Privacy Policy for Evolution

Updated 9/2024

Your privacy matters deeply to us. At Evolution, we operate with a few guiding principles when it comes to your personal information:

We are intentional about what personal data we request and how we gather it through the services we offer.
We retain your personal information only for as long as we have a legitimate reason to keep it.
We make it easy for you to control what information is shared publicly or kept private, how it appears in search engine results, and how it can be deleted permanently.
We are committed to being fully transparent about how we collect, use, and share your information.

Below is our Privacy Policy, which reflects and expands upon these core principles.

What This Policy Covers

This privacy policy reflects our commitment to protecting your personal information as you engage with us through our website and services.

This policy applies when you interact with:

Our website: www.evolution.team
Our programs, consulting services, and resources available on or through our website, such as https://evolution.team/programs and https://evolution.team/resources.
External platforms that help us deliver our products and services, such as Squarespace, Shopify, Stripe, Google Forms, Typeform, and Sendgrid.

When we mention 'Services,' we’re referring to all of the above. Please note, some of our offerings may have their own privacy policies. Below, we explain how we collect, use, and share your information, along with the choices available to you.

Information We Collect

We collect information to provide better services to you, connect with you, and continually improve what we offer. This information is collected in three main ways:

1. Information You Provide

You’ll share information with us directly when you:

Sign up for our newsletter (we only need your email, but you can add more details like your name or event interests, which are entirely optional).
Fill out our contact form (we require your email and message, but there may be additional fields for you to optionally complete).
Complete a transaction on our site (we use third-party platforms like Squarespace, Stripe or Shopify to securely handle payments—don’t worry, we don’t see your payment details).
Sign up for one of our events (we process payments through Stripe, Squarespace, or Shopify and use your details to prepare for the event and enhance your experience).
Apply for our programs (we use Google Forms and Typeform to gather relevant information).
Respond to surveys or email us directly.

2. Information We Collect Automatically

Location Information: Our email campaigns, run through ConvertKit/Sendgrid, capture approximate location data (via your IP address) to help us understand where our subscribers are based.
Cookies: Like most websites, we use cookies to track site usage through Google Analytics. This helps us understand how you interact with our Services and allows us to make them better for you.

How and Why We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

Send you newsletters and information about events you’ve shown interest in.
Process event applications, purchases, and refunds.
Improve our Services to better meet your needs.
Monitor and prevent any issues with our Services, such as security breaches or fraudulent activity.
Communicate with you through emails about events, articles, and promotions that we think you’ll find valuable.

Legal Bases for Processing Information

For those of you in the EU, under GDPR, we process your data based on the following:

1. It’s necessary to fulfill our commitments to you (like processing transactions or delivering services).
2. It’s required to comply with legal obligations.
3. We have a legitimate interest in using your data to enhance our Services and your experience.
4. You’ve given us consent to use your data.

Sharing Information

We don’t sell your personal information. We only share it under these circumstances:

Subsidiaries, Employees, and Contractors: Our team, including employees and independent contractors, may need access to your data to help us run our Services. They are bound by this privacy policy.
Third-Party Vendors: We work with trusted third-party vendors who help us process transactions, deliver content, and analyze user behavior. These partners are required to protect your information in line with our privacy standards.
Legal Requirements and Protection: We may share information if it’s required by law or necessary to protect our rights, property, or others’ safety.
Business Transfers: If Evolution is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your data may be transferred as part of that transaction, under the same privacy guidelines.
Aggregated Information: We may share aggregated or anonymized data that cannot identify you individually.

Data Retention

We only keep your information for as long as we need it for the purposes described above, unless we are required by law to retain it longer.

Security

We work hard to keep your data safe, but no system is 100% secure. We continually monitor our systems for vulnerabilities and take steps to protect your information from unauthorized access.

Your Choices

You are in control of the information you provide to us:

Limit Information: You can choose not to provide optional information when signing up for newsletters or filling out forms.
Unsubscribe: You can unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time by clicking the link at the bottom of our emails or contacting us at info@evolution.team.

Your Rights

If you’re in the EU or similar jurisdictions, you have certain rights regarding your data:

Request access to your personal data.
Request correction or deletion of your data.
Object to how we process your data.
Request that we limit processing of your data.
Request the portability of your data.

How to Reach Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or your rights, please get in touch with us at info@evolution.team.

Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may occasionally update this policy. When we do, we’ll post the changes on this page and, if significant, we’ll let you know via email or on our website.

Thanks for reading, and we appreciate your trust in us!