exercise caution when sharing personal information in such public or interactive areas.

"Do Not Track" is a browser privacy preference. While we do not currently respond to Do Not Track browser settings, users may set this preference in most web browsers to indicate their desire not to be tracked.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information
We aim to offer choices concerning the personal information you provide to us. We have mechanisms in place to provide you with control over your information, as outlined in the bullet points below this paragraph.

Cookies & Other Tracking Technologies
Users may have the ability to adjust their browser settings to reject cookies and certain other technologies. Each browser has unique settings that may allow users to accept or reject cookies and specific technologies before installation or opt to remove or reject their use altogether. We recommend referring to the browser's "Help" menu to learn how to modify these settings. Please note that changing browser settings may not remove Flash cookies. To manage Flash cookie settings, visit Adobe's Flash player settings page. Disabling or refusing cookies may render some parts of the Services inaccessible or dysfunctional.

Promotional Communications from the Company
If you prefer not to have your contact details utilized by the Company for promoting our or third-party products or services, you can opt-out by:

Indicating your preference during account registration, order completion, newsletter subscription, or any other data collection form on the Services. Modifying user preferences in your account profile by adjusting relevant checkboxes.Following the opt-out instructions in promotional emails. Sending an email expressing your request. Please note, opting out of promotional communications doesn't prevent receipt of transactional communications concerning your account or purchases.

Disclosure of Your Information for Third-Party Advertising
Should you wish to prevent sharing your personal information with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for promotional purposes, you can opt-out by:

- Stating your preference during account registration, order completion, newsletter subscription, or any other data collection form on the Services.
- Adjusting user preferences in your account profile by checking or unchecking relevant boxes.
- Following the opt-out instructions in promotional emails.
- Sending an email indicating your preference.
- Targeted Advertising

To refrain from having the information collected or provided to deliver advertisements based on advertisers’ target-audience preferences:

Modify user preferences in your account profile by adjusting relevant checkboxes.
Send us an email stating your preference.
While we do not control third-party collection or use of your information for interest-based advertising, these parties may offer opt-out choices. Many advertising entities, part of the Digital Advertising Alliance or the Network Advertising Initiative, provide opt-out options on their respective websites.

Location Information
You might adjust your device settings to restrict transmission of your physical location to us or third parties by:

Disabling location services within device settings.
Denying certain websites or mobile applications access to location information by modifying relevant preferences in your device or browser settings.
Please note that location may be derived from WiFi, Bluetooth, and other device settings. For assistance in disabling device location services, contact your mobile service carrier or device manufacturer.

Voice Transmissions
Adjust device settings to prevent transmission of voice data to us or third parties by:

Disabling microphone and speech recognition services within device settings.
Denying certain websites or mobile applications access to microphone and speech recognition services by adjusting relevant preferences in your device or browser settings.
We do not govern third-party collection or use of your information for interest-based advertising. However, they might provide opt-out methods. You can opt-out of receiving targeted ads from Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI") members on NAI’s website.

California residents may possess additional personal information rights and choices. Refer to “Your California Privacy Rights” for more details.

Your California Privacy Rights
As outlined in California Civil Code sections 1798.83-1798.84, residents of California have the right to request a notice identifying the categories of personal customer information shared with our affiliates and third parties for marketing purposes. This notice also provides contact information for such affiliates and third parties. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please reach out to us at support@homeselfdefence.com.

Transfer of Information to the United States
Our website operates in the United States and is designed for users within this region. If you are located outside the United States, please note that the information we collect, including Personal Information, will be transferred to, processed, stored, and used in the United States. The data protection laws in the United States may differ from those of your residing country or aggregation of countries subject to common regulation, potentially offering less protective measures for your Personal Information. Furthermore, your Personal Information may be shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes and may be subject to access requests from U.S. governments, courts, or law enforcement according to U.S. laws. By utilizing our site or providing us with any information, including Personal Information, you consent to the transfer, processing, usage, sharing, and storage of your information in the United States as delineated in this Privacy Policy.

Data Security
We take reasonable measures to safeguard your personal information. Our implemented security measures are designed to prevent accidental loss and unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure of your personal information. All information provided to us is stored on secure servers protected by firewalls. For the transmission of highly sensitive information (such as credit card numbers) through our Services, we employ Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology.

Additionally, your contribution to maintaining the safety and security of your information is crucial. If you have been provided with a password for accessing specific parts of our Website, it is your responsibility to keep this password confidential. We strongly advise against sharing your password with anyone. Please exercise caution when disclosing information in User Contributions and public areas of the Website, as this information may be accessible to any user of the Website.

While we endeavor to protect your personal information, it is essential to note that transmitting information via the internet is not entirely secure. Despite our best efforts, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is done at your own risk. We are not liable for any circumvention of privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our practice to post any amendments made to our privacy policy on this page, accompanied by a notice of the update on the Website's home page. In the event of material changes to how we handle our users’ personal information, we will notify you via email at the primary email address specified in your account or through a notice on the Website's home page. The date of the last revision of the privacy policy is indicated at the top of this page. It is your responsibility to ensure we have an active and deliverable email address for you, and to periodically review our Website and this privacy policy for any alterations.

Terms of Use
When visiting the Services, your visit and any privacy-related disputes are subject to this Policy and our Terms of Use, which include limitations on damages, dispute resolution procedures, and application of governing law.

Contact Information
For inquiries or comments about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Email: support@homeselfdefence.com.

GDPR Privacy Notice

Effective Date: January 3, 2024

Last Reviewed: January 3, 2024

The protection of private information is fundamental to the trust that users of Homeselfdefence.com have placed in us while choosing our service. This Privacy Notice supplements the information contained in Homeselfdefence.com Privacy Policy (see above) and applies solely to all visitors, users, and others residing in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) (“consumers” or “you”). We adopt this notice to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”), which applies from May 25, 2018, and any terms defined in the GDPR have the same meaning when used in this Notice.

Homeselfdefence.com as a Controller under the GDPR
When utilizing the Homeselfdefence.com website or related services, Homeselfdefence.com may collect personal information and, in doing so, acts as the Data Controller (as defined under GDPR). Homeselfdefence.com website automatically gathers IP address information using third-party providers as described in the Privacy Policy (referenced above). Should you prefer us not to collect this information, you may opt-out by contacting us at support@homeselfdefence.com. For our contact information, please refer to the section in our general Privacy Policy titled "Contact Information.

Homeselfdefence.com as a Processor under the GDPR
In providing the Service, we act as a Data Processor (as defined under GDPR).

Lawful Basis for the Processing
In general, we process personal information provided by users through our service based on consent. Additionally, we may process personal information on other lawful bases permitted by the GDPR and applicable laws, such as when processing is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations.

Categories of Personal Information
For specific details on the categories of personal information collected from you, please refer to the Privacy Policy (as mentioned above).

Recipients of Your Personal Information
We engage various service providers to manage our website and deliver services like event registration or managing email communications. Our service providers change periodically. Notably, our service providers are contractually obligated to handle your personal information within specific limitations. For specific information about service providers who have received your information, please contact us at  support@homeselfdefence.com, and we will furnish that information.

Information Transfers outside the European Economic Area (EEA)
Our primary administrative offices are based in the USA, where we process personal information collected through our website. When providing personal information to us, we seek your consent to transfer that information to the USA. The USA lacks an adequacy decision from the European Commission, indicating that the Commission has not confirmed the adequacy of US laws for personal information protection. Nonetheless, we assure the protection of your data according to this GDPR Privacy Notice. We take necessary steps to safeguard your privacy and implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information in storage. Secure transmission methods are used for collecting personal data through our website. Moreover, we enter into contracts with our data processors mandating them to treat personal information in a manner consistent with this Notice.

Retention Period for Personal Information
The duration for retaining personal information varies based on its type and the purpose of its use. We delete personal information within a reasonable period after it is no longer necessary for its original or compatible purpose. Your right to request deletion of your personal data under GDPR is unaffected by this retention period. We may archive personal data (i.e., store it in inactive files) for a certain period before final deletion as part of our standard business continuity procedures.

Data Subject Rights
Right of Access

Customer-based accounts: The account administrator, acting as the data controller, is responsible for providing information under the right of access. Please contact your account administrator.
Individual-based accounts: You can review collected personal data by visiting your user profile or access meeting content through the meeting host.
Right to Rectification

Customer-based accounts: Requests to rectify incorrect data should be directed to the account administrator.
Individual-based accounts: You can directly amend your data by logging into your account and modifying your personal information in the user profile settings.
Right to Object/Restrict Processing

Customer-based accounts: Contact your account administrator to inquire about objecting or restricting data processing.
Individual-based accounts: Users can unsubscribe by emailing  support@homeselfdefence.com.

Right to Erasure

Customer-based accounts: Account administrators handle data deletion requests using in-product tools. More information on user deletion can be found on our website. When a user is deleted, associated meetings, webinars, and cloud recordings can be permanently removed or transferred to another licensed Homeselfdefence.com user, subject to the account administrator’s privacy and security policies.
Individual-based accounts: Individual users can find instructions on terminating their subscription, if applicable, and deleting their account in the above-mentioned CCPA section.

Right to Data Portability

Our account administrators can download or export cloud recordings and chat logs as a self-service.
Withdrawal of Consent

If we process your data based on your consent given at the time of data collection, you have the right to withdraw it anytime by emailing us at support@homeselfdefence.com.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint regarding our data processing with your national or regional data protection authority. The EU Commission maintains a list here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm
Absence of Statutory or Contractual Obligation to Provide Personal Data
Users visiting our website are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide personal information to us through our website.

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