Effective February 22, 2025

This privacy policy details how Moderate Effort (“Company,” “we,” and “us”) collects, uses, maintains and protects information collected from users(hereafter “you”) who enter the Company site at https://www.moderateeffort.com.

This privacy policy applies to the site and all products and services offered by Moderate Effort and engagement with us on social media.

Our website is hosted by Squarespace. To access the Squarespace privacy policy, go to https://www.squarespace.com/privacy

Personally identifiable information

We may collect personal information from you in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when you visit our site, register on the site, place an order, subscribe to email marketing, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our moderateeffort.com. You may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information. Alternatively, you can visit moderateeffort.com as a guest and remain anonymous if you desire. We will collect personal identifiable information from you only if you voluntarily submit such information to us. You can always refuse to supply personal information, but not signing up may prevent you from entering certain parts of the site.

Non-personal information

We may collect non-personal information about you whenever you interact with moderateeffort.com. Non-personal information may include your browser type, device type, and user agents used to get access to and browse moderateeffort.com.

Our site may use "cookies" to enhance your experience. You can choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do so, some parts of the site may not work as well for you.

How we use collected information

We might collect and use your personal information for a variety of reasons:

• To create an optimal Moderate Effort experience, including customer service correspondence and helping address other inquiry or concerns.

• To personalize your user profile and develop more relevant, user-friendly content to provide a tailored experience.

• To improve our overall site performance

• We may use customer feedback to improve our products and services.

• To process payments. We store parts of your payment information when you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.

• We and our social media partners collect information about your online activity when you interact with our sites and applications.

• To distribute marketing of promotional offers, events, contests, recommended products and other relevant media.If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to decline. If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at any time. Via email click the 'unsubscribe' link at the bottom of every marketing email we send out. Or by contacting us at contact@moderateeffort.com

How we protect your information

We make sure all your information like your username, password, transaction info, and data are protected from any attempts to alter, access, or destroy it.

Sensitive and private data exchange between the Site and you happens over SSL, a secured communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures.

SENSITIVE DATA

We request that You do not submit any sensitive data to Us, via public postings, email correspondence with Us, or any other method, including social security number, health data, genetic data, or information related to Your ethnic origin, religious beliefs, or criminal history. If You do send Us this information, then by doing so You are consenting to Our use, storage, and processing of this information in accordance with this privacy policy.

YOUR RIGHTS

You have certain rights with respect to Your personal data, as outlined below. Note that We may charge You a reasonable fee for actions that You ask us to take with respect to Your data. In addition, We reserve the right to request that You provide us with evidence of Your identity before We take any action with respect to the exercise of Your data rights. Further, Your rights may be restricted or nullified to the extent they conflict with Our compelling business interests, the public interest, or the law.

Update Account Information: You have the right to update or change any information You have provided to us. To update or delete Your information, please contact us at contact@moderateeffort.com.

Confirm Personal Data and Its Use: You have the right to request that We confirm what data We hold about You, and for what purposes. You also have the right to confirmation of whether We process Your data or deliver Your data to third party processors, and for what purposes. We will supply You with copies of Your personal data unless doing so would affect the rights and freedoms of others.

Change Consent: You have the right to change Your consent to Our use of Your information. In such cases, We may require You to delete Your account with us, as described above, and You may not have full access to Our website.

Request a Copy of Data: You have the right to request a digital copy of the data that We hold about You. Your first request for a copy of Your personal data will be provided free of charge; subsequent requests will incur a reasonable fee.

Transfer Your Data: You have the right to request that We gather and transfer Your data to another controller in a commonly used and machine-readable format unless doing so would cause us an undue burden.

Delete All Data: You have the right to request that We delete all data that We hold about You, and We must delete such data without undue delay. There are exceptions to this right, such as when keeping Your data is required by law, is necessary to exercise the right of freedom of expression and information, is required for compliance with a legal obligation, or is necessary for the exercise or defense of legal claims. Such a request may result in a termination of Your account with us and You may have limited or no use of Our website.

Emails And Communications: You may opt out of receiving future email correspondence from us by checking the appropriate box when You register for the account or make a purchase. You may change Your communication settings by contacting us at contact@moderateeffort.com.

Marketing Communications: You may opt out of receiving any third-party marketing communications or having Your personal information used for marketing purposes. You may do this by contacting us at contact@moderateeffort.com.

Processing: You may, in some circumstances restrict the processing of Your data, such as when You contest the accuracy of Your data or when You have objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection. When processing has been restricted, We will continue to store Your data but will not pass it on to third party processors without Your consent, or as necessary to comply with legal obligations or protect Your rights or those of others or Our company. In addition, You may opt out of any processing of Your data altogether. Note however that doing so may result in the termination of Your account and loss of access to Our website.

Complaints: You have the right to complain to a supervising authority if You believe We are misusing Your data or have violated any of Your rights under this Privacy Policy or applicable law.

DATA BREACH PROCEDURES

We take all reasonable steps to protect Your personal data and keep Your information secure. We use recognized online secure payment systems and implement generally accepted standards of security to protect against personal data loss or misuse. However, no security measure is foolproof, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against interception or misuse. We cannot guarantee complete security of any information You transmit to us.

By consent to this Privacy Policy, You acknowledge that Your personal data may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of Your data by other parties.

In the unlikely event customer data has been lost, stolen, or potentially compromised, Our policy is to alert our customers via email no later than 72 hours of Our company becoming aware of the event. We will also report such incidents to any required data protection authority. We will work closely with any customers affected to determine the next steps, such as any end-user notifications, needed patches, and how to avoid any similar event in the future.

Sharing your personal information

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to anyone. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personally identifiable information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

For any privacy-related questions, you can reach us at contact@moderateeffort.com.