Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.goalsetmet.com. Our company name is Goal Set Met. Contact email is ready@goalsetmet.com

What Personal data we collect and why we Collect it

Data collected from users and site visitors may include personal data, such as name, email address, personal account preferences; transactional data, such as purchase information; and technical data, such as information about cookies.  Personal data is also generated from technical processes such as contact forms, comments, cookies, analytics, and third party embeds.

Data is collected to provide service for our customers, for website maintenance (including third party services), for website analytics (including third party services), and marketing and commercial affiliations.

Data may be used to provide better services for our customers:

Send newsletters (name and email consent required); enable comments from customers (name and email consent required); provide optimized content; provide information and services customers request from us (contact consent required, including name, email, and phone number); allow customers to interact with social media platforms through share links

Data collected depends on the service provided for our customers. Newsletters and comment forms will collect users’ names and email addresses. Direct service requests for individuals may require additional data, including phone number and address. Purchases made through the website require name, email, phone number, address, and payment information. Payment information is collected but not stored. 

Data may be used for website maintenance and analytics:

Manage website infrastructure including hosting; manage support platforms; manage user databases; collect, monitor, analyze user data through third party services such as Google Analytics

Data may be used for marketing and commercial affiliations:

Manage marketing and behavior tracking through display ads; manage commercial affiliations through links and ads; manage affiliate registration and account access; manage content from third party vendors and platforms

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Log Data

Log data is collected when users visit the website. Such data includes visitors’ Internet Protocol address, browser type and version, internet service provider, date/time stamps, referring pages, and statistics on website utilization. 

The website uses Google Analytics to collect and analyze the log data in order to improve website utilization. 

Cookies

Cookies are data files placed on a user’s device that can act as a bookmark within in a website to help store visitors’ browsing history and session information.

Cookies can be used for functionality of a website:

The website uses cookies from visitors’ sessions to monitor, track, and analyze traffic to the website. 

The website uses cookies to save visitors’ browsing sessions and preferences in order to optimize customer utilization.

Cookies can be used for targeted advertising:

The website shares limited data about users’ browsing history and habits with third party advertising partners. Users may be shown targeted advertisements based on this data.

 

Visitors are asked to consent to cookies when visiting the website using commercially reasonable means. 

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Visitors to the website can find information on managing cookies through their browsers (i.e. Microsoft Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc.). Visitors can set browser preferences to delete prior cookies or prevent third parties from installing cookies. Learn more about cookies and how to disable cookies at https://www.allaboutcookies.org/. 

Google Analytics 

The website utilizes Google Analytics to collect, monitor, and analyze visitor traffic and behavior for remarketing strategies. This data allows the website to evaluate content and marketing strategies. The information from Google Analytics allows the website to create useful and applicable content for users. 

Google Analytics utilizes cookies to gather statistics on the behavior of visitors to this website. Further information on Google’s policy can be found here https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and here https://policies.google.com/privacy. Users may opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Network advertising

This website collects data which may be used for behavioral advertising, providing users with targeted marketing and advertisements. For more information on targeted advertisements, users may visit the Network Advertising Initiative:  https://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/.  

For information on opting-out of behavioral advertising through your browser, visit:

Network Advertising Initiative: https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1

Digitial Advertising Alliance https://optout.aboutads.info/

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Our privacy policy only applies to GoalSetMet.com. Visitors that link to other websites from GoalSetMet.com should review the new website’s privacy policy. 

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Visitor information will never be sold, trade, or transferred to outside parties without advance notice. However, visitor data may be shared with parties that assist in legitimate website maintenance, conducting business, or providing services to our users. This website only conducts business with parties that maintain privacy policies or confidentiality agreements. 

Non-personal identifying information may be shared with third parties for analytics, marketing, and advertising.

Data may to shared to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to comply with lawful requests of information, and to protect our rights. 

How long we retain your data

Data will be stored as long as required to fulfill the purpose of initial collection. Personal data collected for services requested will be retained as long as necessary to perform the service, as long as the user does not withdraw consent. 

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, have consented for services, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Users have a right to:

Withdraw consent at any time where consent was previously given; verify and rectify the accuracy of their data; object to and restrict the processing of their data; access and receive their data; have data transferred to another organization; have data deleted; and to lodge a complaint.

Users can address any of these rights free of charge by contacting us on the contact form. Requests will be addressed as soon as possible. 

Where we send your data

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

Goal Set Met is located in the United States and data will be transferred to the United States. 

Security

Goal Set Met takes the security of personal data very seriously. The website is hosted on secure networks at DreamHost and is regularly scanned and updated for malware and vulnerabilities. The administrators of the website regularly undergo training in data handling, privacy and confidentiality, and website and internet safety.  Data collected by the website is only accessed by limited persons with special access rights under confidentiality agreements. 

The website is encrypted by Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. 

Unfortunately, based on the evolving nature of the internet, we cannot guarantee perfect security. We do use commercially reasonable methods of data protection. 

Contact information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us via our Contact Us link.

To be removed from newsletter, email lists, or marketing communications, contact us via our Contact Us link. 

Acceptance of the these terms

By using this website, you indicate your acceptance of this policy and terms of service. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use this website.  This privacy policy will be updated periodically to reflect operational, legal, or regulatory issues. Your continued use of the website following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on April 8, 2021.