Last updated August 15, 2023
Who we are
Our website address is: https://wednesdaygenius.com.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
We collect information from you when you place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, fill out a form or enter information on our site.
You may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, credit card information or other details to help you with your experience.
We may use such information in the following ways:
- To improve our website in order to better serve you
- To allow us to respond to your requests
- To administer a competition, survey or other site feature
- To process your transactions
- To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.
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.
Contact forms
If you choose to contact us using the forms on this site, your information is held for up to one year. In addition to the information you submit, the form may collect your IP address & browser details.
If you subsequently purchase services, your information is held for seven years after service completion.
Cookies
Cookies are small files used to make your site experience more efficient.
For example, 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, or as per your browser setting.
We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can improve our site in the future.
You can remove or disable cookies through your web browser. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser’s Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you disable cookies, some features will be disabled and some of our services will not function properly.
Please also see our cookie policy.
Analytics
This site uses Google Analytics and Jetpack to measure activity on the site. No personally identifiable information is collected.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, adverts, 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.
Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of other websites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies. When you follow a link to an external website, you are no longer under the remit of the https://wednesdaygenius.com privacy policy.
Service Providers
We employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our website, to provide our website on our behalf, to perform website-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our website is used. These third-parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Payments processors
We provide paid services and/or products on our Website. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors). Your payment is handled fully by our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. Once they process your payment, they submit your name, address and transaction data to us to allow us to fulfil the order.
Who we share your data with
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners, affiliate partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety.
How long we retain your data
We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
Comments: 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.
Contact Forms: If you contact us using the contact form, the data is retained for up to a year, and for up to seven years if your inquiry relates to or leads to a purchase.
Emails: If you contact us by email, your data (including any attachment) is retained for up to a year, and for up to seven years if your inquiry relates to or leads to a purchase.
Newsletters: If you choose to opt-in to our newsletters and/or marketing material, your data is held indefinitely, or until you opt-out.
Surveys: We do not collect any personally identifying information through our surveys. Where a survey offers you the option to provide your contact details, this information is only used to contact you about the survey. The data is held indefinitely according to the purpose of the survey.
Competitions: Any personal data collected through entering one of our competitions is held only until prizes are awarded. If you opt in to receive marketing material, your data is held indefinitely, or until you opt out.
Purchases: We retain personal data and information you provide to help us fulfil our services for up to seven years for legal and accounting compliance.
What rights you have over your data
Comments: If you have made a comment on this site, you may request to have it removed at any time. To prevent malicious requests and to protect your security, you will need to confirm the email address used to make the comment. Deletion requests cannot be fulfilled without this information.
Contact forms: If you contact us through a contact form on the site, you may 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, for example, if you have hired us for a service or purchased a product.
Newsletters: All newsletters and marketing material come with an unsubscribe option. To report malfunctions, please contact hello@wednesdaygenius.com
Information Regarding Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information, as described in this Privacy Policy, depends on the information we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. We may process your personal information because:
- We need to perform a contract with you, such as when you create a Policy with us
- You have given us permission to do so
- The processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights
- For payment processing purposes
- To comply with the law
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
- The right to access, update or to delete the personal information we have on you
- The right of rectification
- The right to object
- The right of restriction
- The right to data portability
- The right to withdraw consent
Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about your rights or about this privacy policy, please feel free to contact us.
E-mail: hello@wednesdaygenius.com
Your continued use of our website will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, feel free to contact us.
