Sforstudy understands that you care about your privacy and we are committed to being transparent about how we collect, use, store, and disclose your Personal Information. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes the information we collect about you, how it is used and to whom it is disclosed and explains the rights and choices you have to control how we handle your Personal Information.
1. Services and Scope.
In this Privacy Policy, “Sforstudy,” “we,” or “our” means Sforstudy, Inc., Sunrise Publications, Inc. , and our U.S. affiliates (collectively “Sforstudy”). “Website(s)” means Sforstudy-operated websites and mobile applications, including sforstudy.com, Sforstudy iOS and Android applications, excluding Entertainment LLC websites and applications.
Unless stated otherwise, our Privacy Policy applies to all information Sforstudy collects that is or reasonably could be associated with you, including your online account information (“Personal Information”). Please read this Privacy Policy before using or accessing the Services. By using our Services, you communicate your understanding and acceptance of this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy applies to:
- Our Websites,
- Our mobile applications,
- Our retail stores located in the United States and Guam,
- The distribution of Sforstudy magazine and online publications,
- Our Sforstudy Pro Program,
- As well as any other website that is owned or operated by our U.S. affiliates – excluding GME Entertainment, LLC – or any other features, content, mobile applications, and any other communications or services we offer from time to time (“Services”).
Updates to our Privacy Policy:
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will notify you of changes by posting a revised version of the Privacy Policy on this website and updating the “Effective Date” at the top of the Privacy Policy. You should check this website periodically for updates. If we make material changes to the Privacy Policy, then we will provide notice through our Services or by other means, as legally required. You acknowledge that your continued use of our Services after we publish or send a notice about our changes to this Privacy Policy means that the collection, use and sharing of your Personal Information is subject to the updated Privacy Policy. If you object to any changes, you may close your account and discontinue use of the applicable Services.
2. Personal Information We Collect
Information You Provide to Us:
We collect information you provide to us directly, and through third parties or service providers acting on our behalf, in connection with making purchases or using our services. This may include contact information, payment information, product preferences, among other information. If you choose not to provide certain information, this may limit your ability to take advantage of some features, promotions, or other Services.
Information We Collect Through Your Interaction With Us:
We and our affiliates, service providers, business partners, and select businesses with whom we have marketing relationships, may use technologies such as cookies, beacons, tags, and scripts, to analyze trends, administer our Websites, improve functionality, and to gather information about our user base as a whole.
Information from Other Sources:
We may combine information we receive about you from other sources with your account information or other information we maintain about you to help us correct or supplement our records, improve the quality of our Services to you and prevent or detect fraud. Such sources may include information collected from affiliates, business partners, payment processors, data brokers, marketing companies, AML service and data providers, companies that provide services on our behalf, and shipping carriers. We may combine information we receive about you from other sources with your account information or other information we maintain about you. We will use this information consistent with this Privacy Policy.
3. How We Use Your Personal Information
We use your personal information to provide you products and services, such as to communicate with you, support you, personalize our services, and develop our Services. We may also use information for other accounting, legal, compliance or security purposes.
4. How We Disclose Your Personal Information
We may disclose information we collect to our business partners, advertising companies, and other third parties for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. As explained in greater detail below, we may disclose certain categories of Personal Information with the types of entities set forth in this section for business purposes (as defined by applicable law) or as required to comply with a legal obligation.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
We and our third-party partners use cookies and similar technologies (e.g., web beacons, pixels, ad tags and device identifiers) to recognize you and/or your device(s) on, off and across different Services and devices. This helps us to provide you with the best possible experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site.
6. How We Protect Your Personal Information
Security:
We implement appropriate security safeguards designed to protect your Personal Information. However, no method or transmission over the internet or electronic system is completely secure, so there is no guarantee that data may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed in connection with a breach of our physical, technical, organizational, or managerial safeguards.
Choosing a Password:
When you register as a user and create an online account on our Website, you will be prompted to select a personal password. To maximize your level of protection, you should choose a strong and unique password. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your password and any account information.
7. Links to Third-Party Websites
Links to third-party websites are provided as a convenience to you. Once you leave our website, we neither control nor have responsibility for third-party sites, their content, or their privacy practices. We encourage you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each third-party service that you access or utilize. Some of our pages utilize framing techniques to serve content from our partners while preserving the look and feel of our website. Please be aware that you are providing your Personal Information to these third parties and not to one of our websites.
8. Retention of Personal Information
We retain your personal information only for as long as is reasonably necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected. However, if necessary, we may retain your personal information for longer periods of time, until set retention periods and deadlines expire, for instance where we are required to do so in accordance with legal, tax and/or accounting requirements set by a legislature, regulator, or other government authority.
To determine the appropriate duration of the retention of personal information, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of personal information and if we can attain our objectives by other means, as well as our legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, and other applicable obligations.
9. Your Rights and Choices
Consistent with applicable law, you may exercise privacy rights described in this section such as Right to Access, Delete or Correction of your Personal Information. Please note that some of the rights may vary depending on your state of residence. These rights are described below.