LAST UPDATED 9/16/2024

This Privacy Policy applies to Web sites owned and operated by Sidkik that are intended for use by consumers (non-professionals) for non-commercial personal, family or household purposes, including sidkik.com and the mobile optimized versions of these sites and our Mobile Device Applications or "Apps" (we refer to these sites and Apps collectively as the “Sidkik Web Sites”). Except where noted, statements in this Privacy Policy with respect to the Sidkik Web Sites also apply to the Sidkik Mobile Device Applications (or "Apps") for iPhone, iPad and Android devices.

References to "Sidkik" mean Sidkik LLC, including any company that Sidkik LLC controls (for example, a subsidiary that Sidkik LLC owns). Sidkik may share information among its subsidiaries or web sites that it owns or controls, but information collected under this Privacy Policy is always protected under the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Information Collected About You

Personal Information

If you choose to register or update an existing member profile with Sidkik or access certain functionality on the Sidkik Web Sites, you may be required to submit Personal Information. “Personal Information” means information that we can use to identify or contact you, such as your name, address, telephone number or email address. You are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the Personal Information that you submit to Sidkik. Inaccurate information will affect your experience when using the Sidkik Web Sites and tools and our ability to contact you as described in this Privacy Policy.

Registration

Access to some Sidkik interactive tools and services may be limited to users who have registered. Some of our tools do not retain your Personal Information, while others store your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. See also the Section below on Mobile Device Applications. You may also be asked to provide authorization for uses of personal information in addition to what is in this Privacy Policy when you use certain tools, such as providing personal information to a sponsor of the tool. Sidkik will not make any use of your personal information beyond the permitted uses in this Privacy Policy unless you provide such additional consent in connection with the specific tool at the time you submit Personal Information in order to use the tool.

Newsletters & Emails to You

At registration and at various times as you use the Sidkik Web Sites, you will be given the option of providing us with Personal Information in order to receive recurring informational/promotional newsletters – such as a newsletter via email from Sidkik and/or directly from third parties. From time to time Sidkik makes subscriptions to our newsletters available on third party websites. If you sign up for one of our newsletters on a third party site the site will provide us with your Personal Information such as your email address and we may use that information as described in this Privacy Policy as though you had provided it directly to Sidkik.

When you sign up for our email newsletters on the Sidkik Web Sites or at any time, you can choose to opt out of receiving additional promotional newsletters from Sidkik or our Sponsors.

You can unsubscribe from a newsletter by:

Following the directions included at the bottom of the newsletter and using the “Unsubscribe” link found in the emails.

Email a Friend

If you use our Email a Friend service to tell a friend about a feature on the Sidkik Web Sites or a newsletter, we will ask you for your name, your email address and your friend's email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site using your name and email address as the "from" email address. Sidkik does not use your friend's email information for any other purpose. We will only use the information you provide to send the requested email to your friend.

If you believe that one of your contacts has provided us with your personal information and you would like to request that it be removed from our database, please use the Contact Us link provided at the bottom of every page of the Sidkik websites.

Market Research

From time to time, Sidkik may conduct online research surveys through email invitations, pop-up surveys and online focus groups. When participating in a survey, we may ask you to enter Personal Information. The Personal Information you submit in a survey may be used by Sidkik for research and measurement purposes, as described below, including to measure the effectiveness of content, advertising or programs. When our market research surveys collect Personal Information we will not knowingly accept participants who are under the age of 13. Market research surveys conducted by or on behalf of Sidkik will contain a link to this Privacy Policy.

Public Forums

Sidkik features several community areas and other public forums where users with similar interests can share information and support one another. Our communities are open to the public and should not be considered private.

Any information (including Personal Information) you share in any online community area  discussion is by design open to the public and is not private. You should think carefully before posting any Personal Information in any public forum. What you post can be seen, disclosed to or collected by third parties and may be used by others in ways we cannot control or predict, including to contact you for unauthorized purposes. As with any public forum on any site, the information you post may also show up in third-party search engines.

If you mistakenly post Personal Information in our Community areas and would like it removed, you can send us an email to request that we remove it by using the Contact Us link on every page of the Sidkik Web Sites. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your Personal Information.

Emails You Send to Sidkik

This Privacy Policy does not apply to information, content, business information, ideas, concepts or inventions that you send to Sidkik by email. If you want to keep content or business information, ideas, concepts or inventions private or proprietary, do not send them in an email to Sidkik.

Non-Personal Information

Even if you do not register with or provide any Personal Information to Sidkik, we collect Non-Personal Information about your use of the Sidkik Web Sites. “Non-Personal Information” means information that does not specifically identify an individual person. We may also acquire Non-Personal Information about our users from external sources. While you may use some of the functionality of Sidkik without registration, many of the specific tools and services on the Sidkik Web Sites require that you register with Sidkik.

Identifiers and Beacons

As is true of most websites, we gather certain information through your use of our Sites. This information may include Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, the files viewed on our site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data.

Third parties under contract with Sidkik may use Identifiers or Beacons to collect Non-Personal Information about your usage of the Sidkik Web Sites, including which topics you have viewed. These third party advertising service providers may use this information to help Sidkik deliver advertising on the Sidkik Web Sites as well as on other sites on the Internet based on your browsing activity on our sites. Sidkik may further tailor the advertising on Sidkik and these third party sites based on additional Non-Personal Information to the extent known by Sidkik or these third parties. Two of the third parties that Sidkik works with are Google and Facebook. In addition to using the Non-Personal Information it collects performing services for Sidkik, Google may also use such information as described in its privacy policy.

Mobile Device Applications (“Apps”) and Mobile Optimized Sites

Some of our Apps require that you be registered and signed in in order to use them. Some of our Apps allow you to use many features without being registered but require that you are signed in as a registered user in order to use certain features. The information that we collect through your use of these Apps and tools will be treated as Personal Information under this Privacy Policy.

When you download and install one of our Sidkik Mobile Apps onto your mobile device we assign a random number to your App installation. This number cannot be used to identify you personally, and we cannot identify you personally unless you choose to become a registered user of the App. We use this random number in a manner similar to our use of Indentifiers as described in this Privacy Policy. Unlike Identifiers, the random number is assigned to your installation of the App itself and not a browser, because the App does not work through your browser. Therefore the random number cannot be removed through settings. If you do not want us to use the random number for the purposes for which we use Identifiers, please do not use the Mobile Device Apps. Because some of the content on our Mobile Device Apps directs your mobile device to our website you will be exposed to the Identifiers that we use and to third party Identifiers that may be contained in advertisements that we do not control and will be unable to delete any of these Identifiers with your mobile device. Therefore, if you do not want to be identified when you use your mobile device you should not use our Mobile Device Apps and you should set your mobile device to reject Identifiers when you use our mobile optimized sites.

Our use of Identifiers and Beacons on our mobile optimized sites are similar to our use on our desktop sites. If you have questions about how to reject Identifiers on your specific device please check with the device manufacturer.

Non-Personal Information Collected by Third Parties Not Acting on Sidkik’s Behalf

Sponsors or advertisers on the Sidkik Web Sites may use their own Identifiers, Beacons or other online tracking technologies in the banner advertisements and sponsored links and on the pages ("Brand Pages") on the Sidkik Web Sites that consist solely of advertisements or other content from our advertisers. This advertiser content may also be served in emails, special promotions or newsletters we send you. Their advertisements may be displayed on the Sidkik Web Sites or on other sites that you visit after you visit the Sidkik Web Sites. Some advertisers use companies other than Sidkik to serve their ads and to monitor users' responses to ads, and these ad servers may also collect Non-Personal Information through the use of Identifiers or Beacons on the Sidkik Web Sites.

We do not control how third parties use Identifiers or Beacons or how they manage the Non-Personal Information they gather through the use of these technologies on the Sidkik Web Sites. To see how Google may use information collected through your use of Google's search services on the Sidkik Web Sites visit http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners.

Updating/Removing Your Personal Information

If you do not want your Personal Information used by Sidkik as provided in this Privacy Policy, you should not register as a member or for any specific tool or application that collects Personal Information. You can correct, update or review Personal Information you have previously submitted by going back to the specific tool or application, logging-in and making the desired change. You can also update any Personal Information you have submitted by contacting us using the contact information listed below.

If you have registered and desire to delete any of your Personal Information you have provided to us from our systems please contact us using the contact information listed below. Upon your request, we will delete your Personal Information from our active databases and where feasible from our back-up media. You should be aware that it is not technologically possible to remove each and every record of the information you have provided to the Sidkik Web Sites from our servers.

Emails that Sidkik sends with opportunities from Sidkik or with offers or informational materials from Sidkik on behalf of our sponsors will contain an opportunity to unsubscribe from getting additional emails of that type in the future from Sidkik unless you re-subscribe.

Identifiers

Most browser software can be set to reject Identifiers. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject Identifiers in the "Help" section of the toolbar. If you reject our Identifiers, certain of the functions and conveniences of the Sidkik Web Sites may not work properly but you do not have to accept our Identifiers in order to productively use the Sidkik Web Sites.

Certain companies that serve ads allow you to prevent them from collecting data through the use of Identifiers. In order to do so, you must Opt-out of such data collection with each individual site.

As described above in the section "Non-Personal Information" we work with third party ad networks to display advertising on our Sites and on other sites on the Internet. Our ad network vendors use technologies to collect non-personally identifiable information about your activities on our web sites to provide you Identifier-based targeted advertising based upon your browsing activity and your interests.

How Information Collected About You Is Used

Information collected by Sidkik about you is used by Sidkik to:

administer your account and our Sites,

provide you with access to particular tools and services,

respond to your inquiries you send to us and to send you administrative communications about the Sidkik Web Sites or services,

obtain your feedback about the Sidkik Web Sites or our offerings,

statistically analyze trends and user behavior and activity including how frequently areas of the site are visited and how many emails are received and opened,

provide you and people with similar demographic characteristics and interests with more relevant content or advertising both on the Sidkik Web Sites or on other web sites that you visit after you leave the Sidkik Web Sites; and

conduct research and measurement activities, including those described below.

Send you personalized emails or secure electronic messages pertaining to your health interests, including news, announcements, reminders and opportunities from Sidkik; or

Send you relevant offers and informational materials on behalf of our sponsors pertaining to your health interests.

Sidkik may combine Personal and Non-Personal Information collected by Sidkik about you, and may combine this information with information from external sources.

We also use Identifiers in order to enable us to conduct surveys for our own use and on behalf of our advertisers. These Identifiers are used to determine whether you have seen certain content or advertising so that we may request your opinions. We may also use Identifiers to authenticate respondents or to help you pick up where you left off in a survey. If you have Identifiers disabled you may not be able to participate in some surveys.

Your Data Subject Access Rights

Research and Measurement Activities

As a user or participant, you have certain rights regarding your personal data. These rights include:

  • Right to Access:You may request access to the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to Rectification:You have the right to request corrections to any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
  • Right to Erasure:Under certain circumstances, you may request that we delete your personal data.
  • Right to Data Portability:You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used format and transmit it to another controller.
  • Right to Object or Restrict Processing:You can request limitations on the use of your personal data in certain situations.

Information that Sidkik collects about you may be combined by Sidkik with other information available to Sidkik through third parties for research and measurement purposes, including measuring the effectiveness of content, advertising or programs. This information from other sources may include age, gender, demographic, geographic, personal interests, product purchase activity or other information. We may report aggregate information, which is not able to be identified back to an individual user of the Sidkik Web Sites, to our current or prospective advertisers and other business partners. We do not sell or share any Personal Information with any third parties, except that contractors performing services on our behalf may be provided access to Personal Information when performing these services. These contractors agree not to use this information for any purpose other than performing services on our behalf.

With Whom Do We Share Your Information?

Except as described in this Privacy Policy or as specifically agreed to by you, Sidkik will not disclose any Personal Information it gathers from you through the Sidkik Web Sites. We may only release Personal Information to third parties: (1) to comply with legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order; (2) when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request; or (3) in special cases, such as in response to a physical threat to you or others, to protect property or defend or assert legal rights. In addition, we may disclose Personal Information as described below. We may share Non-Personal Information that we have about you, including about your browsing activity on Sidkik, with third party advertising service providers who may use this information, on our behalf, to help Sidkik deliver advertising on the Sidkik Web Sites as well as on other sites on the Internet.

In the event of a corporate change in control resulting from, for example, a sale to, or merger with, another entity, or in the event of a sale of assets or a bankruptcy, Sidkik reserves the right to transfer your Personal Information to the new party in control or the party acquiring assets. In the event of such a change, your Personal Information will continue to be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy unless any changes to the Privacy Policy are made in accordance with the section below that discusses “Changes to This Privacy Policy.”

Disclosures to Sidkik Contractors

Sidkik contractors sometimes have limited access to your Personal and Non-Personal Information in the course of providing products or services to Sidkik. These contractors include vendors and suppliers that provide us with technology, services, data analysis, research, advertising and marketing assistance and/or content in connection with our operation and maintenance of the Sidkik Web Sites. We contractually require that our contractors: 1) protect the privacy of your Personal and Non-Personal Information consistent with this Privacy Policy and 2) not use or disclose your Personal or Non-Personal Information for any purpose other than providing the limited service or function for Sidkik.

Disclosures to Third Party Web Sites

Certain content, services and advertisements offered to you through the Sidkik Web Sites are served on, or contain links to, web sites hosted and operated by a company other than Sidkik ("Third Party Web Sites"). Sidkik does not disclose your Personal Information to these Third Party Web Sites without your consent, but you should be aware that any information you disclose to the other web sites once you access these other web sites is not subject to this Privacy Policy. Sidkik does not endorse and is not responsible for the privacy practices of these Third Party Web Sites. You should review the privacy policy posted on the other web site to understand how that Third Party Web Site collects and uses your Personal Information. Sidkik makes an effort to make it obvious to you when you leave our website and enter a Third Party Web Site, either by requiring you to click on a link or by notifying you on the site before you visit the third party site. In addition, if you see a phrase such as "Powered by" or "in association with" followed by the name of a company other than Sidkik, then you are on a web site hosted by a company other than Sidkik.

Third Party Data

Zoom User Data

Zoom user data is only collected for the sole purpose of facilitating calendar synchronization, automated meeting creation and user profile augmentation in support of the features of the application. At no point does Sidkik share this information with third parties.

Access and Usage:

  • Meetings API: Our app uses the Zoom Meetings API to access your calendar events. This enables us to create/delete zoom virtual meetings when you use our Sessions feature. We access data such as event details, dates, and times.

Storage and Sharing:

  • Storage: We store the Zoom user data securely using encryption. This data is kept only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy.
  • Sharing: We do not share your Zoom user data with third parties.Our policy does not allow for the transfer of data to third-parties for any reason including the following: Targeted advertising, Selling to data brokers, Providing to information resellers, Determining credit-worthiness, Lending purposes, User advertisements, Personalized advertisements, Retargeted advertisements or Interest-based advertisements

User Consent and Rights:

  • Consent: By using our app, you consent to the collection and use of your Zoom user data as outlined above.
  • Rights: You have the right to access, update, or delete your Zoom user data. To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

Compliance:

  • We adhere to Zoom’s API Services User Data Policy and other relevant Zoom policies. We ensure that your data is handled in accordance with these requirements.

Google User Data

Google user data is only collected for the sole purpose of facilitating calendar synchronization, automated meeting creation and user profile augmentation in support of the features of the application. At no point does Sidkik share this information with third parties.

Access and Usage:

  • Google Calendar API: Our app uses the Google Calendar API to access your calendar events. This enables us to synchronize calendars when you use our Sessions feature. We access data such as event details, dates, and times.
  • Google Meet API: We use the Google Meet API to facilitate scheduling of session video meetings. This API allows us to access data related to your meetings, such as meeting times and participants.
  • Google Profile: Through Google Sign-In, we access your Google Profile data. This data is used to verify your account.
  • Google Email: We may access your Google Email address to verify your account.
  • OpenID: We use OpenID to authenticate your identity and facilitate secure login. This involves accessing your basic profile information to provide you with a seamless login experience.

Storage and Sharing:

  • Storage: We store the Google user data securely using encryption. This data is kept only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy.
  • Sharing: We do not share your Google user data with third parties.Our policy does not allow for the transfer of data to third-parties for any reason including the following: Targeted advertising, Selling to data brokers, Providing to information resellers, Determining credit-worthiness, Lending purposes, User advertisements, Personalized advertisements, Retargeted advertisements or Interest-based advertisements

User Consent and Rights:

  • Consent: By using our app, you consent to the collection and use of your Google user data as outlined above.
  • Rights: You have the right to access, update, or delete your Google user data. To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

Compliance:

  • We adhere to Google’s API Services User Data Policy and other relevant Google policies. We ensure that your data is handled in accordance with these requirements.

How Do We Secure and Retain Your Information?

We take reasonable security measures to protect the security of your Personal Information. Despite Sidkik's efforts to protect your Personal Information, there is always some risk that an unauthorized third party may find a way around our security systems or that transmissions of your information over the Internet may be intercepted.

The security of your Personal Information is important to us.  When you enter Personal Information, we encrypt the transmission of that information or use TLS/SSL connections technology.

We will retain your Personal Information as long as your account is active or needed to provide you services. At any time you can remove your Personal Information or instruct us to remove it, but you should be aware that it is not technologically possible to remove each and every record of the information you have provided to Sidkik from our servers. Sidkik tools that collect and store Personal Information allow you to correct, update or review information you have submitted by going back to the specific tool, logging-in and making the desired changes. We will also retain your Personal Information as necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.

Children

We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. The Sidkik Web Sites are not designed or intended to attract children under the age of 13. The Sidkik Web Sites do not collect Personal Information from any person we actually know is under the age of 13.. The parent or guardian is solely responsible for providing supervision of the minor's use of Sidkik. The parent or guardian assumes full responsibility for ensuring that the registration information is kept secure and that the information submitted is accurate. The parent or guardian also assumes full responsibility for the interpretation and use of any information or suggestions provided through Sidkik for the minor.

Contacting Sidkik About Your Personal Information or Privacy

Please send us an email by using the Contact Us link at the bottom of every page of our site if you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the Personal Information we maintain about you.

You can also contact Sidkik’s Legal Office at:

Sidkik LLC

[email protected]

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change or modify this Privacy Policy or any of our tools or services at any time and any changes will be effective upon being posted unless we advise otherwise. If we make any material changes to this policy we will notify you by email (sent to the email address specified when you register) and/or by means of a notice on this website prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this website for the latest information on our privacy practices. If you do not accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, we ask that you do not register with us and that you do not use the Sidkik Web Sites. Please exit the Sidkik Web Sites immediately if you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.