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Privacy Policy

Effective: September 21, 2018 Updated: May 6, 2021

Mommy Dentists in Business, LLC (“MDIB”) is concerned about privacy issues and wants you to be familiar with how we collect, use, maintain, protect and disclose information obtained from you when you visit and/or use any portion of the Site. MDIB provides information, newsletters, blogs, podcasts, and continuing education for the working mother through our website www.mommydibs.com, and all subdomains thereof, and social media pages we maintain (the “Site”). We may collect information about you in connection with these products and services. For clarification, this Privacy Policy only governs the data that we may collect through the Site, or that we might receive from you in connection with any of the Services. All other terms and provisions associated with the Site will be provided to you in the Terms of Service, which is incorporated into this Privacy Policy by reference.  By providing Personal Information to us, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. Capitalized terms used in this Privacy Policy but not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meaning set forth in the Terms of Service.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal Information We May Collect
Personal Information” is information that identifies you as an individual, which may include:
  • Name
  • Postal address (including billing and shipping addresses)
  • Telephone number
  • Fax number
  • Email address
  • Credit or debit card number (only collected by our third party payment processor)
If you submit any Personal Information relating to other people to us or to our service providers in connection with the Services, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
How We May Collect Personal Information
We and our service providers may collect Personal Information in a variety of ways, including:
  • Through the Services: We may collect Personal Information through the Services, e.g., when you purchase a subscription, register for a seminar or webcast, order and view live and on-demand streaming media, make a purchase, contact us for more information, or use mobile and/or desktop applications or solutions you download and/or access from this Site.
  • Offline: We may collect Personal Information from you offline, such as when you attend one of our seminars, place an order over the phone or contact customer service.
  • From Other Sources: We may receive your Personal Information from other sources, such as public databases; joint marketing partners; social media platforms; from people with whom you are friends or otherwise connected on social media platforms, as well as from other third parties.
Information to Which this Privacy Policy Does Not Apply.  This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on this Site.
How We May Use Personal Information
We and our service providers may use Personal Information:
  • To respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests, such as to send you new service and product offerings, newsletters, brochures, articles and e-mails.
  • To send administrative information to you, for example, information regarding the Services and changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
  • To provide you, as a member with information, newsletters, membership updates, event invites, discount and coupon codes from strategic partners and other third parties, and other communications related to your membership in MDIB.
  • To provide you the Services.
  • To complete and fulfill your purchase for Services or other products, for example, to process your payments, have your order delivered to you, communicate with you regarding your purchase of Services and provide you with related customer service.
  • Where you do not have a membership with us, we process your Personal Information based on our legitimate interest to operate and administer our Site and to provide you with content you access and may request.
  • To send you marketing communications that we believe may be of interest to you.
  • To personalize your experience on the Services by presenting products and offers tailored to you.
  • To allow you to participate in surveys, sweepstakes, contests and similar promotions and to administer these activities. Some of these activities have additional rules, which could contain additional information about how we use and disclose your Personal Information, so we suggest that you read these rules carefully.
  • To facilitate social sharing functionality.
  • For our business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, fraud monitoring and prevention, developing new products, enhancing, improving or modifying our Services, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and operating and expanding our business activities.
  • As we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to enforce our terms and conditions; (e) to protect our operations; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of you or others; and (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.
  • For any other purpose with your consent.
We may use and/or disclose aggregated, de-identified information about our users, and non-aggregated information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
How Personal Information May Be Disclosed
Your Personal Information may be disclosed:
  • To our third party service providers, including, without limitation, Skyward North LLC DBA LearnDash and Ontraport, Inc., who provide services such as data analysis, payment processing, order fulfillment, information technology and related infrastructure provision, customer service, email delivery, credit card processing, auditing and other similar services.
  • To third-party business partners providing special offers, discounts, or coupons related to your business, practice, or lifestyle or other areas that may benefit you in your personal and/or professional life.
  • If you opt in to have your information shared with other members of MDIB, to other members of MDIB to allow members access to roster information of other members of MDIB.
  • To third parties to permit them to send you marketing communications, if you have opted in to such sharing.
  • To a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
  • As we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to enforce our terms and conditions; (e) to protect our operations; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of you or others; and (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.
  • When you have otherwise consented to such disclosure.

OTHER INFORMATION

Other Information We May Collect
Other Information” is any information that does not reveal your specific identity or does not directly relate to an individual, such as:
  • Browser and device information
  • Information collected through cookies, pixel tags and other technologies
  • Demographic information and other information provided by you
  • Aggregated information
We and our third party service providers may collect Other Information in a variety of ways, including:
  • Through your browser or device:Certain information is collected by most browsers or automatically through your device, such as your Media Access Control (MAC) address,  computer type (Windows or Macintosh), screen resolution, operating system name and version, device manufacturer and model, language, Internet browser type and version and the name and version of the Services you are using. We use this information to ensure that the Services function.
  • Using cookies:Cookies are pieces of information stored directly on the computer that you are using. Cookies allow us to collect information such as browser type, time spent on the Services, pages visited, language preferences, searches run, and other anonymous traffic data. We and our service providers use the information for security purposes, to facilitate navigation, display information more effectively, and to personalize your experience while using the Services. We can recognize your computer to assist your use of the Services. We also gather statistical information about the usage of the Services in order to continually improve the design and functionality, understand how the Services are used and to assist us with resolving questions regarding the Services. Cookies further allow us to select which of our advertisements or offers are most likely to appeal to you and display them while you are on the Services. We may also use cookies in online advertising to track responses to our advertisements. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, you may be able to decline cookies; however, if you do not accept these cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of the Services. For example, we may not be able to recognize your computer and you may need to log in every time you visit the applicable Services.
  • Other technologies such as “log files,” “pixel tags” or “web beacons“. When you access our Site, our servers automatically record information sent from your browser, which may include your web request, Internet Protocol address, domain names, referring Uniform Resource Locator, browser type, browser language, and operating system; the date and time of your request and access; and Cookies that may uniquely identify your browser (collectively, “Usage Data”). We may combine Usage Data with Personal Information in a manner that enables us to trace Usage Data to an individual user, and may collect, use, preserve and disclose Usage Data in any manner that we may collect, use, preserve and disclose Personal Information as provided herein (whether Usage Data is combined with any Personal Information or otherwise).  In addition, pages of our Site and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs. pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an e-mail and for other related Site statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain Website content and verifying system and server integrity).
  • Third Party ID. We may allow you to use your IDs from third party website providers, including, without limitation, Google, Apple and/or Facebook ID, to set up an account. If you wish to use these accounts you are taken to the applicable third party website to login to your account and this information is then shared with us for the sole purpose of setting up your account.
  • Analytics:Third-party services, such as Google Analytics, may be used in connection with the Services. Such third-party services, including Google Analytics, may use cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about Services use and to report on activities and trends. Such services may also collect information regarding the use of other websites, apps and online resources.
  • IP Address: Your “IP Address”is a number that is automatically assigned to the computer that you are using by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). An IP Address may be identified and logged automatically in our server log files whenever a user accesses the Services, along with the time of the visit and the page(s) that were visited. Collecting IP Addresses is standard practice and is done automatically by many websites, applications and other services. We use IP Addresses for purposes such as calculating usage levels of the Services, helping diagnose server problems, and administering the Services.
  • From you:Information such as your location, as well as other information, such as your preferred means of communication, practice area and year of dental or medical school graduation, is collected when you voluntarily provide this information. Unless combined with Personal Information, this information does not personally identify you or any other user of the Services.
  • By aggregating information:Aggregated Personal Information does not personally identify you or any other user of the Services, (for example, we may aggregated Personal Information to calculate the percentage of our users who have a particular telephone area code).
Third Party Use of Cookies and Tracking Technologies. Third parties whose links are located on our Site may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Services. The information they collect may be associated with your Personal Information or they may collect information, including Personal Information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. This Privacy Policy does not cover the use of cookies by any third party. If you have any questions about third parties, an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
Ways to Manage Cookies.
Browser Settings.  You can control or disable cookies in your web browser. How you disable cookies depends on which browser you use. All modern browsers allow you to change your privacy settings to prevent websites from planting cookies. These settings will typically be found in your browser’s “options” or “preferences” menu or by using ‘Help’ option. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. If you configure your browser to refuse to accept cookies, you may be unable to access certain parts of this Website and/or it may not function as intended.
How We May Use and Disclose Other Information
Please note that we may use and disclose Other Information for any purpose, except where we are required to do otherwise under applicable law. If we are required to treat Other Information as Personal Information under applicable law, then we may use it as described in “How We May Collect Other Information” section above, as well as for all the purposes for which we use and disclose Personal Information. In some instances, we may combine Other Information with Personal Information (such as combining your name with your geographical location). If we combine any Other Information with Personal Information, the combined information will be treated by us as Personal Information as long as it is combined.

THIRD PARTY SERVICES

Our Site may allow you to link directly to other websites. Personal Information you provide to us to enable creation of your subscription and to facilitate the use of our Services is handled pursuant to terms of this Privacy Policy and our Site’s Terms of Service; other websites, however, may have different privacy policies, and we encourage you to read them. Further, for your convenience, you may be directed by MDIB (through posted links or otherwise) to websites that are not owned or controlled by MDIB and that may collect Personal Information from you. You access those sites at your own risk. We do not guarantee the security of any information that you may disclose on other websites, and MDIB is not responsible or liable for those websites’ policies, actions, or content. Please note that we are not responsible for the collection, usage and disclosure policies and practices (including the data security practices) of other organizations, such as Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM or any other app developer, app provider, social media platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider or device manufacturer, including any Personal Information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with our Social Media Pages. When you subscribe as a member, otherwise make a purchase for a product or service offering, or make a donation, you will be directed to our third party payment process to enter your payment information (credit card number, expiration date, and CVV code). Your payment information is sent directly to a secure third-party credit or debit card processing center. We retain none of your credit or debit card account information. Payments are made through a secure server with SSL encryption, in order to guarantee complete transaction security.

SECURITY

In accordance with industry standards, we have implemented security safeguards to protect MDIB and its users against unauthorized accessing, disclosure, alteration, or destruction of Personal Information. Some of the safeguards may include:
  • Requiring passwords in order to access sections of the Site or certain data;
  • Employing firewalls to prevent unauthorized Site and data access; and
  • Restricting access to Personal Information to certain MDIB employees, contactors, agents, and operators; and
While we are always looking to take reasonable steps to improve our security, the Internet can never be completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of the information transmitted to MDIB. In particular, emails, messages, and other communications between MDIB users are not encrypted, and you should never use these communication methods to convey personal information that you wish to keep private. Ultimately, you are responsible for protecting the security of your password and login information.
Data Breach
While MDIB employs multiple security measures to maintain data security, data breaches can occasionally happen, even to the most secure of systems.  In the event of such a situation, MDIB will, in compliance with any applicable federal and state data breach laws, endeavor to timely notify all users whose Personal Information MDIB knows or has clear reason to believe was accessed by an unauthorized person.

CHOICES AND ACCESS

Your choices regarding our use and disclosure of your Personal Information
We give you many choices regarding our use and disclosure of your Personal Information for marketing purposes. You may opt-out from:
  • Receiving electronic communications from us: If you no longer want to receive marketing-related emails from us on a going-forward basis, you may opt-out of receiving these marketing-related emails by sending an email to info@mommydibs.com or follow the unsubscribe instructions included in each marketing-related email.
  • Receiving telephone calls, fax messages or postal mail from us: If you no longer want to receive marketing-related telephone calls or postal mail from us on a going-forward basis, you may opt-out of receiving these marketing communications by sending an email to info@mommydibs.com and specifying the contact information used and form of marketing from which you are opting out.
  • Our sharing of your Personal Information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes: If you would prefer that we do not share your Personal Information on a going-forward basis with third parties for their direct marketing purposes, you may opt-out of this sharing by sending an email to info@mommydibs.com.
We will try to comply with your request(s) as soon as reasonably practicable.  Please also note that if you do opt-out of receiving marketing-related emails from us, we may still send you important administrative messages, and you cannot opt-out from receiving administrative messages.
How you can access, change or suppress your Personal Information
If you would like to review, correct, update, suppress, or delete Personal Information that has been previously provided to us by you, you may contact us by writing to: Dr. Grace Yum 1242-44 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60622, info@mommydibs.com. In your request, please make clear what Personal Information you would like to have changed, whether you would like to have your Personal Information that you have provided to us suppressed from our database or otherwise let us know what limitations you would like to put on our use of your Personal Information that you have provided to us. For your protection, we may only implement requests with respect to the Personal Information associated with the particular email address that you use to send us your request, and we may need to verify your identity before implementing your request. We will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable. Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes and/or to complete any transactions that you began prior to requesting such change or deletion (e.g., when you make a purchase or enter a promotion, you may not be able to change or delete the Personal Information provided until after the completion of such purchase or promotion). There may also be residual information that will remain within our databases and other records, which will not be removed.

YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE EU GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION

If you are a European Union resident, in addition to our general Privacy Policy, we would like to bring the following to your attention:
Data Controller/Processor. For purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), if you are located in the European Economic Area, MDIB is the Controller (as defined in the GDPR) of your Personal Information. Data Protection Officer: MDIB has a “Data Protection Officer” who is responsible for matters relating to privacy and data protection. This Data Protection Officer can be reached by mail at Attn: Data Protection Office 1242-44 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60622,  by email at privacy@mommydibs.com. Your Rights as a Data Subject. The GDPR may provide you the right to:
  • Make a Data Subject Access Request to access your Personal Information at any time. This enables you to receive a copy of the Personal Information we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
  • Request correction of the Personal Information that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate Personal Information we hold about you corrected, although we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
  • Request erasure / deletion / removal of your Personal Information. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove your Personal Information where we do not have a valid reason to continue to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your Personal Information where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing, where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your Personal Information to comply with local law. Please Note: we may not always be able to comply with your request for erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
  • Object to processing of your Personal Information where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a 3rd party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your Personal Information for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.
  • Request restriction of processing of your Personal Information. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your Personal Information in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the data’s accuracy; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to process it.
  • Data Portability / Request the transfer of your Personal Information to you or directly to another controller. This right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the Personal Information to perform a contract with you. We will (unless there is an exemption) assist you by securely transferring your Personal Information directly to another controller where technically feasible or by providing you with a copy in a structured commonly used machine readable format.
  • Withdraw consent at any timewhere we are relying on your consent to process your Personal Information. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
Legal Basis for processing your Personal Information.  We have set out a short description of main ways we will collect, store, process, share and disclose your Personal Information and the legal basis we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are, where appropriate. We will only use your Personal information when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your Personal Information in the following circumstances:
  • To fulfill a contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you;
  • Where it is in our legitimate interests, i.e. a business or commercial reason to use your information in conducting and managing our business;
  • When it is our legal or regulatory duty; and
  • When you consent.

RETENTION PERIOD

We will retain your Personal Information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

USE OF SERVICES BY MINORS

The Services are not directed to individuals under the age of eighteen (18), and we request that these individuals do not provide Personal Information through the Services.

CROSS-BORDER TRANSFER

The Services are controlled and operated by us from the United States, and are not intended to subject us to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country or territory other than that of the United States. Your Personal Information may be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or in which we engage service providers, and by using the Services you consent to the transfer of information to countries outside of your country of residence, including the United States, which may have different data protection rules than those of your country.

SENSITIVE INFORMATION

We ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive Personal Information (e.g., social security numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, criminal background or trade union membership) on or through the Services or otherwise to us.

UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may change this Privacy Policy. Please take a look at the “LAST UPDATED” legend at the top of this page to see when this Privacy Policy was last revised. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Services. Your use of the Services following these changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Policy.

MISCELLANEOUS

Indemnification. Please refer to the Terms of Use for the indemnification requirements. Acceptance of These Terms. By using the Site and/or Services and agreeing to the Terms of Service, you acknowledge and agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you object to these terms, please immediately stop using this Site. Your California Privacy Rights.  California residents are entitled once a year, free of charge, to request and obtain certain information regarding our disclosure, if any, of certain categories of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. We do not share personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. California residents who are registered users of the Services and are under the age of 18 are entitled, in accordance with California law, to request and obtain removal of content and information that they themselves post on the Services. Monitoring and Enforcement.  In accordance with applicable laws, you may request access and raise concerns or complaints regarding your personal information processed by us with by contacting us: by email info@mommydibs.com; or by mailing MIDB at Dr. Grace Yum 1242-44 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60622. If you file a complaint, we will investigate the matter or suspected failure to comply with this privacy policy. It is our practice to respond to you within 45 days of receiving the complaint. We will take all appropriate action to remedy any such issues. Contact UsIf you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us by sending an email to info@mommydibs.com. Please note that email communications are not always secure; so please do not include credit card information or sensitive information in your email.